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Mike Weiss

 
Subject : veneered tambour doors
Posted : 1999-11-22 12:43 PM
Post #30310
I am interested in veneering the face of a pair of tambour doors. I haven't done this before. They will be 30" tall by 15" wide and butt into eachother, forming the front of the cabinet. I have seen this done on another piece, where the doors appeared to be one continuous piece of veneer (the slats are not rounded or chamfered - they are rectangular in section). I have only read about this type of construction once and it didn't go into much detail, other than describing that once the slats had been face veneered, they were turned over and flexed apart so that the face veneer could be sliced through from the back with a knife. Very tricky sounding. Any suggestions on what material to use for the slats of the tambour? Any tips are r



 
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Darryl Keil

 
Subject : veneered tambour doors
Posted : 1999-11-27 5:10 PM
Post #30312 - In reply to #30310
Dear Mike,I cant say Ive done this before so I wont talk from experience on this, but my idea would golike this. First I would apply a finish to all the edges of the tambour pieces before glueing. Thiswill make sure the slats do not get glued together when the veneer is pressed on. I would also make sure the slats are a few inches longer than needed so I can pull all the slats togethertop and bottom with masking tape, cutting this extra off after the door is glued up. Then I would glue the canvas on the back and the veneer on the front of the slats. After it comes outI would use a sharp razor knife and a straight edge cutting the veneer carefully at each jointof every slat. That should give you a door where the veneer is continuous across the frontwith only fine lines at the slat joints. Those are my thoughts at least.SincerelyDarryl Keil: I am interested in veneering the face of a pair of tambour doors. I : haven't done this before. They will be 30" tall by 15" wide and butt : into eachother, forming the front of the cabinet. I have seen this : done on another piece, where the doors appeared to be one continuous : piece of veneer (the slats are not rounded or chamfered - they are : rectangular in section). I have only read about this type of : construction once and it didn't go into much detail, other than : describing that once the slats had been face veneered, they were : turned over and flexed apart so that the face veneer could be sliced : through from the back with a knife. Very tricky sounding.: Any suggestions on what material to use for the slats of the tambour? : Any tips are r




 
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steve levinson

 
Subject : veneered tambour doors
Posted : 1999-11-30 11:41 AM
Post #30315 - In reply to #30312
Dear Mike,also talking theoretically as I have not done this:I think you would do better to slice the veneer from the back before gluing on the canvas for several reasons.One, each slat wil lbe its own straight edge for clean alignment of cut. Two you can through to a backer surface.Three, the wedging action of the knife cut will be on the back side of the veneer and should leave a finer"kerf" line on the face than slicing through from the front. The drawback to this approach is keeping the slatssequenced correctly for the second glue up withthe canvas.I would certainly consider the warping stress from having a veneer on the face of the slats. I would be a goodidea to veneer the backs first I think. I dont believe the canvas would balance a face veneer, its a glue linebut the canvas has no stiffness. I would probably use a stable solid wood of similiar color for the slats.




 
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Spider Johnson

 
Subject : veneered tambour doors
Posted : 1999-12-10 12:56 PM
Post #30344 - In reply to #30315
Howdy. I just happened across this page while doing other biz with VPS and saw the word "tambour." The only addition that I would make is the prospect of adding wood marquetry to the equation. I have had success in gluing our completed marquetry skins to either a thin solid wood or Baltic birch substrate, then cutting the slats with my Hegner scrollsaw, using a #1 or smaller blade (which leaves such a small kerf that the marquetry pattern is negligibly interrupted.) One can even cut irregularly-shaped tambours (which are more interesting), as long as the tambour ends are parallel. This gives a new dimension and class to tambour doors.--Spider Johnson
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