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Default Advice needed for sliding door project run amok

On 3/14/2015 2:18 PM, Dick Snyder wrote:
I am building a cabinet with sliding doors (due to space constraints).
It is 36" high, 74" long and made from cherry plywood. I got 1/4" cherry
for the sliding doors that are to run in a sliding door track I
purchased from Rockler.

The plywood I made the doors from was the wrong choice. It started
warping and it very difficult to fit in the sliding door track. The rest
of the project is complete but I need to find a better choice for the
sliding doors (something that is stable and straight). I finished the
doors the same as the cabinet(50/50 blend of Watco natural oil and poly
followed by two coats of poly after the watco blend had fully dried) but
clearly I need to changes horses. Do you have any suggestions for me?

TIA.

Dick Snyder

After many good ideas from you all on my problems I thought I would let
you know that the idea which worked best for me was 1/4" acrylic
panels. They are very stable, slide easily, and while not what I had
planned on (I had stained cherry plywood), they look quite nice in their
own right.

Thanks again to all who assisted me in thinking through this problem
and, as usual when I ask for help, I learned a *LOT*.

Dick Snyder