When you grow up with feet and inches, it just makes sense. You can be just as precise with Imperial as you can with Metric. Maybe the math is a little easier with metric, but that's why we have calculators.
I find the math of imperial to be easy once I became an experienced woodworker. Example (quick math in your head): 1167mm+886mm= VS 18 1/8 + 56 7/16=…….. imperial is quicker in an instance like this. I do really like metric though and if one system were only to survive it probably has a wider range of applications and ease
Upon unboxing, I was immediately upset at how the rails were very noticeably bent. But I kept going, all tools needed to assemble were included th-cam.com/users/postUgkxqtX4Dxs6aecAZEuz6GY5-d81YecKCshn and I had it set up in about 30 minutes. Honestly I love this thing, make sure to read the measurements and measure your space so you know if it'll work for you. I bought this to put inside my closet, underneath where I hang my clothes and it is absolutely perfect! It is VERY sturdy and all drawers glide easily and mine are stuffed, and they are still flush when closed.
Probably one of the best explanations on how to properly build sliding doors I've come across... even if you don't make fine furniture and only shop cabinets. Great presentation and video production.
Chris, I think you read my mind. Every time I have an idea, you drop a video on the exact topic I'm looking to learn more about. I've built two of your designs now, and always feel confident following your instruction. Thanks for everything you do.
I just built my first sliding door cabinet and your tips helped a lot, 80 x 36 x 13 inches deep. I aimed for 3/4 overhang just like you recommended. The sliding doors are 40 x 33 and I used half inch and there bowed but it’s a shop cabinet and it’s practice for the real furniture I’ll build for the house. My shop is 1.8 metres wide by 4.8 meters long, super small shop in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
I’ve never built a cabinet with a sliding door before and just a weekend warrior in the shop. But with this video, I built a sliding door on my cabinet in just a few short hours. My wife is very pleased with the results! This video is awesome!!! Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much for this video. It is very helpful for me.. You make absolutely stunning furniture, so beautiful and sophisticated it is a pleasure to watch.
Warby parker is just for USA and CANADA only... anyway still your no.1 fan here in the philippines.. keep it upand goodbless... stay safe... more power to foureyes.
Excellent video! Articulate, succinct, but all the necessary details. Thank you for not rambling on just to hear yourself talk as so many online videos do.
I don't own a table saw nor router, but I am subbing right now! Why? This guy is so down to Earth. He doesn't skip or race through project. I recently bot 2 Bluetti AC300s & 2 B300s. I can't find a cart, rack or cabinet that will properly fit my power station. Because I live in rural America & keeping my Power Station in my outdoor kitchen (once I install a Transfer Switch (electrical sub-panel) I have no choice but to build a cabinet with doors due to the insane amount of dust accumulation. (I am surrounded by Agricultural open acres of land all around me.) Sliding doors are the way to go b/c they don't eat up extra space required when you open them. I now am excited cuz this guy has taught me how!!!!! I can do this!!!! Thanks a million! I am off to buy my 1st router now!!!! Oh, anyone have recommendations on what I should be looking for in a router? Will the more expensive ones be worthwhile over the cheaper ones?
You sound so natural when you explain all the steps that your projects involve. I was not aware of the hard work behind the scenes. The quality that you give us in each video is impressive. THANK YOU.
Fantastic video! I just got a commission for a cabinet that requires sliding doors for exactly the reason you mentioned: space limitations. Been puzzling out exactly how to do it and your tongue and groove explanation was exactly what I needed. Keep up the great work, Chris!
Hi guys I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your efforts. I watch several wood working channels but none of them reaches your level level of design. You style is simplistic but still modern with a bit of a twist. Your rocking chair belongs in a design museum as a piece of art. Maybe make a video about furniture build by your viewers inspired by your design style I used lot of your elements to build some bar chairs ...I got lots of complements for the design If you wish I share the CAD model if others want to build it Keep up the awesome job
Even though I don't have plans to build something with sliding doors, watching helped my improve the way I think about approaching dimensions and fits. Thanks!
Would you ever use a full width groove on the top and a tongue groove on the bottom? The benefit being you won't see any part of the tongue at the top.
