My mother in law wants a pane in her glass kitchen cabinet door. What is the
best way to do this? The thickness of the pieces will only be about 1/4" so
I can't use a half lap or anything like that at the intersections. I guess
the only way is to mortise and tenon them? Should I just butt glue them?
What is the best way to attach them to the rails and stiles? Where do i need
to leave room for movement? Thanks a lot.

Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 3:57am (EST+5) (chris=A0c)
puts out:
My mother in law wants a pane in her glass kitchen cabinet door. What is
the best way to do this? The thickness of the pieces will only be about
1/4" so I can't use a half lap or anything like that at the
intersections. I guess the only way is to mortise and tenon them? Should
I just butt glue them? What is the best way to attach them to the rails
and stiles? Where do i need to leave room for movement? Thanks a lot.

What?

She wants a pane in her glass kitchen door? From scratch? Or a
replacement pane? Thicknesses of what pieces? The panes? You can't
half lap because of not enough thickness, but you can mortise and tenon
instead? I don't know about everybody else, but you've completely lost
me. Details would help.



JOAT
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- unknown

Greetings and salutations.

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:54:05 -0500, (J T)
wrote:

Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 3:57am (EST+5) (chris=A0c)
puts out:
My mother in law wants a pane in her glass kitchen cabinet door. What is
the best way to do this? The thickness of the pieces will only be about
1/4" so I can't use a half lap or anything like that at the
intersections. I guess the only way is to mortise and tenon them? Should
I just butt glue them? What is the best way to attach them to the rails
and stiles? Where do i need to leave room for movement? Thanks a lot.

What?

*smile*...Yea...that was my first reaction too. My usual
excuse is that I am a product of the public school system in
Appalachia.

She wants a pane in her glass kitchen door? From scratch? Or a
replacement pane? Thicknesses of what pieces? The panes? You can't
half lap because of not enough thickness, but you can mortise and tenon
instead? I don't know about everybody else, but you've completely lost
me. Details would help.



JOAT
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- unknown

Details WOULD help...Now...putting on my "mind reading"
cap...I think that what the OP is trying to say is that their
mother in law has solid wood cabinet doors and wants glass fronted
ones instead.
A) Depending on the mother in law, the BEST way might be to
go to a commercial source and buy them. It might cost a few
hundred dollars, but, would likely ensure domestic peace and
tranquility...and THAT is valuable.
B) Now...if the person can construct in wood better than
they can in English...there are a couple of ways to go about
the project.
1) If the cabinet doors are solid sheet material,
they can carefully cut out a square opening, then, rabbet
around the edge, cutting about 1/4" bigger than the opening,
and, slightly deeper than the thickness of the glass. They
can then drop the glass into the opening, and, either caulk
it in place or (a better plan) screw molding on the back of
the door to hold the glass in place.
2) If the doors are raised panel types, then, one
can carefully route out the back of each panel opening (0n
the INSIDE of the door), removing the back lip of the wood
holding the panel in place. From there...proceed as in
option 1.

of course, this will only work if the doors are
REAL wood and not that sawdust-filled glue and printed plastic
that so many cabinet makers seem to foist off on the gullible
as "wood" these days.
If they are MDF or something like that...I would
suggest option A, or, if one has enthusiasm, build the
frames, biscuit-jointed together, then, pick up with option
B.

In any case, good luck....it is always easier
to get an appreciative audience OUTSIDE the family than
it is INSIDE the family.

Regards
Dave Mundt

I think he is talking about constructing mullions, and asking how to join
them......

"J T" wrote in message
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Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 3:57am (EST+5) (chris c)
puts out:
My mother in law wants a pane in her glass kitchen cabinet door. What is
the best way to do this? The thickness of the pieces will only be about
1/4" so I can't use a half lap or anything like that at the
intersections. I guess the only way is to mortise and tenon them? Should
I just butt glue them? What is the best way to attach them to the rails
and stiles? Where do i need to leave room for movement? Thanks a lot.

What?

She wants a pane in her glass kitchen door? From scratch? Or a
replacement pane? Thicknesses of what pieces? The panes? You can't
half lap because of not enough thickness, but you can mortise and tenon
instead? I don't know about everybody else, but you've completely lost
me. Details would help.



JOAT
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- unknown

Tue, Dec 14, 2004, 1:29am (EST+5) (chris=A0c)
says:
Yeah mullions and how to join them. What he said.

Which still doesn't answer the rest of it.



JOAT
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- unknown