I am interested in the idea of making a vertical tambour door for a bedroom where space is an issue and a typical pocket door will not fit due to corners.
I can see how I could do just about everything but wonder if I will ultimately have too much trouble due to the wood warping. Any thoughts on how to pull off something like this successfully?
I would love to be able to make the door pieces so that slide into locking grooves on each other like the tambour door router bits can create rather than having a fabric layer to hold them in place.
Are there better materials to use that are less prone to warp? Or maybe some small dimension square steel tube sandwiched between wood layers to keep it stiff?
This would be a perfect solution for my home if I can pull it off successfully. And perhaps a good straight grained wood will be fine and I can make up some extra slats to swap out any that do warp once in place with ones that remained flat. The slats can be wider based only on how tight I need them to turn in the angled wall or how tightly to roll up if I design it that way instead.
Thanks.
Trent