We want to do bypass sliding doors in a small cabinet. Has anybody got a great idea for hardware?
Ever use these? Do they work OK?
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The newest FWW, #172, has an article on sliding doors, but the author doesn't use any hardware.
Bob, those rollers used to be called 'Sheaves'
Sheaves were used in the past to carry pretty heavy doors (They had recirculating ball bearings and rode on simple low metal rails)
(Cabinet or saddle had no grooves, so, no accumulaton of dirt also no way for doors to 'jump the track')
The beauty of those (In your pics,) is they are self leveling and roll on nylon wheels
Also can be installed with or without a dadoed header
Other types of roller hardware either had no sheaves but utilized two dado grooves.
Top groove was deeper in order to first lift the door's top up into the deep groove then easing the bottom down into the lower (shallow) dado
A bad feature in using this system, is: Even with a lock attached, the two doors can be lifted up and out of the grooves.
Your's however, once adjusted and raised to eliminate excessive looseness, cannot be lifted out
Steinmetz
Edited 8/23/2004 9:35 pm ET by steinmetz
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