Strange doors

[Crazyraceguy]

After years of building thousands of doors, this is a fairly odd request.
Cope and stick built HPL doors, with clear acrylic panels.
Normally this would be done with rabbets and glass stop, usually glass too. I haven't actually done that many doors with acrylic panels. Some get spec'd that way to start with, then get changed to glass.
These are completely trapped, just like a regular flat-panel door.
Tongue and groove with a 6mm Domino to add some strength to it.

 

[WastedP]

Is there a functional reason for the construction spec?

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Not really. The main reason for stick building, rather than just cutting out this same shape on the CNC is edging. It's a PITA to edgeband the inside of the opening. Most of the time, that's how it's done though, usually with pre-laminated door frames. Then either regular wood stop is pinned in place to hold the glass, or the rubber stuff that pushes into a groove does it.
This way, it also looks the same, inside and out. It would probably look more like it belongs that way if it was a woodgrain laminate.

 

[Packard]

I did that with glass.

Butt joints with dowels (or dominoes ).  I cut the rabbets after assembly.  Held the glass in place with 1/4"  square dowels.

 

[WastedP]

I made a few glass doors for a hospital chapel that were laminate.  The saw I ran allegedly had the ability to window-cut panels, but it was easier to hand the panels over to the CNC operator for machining.  I squared up the inside corners with a hand saw, then laminated four separate strips of edgeband in, then rabbeted the back for glass (Lumicor grass).

Many ways to skin a cat.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I made a few glass doors for a hospital chapel that were laminate.  The saw I ran allegedly had the ability to window-cut panels, but it was easier to hand the panels over to the CNC operator for machining.  I squared up the inside corners with a hand saw, then laminated four separate strips of edgeband in, then rabbeted the back for glass (Lumicor grass).

Many ways to skin a cat.

I have done it that way countless times. I have also done it, leaving the rounded corners and using PVC edging. That way it can be done in one piece. It's somewhat less tedious than cutting individual pieces, but it can be a bit of a wrangle with bigger doors.
This time, there were only 4 doors, all the same size.