I'm looking to build an oak hutch style wall cabinet with the hanging
portion having glass inset doors framed with oak.
Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
as setting the glass? Is a glue good enough or is another better?
I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
Thanks guys.
RonT
Andy Dingley wrote:
> It was somewhere outside Barstow when [email protected] (Ron Truitt)
> wrote:
>
> >Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as
far
> >as setting the glass?
>
> On a door ? There's only one way I'd do it, set the glass into a
> groove. This means you need to assemble it around the glass, which
can
> make finishing a problem.
>
> You _might_ set it into a rabbet with a ply backer, but that's ugly
> IMHO.
Sooooo- what happens when the glass breaks? the OP will have to have a
groove at the top or side of the door with a wood strip included to
hide the slot where the glass would be inserted--- Had the same
problem when making a flag case with glass in a slot.
Ph
> I'm looking to build an oak hutch style wall cabinet with the hanging
> portion having glass inset doors framed with oak.
>
> Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
> as setting the glass? Is a glue good enough or is another better?
>
> I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
> inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
> RonT
Silicone or a pice of 1/4 round tacked in.
Dave
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"Ron Truitt" wrote in message
> I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
> inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
Silicone works well, won't rattle in the future, and is what a glass company
would use if you brought it to them to mount.
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[email protected] (Ron Truitt) wrote in news:1333-42268298-3@storefull-
3314.bay.webtv.net:
> I'm looking to build an oak hutch style wall cabinet with the hanging
> portion having glass inset doors framed with oak.
>
> Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
> as setting the glass? Is a glue good enough or is another better?
>
> I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
> inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> RonT
>
The cabinets in my kitchen have little clearplastic pieces that look like
the figure eights you use to attach table tops, but with a little tab the
goes against the glass. These are help in place with screws. They are ok if
you aren't concerned with how the inside of the door looks. When I replaced
the glass with the custom stained glass my wife made all I needed to do was
trim the tabs a little to accomodate the new thickenss.
"Ron Truitt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
> inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
>
How will you feed him?
"Ron Truitt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm looking to build an oak hutch style wall cabinet with the hanging
> portion having glass inset doors framed with oak.
>
> Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
> as setting the glass? Is a glue good enough or is another better?
>
> I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
> inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> RonT
>
Ron,
When we built a cherry display hutch, we used the groove type panel retainer
from Rockler. It made for a very finished look and were very easy to
install / remove to replace glass if necessary. They jamb fit into a
oversized groove that the glass sets in, holding the glass in tight. As I
remember, we used the fruitwood color for the cherry.
www.rockler.com
32189 - Fruitwood Groove Type Plastic Panel Retainer
38896 - Clear Groove Type Plastic Panel Retainer
Hope this helps,
David
It was somewhere outside Barstow when [email protected] (Ron Truitt)
wrote:
>Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
>as setting the glass?
On a door ? There's only one way I'd do it, set the glass into a
groove. This means you need to assemble it around the glass, which can
make finishing a problem.
You _might_ set it into a rabbet with a ply backer, but that's ugly
IMHO.
It was somewhere outside Barstow when "Phil at small (vs at large)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Sooooo- what happens when the glass breaks?
You saw the lip off the groove, converting it to a rebate. Doesn't
happen that often.
It was somewhere outside Barstow when "Swingman" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Silicone works well,
Silicone destroys the silvering on mirrors, because it releases acid
when it cures. Use a low-acid grade, suitable for use on mirrors.
TeamCasa wrote:
>>I'm looking to build an oak hutch style wall cabinet with the hanging
>>portion having glass inset doors framed with oak.
>>
>>Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
>>as setting the glass? Is a glue good enough or is another better?
>>
>>I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
>>inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
>>RonT
>
>
> Silicone or a pice of 1/4 round tacked in.
>
> Dave
Take a look at the glass panel retainer that Rockler selld:
http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?offerings_id=2203&filter=glass
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
Somebody wrote:
>>I'm looking to build an oak hutch style wall cabinet with the hanging
>>portion having glass inset doors framed with oak.
>>
>>Any of you fellas have a preferred way of making the glass doors as far
>>as setting the glass? Is a glue good enough or is another better?
>>
>>I was thinking of making the door frames out of oak with a rabbit on the
>>inside ad the glass glued to he back of the rabbit.
If you want your piece to look like a puttied window, use an adhesive
like 3M-5200.
If you want your piece to look like a piece of furniture, use a wood
trim strip like a piece of quarter round.
Much as I hate nails, not sure if you have an option to hold the quarter
round in place.
HTH
Lew