Find a guy with a cnc and have him cut some spirals for the top and bottom to guide the tambour as you roll it sideways, If he cuts those tracks/spirals out of High-density polyethylene (HDPE), they're self lubricating and easy to cut. Instead of spiraling into a coil, you can have the tambour go in behind the TV.
Tomorrow, Friday, 2/4 on channel 471, WLIW Create, at 11AM, 5PM and
11PM Rough Cut will be broadcast. The project is a breadbox with tambour door. Have a look to get an idea of what is involved when using the canvas method.
RicodJour wrote in news:9a034991-0437-4455-b979- snipped-for-privacy@u17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
Looking into that, the problem (or is it not a problem?) is that the doors are to be wider than the depth of the cabinet. Can you have double bifold doors that swivel and can be pushed in like a pocket door/flipper door?
"dadiOH" wrote in news:4d4b1493$0$13941$882e7ee2 @usenet-news.net:
TV is too high. Or I would need upper and lower barrister doors. Otherwise a good idea. I'm still torn between a roll-up tambour and a double set of bifold flipper doors (2 doors, each bifold).
I've done both and if I had my druthers I would personally rather got the tambour route, the deciding factor being a greater chance of future trouble free operation, and the satisfying feel of a tambour job well done.
While both can have their frustrating installation issues, my experience is there is far less mechanical frustration down the road with a traditional tambour installation ... although tambour may be just a bit more involved upfront, it is the kind of involvement that requires common woodworking skills (routing, ect), not mechanical skills.
Flipper doors can be a bitch during installation with the necessity for 'follow strips' and the fussy nature of the hardware.
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