[Woodworkers] tambour door

[Steve Bigelow]

I made a tambour door on a bread box 35 years ago. Bread box is still in
daily use. I used canvas and yellow wood glue. You can also use gorilla
glue.

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 4:43 PM Scott Rohan=Smith via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Don’t you just love saying that! It doesn’t really roll off of the tongue
> but it’s still fun.
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> I made a tambour door a couple 3 years ago and I’m finally getting around
> to finishing the cabinet that it will go into (Damn shingles! Get your
> shots!) I read a couple of magazine articles about how to make it and Norm
> has a really good video of how to do it. I thought I did a really good job
> and followed all of the advice in the video and articles.  The tambour door
> is fairly large (44” x 44”) and made of quarter sawn white oak so it is
> also fairly heavy.  I used contact cement on the canvas and slats as per
> instructions and it seemed like a really good bond. Last night I was
> wrestling it around trying to test fit it into the cabinet and some of the
> slats were coming loose and one finally fell off. That really bummed me out
> and now I’m trying to decide how to proceed.
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> Whatta ya think? Should I re-apply contact cement? Would I need to clean
> off the old cement? That may compromise the slats around it that are still
> intact.
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> Should I use some other adhesive? Loctite makes what is probably just a
> silicone adhesive (the label just calls it “Power Grab”) but it has been
> working pretty good for me on other things.
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> Or, any other suggestions you guys might have?
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> Smitty aka Scott Rohan-Smith
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> Missoula, MT
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> Doh, a beer I want a beer
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> Ray, the guy who buys me beer
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> Me, the guy whom Ray buys beer
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> Fa, a long way to go for beer
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> So, I think I’ll have a beer
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> La, La la la la la la
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> Ti, no thanks I’ll have a beer
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> And that will bring us back to Doh! Doh! Doh!
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> This one is for you Joe.
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