If you want to be able to non-destructively replace the glass, you'll need to build it as a box with fitted lid. One way is to make the inner/bottom section an open top box with rabbet around the top that the glass sits on. Then you'll make a top that slides over the sides with a molding to hide the end grain and hold the glass in place.
Any woodworking experts out there I need some help.
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Another option is to build the frame (sides) with a molding that overlaps the top to hold the glass (along with some kind of stops such as shelf pins you will have to predrill holes for) and a rabbet on the bottom to hold the bottom
Once the frame is done, flip it upside down, slide the glass in, install your stops, place flag in and then set the bottom on and secure with screws.
If you need to replace the glass, you unscrew the bottom, remove the flag, then the stops.
This is all assuming you want all the fasteners hidden. The simplest answer is to build the case and a separate top which you attach with hinges and a latch.
Once the frame is done, flip it upside down, slide the glass in, install your stops, place flag in and then set the bottom on and secure with screws.
If you need to replace the glass, you unscrew the bottom, remove the flag, then the stops.
This is all assuming you want all the fasteners hidden. The simplest answer is to build the case and a separate top which you attach with hinges and a latch.
seaseadee
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This might explain what everyone is talking about when they refer to rabbets:
seaseadee
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That's what I was trying to describe in my second post. Interesting that this says: "Set the glass in the case and affix it with a few dollops of clear silicon or hot glue." I have my doubts that this will hold forever, but you can always add positive stops later if it doesn't.
lermontov
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check with a picture framer to get the right glass to reduce any UV fading
OP
Yup that's the one I found. The wood is routered out to make a groove for the glass and then a decorative piece over that to really secure the glass. If the glass gets broken you have to destroy the frame to replace.
You'd probably want to use tempered glass if there was a concern about it breaking. But then, what are the chances of the glass breaking and the frame being ok?
seaseadee
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So the decorative piece would be removable. You would install those using small brad nails. The decorative pieces would be pre-drilled with small holes and if the glass ever broke it would be a simple matter of removing the decorative pieces, installing new glass and replacing those pieces.
OP
With a toddler running around.....
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