by mezmo » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:42 am
Hi Mike,
Why not go to the craft store and check out embroidery hoops? [They used
to be made out of wood/bamboo] You could get a size that'd work [you'd
probably have to buy two sets to get two same-sized hoops to use - just use
the inner smaller ones for another circular window] and then trace it on the
door, router it out with a circle jig for the router, then use the hoops as inner
and outer ring "frames" in the opening that'd sandwich in and hold a
corresponding/sized-to-fit circle of plexi-glass/acrylic etc. between them
for the glazing.
Alternately:
Use a circle jig to router out the circular opening. Use an interior square
frame large enough to cover and overlap the circle by at least an inch,
and glaze that. Caulk the exterior meeting of glazing and circle opening.
Or:
Sandwich a square pane of plexi/acrylic between two foam/frame-n-foam
pieces with corresponding circular openings in each [done with router
circle jig of course] that you then glue together and caulk etc..
Cheers,
Norm/mezmo
If you have a house - you have a hobby.