I plan on making six doors for a wall hung cabinet 42 inches high. The
doors will be about 13 inches wide and will have glass inset into oak
frames.

Any advice on the minimum width of the door stock(solid oak) that would
do the trick? I am thinking 2 inces wide and 3/4 thick since the doors
will be so tall. And I'm wondering if 1/8 inch glass will be ok in a
door that tall.

Anyone out there with some experience with something similar? I've done
a slightly smaller set but with cabinet plywood lapjointed at the
corners and they seemed to turn out fine with 1 and 1/2 inch wide stock
and 1/8 inch glass, but they were only about 30 inches or so tall.

Thanks,

RonT

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:19:57 -0500, (Ron Truitt) wrote:


I plan on making six doors for a wall hung cabinet 42 inches high. The
doors will be about 13 inches wide and will have glass inset into oak
frames.

Any advice on the minimum width of the door stock(solid oak) that would
do the trick? I am thinking 2 inces wide and 3/4 thick since the doors
will be so tall. And I'm wondering if 1/8 inch glass will be ok in a
door that tall.

Anyone out there with some experience with something similar? I've done
a slightly smaller set but with cabinet plywood lapjointed at the
corners and they seemed to turn out fine with 1 and 1/2 inch wide stock
and 1/8 inch glass, but they were only about 30 inches or so tall.

Thanks,

RonT

I'm building the Woodsmith #149 Entertainment center. The two
side-cabinets have glass doors in which the glass will be roughly 44" h by
17" w. The rails and stiles on the doors are 2 1/2" wide. Don't know if
thinner will hold or not. For the size of the cabinet, the 2 1/2" width is
esthetically pleasing; thinner might actually look odd.




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The absence of accidents does not mean the presence of safety
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I'm thinking if these big panes are near floor level they should be
tempered, or Plexi, in case a rugrat runs or falls into one??
2" oak will hold anything you can throw at it. Just make sure it is really
dry and stable. I make my usual door, but cut off the panel groove to make
the dado on the back. I hold the glass in with itty biddy moulding. If I
used plastic, I'd just use the groove as usual. If you prefinish, it seems
like you could even put the glass in the normal groove.
Wilson
"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:19:57 -0500, (Ron Truitt) wrote:


I plan on making six doors for a wall hung cabinet 42 inches high. The
doors will be about 13 inches wide and will have glass inset into oak
frames.

Any advice on the minimum width of the door stock(solid oak) that would
do the trick? I am thinking 2 inces wide and 3/4 thick since the doors
will be so tall. And I'm wondering if 1/8 inch glass will be ok in a
door that tall.

Anyone out there with some experience with something similar? I've done
a slightly smaller set but with cabinet plywood lapjointed at the
corners and they seemed to turn out fine with 1 and 1/2 inch wide stock
and 1/8 inch glass, but they were only about 30 inches or so tall.

Thanks,

RonT

I'm building the Woodsmith #149 Entertainment center. The two
side-cabinets have glass doors in which the glass will be roughly 44" h by
17" w. The rails and stiles on the doors are 2 1/2" wide. Don't know if
thinner will hold or not. For the size of the cabinet, the 2 1/2" width
is
esthetically pleasing; thinner might actually look odd.




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The absence of accidents does not mean the presence of safety
Army General Richard Cody
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Just an FYI. I was in the local glass shop a couple of days ago looking at
different glass options. For some customers, they put the glass into the
cabinet door. They told me that (at least for the 1/4" glass panel they
showed me) that they just put a bead of caulk around the edge to hold the
glass in.

todd

"Wilson Lamb" wrote in message
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I'm thinking if these big panes are near floor level they should be
tempered, or Plexi, in case a rugrat runs or falls into one??
2" oak will hold anything you can throw at it. Just make sure it is
really
dry and stable. I make my usual door, but cut off the panel groove to
make
the dado on the back. I hold the glass in with itty biddy moulding. If I
used plastic, I'd just use the groove as usual. If you prefinish, it
seems
like you could even put the glass in the normal groove.
Wilson
"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:19:57 -0500, (Ron Truitt)
wrote:


I plan on making six doors for a wall hung cabinet 42 inches high. The
doors will be about 13 inches wide and will have glass inset into oak
frames.

Any advice on the minimum width of the door stock(solid oak) that would
do the trick? I am thinking 2 inces wide and 3/4 thick since the doors
will be so tall. And I'm wondering if 1/8 inch glass will be ok in a
door that tall.

Anyone out there with some experience with something similar? I've done
a slightly smaller set but with cabinet plywood lapjointed at the
corners and they seemed to turn out fine with 1 and 1/2 inch wide stock
and 1/8 inch glass, but they were only about 30 inches or so tall.

Thanks,

RonT

I'm building the Woodsmith #149 Entertainment center. The two
side-cabinets have glass doors in which the glass will be roughly 44" h
by
17" w. The rails and stiles on the doors are 2 1/2" wide. Don't know
if
thinner will hold or not. For the size of the cabinet, the 2 1/2" width
is
esthetically pleasing; thinner might actually look odd.





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Thanks guys.

It sounds like the oak would do fine at 1 1/2 wide or wider. With two
doors in a bay being about a total of 13 inches wide each I'll have to
play with the width so that I don't have too much wood vs. glass.

Now if I can get SWMBO to the glass store....

RonT

Recently I built 2 curio cabinets with 1.5" wide rails and stiles that were
66" tall and about 17" wide.

Also 2 doors that were 24" wide and 3o" tall with 1/5" rails and stiles.


"Ron Truitt" wrote in message
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I plan on making six doors for a wall hung cabinet 42 inches high. The
doors will be about 13 inches wide and will have glass inset into oak
frames.

Any advice on the minimum width of the door stock(solid oak) that would
do the trick? I am thinking 2 inces wide and 3/4 thick since the doors
will be so tall. And I'm wondering if 1/8 inch glass will be ok in a
door that tall.

Anyone out there with some experience with something similar? I've done
a slightly smaller set but with cabinet plywood lapjointed at the
corners and they seemed to turn out fine with 1 and 1/2 inch wide stock
and 1/8 inch glass, but they were only about 30 inches or so tall.

Thanks,

RonT

bremen68 wrote:

I don't think I'd trust that much glass to "just a bead of caulking"
I'd use something a bit more reliable. Not that you're planing on them
slaming but............You never know....

I have glass doors in my kitchen and even on smaller cabinets they can
be accidentally shut pretty hard.......

I'd be more worried about the glass breaking than the caulking letting
go--if it's a modern urethane or acrylic it's not going to give up without
a fight.

Just my thoughts........

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I don't think I'd trust that much glass to "just a bead of caulking"
I'd use something a bit more reliable. Not that you're planing on them
slaming but............You never know....

I have glass doors in my kitchen and even on smaller cabinets they can
be accidentally shut pretty hard.......

Just my thoughts........