Hi Ken,
Welcome! Glazed wood sliders………….challenging for sure; but not rocket surgery. There’s lots of ways to build and glaze the fixed and sliding wood panels. But Vaughn is right that sourcing the hardware is the trick. And it is more heavy duty than your garden variety aluminum patio door stuff. Besides the handles, locking hardware & rollers, you’ll need the top & bottom tracks which also incorporate the sliding screens runners, and the interlocking pieces which attach to the vertical stiles.
Fortunately, one of the leading manufacturers of wood sliders in Canada and the U.S., Marvin Windows and Doors, have kindly posted their construction details in pdf form on their
website: Then go to this
link for details: Scroll down and open pdf of their “Wood Sliding Patio Door”, but also scroll to bottom and open the one called “Wood Ultimate Sliding French Door”…..they’re spectacular.
Marvin likely only sells hardware to their dealers, but you could probably get it through one of those. And of course Marvin is only one of many manufactures to get ideas and hardware from.
Not sure where you live Ken, but you can find outlets and dealers info on the marvin.com U.S. site, or the
Marvin Canada site at: Let me know if you need more ideas on sourcing etc. By the way, I'm not affiliated in any way with Marvin, it's just an example.
Cheers,
Brian
“Recovering glass shop owner”