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Securing Glass Panes

By: Woodsmith staff
Here's a great table saw technique for creating attractive-looking beveled hardwood strips to hold glass panels inside a door or frame.

To hold a glass panel in a door frame, I like to use beveled glass stop. The bevel on these narrow strips of wood allows you to hold the brads at a more convenient angle as you drive them in place. And fortunately, this glass stop can be made entirely on the table saw.

To make the glass stop, I started with a 112"-wide blank of 1"-thick stock. The first step is to tilt the saw blade to 45° and adjust the rip fence of your saw to cut a 316" chamfer on each edge of the blank.

Next, I set my rip fence to cut a kerf along the edge of the blank. By turning the workpiece around and end for end, you can cut all four kerfs with one setup.

Finally, I turned the blank on its side, repositioned my rip fence, and raised the blade to rip the glass stop free.

Published: Aug. 13, 2015
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