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<\/a><\/p>\nFirst step, purchase some 3\/4″ x 3\/4″ x 1\/8″ steel angle from Metal Superstore (the only place I’ve found locally to get this stuff).<\/p>\n Cut 45 degree angles using a newly purchased, really cheap chop saw. I wish I had splurged on a nicer one.<\/p>\n I built a simple fixture to try and get the pieces to connect at a 90 degree angle. It worked… okay.<\/p>\n Welding the corners together, one by one.<\/p>\n Some welds aren’t as nice as the rest, because I am not proficient yet.<\/p>\n For a little decoration, I got some scrap metal tube and rods. I chopped the tubes to make little circles, and connected them to the frames with the rods. Going for “funky”.<\/p>\n Now the frustrating part: The fitting. My math was wrong, and my doors were too wide to put a substantial center post for the inner of the four doors. \u00a0Also, the extreme un-rectangularness of the existing frame caused some agita. \u00a0Furthermore, my welding caused some warping of the metal. \u00a0All in all, this isn’t going to look machine-precise.<\/p>\n Adding some hinges.<\/p>\n And making some other hardware: handles, and little brackets (made from more cut up tube) to hang the material on.<\/p>\n Welding on the handle warped the metal some more. Do I need thicker angle iron? Less heat? Better clamping? Dunno.<\/p>\n Polishing up the metal with an angle grinder with flap pad sander.<\/p>\n The metal looks nice sanded. Shame I’m going to paint it. But I need to cover up the sins.<\/p>\n Painted.<\/p>\n I hate bi-fold doors. Hate. Them. Any closet that has them I consider wasted space, because I will never open them, because the bi-fold doors will fail in some way and run up my blood pressure and life is too … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"