Homemade Sliding Door Track

To install the rollers into the sliding door track the door has to be tilted out slightly.

Homemade sliding door track.

You want to get a door that is large enough to cover the opening you will be building this for. 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. Create your own barn door track hardware. Make your cuts.

I simply attached a strip of 1 4 plywood to the front of the wood above the track. In this video i demonstrated how to make tracks for a sliding wooden door and a technique to modify your saw blade. Then the weight of the door keeps the rollers in the track. How to make a wood sliding cabinet door track step 1.

Two 6 ft. Diy sliding barn door step 1. 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.

Measure the length of the cabinet door opening using a tape measure. To start we ll rip each 2 x 6 on the table saw to ensure each is exactly 5 5 wide. This is the length required for the sliding. Making the hangers and door stops.

Diy sliding barn door hack. Measure the board to the length that you measured for. Cut your two sheets of plywood usually available in 4 feet wide by 8 feet long into the exact dimensions of the wood frame which will also be the dimensions of your diy sliding door. First step is to find your door.

Lay the 1 by 2 by 96 inch board flat on a work surface. Barn door track diy tutorial. We are using a hollow core door from the hardware store.