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  1. #1
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    How to make a tambour door..?

    I would like to copy an existing tambour door , can someone tell me the "trick" to cutting the "slats"? The existing unit has 8mm square slats made from ply.
    Use a thin blade on my Triton workbench would be my guess but being new to wood work I would like some guidence please.

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    By tambour door, you mean a door that appears curved buy made of flat pieces?

    If that is the case the secret is......
    all tthe pieces are tapered.

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    Derek,I've never made a tambour so I can't be of much help but,If you try posting your question on the "Woodnet" woodworking forum,
    I think you'll find the help you need.
    It's a very busy forum with a lot of knowedgable people(not that there isn't here)

    Phil.
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    I just dawned on me you may be thinking of a door that is made of a sheet of goods and curved by ripping grooves in the back.

    If that is the case.
    The groges may look thin but the close up as you bend the panel.
    There is probably some complicated formular but most people estimate & do some trial & error testing on scrap to get it right.
    Curved battens provide the form & bracing.
    A simpler & cruder process than it would first appear.

    Have a go mate. ply is cheap.
    Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
    Most powertools have sharp teeth.
    People are made of meat.
    Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.

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    Originally posted by soundman:
    I just dawned on me you may be thinking of a door that is made of a sheet of goods and curved by ripping grooves in the back.

    If that is the case.
    The groges may look thin but the close up as you bend the panel.
    There is probably some complicated formular but most people estimate & do some trial & error testing on scrap to get it right.
    Curved battens provide the form & bracing.
    A simpler & cruder process than it would first appear.

    Have a go mate. ply is cheap.
    Thanks for the help, but a tambour door ( maybe a more American term) is one of those sliding door usually seen on a " roll top desk " . Thin strips of wood glued to a taught peice of canvas, ( as in tambourine).
    In the case I have the doorS run vertically and are on a beautiful old museum exhibit case with the doors sliding from the sides meeting in the middle. The timber is rather thin with the strips of timber just 8 mm wide stuck on the material back. When the doors are closed the slats are so well cut (with no bevel on the front edge, as is usually the case on a roll top desk), that it looks like a solid piece of wood. Ahhh the trades men of old...

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    Oh one of those.
    Most I,ve seen pike out and round the edges of the slats.
    As far as the ins & outs.
    Sorry I'm no help.
    Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
    Most powertools have sharp teeth.
    People are made of meat.
    Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.

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    Hello Derek,

    Do you have cable TV? If you do you should watch "The New Yankee Workshop" as Norm Abrams is making a a desk with just such a door. It is a two part series so the next part on Saturday 9AM will show how he makes one.

    Peter

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    Deric mate.
    Just found the article for you in an old coppy of FWW.
    A complete go to wow description.
    Fine wood working march / april 93 page 76
    E mail me if you cant access a coppy & well se wat we can doo.
    Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
    Most powertools have sharp teeth.
    People are made of meat.
    Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.

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    Default Tambours

    http://www.amanatool.com/articles/ma...bour_door.html

    This looks like a great way of making a quality Tambour.......

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