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1. 
   MikeHennessy | Mar 20, 2006 09:25pm | #1

   I would guess someone like Rockler would have tracks for sliding doors. Otherwise, to make tracks, since the doors slide past each other, I'd use a groove  bit wider than two door thicknesses plus the width of the kerf of your sawblade. Cut the grove and then make a saw kerf down the center of the groove, about 1/4" deeper than the groove. Then glue a wooden spline, end grain up for strength, in the kerf to act as a divider between the doors. The spline would have to be pretty strong stuff since it'll be pretty thin. I don't think I'd try to use ply as a slider without applying a hardwood edge to the bottom & top for wear.

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

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   jackplane | Mar 20, 2006 11:17pm | #2

   If you make your own, the groove in the upper track must be twice as deep as the lower, to fit the door.

   Acrylic (plex) in the bottom track works better than waxed ply.