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1. 
   UncleDunc | Aug 24, 2004 03:58am | #1

   The newest FWW, #172, has an article on sliding doors, but the author doesn't use any hardware.

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   Steinmetz | Aug 24, 2004 04:31am | #2

   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

   
   

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   Edited 8/23/2004 9:35 pm ET by steinmetz