Installing glass doors on a book shelf

Things You’ll Need:
wood usually the same type of material as shelf,router,mitre saw,table saw,nails,hinges,measureing tape,wood glueand framing square.
Step 1:
Measure how big you would like the doors to be.You can go to a home center and pick out the various sizes of wood or you could cut them to your specs.

Step 2:
Once you have all the wood pieces for the frame work you will want to make a recess cut on the sides of all the wood trim. You can cut these yourself or ask a wood worker to do it for you. These cuts will be 1/8 to 1/4 inch it width and 1/4 inch deep, So if you are to do the cuts set your table saw 1/4 inch high.

Step 3:
Find the center of your shelf and split the measurement in half for two doors to fit. The piece of glass will be 1/2 inch all the way around larger than the door is going to be. You will do this because the glass will actually fit into the grooves you are cutting in the wood

Step 4:
Go to a glass shop and have them cut you two pieces of glass to fit the size of the door you want. After you have the glass you are ready to fit the wood around the glass.

Step 5:
Take the pieces that will be the top and bottom of the door, measure exactly the width and make 45 degree cuts each facing with the diagonal cut inward (example left \ and right / angles) Do this for both doors so you wont have to go back and do it again

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