How-To Make DIY Sliding Barn-Door Hardware
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- Get the complete step-by-step plans to build the Sliding Barn-Door Cabinet at: www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/b...
Buying commercial sliding barn-door hardware can get expensive. And, if you're like us, often times material for a project is expensive enough. In Woodsmith #237, we built a rustic Sliding Barn-Door Cabinet utilizing shop made hardware. Here, project designer John Doyle walks us through how to make your own high-quality, DIY barn-door hardware for your projects.
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My home depot and lowes both have those rollers. They are rollers for patio doors. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much for this video. Here in South Africa they want to charge you an arm and a leg for the hardware. Now I can make it myself
Thanks a lot...👍
Thank you very much. Glad your video showed up on my TH-cam recommendations. I've been looking up barn door hardware and barn door building and installation videos the past couple of days. And the ones I watched involved well over $1,000 dollars worth of tools and machines. By contrast, this video is down to earth and shows tremendous resourcefulness to accomplish pretty much the same results.
Glad I could help!
While I might not have been that interested in this particular project, I do appreciate the longer format tip. For a long time these tips have been really quick/trivial or showing off how someone designed a knitted cozy for their drill press.
I was kind of getting the same vibe with some of the tips we were sending out. A lot of quicker readers' tips may be interesting, but not real practical for most woodworkers. We'll try to mix in more of the longer informational videos like this one in the future. I do like the knitted drill press cozy idea though... we may have to use that one. :)
I love the clear and concise explanation. You took all the guess work out. This should be easy for me to replicate. Cheers!
Thanks... best of luck.
I could just listen to the hack sawing at 1:48 on a loop all day. :)
Thanks , You guys are awesome!
Happy Holidays! ☮✌🏻
Great sense of humor. Jam Nut threw me for a moment. Oh yes, good info as well.
Yeah, that was a pretty subtle delivery, so glad you caught that. :)
I have been putting this hardware build off for a few months because I was not sure how to bend the flat metal. Your way is great, cheap and easy. Thank you.
I love these guys! Excellent teachers!
Mitzi Bud Thanks! You're too kind.
the bender jig is a great idea! i will use your idea for sure ( sliding fireplace dood screens). ...happy trails.... thank you....
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you found some value in this video. :)
Wow, that's simple..I have never seen barn door in real life but online.. my mother loved the idea of sliding door.so got to make this.. .kit is extremely expensive
Any chance you'd be willing to sell another jig like that? Love the video. Thanks for the help!
i like my 4 inch angle grinder with a flap disk leaves better finish makes a great radius
i just recieved that issue one or two weeks ago love that cabinet
I love the finish on the grey doors on the front of your work bench. Where did you get those?
Hi. Many years late... But would you recommend this technique for making the hardware for a full sized single barn door? What sort of wheel size would I need to use for that kind of project? Loveeeee how not a lot of expensive equipment was used in this video. Makes it SEEM doable for newbie DIYers like me 😃. Thank you!
Love Woodsmith! I was however skeptical about that vise mount and sure enough was confirmed when you had to hold onto the vise as you hack sawed :) Seriously though, as a wood/metal worker replacing a bench top I'd love to see something usable for both. Probably something on YT somewhere.....
Yeah the metal vise was not very secure in our workbench vise... I probably should have just clamped the plywood platform down to the bench. Bad choice in hindsight. After this video was shot I suggested we design a workbench/cart/workstation solely for the purpose of metalworking because it really should be kept separate from woodworking so the metal filings and shavings don't get embedded into your wood projects.
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine That's a great idea - I hope to see it happen! Woodsmith projects are well designed, I'm sure whatever you guys come up with will be nice.
Great design I like how repeatable your process is. Using a hack saw is a good way to show it’s possible without power tools. I’ve worked metal professionally for 12 years made me cringe a bit though lol.
Yeah, I agree... the hack sawing was a bit much. :)
do you have plans for installing a 3 panel sliding track with all doors going to same side to pocket? Thank you :)
great job, could you please tell me the radius of the wheel, thank you.
Wow good job. You should make more of those and sell them on eBay and Amazon!
It's too late... I've already shown everybody else how to make these and now they can just do it themselves. ;)
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine true, but many would still buy them rather them make them :-). Great vid thanks.
