Homemade Sliding Door Track

First step is to find your door.

Homemade sliding door track.

You want to get a door that is large enough to cover the opening you will be building this for. Lastly hid the track and rollers by creating a cornice. To start let s take a look at the components of the door we will be making. Feel free to ask me any questions and com.

These come in various sizes and they run around 20 35 a piece. By 2 inch steel flat plates 13 99 each four 1 1 2 inch steel spacers about 6 two 4 inch pulleys 4 78 each four 1 inch fender washers two nylon locking nuts two toilet bolts four 3 1 2 inch lag bolts. I simply attached a strip of 1 4 plywood to the front of the wood above the track. We are using a hollow core door from the hardware store.

Create your own barn door track hardware. This sliding door track can be made for under 100 including wooden wheels track the ebook available in the blog post provides a full list of the tools and supplies you ll need. Measure the length of the cabinet door opening using a tape measure. Two 6 ft.

Make your cuts. Barn door track diy tutorial. Lay the 1 by 2 by 96 inch board flat on a work surface. Diy sliding barn door step 1.

How to make a wood sliding cabinet door track step 1. Diy sliding barn door hack. To start we ll rip each 2 x 6 on the table saw to ensure each is exactly 5 5 wide. In this video i demonstrated how to make tracks for a sliding wooden door and a technique to modify your saw blade.

This is the length required for the sliding. Measure the board to the length that you measured for. To install the rollers into the sliding door track the door has to be tilted out slightly.