Small Secretary With Tambour Door #3: Making the Tambour Door

Very cool build Guy. I would only ad one thing. On your wedges that lock those slats together for gluing, maybe a small bit of sandpaper glued onto the wedges so they really don’t slip?? Just a suggestion. The tambor door/s came out very nicely and your steps of doing it were a pleasure to watch. Got it in me brain for future use.. :)

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Thanks Roger. And that is a good idea for the wedges. I eventually ended up clamping one of them into place so I could hammer them tighter.

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That is coming along perfectly! Your attention to detail really paid off with that perfect fit on the sliding door. This is just a spectacular build. Thanks for taking us along.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

That is coming along perfectly! Your attention to detail really paid off with that perfect fit on the sliding door. This is just a spectacular build. Thanks for taking us along.

- gfadvm

Thanks for the comment and of course watching!

-- Guy, Indianapolis, IN - https://www.youtube.com/user/GuysWoodshop - Instagram – https://instagram.com/guyswoodshop/

Great video! I have a couple questions:

1. Is the rounded profile you route on the front of each stave necessary or just aesthetic?
2. What is the minimum radius do you think this type of door could turn around.
3. Are there other options to installing it into your cabinet other than that permanent entry track you routed?

Thanks a bunch

WSC

Great video! I have a couple questions:

1. Is the rounded profile you route on the front of each stave necessary or just aesthetic?
2. What is the minimum radius do you think this type of door could turn around.
3. Are there other options to installing it into your cabinet other than that permanent entry track you routed?

Thanks a bunch

WSC

- whiteshoecovers

Thnaks WSC, I wil ltry to answer your questions one at a time.

1. Purely aesthetic. And I actually chamfered them, not rounded them. Although it could be done either way.
2. I have no idea. I am sure someone somewhere has figured this out mathematically. I just “winged it”. That’s why I was so happy when it actually worked like I thought it would.
3. I think this system is used in RV’s quite a bit, and there are aluminum tracks that can be used. Not 100% sure, but I do remember reading about them when I did the research before I built this piece.

What are you planning on building that would use a tambour?

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