tambour

[jim sauterer]

anyone ever make their own tambour top or would you buy one.does anyone make router bit for top or just roundover bit.thanks any input appreciated.happy mothers day to all moms.

[Tom Cowie]

Hi Jim

Here is a link for Amana I think this is what your looking for unless you want something more traditional.

http://www.amanatool.com/routerbits/tambour-door-bits.html

Tom

[Steve Mellott]

Jim:

I made tambours for two rolltop desks approximately 10 years ago. I used a round-over bit to rout the edge of a board and then flipped the board over to rout the other side of the same edge to get the bullnosed effect. I then ripped the routed piece off with a table saw. I then attached all the routed slats to a piece of black canvas with glue and staples. The tambours are still working. Good luck with your project.

Steve

[Matt Crew]

The Vol. 30/ #176 issue of Woodsmith Magazine has an article about the Ammana bits for tambours.

[Dennis Puskar]

I have made 5 tambours using a round over bit and the gluing the strips to a heavy weight canvas. The oldest one was made 15 years ago and still works fine.

Dennis

[David DeCristoforo]

"...gluing the strips to a heavy weight canvas..."

Whenever I do this I always think that this is the reason the gods gave us the vacuum press. No better way, at least not that I have found....

[Karl Brogger]

When I made tambours I used tape on the edges to hold all of the wood pieces together then sprayed them with contact cement, then sprayed the canvas while it was stretched over a piece of scrap.

Personally, I'd buy it ready to go.