How deep was the dado cut, how far apart were the holes and what's the total length of the bar?
I prefer custard over jam, jelly and preserves! Great video!
Thanks :)
I love this. Much classier than other solutions. I wasn't clear on what to look for on the McMaster-Carr site. Do you have a link? Thanks
The pulley I used from McMaster Carr (#3434T23) can be found here: www.mcmaster.com/catalog/124/1542
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine Thank you!!
I love that grey finish on this cabinet and I have searched and searched for how to recreate it with no luck. Did you create this look or do you have tips on where I might look? I hope to hear from you!!
Actually, we have a video of how our Shop Craftsman finished this cabinet here: th-cam.com/video/kB6iOJncgHg/w-d-xo.html
Basically, we used General Finishes Antique White Milk Paint, then a clear coat on top of that (like spray lacquer or General Finishes High Performance Top Coat), and then wiped on General Finished Pitch Black Glaze into the cracks, crevices and dings and wiped off any excess. You can also do a little sanding and wear-through on the finish. When you get the get the look you want seal it all with a couple layers of the clear coat.
Do you know how to make a double bypass barn door ? that’s where my struggle has been I can’t figure out what hardware to make her use I’m a welder
Could you use aluminum for the flat bar?
I have a question: Why the need to cut the dado all the way across the length of the plywood, just to put scrap back in for a stop? Could you just mark the distance and stop the dado at that point?
Use a grinding wheel to round the corners, faster and simpler
Absolutely, that is exactly what I did when I was building mine, but I wanted to show it being done without a bunch of expensive power tools. Of course I went and used the drill press to drill the holes. 😀
What I would like to see too, is how to make hardware for a bypass barn door.
Fine... I'll work on that next. :)
what black spray paint finish do you recommend for the metalwork?
I used Rust-Oleum Metallic Dark Steel #262662... I was originally just going to use black spray paint, but I found that it just didn't look natural, so I went with this metallic spray paint.
:45 took me longer then it should have to laugh at that.
Nathan Mitchell It is pretty subtle... glad you caught it though. 👍
Does any one know the part number of the ball bearing pulleys?
Safety goggles!
Yeah, I thought I could get away without eye protection if I'm not using power tools but better safe than sorry. You definitely don't want to get metal shavings in your eye.
Heres a tip, files only have one cutting edge so dont pull back on your file, pick it up and bring it back reset then cut again. Or dull out your files.
LOL... Yeah, I realize that I was showing really bad filing technique on video. Sometimes when we're just messing around on video waiting for the director to yell "cut" that accidentally makes it in to the final video. My bad... live and learn.
Also, I'll admit my hack sawing game is a little weak in this video, as well. :)
Not sure youre still looking over comments on this video anymore, but in the off chance you are... roughly how much clearance do you need from the opening of the cabinet to the top of the cabinet to accommodate the hardware?
On our cabinet the upper face frame rail is 3 1/8" wide so that is the distance from the door openings to the underside of the cabinet top. The distance from the top of the metal runner is 1 7/8" from the underside of the top of the cabinet. Hopefully, that answers your question. Let me know if you have any more.
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine Awesome! I appreciate you taking the time to reply!
the_human_toe - No problem. Always happy to help.
What is the McMaster Carr part number for the pulley wheel?
Part# 3434T23 and the link: www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/124/1542/=1e1j5fs
Woodsmith thank you!👍
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine Would it be possible to get the actual part number ..... thanks so much!!
Yep... McMaster-Carr Part# 3434T23.
Wow. No fancy tools needed.
Thanks! :)
are you going to show the construction of the cabinet i have made panels but i used tongue and grouve on my router table
We don't have plans to shoot a video of building this entire project in the near future, but it's possible. We will keep you updated.
fantastic i am waiting the book and watching the build would be super fantastic
the con vex and concave is when they run the steel threw the slitter that is how we dide when i worked for carrier
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine well I sure wish you guys would make plans to replicate that cabinet, its gorgeous and I really need to build one like it for my wife so I can get out of the doghouse, can you please help a brother out? Please?
Don Pfeiffer - We do have the step-by-step plans to build this project available here: www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/barn-door-cabinet/
I would have used a grinder lot faster and a lot more smooth
I'll be honest... that is what I did too, but I wanted to show using a hacksaw and file so it would seem more accessible to those that only use hand tools.
