Roller Doors

Bryan Tanner · Post by **Bryan Tanner** » Mon, Sep 17 2007, 8:14PM

Hi,

I'm trying to do a cabinet with a roller door.
How could this be done?

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Mon, Sep 17 2007, 9:21PM

Can you elaborate on this a bit more Bryan?

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Mon, Sep 17 2007, 9:28PM

Bryan Tanner,

Are you talking about the \"garage/appliance\" doors?

Bryan Tanner · Post by **Bryan Tanner** » Mon, Sep 17 2007, 11:15PM

Have a look at the attached picture. I think it is from Doug Gilford's Library.

Thanks

Bryan Tanner · Post by **Bryan Tanner** » Mon, Sep 17 2007, 11:16PM

Have a look at the attached picture. I think it is from Doug Gilford's Library.

Thanks

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 5:38AM

Bryan Tanner wrote:Have a look at the attached picture. I think it is from Doug Gilford's Library.

Thanks

What picture?

Peter Walsh · Post by **Peter Walsh** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 12:34PM

Bryan,
Are you describing a roll-up door similar to those used on desks?

regards,

Bryan Tanner · Post by **Bryan Tanner** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 3:44PM

Sorry having trouble attaching a picture.

Yes very much like the ones on desks.

Peter Walsh · Post by **Peter Walsh** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 4:45PM

Bryan,
In simplest terms, you can either buy or build the flexible door (I would Google for a pre-built one myself, in the right wood of course), then route a dado track into the sides to fit. If you are building the unit by hand then I probably would not invest time into using the part editor to create the dado track. If you were using a CNC then of course you would want to do that so the machine created the track.

Basically, the door is made of individual slats bound together on the backside by a flexible membrane. Probably less expensive (time-wise) to buy one.

Hope this helps. Maybe some other members know where you can buy this type of unfinished flex door material. It is also sometimes known by the name \"tambour.\" This link shows pix on a roll-top desk being assembled: http://www.van-vliet.org/dempseywoodwor ... desk.shtml
regards,

Bryan Tanner · Post by **Bryan Tanner** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 5:06PM

Thanks Peter.

My Bad, I should have been more detailed. I have a supplier of the doors. I want to model the cabinet in e-cab. Is this possible? It's just for display purposes, though if I could get it to give me the dimensions that would great.

Thanks for your help I really appreciate it.

Peter Walsh · Post by **Peter Walsh** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 6:59PM

Bryon,
You should be able to build it in eCab and produce a beautiful rendering.
For the Tambour you could either use individual display board strips or a display board strip that has three or four scores in it made in the editor and then duplicated. Duplication is done after editing is finished and you have returned to the cabinet editor by highlighting the display piece, press Control-C and then press Control V to paste a copy. You can move all of them around but it is much easier if you place the first piece in the exact place you want it and then copy. That way the pasted piece will be in the same plane and easily placed.
MAKE SURE YOU ASSOCIATE EACH DISPLAY PIECE WITH THE CABINET! This is done by highlighting the piece and right clicking.. choose \"associate\".
That way when you save the cabinet, the display parts you made will be saved with the cab otherwise they will not and will disappear.
regards,

Bryan Tanner · Post by **Bryan Tanner** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 8:13PM

Fantastic!!! Thank You, I was thinking I would be able to do it that way, but thought there may be an easier way.

Thanks Again

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 8:40PM

Hi Bryan
You can do something like this is this what you are looking for

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 8:42PM

George,

You must not have a job. You are becoming a fantastic contributor with this forum. The presentations and ideas you come up with are great. Keep it up.

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Tue, Sep 18 2007, 8:51PM

My son's do all the work
All I do is cut the lumber on the ground now

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