Tambour route bit set

Why are you selling this?

-- "Checking for square? what madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2

I bought the Amana bit set instead. More money but easier to use and assemble. This one has been sold.

-- Brandon, Maine, www.maineweddingtrellis.com

Thanks for the answer. These intrigue me. I think I have to develop a lot more skill before I try something like a routed tambour door.

-- "Checking for square? what madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2

I would go with the Amana set. It is a bit pricey @ $180 but it produces a real good product. I posted a review of it for the desk taht I built using it. That will give you more details on my thoughts.

-- Brandon, Maine, www.maineweddingtrellis.com

I saw Norm Abram make tambour for his Old Rolltop Desk this morning… all he used was a Roundover bit!

He glued his tambour strips (taped into groups of maybe 5) to some artist canvas with Contact cement…
Seemed to work just fine!

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I think the gluing onto canvass it the traditional way of making a tambour door. Apparently the tambour curtain is an invention of Abner Cutler (an American) back in the 1850s (“Illustrated Cabinetmaking How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works” Bill Hylton; American Woodworker, 2008 p 220)

-- "Checking for square? what madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2