Grinders are like 9$ at harbor freight brother
I'm his daughters friend
now that is not nice i want to watch the finish i was thinking vinegar and steelwool and a drywash of white and a light sanding i hate to paint got enough of that in the navy
Here is a short video on our finishing process, if you hadn't seen that yet: th-cam.com/video/kB6iOJncgHg/w-d-xo.html&t
i think that the cabinet with barn doors is nicest projects in many magizines and i have many i would love to see more i have all of the coppies of the bedroom but all i need is a queen headboard i use medical equipment so guess will need to be book case unit
I only dabble in light & small woodworking projects when I have to. Metal machining has been my main hobby for almost 40 yrs. Hopefully you wont mind some constructive criticism since you were attempting to demonstrate how to shape and form metal. Your methods obviously worked, but technically there a bit off. A cheap jewelers hand saw would have allowed much easier cutting to the line with very little file work to do. Even easier would be if a variable speed scroll saw is available then proper metal cutting blades are made for them. Dialing the speed right down and a light touch "IS" needed though for thicker cross sections of material due to the blades being a bit fragile.When filing and not lifting the file on the back stroke but dragging it back across the metal that simply dulls the teeth. Filing an outside radius is much easier with quicker & smoother results when you file along the length of the radius and not across the material. You roll the file to follow the radius. That bend could have all been done in and on the bench vise with the only addition of a short steel rod matching the required radius, maybe a pair of vise grips for a bit of help, and a hammer. Soft wood even SW ply makes a poor former for shaping metal other than maybe light gauge sheet metal. It compresses too easily so the bends aren't an even continuous radius. So doing it in the vise would have produced a tighter and better formed radius. If you do have to use a hack saw for anything? It's a common mistake to only use a few inches of the blade. The job always goes a lot quicker when you use most of the blade length you paid for on each stroke. That also helps to even out the wear on the blade and keeps the blade thickness evenly worn from friction along it's length.
Understandably and unfortunately I see numerous and faulty methods shown in every wood working magazine out there when the subject of working with metal comes up. Your wood workers without a long back round of using the material so it's of course logical and not surprising. Frankly if I was the owner of any wood working magazine I'd find one of the thousands of old school retired machinist that started out learning how to hand work metal to keep on a small yearly retainer to double check any methods before there presented to the public. For the little that might cost it would well worth the extra credibility. It was a very a good video with a few minor faults so it still gets a thumbs up.
Thank you for all of your thoughtful insight on the subject of metal working. Obviously I have more to learn on the subject, so the tips are appreciated. :)
@@WoodsmithShowandmagazine Your more than welcome. Filing metal by the ones who have a great deal of experience is almost an art form. Tom Lipton on his Oxtools channel here on YT did a series a few years ago about building a bar stock welded reproduction of a Wilton Baby Bullet vise that demonstrates what can be done with some simple crude files and a bit of time. And exactly like wood working, hand tool metal working takes a great deal of skill, knowledge & craftsmanship. Just like high quality wood working it's a whole lot tougher than it looks. :-) However wanting to learn more to get better at it is without a doubt the best attitude to have.
Are you going to post a video TP8?
Turning point needs to go back to 5th grade. Terrible grammar!
@@DetailEnthusiast Then it's a good thing my points were not about proper grammar Mr. Detail. Is that really the best ya got or do you have something even semi intelligent to add to the video's topic?
not to knock ur diy but for furniture barndoor hardware just use aluminum easier to work with and plenty strong enough, and use plastic spacers to mount bar to furniture. wheels i get on amazon www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C1MXY88/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 hard plastic which i prefer over metal and already black.
Get a sliding screen door roller
Or a glass door roller
You could definitely use the plastic or nylon pulleys found in screen or glass door sliders, but I wanted to go for the look and feel of high-end barn door hardware so I went with a heavy-duty metal pulley.
Sooo, this is for a kids play/pretend barn?
No , it's for a REAL kid's barn... j/k I don't think it is legal to keep real kids in a barn. :)
Please try not to use a back and fourth motion when using a file, you will ruin it. Just forward, or you'll blunt the teeth.
"here's a tip...don't do that"
That's probably the best tip I'll give you. :)
Annnndddddd your file is now dull files go in one direction should never go back and forth