This was so fascinating to watch. I love your channel for all the in-depth explanations and illustrations/animations, but this time you even out-did yourselves! I do have one question/idea: Would it be a good idea (read: possible) to make a groove in the bottom tongue of the sliding door and add a wheel/bearing for better sliding? I was thinking you could drill a hole from the inside of the door towards the outside, and stopping before you go all the way through and using a dowel that holds this bearing in place? You would probably need a wider tongue, and thus a thicker door, but I don't see that as a dealbreaker necessarily. If that's doable, you would basically have invisible wheels, if I'm conceptualizing it correctly.
It feels nice when you add metric. Thanks. Also... I would love it if you threw in an oldschool-foureyes video every once in a while. I've been rewatching all the old stuff couse I miss it 😄 Some poetic/philosofic/pun-ic narrative and other-chris guitar track ❤
Thank you so much for this video. Built my first cabinet today and used your sliding door method to get results that were a lot better than I expected.
Great explanation one of the best in the topic, thanks Chris am ready to do my slide door without hardware which is awesome, the furniture that you use for the explanation looks beautiful, really nice design and with the sliding doors, wooow real nice thanks great content,
I love your videos. Your a great teacher and make it so easy for a beginner like me to follow along. I would love to be able to do a build with you and you teach me
Excellent tutorial - thanks a whole lot, I really appreciate it and found it easy to understand. I was about to start planning construction of a credenza which will need sliding doors. This helped me settle some thoughts I had had, and convinced me not to go down the expensive sliding hardware route.
One more reason for Tongue groove which is similar to the benefit of distance between doors is distance to front face. Meaning for example if you want the door flush with face frame or slight inset, you need to do Tongue groove.Great video! Next one should be sliding without hardware but on drawers!
Why so amazing dude? This vid is sooo good and well explained and all that I can't help but be aggressively amazed, haha (I'm planning to make a closet 130x140~ for a small room, and I needed much much this info for my planning! Thanks)
I am only sorry I can thumbs-up this video only once. The whole video is filled with some really informative stuff and I particularly appreciate the animations. Imagine the time that goes into making them. Enough said.
You always explain well how to do useful things. With sliding doors, I've found it useful to think about what happens if dirt gets in the groove. A hole at the end of the travel, through the bottom of the groove can be helpful.
Recently made a MCM console with sliding doors. Did the tongue and groove version and they worked well, but would do them differently next time. I would cut narrow slots in the case and cut rabbets on the backs of the doors, but not in the front. The rabbets in the front of the doors "show", you can look into the cracks under and over the doors and the must be neatly lined up. Also, both surfaces of the front rabbets must be finished nicely. It would be cleaner if the front of the doors were flat and the rabbets on the back help to close the gap between the doors.
Yes! I'm glad this was the top comment because I came on here just to say that what you explained is the way I do it, and it solves the problem of seeing any seam along the top of the door. It's also one less cut to do because you only have to do a rabbet on one side of the door.
Followed your suggestion and did 10mm wide from the face of the door at the bottom, but full width at the top because it was less work. Looks really clean. It's a tv cabinet, and only has doors on each end with an open shelf in the middle, so just one groove.
Thanks for the clear explanation! Very helpful 😊 Not sure if you'll see this, but I was wondering: 1) what's the ideal size for the tabs? 1/3 of the door's thickness? Half? 2) how much space would you leave minimum between the doors? 3) approx. how heavy could you make the doors without having to use hardware? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🙏
So glad I grew up in a country with the metric system.
and im glad my parents did
When you grow up with feet and inches, it just makes sense. You can be just as precise with Imperial as you can with Metric. Maybe the math is a little easier with metric, but that's why we have calculators.
I find the math of imperial to be easy once I became an experienced woodworker. Example (quick math in your head): 1167mm+886mm= VS 18 1/8 + 56 7/16=…….. imperial is quicker in an instance like this. I do really like metric though and if one system were only to survive it probably has a wider range of applications and ease
Fractions make more sense from ahuman perspective.
Using the metric system is universal. For example, some Americans use the metric system instead of feet and inches. Educate yourself.
