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A good friend of mine wanted a barn to to separate two rooms in his house . No problem but upon looking into the prices for a commercially made rail system we were shocked at the price. So I made the rail system also for a fraction of the price .The wheels are from and old clothes line and the wood is form an old wooded grain bin .

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This is great, I love this style when used in the correct places.
 

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Nice job…I like the look. One question; is there any sort of guide for the bottom of the door?
 

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Thanks for all the nice comments . jbschultz- right now we are using a piece of angle iron screwed down to the floor and there is a dado groove in the bottom of the door. As this was my first door and rail system we are trying this for now but might make a ball bearing guide system .
 

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Very, very cool a perfect look for your friend. Is that top rail channel iron or cut square tubing, or?

Ron
 

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Did a good job, looks nice
 

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yes yes and hell yes .. i like it! Ive wanted to make something like this for the shop entrance … might have found my inspiration.
 

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Hello" Northwest29" the top rail is simply 2 pieces of flat iron with a tubular spacer/lag bolt guide welded in between.
 

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Love it! Could you post a picture(s) with more detail on the rail system? Would really like to use a similar design and have been looking to fabricate my own. Thanks!
 

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Great work on both the door and rail system. The track looks like it came out of an old barn too! I too would like to see some more detail on the track. I have a 1/4 or 3/8 rod tacked on the top of the track to catch the wheel groove. Guess it could be a ridge on both sides, etc, etc.
Thanks for the post!
BTKS
 

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This is the only other detailed picture I have . I will take some more next time I am at his house.
 

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Door looks great and LOVE the rail system!!
 
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