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Sliding barn door made from Black Walnut

Sliding barn door made from Black Walnut. Custom installation for home remodel in Rhode Island.

The search always starts at the Sawmill for me. Here you can see a fairly large amount of Black Walnut, all of which is from Coventry RI. The barn door was made from two large boards on the far left. We resawed one of the boards down to 3/4", which …

By using the Festool track and router we are able to safely and accurately cut tight fitting panels.

Once everything is resawed, milled down to size, and square we are ready to glue everything together.

Here is a photo of the door installed. We used a black walnut header which we mounted the rail to. This gave us the structure and the style that we were looking for.

This hardware was purchased by the customer from http://www.realslidinghardware.com and their are many options to choose from. I found that these wheels were very quiet and would work well in many homes. If you are in the market for a sliding b…

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