Post #792466 by Commodore on Tue, Jan 15, 2019 10:55 AM

Some good stuff here - thanks for posting W8N2SRF! - those tracks are vintage solid bronze sail tracks off an old sailboat - the 'cars' are mainsail slides - found them at a nautical vintage surplus store with some other odds and ends. They weigh a lot! Secured them with mostly bronze screws and a few through bolted for good measure. I 'antiqued' those brass straps, but then in making the doors found I could hide them pretty well under the panels - so in the end all you will see is the tops of the straps. I wasn't sure how well the doors would slide and at first they really didn't - uh oh! One shot of WD40 and they're absolutely perfect. Funny that I put that door on upside down - ugh!! Definitely fixed it and you'll see that in photos coming up. All in all it looks good and except for the carpal tunnel that has developed (painful!) all is well... Wish it was moving faster but its going along!

Mahalo for all the support!

-Commodore