Roll top desks feature a flexible door or tambour made from several wooden slats which when pushed or pulled glide along side tracks to open or close the desk.
Roll top desk tambour.
Whether you re building or restoring a roll top desk creating a kitchen storage cabinet or working on any other number of projects that are ideal for a rolling door you ll find the supplies you need here.
Some people believe that disassembling a roll top desk to make repairs to the tambour is like finding the key to a chinese puzzle box.
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Tambour cloth is sold by the yard.
Flipper tambour door lock this versatile lock can be used on everything from roll top desks to overhead bins.
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Tambour sheets are 60 wide 36 high and 5 16 thick.
Omega national solid wood tambour sheets with half round slats are ideally suited for roll top desks.
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A roll top desk s door or tambour is what sets it apart from any other wood desk offering a way to keep things out of sight out of mind after the day s work is done.
They have individually molded slats with poly cotton backing.
Tambour doors have a number of applications from the home to the office to retail stores.
With a bit of thought you will realize that although the makers of roll top desks delight in making their desks a little complicated they still must be simple enough to assemble and disassemble that furniture repairmen far from the maker can replace parts.
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