I am so glad i came upon this tutorial.
How to route a door for glass.
Adjust the slot cutting width if possible when building doors with glass or plywood panels.
A pair of glass cabinet doors can add a.
Here is the cut.
Set up your 3 8 rabbet bit.
Cut the rabbet out.
The last operation is to set your 3 8 rabbet bit.
Lower the router bit and cut away the shoulders on the back side of an arched upper rail to create a square recess for the glass cabinet doors.
Cut the rabbet in the single panes to receive the single glass panels.
Clamp router guides to the back side of the door.
Find route jobs on glassdoor.
Run a pattern bit along the guides to cut away the inside lips.
You can make the same joinery in your shop with a router table and a matched set of router bits a sticking bit forms a decorative profile around the inside edges of the frame and a coping bit creates a mirror image profile on the ends of the rails plus.
But all the guys i asked told me to use a palm router and cut a thin strip all along the inside edges of the retaining rails on the back of the door then pop or score cut and knock depending on the amount of previous paint on the door out the panel.
Rout sturdy door joinery and glass retainers in one operation.
This is the results of the rabbet cut.
Dry fit the door.
Most production made cabinet doors are assembled with cope and stick joinery.
It s the girl way the way i saw to do it too.