I bought glass panel 30"x80" shaker door for my office, but upon bringing it home found that the store had mislabeled it and it's actually 32"w. With my circular saw, could I trim it on to size as I have other doors, or could that mess up the glass insert? Taking it back for a return would be a huge pain, but I'd hate to break the glass an waste the money. Thoughts?

*edit* The glass panel is the full height an width of the door, save for the 4" stiles and rails

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Alexstarfire t1_ja8svtq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:15 PM

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Just return it and have them give you the proper door.

Kesshh t1_ja8xbk7 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:42 PM

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I mean. It’ll be worst if you try to cut it and ended up shattering it, right?

mite_smoker t1_ja8zt4n wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:58 PM

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Circular saw would impart a good bit of vibration to the glass panel. Table saw with a well supported workpiece would work better. Might be best, if you really need to do this, to trim it back on the sides using a router and straight edge guide. That said, I agree with u/Alexstarfire, return it and get the correct size door. You could be setting yourself up for heartbreak and frustration by trying to adjust the size of the door.

SamBrico246 t1_ja96b7f wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:39 PM

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If you trim it, which I think would actually be fine to accomplish... a few issues

Are the borders solid or some sort of veneer or hollow core?
Will you lose your mortises for the hinges and door knob hole?
The edges are probably subtly rounded, you'd need to restore that, not too hard to manage with a router, or maybe just sand paper

Impossible-Ad-8013 OP t1_jacfm3a wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:02 PM

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Replying to Alexstarfire (#2,065,431)

Would love to, but it's from Habitat for Humanity ReStore (basically Good Will or Salvation Army for home renos) an they don't have the correct size. I'm thinking that's the way to go anyway, an just get a refund.

Impossible-Ad-8013 OP t1_jacfou3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM

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Replying to Kesshh (#2,066,611)

Oh for sure. I think it's on it's way back later today.

Impossible-Ad-8013 OP t1_jacfw04 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:05 PM

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Replying to mite_smoker (#2,067,284)

Good point about vibration. I replied to u/Alexstarfire that it's from Habitat for Humanity ReStore (basically Good Will or Salvation Army for home renos) an they don't have the correct size since it's mostly base on donation from big-box stores.

Impossible-Ad-8013 OP t1_jacgj1v wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:10 PM

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Replying to SamBrico246 (#2,069,062)

Borders are solid wood
It hasn't be machined at all, so no mortises and no holes for the knob/latch
I don't have a round over bit with that small of a radius, but i figured I could just plane a small radius easily enough.

I'm hearing some "don't even bother" so it may just come down to whether or not I'm feeeling gutsy enough....