How To Cut Sliding Closet Doors

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How to cut sliding closet doors.

Fit a router with a 1 2 inch straight bit. Set a circular saw to cut 1 4 to 3 8 inch deep and make a series of cuts starting at the line. They bind rub and fail to latch. In this video we show how to install standard sized sliding closet doors in a custom size opening.

Use a carpenter s square to draw a cut line that is square with the side of your doors. Apply painter s tape to the door lining the edge up along the cut line and keeping the tape on the good side of the cut. We install floor to ceiling mirrored sliding closet doors. In this video seri.

You may be able to buy jamb stock that already has rabbets. Hold the pull up to the door lining it up with the edges of the tape and trace around the outer edge. Install a forstner bit and mark your drill with masking tape just as if drilling a circular pull. Mark the amount you need to cut off the new door.

Rabbet joints at the corners are stronger and neater looking than simply butting two pieces of wood together.