Upon unboxing, I was immediately upset at how the rails were very noticeably bent. But I kept going, all tools needed to assemble were included th-cam.com/users/postUgkxqtX4Dxs6aecAZEuz6GY5-d81YecKCshn and I had it set up in about 30 minutes. Honestly I love this thing, make sure to read the measurements and measure your space so you know if it'll work for you. I bought this to put inside my closet, underneath where I hang my clothes and it is absolutely perfect! It is VERY sturdy and all drawers glide easily and mine are stuffed, and they are still flush when closed.
This is the kind of information the people need! Thanks, Chris!
Probably one of the best explanations on how to properly build sliding doors I've come across... even if you don't make fine furniture and only shop cabinets. Great presentation and video production.
I taught for 38 years. You have a gift.
Chris, I think you read my mind. Every time I have an idea, you drop a video on the exact topic I'm looking to learn more about. I've built two of your designs now, and always feel confident following your instruction. Thanks for everything you do.
Thanks man...appreciate it. Glad you're enjoying the videos gaining something from them :)
I just built my first sliding door cabinet and your tips helped a lot, 80 x 36 x 13 inches deep. I aimed for 3/4 overhang just like you recommended. The sliding doors are 40 x 33 and I used half inch and there bowed but it’s a shop cabinet and it’s practice for the real furniture I’ll build for the house. My shop is 1.8 metres wide by 4.8 meters long, super small shop in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
I’ve never built a cabinet with a sliding door before and just a weekend warrior in the shop. But with this video, I built a sliding door on my cabinet in just a few short hours. My wife is very pleased with the results!
This video is awesome!!! Keep up the great work.
This video was awesome! I really appreciate how you broke down the math is this. :)
Thanks...glad you found it helpful :)
Thank you very much for this video. It is very helpful for me.. You make absolutely stunning furniture, so beautiful and sophisticated it is a pleasure to watch.
Perfect timing! Wanted to embark on a console build with sliding doors soon!
Nice. Hope this helps
Me too :-)
This was incredibly helpful. I just did sliding doors and your tutorial was all I needed. Thank you!
In term quality, this is awesome. Excellent accessible instructional video. This is why I’m a proud Patreon supporter. Bravo!
Great explanation for using this technique, Chris~! I've actually been looking for something like this, so your timing is great.
Thanks much~!
Hello, I am from Cambodia, I really love your work and your video.🇰🇭❤
Aloha cambodia
Warby parker is just for USA and CANADA only... anyway still your no.1 fan here in the philippines.. keep it upand goodbless... stay safe... more power to foureyes.
Excellent video! Articulate, succinct, but all the necessary details. Thank you for not rambling on just to hear yourself talk as so many online videos do.
Great film and instruction video. I’m going to try it on my next project!
I don't own a table saw nor router, but I am subbing right now! Why? This guy is so down to Earth. He doesn't skip or race through project. I recently bot 2 Bluetti AC300s & 2 B300s. I can't find a cart, rack or cabinet that will properly fit my power station. Because I live in rural America & keeping my Power Station in my outdoor kitchen (once I install a Transfer Switch (electrical sub-panel) I have no choice but to build a cabinet with doors due to the insane amount of dust accumulation. (I am surrounded by Agricultural open acres of land all around me.) Sliding doors are the way to go b/c they don't eat up extra space required when you open them. I now am excited cuz this guy has taught me how!!!!! I can do this!!!!
Thanks a million! I am off to buy my 1st router now!!!!
Oh, anyone have recommendations on what I should be looking for in a router? Will the more expensive ones be worthwhile over the cheaper ones?
Exceptional content, animations, explanations-you saved me hours of trial and error.
Thank you for providing the video and the millimeter version; they are incredibly helpful for those of us imperially impaired.
Nice clean lined work.
Thoughtfully produced, quietly explained videos.
No hype.
Great work ,well done.
You sound so natural when you explain all the steps that your projects involve. I was not aware of the hard work behind the scenes. The quality that you give us in each video is impressive. THANK YOU.
Thanks man...it definitely isn't a natural thing for me to talk on camera and explain. But I guess I've gotten very used to it over the years.
I very much appreciate your thorough descriptions and reasoning for the choices that you make. Of course, your delivery is great as well, thank you.
You fans all the way here in Jamaica blood, loving the content, very useful.
Thanks Romario :)
Trinidad and Tobago here!
