Sliding closet dorr advice--what size lumber???

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Sliding closet dorr advice--what size lumber???

Postby kayakrguy » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:40 pm

Hi folks,

Finally, I am getting to the vabinets. I plan on sliding doors for convenience and space reasons. I plan to mount them in the facing frames of the cabinets.

I need advice on the size of the lumber required to accept deep enough grroves to hold the doors without them jumping out etc. I plan on using 1/8" luan for the doors so my tracks need to be about 1/4 inch wide, which suggests 3/4 inch thickness at the least--is that too skimpy??

Those of you who built sliders--what sizr limber did you use for the frame?

Hope all is well with everyone!

Thanks,

Jim
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