Greetings,
We just installed new Diamond kitchen cabinets and have a corner cabinet appliance garage with a tambour door. The tambour door became detached from its mechanism during assembly and we don't know how to put it back together properly. I've searched the web for instructions and googled this group as well as rec.woodworking without success.
The tambour mechanism is very similar to the one shown on this page:
For one thing, we are unsure of the function of the spring. Does it assist in opening the tambour, or does it help shut the tambour after it has been opened? How much tension should be on the spring and how is it wound before attaching the tambour?
If anyone knows how to reassemble this kind of tambour mechanism, we'd appreciate your assistance.