Barndoor hanger hardware?

[Delphinus]

Any ideas where to look for barn door hanger hardware? I want to build my light frame slider for my tank room and I'm having a hard time finding stuff.

UFA has stuff but it's not cheap. The guy was like, "Well, yeah, you can get cheaper ones elsewhere, but our stuff is better". I guess if I really wanted to hang a 500lb barndoor, it's what I would want, but for a 25lb lighting frame I can go with something less beefy. (I should have just asked him "Can you name a place I can get it from instead please?" Darn it.)

I checked Home Depot, Rona and Totem online .. nothing (which doesn't really surprise me - I think this is probably a little too specialized)..

[brizzo]

Any places that sell Stanley hardware (Home Depot) should be able to special order you Stanley brand barn door track http://www.stanleyhardware.com/defau...ACK+AND+HANGER

I've never seen a light-weight version of barn door track, its all heavy duty galvanized. There is a few different styles out there, more "light", but I think the rating was still 400lbs

What kind of prices did they give you ?

[ElGuappo]

what about having a welding shop ,aking one locally for you ? good highschool project. all you pay for is materials. ernest manning HS has a welding shop. when i went there i loved doing projects. again all you pay for is materials and some lucky person gets a grad out of it. just an idea.

[don.ald]

try bathroom shower shops--tracks that hold shower doors--light weight aluminum.

[Delphinus]

Starting to look like there's no way to do this for less than $200. Yeah, maybe I'll check with the schools, the only problem is I don't know how to design this, I just want to see what I can scrape together out of what's available and see what I can make useful by playing around and trial and error.

The lighting frame weighs around 30lbs with the lights on it so maybe a curtain track idea is more feasible instead of something that needs to support up to 500lbs..

[brizzo]

Oh DURRR! I feel like a noob after working in the hardware industry for so long...

Bypass door hardware!! That's exactly what you need; hopefully! Not sure what you're doing :P

http://www.stanleyhardware.com/defau...NG+RETAIL+SETS

[Delphinus]

That looks like it would work awesome! Thanks!

(... what's a bypass door? Is this something standard? I just hate asking for stuff I don't really know about because usually it gets met with blank stares. It was bad enough calling around asking for barn door hanger hardware! It usually went something like this:

Clerk: Can I help you find something
Tony: I'm looking for barn door hanger hardware?
Clerk: What do you want that for? What kind?
Tony: Uh, I was kinda hoping you wouldn't ask that, it's for an aquarium..
Clerk: ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff <sound of brain shutting off>
Tony: uh hello?

... and so on...)

[brizzo]

They're mainly used for closets; You have two doors that can slide past one another. Rona and Home Depot will have kits in stock.

[michika]

You can also try Lee Valley I guess.

[ElGuappo]

dont know if they are the same as above but also try "pocket door" sliders. you know the doors that slide into the wall.