Trying to make an articulated door.

[Matt Wolboldt]

Hey all! I want to make a credenza with some hide away doors like the following pic. Any advice would be great.
Thanks in advance.

[Lee Schierer]

Doors like that are common to roll top desks. They are called tambour doors. They are fairly easy to make. The hardest part will be cutting the tracks with a router and getting them identical mirror image of each other. You need a buch of slats all the same. Then you glue tehm to a backing material like heavy muslin or canvas. Here's alink that shows at least the basics. Tambour Door (http://books.google.com/books?id=qgBvq4t6La0C&pg=PT106&lpg=PT106&dq=how+to+make+tambour+doors&source=bl&ots=WQYTSEGKop&sig=4sQapHl-kelIQ5mObhlZ5Y5Apwc&hl=en&ei=b4tbSsS4PIyq8ASpwZzVBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9)

You can also buy premade door panels from various manufacturers.

[Matt Wolboldt]

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the help!

[Brent Smith]

I can't get the file to open, but based on what Lee said, you have yet another option. A few of the router bit manufacturers are making tambour bit sets. Here is one example http://www.amanatool.com/tambour/