Online Extra

optional
Cabinet
Doors GLASS
(!/8" x 12&/8" x 42&/8")

STILE
A pair of glass-panel doors makes
a stylish addition to the upper
cabinets on the closet organizer
from Woodsmith No. 202. Adding
the doors is easy. They feature rails 46!/4
Center
and stiles joined with stub tenons Latch latch on
(#SL-6, stile
and grooves. The glass panel fits in horton-brasses.com)
a rabbet routed into the back of the
frame after it’s assembled. After
the glass is secured with wood Hinge
stops, the door gets installed with (#00B15.24,
leevalley.com)
full-inset cup hinges.
stub tenon & groove. After siz-
ing your parts, you can cut the GLASS STOP
groove in all the rail and stile (miter to fit opening) a.
pieces (detail ‘b’). This is easy to Stop
NOTE: Rails and stiles
do at the table saw. Just set the rip are #/4"-thick hardwood.
Stile
Stops are %/16" x %/16"
fence and make two passes over a with a !/4" roundover
standard saw blade, flipping the 13 on the inside edge
Glass
board end for end between cuts. !/2
This will center the groove on the 2
edge of the piece. RAIL Rail
2
For the stub tenons on the rails,
you’ll pass the workpiece over a
dado blade buried in an auxiliary
rip fence. Use the miter gauge, and
“sneak up” on the tenon’s thick- b. c. STILE
ness, checking its fit in the groove #/8 #/8
until you get a snug, secure joint. !/4 #/8 !#/16
RABBET . After assembling the Rout #/8"-wide
RAIL
frame, use a rabbeting bit to rout rabbet, !/2" deep
with rabbeting
around the inside perimeter, remov- bit after frame
is assembled
ing the inner lip of the groove.
Square the corners with a chisel. Chisel corners
Then set the glass in place, and nail of rabbet square

on wood glass stops (detail ‘a’). NOTE: Stub tenon

3!/2
35mm-dia.
INSTALL . Now all that’s left is and groove hole
joinery cut on the
drilling the holes for the hinge table saw
STILE RAIL
cups (detail ‘c’) and installing the
door in the cabinet. Add the door
latches, and you’re done. W

Woodsmith No. 202 Online Extras Page 1 of 1 ©2012 August Home Publishing. All rights reserved.