I am inquiring about a new construction technique that will effectively broaden the glass panel door of a corner upper cabinet. Thus far my thoughts revolve around eliminating door stiles in the corner, however I’m sure open to suggestions.
The cabinets are for displaying items behind their glass panel doors. The cases are 11″ deep, and those adjacent to the corner are closely spaced (not a variable here). Given the face angle of 45 degrees on the corner cabinet, the horizontal opening for the door is only 9″–almost worthless (especially given that the intention was to use 1.5″ door stiles. (The door height is 25″). The door will not be used frequently, but must be operable. All the doors are inset and are on mortised butt hinges.
The juxtaposed cabinet stiles at the corner are cut at 112.5 degrees, although they could be squared if that helps the design. The cabinet door to right of the corner cabinet is hinged adjacent to the corner cabinet. Whereas the left cabinet door can swing from or to the corner cabinet (if that helps). Construction materials are 1″ alder and dowel pins. The hinges are top quality solid brass 2 x 1.5″. I frankly don’t know the rail length these materials would support. (I haven’t experimented, but have toyed with building an angled door with a muntin in the location of a cabinet stile).
The 9 running feet of cabinet face need to appear to be symmetrical at the corner. I have little concern about the true pivot point of the door, but need the appearance of symmetry. As I write this, I wonder about swinging the door from the cabinet top while using the cabinet stiles as door stiles for the corner cabinet–trying to maximize the width of the glass-filled opening (for example). That would I suppose mean hiding top hinges and placing bogus hinges in the stiles.
Thanks for reading this far. I’d certainly welcome your ideas.
IMO, jim
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IMO,
Dunno why you cannot shave a few inches off the lengths of the adjacent cabinets, and make the front of the corner unit a bit broader. This to me would seem to be the best course to take.
Alternates might be a fixed glass panel, in a very narrow frame, with access from one side door or the other. Or a fixed solid panel, maybe carved or inlaid, with access as above.
Good luck,
Ray
"The cabinets are for displaying items behind their glass panel doors. The cases are 11" deep, and those adjacent to the corner are closely spaced (not a variable here). Given the face angle of 45 degrees on the corner cabinet, the horizontal opening for the door is only 9"--almost worthless (especially given that the intention was to use 1.5" door stiles. (The door height is 25"). The door will not be used frequently, but must be operable."
I have a question for you.
What is the length of the cabinet along the wall? Normally that dimension should be between 30"-36". This will increase the door size when you get to the final product. Before you put wood to metal make a cardboard mock up or a full size drawing ( top view) of the cabinet to get a feel for the size.
Go to a Lowe's or Home Depot and get a KraftMaid kitchen cabinet catalogue because it has all the specs you need to make your own cabinets. If I ever loose mine I would be lost at times.
Dave
Hi jim ,
A few more ways to do the same thing : you could use what are called pivot hinges on an inset door , they mount on the top and bottom or you could perhaps only in the corner use the no bore glass hinges and pivot from top and bottom without a wood frame where it's just glass .
You could make an inside square corner with a glass door frame shaped like the corner , although kind of different .
hope this helps dusty
All,
Thanks much for taking the time for quality answers. I'm all set now.
Cheers. IMO, jim
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