How To Cut Small Window In Front Steel Door

The hinge pin s base is the end that does not have a flat head.

How to cut small window in front steel door.

Prepare the exterior door by removing the door from the hinges. Add painter s tape around your line. Welcome my wife has been wanting a new front door. Place a punch at the base of the lowest hinge pin on the door.

Measure and mark the cutting area on the front side of the door. Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields. How to install a window in a metal door. Lay the door flat on across some sawhorses.

This is the complete one. To gave my saw a guide to run against and keep the cut perfectly straight i measured from the edge of the blade to the edge of my saw s base and clamped a straightedge to the door see pic 1. Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits. Sorry i had to re upload this video.

This will give you a suitable working platform to mark. Measure and mark for your cuts. We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color. Cut through the first side of the door then flip and repeat.

Measure the exterior door measure the exterior door refer to the measurement guide. For metal doors you ll have to figure out if there s a wooden frame underneath and cut the window to fit inside the framework without weakening the structure. This method produces small steel shavings which fly everywhere. Drill starter holes.

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