That door looks really heavy. My guess around 35kg with the mild steel frame.  Over engineered? 😁

Completed. Waiting for my dining chairs to arrive this weekend.

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your dining table looks absolutely gorgeous, i'm also very impressed with your welding
kindly update us when dining chairs arrive please !!

Thanks very much! My dining chairs have arrived, will be making a bench this weekend. Will share pics of my full dining table set.

Project Barndoor for Toilet 

What the final completed project looks like.  Pretty happy with the final output.

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How the project actually started, from the very beginning working backwards ....

... managed to source pinewood planks (16' feet) from a dealer.  Got him to cut to 7' in length.

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The job of constructing the barndoors was beyond what I had in skills and tools, hence got a local workshop to provide the labour.  Glad I did as it took them 1 day to complete the job.

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Got them to sand it down to provide a smooth surface and remove possible wood splinters

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Treated the wood myself using stains as well as applying a layer using wax paste (to provide a layer of protection from the splash of water).  The right side - the darker side is the treated section.
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Treated and just waiting to be mounted on the railings ....

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And finally completed!
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Reubs Awesome. Where did you buy the sliding door track?

Got it from TaoBao but used a local Malaysian drop ship for door to door delivery.

Can reference the link below.

https://www.buy2taobao.com/en/search.html?K...or&Cid=all&Cid=

Thanks but ayo Tabao  . Is there any physical store that I can visit?

Thanks but ayo Tabao  . Is there any physical store that I can visit?

Had another wood ready and prep to be made into a 5' bench.

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Managed to find a metalworks guy to make a frame using mild steel for me.  When the bench was delivered, found that there were rust stains and the metal had a lot of black dust on it - probably not finished properly as I wanted it completed fast. 

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Noticed that the rust stains can be seen on the legs and the side part of the frame.


Decided had to use some elbow grease to remove the dirt and rusted stains - can't bear to live with rust stains inside the house (figured no fun getting tetanus from moving the bench around the house).  Hence had to separate the wood plank from the bench frame - and started to strip and clean the frame using vinegar and a steel wool.  Vinegar was surprisingly effective in cleaning out the built-up rust. 

Problem was after leaving it out to dry from the washing of the rust and dirt stains - within a couple of hours, some faint rust can be seen building up again.  Oxidation was happening very fast.  Had to wipe out the rust stain and apply a coat of acrylic clearcoat to provide a protective layer.

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So far looking good, the metal frame has the raw industrial look.  Currently waiting for the frame to full dry before merging the wood plank and metal frame back.

Hope to get it done by tomorrow!

Very nice work! If I were to make one, do I need to provide the steel or just the design will do? Do you mind sharing the contact for metal work? 

They are metal fabricators.  They will provide the metal.  T FOUR K METAL WORKS (https://www.facebook.com/T-FOUR-K-METAL-WORKS-288387937156/)

You just need to provide the design (with actual measurements and designs) and type of metal you want (e.g. GI pipe size, mild steel, etc).  They don't deliver so you have to arrange for your own transport e.g. hire a lorry or carry it in your car

Thanks for the tips! Really appreciate it 

Yeah, would be ok for indoors.

The place you buy your walnut. Is there a MOQ? Looking to refurbish some old speakers.

wood flavour of the month, RED Oak.. smoothhh.. 

just got out of the clamping station, surface still rough

so i put it into 80grit drum sander


comes out flat but surface is still abit rough to the touch due to 80grit sand paper

so add extra hand planing, then become butter smooth

Any leftovers?