Build Bookcase Glass Doors

Shut the door and check to make sure the door isn t too close to the bookcase frame.

Build bookcase glass doors.

Step 5 buying the glass doors. It is now time to sketch out the door jambs on each side of the opening. The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room. Diagonal cuts should face inwards.

Build a bookcase with doors structure and details make the difference in this shaker style case. The glass front doors will keep out the dust plus the glass retains that open look and makes the shelves look like a pretty display case. If that is the case tighten the adjustment screw that is. Step 6 45 degree cuts.

Christian becksvoort designed this small bookcase to carry just a few details a dovetailed molding at the top of the case a mitered base and strip of wood just above the doors. Remember to add a half inch to all sides while taking the measurement for the glass. The doors are available in hardwood veneers mdf or vinyl lam. Form and function all wrapped up together.

By christian becksvoort 128 jan feb 1998 issue. The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening. I don t give exact measurements for the cutting of the wood in this project because the size of the doors will depend on the size of the shelf or cabinet you re. Line up the bookcase so there is a 1 4 overhang on the top and attach the top screw of the top hinge into your spacer then the top screw of the bottom hinge.

Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves. Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. Make cuts at 45 degree angles at the width on the top and the bottom of the wood.

To 66in wide and up to 96in. Bookcase sizes range from 36in.