We built a large spray booth for spraying stucco on to some of our products, and to help keep the rest of the shop clean. We realized that we needed to add some large doors to the front and it seemed like the barn door approach was the way to go here, as it keeps the actual "foot print" a lot more compact than doors on hinges. YaY!

Building the doors wasn't a problem, but when it came to the actual barn door hardware, that was a different story! I could not find anything that would work in a price range that wouldn't break the bank. So, after a bit of head scratching, this is what I came up with. You can use this design on just about any kind, or size of door , not just what I did here.

After looking at countless google images of what commercially available barn door hardware looks like, and how they seemed to work, the first step was to figure out what to use for a "wheel" and then, the track that it would ride in. I jumped on Amazon and started looking at skateboard, roller skate, roller blade and scooter wheels. I figured, these wheels all held up to a humans weight and abuse, and had built in bearings. I was amazed at the selection and settled on some cheap ($9.00 for 2!!!) scooter wheels. I quickly ordered a pair so I could measure them and try to figure out a track that they could ride on.