Learned alot!
I love these in depth videos. What an amazing groove you have 😉
Ideal for galley kitchens!
Great job explaining.. and not getting to technical..as a newbie wood worker this was a great video to help me out with some questions..
I remember doing this for our wood work classes back in high school . From Malaysia
Impressed. Thanks a lot. Learned so much in less than half an hour.
Thanks Master...I learnt a lot of this originally Japanese technique... No hardware at all!!!... Greetings from Medellin!!!
Dam you're good at making instructional videos - this is just what I'm looking for thank-you.
Fantastic video! I just got a commission for a cabinet that requires sliding doors for exactly the reason you mentioned: space limitations. Been puzzling out exactly how to do it and your tongue and groove explanation was exactly what I needed. Keep up the great work, Chris!
Hi guys I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your efforts.
I watch several wood working channels but none of them reaches your level level of design.
You style is simplistic but still modern with a bit of a twist.
Your rocking chair belongs in a design museum as a piece of art.
Maybe make a video about furniture build by your viewers inspired by your design style
I used lot of your elements to build some bar chairs ...I got lots of complements for the design
If you wish I share the CAD model if others want to build it
Keep up the awesome job
Thanks Bernd. Appreciate the kind words...we always love seeing things people build.
@@Foureyes.Furniture where should I email some pictures and the drawings?
Very informative! Need to let this digest then come back and re-watch a few times!
Even though I don't have plans to build something with sliding doors, watching helped my improve the way I think about approaching dimensions and fits. Thanks!
That is great. Appreciate it.
Would you ever use a full width groove on the top and a tongue groove on the bottom? The benefit being you won't see any part of the tongue at the top.
Glad I read the comments before asking about the visible top tongue. Sounds like a good solution.
This was so fascinating to watch. I love your channel for all the in-depth explanations and illustrations/animations, but this time you even out-did yourselves! I do have one question/idea: Would it be a good idea (read: possible) to make a groove in the bottom tongue of the sliding door and add a wheel/bearing for better sliding? I was thinking you could drill a hole from the inside of the door towards the outside, and stopping before you go all the way through and using a dowel that holds this bearing in place? You would probably need a wider tongue, and thus a thicker door, but I don't see that as a dealbreaker necessarily.
If that's doable, you would basically have invisible wheels, if I'm conceptualizing it correctly.
Out of the sunglasses I prefer the Barkley or Downing, for you face I think the Barkley ones look the best. Great video man, thanks for all the tips!
you are such a good explainer. thx a lot !
My favourite how to of yours yet. Great video.
It feels nice when you add metric. Thanks. Also... I would love it if you threw in an oldschool-foureyes video every once in a while. I've been rewatching all the old stuff couse I miss it 😄
Some poetic/philosofic/pun-ic narrative and other-chris guitar track ❤
You have changed my mind about sliding doors. Beautiful work. I'm going to incorporate more of these into my work. Thank you!
Great video, and beautifull work man!
Thanks Chris! I made sliding doors today and I wish I would have seen the video before :)
Thank you. I never think of doing doors this way.
Great video ! Much appreciated.
I slid over and clicked that like button !!
who knew collecting action figures would steer me into learning this stuff.
wild
Love the details and instructions. Thank you so much for the video!
Thank you brother
This is such a great video!
I love these kind of videos, and you do a great job of explaining each step. Thank you for the content!
Excellent video. Great graphics. These tips really helped with my full size shoji doors.
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
i think i´ve told in other videos, I Love you! you are a genius!!
Excellent video!!! Thank you so much for all the valuable information.
Thank you so much for this video. Built my first cabinet today and used your sliding door method to get results that were a lot better than I expected.
Great explanation! Thanks for taking the time to make this.
It is quite remarkable that you can talk more then 12 minutes about something simpele as This, well done 😁
Thank you brother fantastic video. Go cubs
nice presentation... keep it up...
Nice work! That’s for the help. Sko Cubbies
Perfect technical video - great job! 👍
I appreciate you putting in MM, Thankyou awesome video as always. Thanks Chris
Your videos are the BEST! I’m learning so much. I plan to buy some of your plans as well. Thank you!
