As you have stated most of those doors slats are pretty thin. Most I have saw have either a toungue and groove or a ship lap joint. Mostly for keeping the door aligned and hiding cracks or dust control.. What Ray has described is interesting. Which will break first the fabric on a normal door or the thin wood on this new joint? Whitchever, but a interesting joint. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:21 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Joints for roll top tambers?
Hi Dale and others, I would think the prospect of making such a joint in wood which is as thin as the tops of most roll top desks I have seen would be extremely difficult. Most of the slats I have seen are, at most, a quarter of an inch thick. Some of the older roll tops I have seen have leather as the fabric to which the slats are attached. Cy, the Ancient Okie... _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Schwery Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Joints for roll top tambers? Dale, would a bit designed for dove tails work? earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: >Good evening, > >I am beginning planning for a roll top desk. pretty well all of the >designs I see make the rolling top, also known as a tamber are made >by gluing wood slats to a sheet of denim. I have seen at least one >many years ago with a pair of ropes threaded through the slats but >in my research I have seen one reference to what they are calling a >ball and socket joint. What I understand this to be is something >like a tongue and groove but with the tongue thicker at the extreme >edge and the groove widened at it's bottom, sort of like a jigsaw >joint in cross section. > >I am guessing there is probably a router bit which will cut such a >profile but I have never seen one and don't know what it might be >called. The method though sounds intriguing and I can imagine a >couple of really interesting profiles which could be cut on the face >of the slats. > >While I continue to research this I am also soliciting any help or >information from where ever I can which includes you guys. > >Have any of you seen such construction and/or have any of you seen >such a router bit or bits? > >Thanks. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%-40puc.net>HYPERLINK "mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net"[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/999 - Release Date: >9/10/2007 5:43 PM John ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/999 - Release Date: 9/10/2007 5:43 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1003 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 10:56 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1003 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 10:56 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
