Making A Sliding Door Cabinet

For larger cabinets that are in the garage act as a display case or have some other function a sliding cabinet door will help make them more convenient to open.

Making a sliding door cabinet. The wooden track will make the entire project more cohesive. In addition it will enhance the quality and beauty of the overall piece. Instead of using a plastic or metal door track you can make your own wooden sliding cabinet door track. Since i m finally investing some real thought time and energy into revamping my shop i finally built some sliding cabinet doors for my workshop.

Pick up the doors one at a time and line the sliding mechanism with the cabinet. So they haven t been a high priority on my mile long to do list. Buying a new sliding cabinet door can be very expensive. Slide the door to open and close a few times to ensure that your cabinet doors are working as desired.

The diy plans to build a sliding door pantry feature five shelves behind two sliding doors. A wooden sliding door is an attractive feature to add to a cabinet project. She also drilled holes through both sides of each stake she would be using. I used mdf because i didn t want the cost t.

This project is well within the. However creating a basic sliding cabinet door requires the use of a few materials and tools. Other than the visual appeal cabinet doors don t serve any function besides keeping some dust out of the cabinet. If you need to make any adjustments.

In this video i demonstrated how to make a sliding door faceplate. To avoid paying 50 or more for pint size sliding door hardware kristine repurposed a 1 inch flat metal bar and metal garden edging stakes. Screw the mechanism onto the cabinet firmly. Diy plans to build a sliding door pantry.

Step 5 attach doors to cabinet. She cut the bar to length then drilled screw holes to mount it. Make sure you check out my demonstration on a technique i used to make the sliding rails. There is also trim under the top and at the bottom for.

This cabinet with sliding doors is made out of mdf and the dimensions are 140cm lenght 40cm width and 80cm hight. The doors should slide smoothly back and forth.