Thank you so much...they''ll be there for you when you're ready :)
Thanks for the tips and the graphics 🙏👍
Such sweet explanation- thank you!
Great way of explaining this. Thanks. Subscribed!
Great video. Thank you.
Great explanation one of the best in the topic, thanks Chris am ready to do my slide door without hardware which is awesome, the furniture that you use for the explanation looks beautiful, really nice design and with the sliding doors, wooow real nice thanks great content,
I love your videos. Your a great teacher and make it so easy for a beginner like me to follow along. I would love to be able to do a build with you and you teach me
Awesome video!
Thank you for this, very thorough and informative!
Excellent tutorial - thanks a whole lot, I really appreciate it and found it easy to understand. I was about to start planning construction of a credenza which will need sliding doors. This helped me settle some thoughts I had had, and convinced me not to go down the expensive sliding hardware route.
Your videos are so ridiculously informative. So I mean this honestly, “thank you”. Also, The Barkley’s look great. Cheers!
Thank you!
Great video.
That was great. Thanks!
thank you for a great learning video and for using mm as well
Perfect! My next project will hopefully include sliding doors. This was helpful
Sweet. It's a pretty easy feature :)
Thank you very very much
Great video. 14:52 Looking forward to more plans in your plans section.
Thanks for the mm measures
One more reason for Tongue groove which is similar to the benefit of distance between doors is distance to front face. Meaning for example if you want the door flush with face frame or slight inset, you need to do Tongue groove.Great video! Next one should be sliding without hardware but on drawers!
Not a bad idea. Maybe we'll do that.
this is very cool thanks
Gracias por el Video Chris, invaluables consejos.
Brilliant video, great how to explained yourself in several ways 👌🏻
Thank you for the helpful video, please keep up the excellent work and explanation on the details of the video. Love your woodworks SKILLS
Why so amazing dude? This vid is sooo good and well explained and all that I can't help but be aggressively amazed, haha (I'm planning to make a closet 130x140~ for a small room, and I needed much much this info for my planning! Thanks)
I am only sorry I can thumbs-up this video only once. The whole video is filled with some really informative stuff and I particularly appreciate the animations. Imagine the time that goes into making them. Enough said.
Harris for the warby’s. thanks for the vid!!
Thanks!
Love this style of video! So much value!
You always explain well how to do useful things. With sliding doors, I've found it useful to think about what happens if dirt gets in the groove. A hole at the end of the travel, through the bottom of the groove can be helpful.
Good call. I've never though about that before. I suppose I would probably go for a vacuum if I ever faced that :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture I guess the ones where I found it needed were in a preschool. Under less challenging circumstances it's less important.
Great info, Chris.
Bill
Great video! As far as the sunglasses, I liked the Harris ones for you 😀
Appreciate that. I'll keep gathering feedback and then make my pick :)
Recently made a MCM console with sliding doors. Did the tongue and groove version and they worked well, but would do them differently next time. I would cut narrow slots in the case and cut rabbets on the backs of the doors, but not in the front. The rabbets in the front of the doors "show", you can look into the cracks under and over the doors and the must be neatly lined up. Also, both surfaces of the front rabbets must be finished nicely. It would be cleaner if the front of the doors were flat and the rabbets on the back help to close the gap between the doors.
Yes! I'm glad this was the top comment because I came on here just to say that what you explained is the way I do it, and it solves the problem of seeing any seam along the top of the door. It's also one less cut to do because you only have to do a rabbet on one side of the door.
Followed your suggestion and did 10mm wide from the face of the door at the bottom, but full width at the top because it was less work. Looks really clean. It's a tv cabinet, and only has doors on each end with an open shelf in the middle, so just one groove.
IDK!!! Maybe I Will Have To Try!!! I Am About 8-9 Months In. So Still Pretty New!!! Thank You!!! 🤔🤷♂️👍🤦♂️😎
Great video Chris!
Good stuff Bro!😎Harris
Thanks for the clear explanation! Very helpful 😊
Not sure if you'll see this, but I was wondering:
1) what's the ideal size for the tabs? 1/3 of the door's thickness? Half?
2) how much space would you leave minimum between the doors?
3) approx. how heavy could you make the doors without having to use hardware?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🙏