14 steps to building your.
Make your own barn door track from wood.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
Barn door track diy tutorial.
With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.
Just wanted to mention a few quick adjustments and upgrades you can make to your barn door tracker that will make your life a little easier when you go out and put it to the test.
Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.
This is a simple but useful upgrade.
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.
We did claim this track was around 30 in the barn door post my memory failed me.
Still 50 compared to the 180 for a pre fab track is a killer deal.
Diy barn door hardware the track.
You can find a set of bits here.
To see the tutorial for the barn door click here.
Create your own barn door track hardware.
After looking up the supplies again i realized it was closer to 50 with everything needed for the track.
Use a small rubber band to keep the two boards on the turning bolt side sandwiched together.
Making the hangers and door stops.
Once all of the holes are predrilled and the wheels are assembled you can attach the barn door track to the piece of furniture.
Hang the diy sliding barn door.
You ll also need a nut driver bit to drill the hex screws into the barn door track.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.