I am looking to turn a door into a bookshelf by splitting it down the middle. I will use scrap wood for shelves and buy something thin for the backing. The door I am looking at using has glass in it. It is a door with a wood grid over the glass. Are these doors normaly made up of panels or one piece of glass? Should I try to remove the glass before cutting and how should I go about such?
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I [heart] re-purposing, but . . .
. . . there are limits when it comes to practicality.
Unless the door is very old, it is unlikely that small individual panes of glass were used. More recent manufacture would most likely be a single piece of glass, with the lattice work glued in place, creating a faux glass-panel door. As such, de-constructing the door and glass to enable the door to be cut along its length (I'm assuming your plan was to use it as the end panels on your bookshelf) will be difficult and potentially dangerous. Plus, recutting the (old) glass is often problematic. Old glass often doesn't want to cut properly, even at the hands of an experienced glass cutter.
I'd suggest examining the door closely for clues about its construction, and then proceed (or, not) based on those conclusions.
You may conclude that it's just not worth the trouble.
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