Tambour Door - FINISHED!

And here it is, Wala!!
Click on the photo's for a closer look.



Notice the matching circular Brass Door Pull.

I took the liberty of putting a few items on the shelves, to check fit and function. I'm sure these locations won't last long. As my wife will be sure to relocate these items ........

I'm gonna think about it, but I may just add another small shelf in the center for the "inverter" to operate the TV on 12 volts.

But I'm done for now........

Hope you enjoyed this project and got a few ideas for yourself.

Tambour Door - Door Tracks

Here's how the Tambour Door actually fits into and rotates around in the Top Track.

And the Bottom Track.
And just a little closer.

Tambour Door - The Mess!

It wouldn't be right to just show you all the nice and neat photo's. So here's a few pics of all the "stuff" that was involved in this years winter projects. You have to consider that I live at home of course and the boat is down at the boat yard. So, I have to pack up everything I need for the various projects and bring it on down to the boat. Back and forth with tools. I have to constantly make list. And then I always need something else!

Don't worry, I'll clean it up before anyone else seas it!

Cabinet - Interior Shelves

The left side - of the new top shelf. This area is big enough to store bowls or larger items.

Right side - of the new top shelf. It fits small glasses, coffee mugs and other items.

Cabinet - 12 Volt Socket, LED Light and TV Gain Controls

I added a 12 Volt socket so I can run a small 400 watt "inverter". This will allow me to turn on the Flat Screen TV for a while when anchored out without turning on and running the generator.

The toggle switch in the middle is for the cabinet LED light.

And to the right, is the relocated TV Gain control. The gain control also now operates off of 12 Volts as well as 120 Volts.

Pretty neat - eehhaaaa??

I may plan on adding "lables" to the controls later. They will help to identify things better, what is needed to be on, how they are intended to function and for the benefit of the next - future owners. What do you think?

Old TV Gain Control Location - Access / Cover Plate

This is the storage space below the new cabinet. It is a rather small area. But you can sea the access / cover plate. This is where the TV Gain control used to be located. It was cumbersome to remember and to get to - especially when "stuff" was in there.

Notice the original style and thickness of the plastic Tambour Door! 3/16" vs. 5/16".

A closer view of the new cover plate.

Cabinet - Interior Modifications

This is the right side of the new interior cabinet.

The right side as well showing the relocated 120 Volt wires for the receptacle on the other side and in the "V" Berth. I had to flip / rotate the receptacle to get the wires lower so I could mount them low and more out of sight.

Compared to this photo of the original configuration.

The center of the new interior cabinet.

Compared to this original photo.

And the left side.

Compared to this original photo.

Tambour Door - Top Track

This is the circular part of the top track for the new Tambour Door. I had to custom make the track and the mounting board along with the angle support brackets. It was a "wee - bit" tricky, fitting this all in there!

Everything is on an angle!

I even put a new style "LED" light inside the cabinet area. Why? Because it is dark in there without a light.

No, seriously, and because it was a "neat gimmick" thing to do which was easier to do now, while things were apart.

So I ask you, "why not"?

And of course, the LED light is turned ON and OFF by the toggle switch next to the TV Gain control.

Tambour Door - Fitting Out

I had to search quite a bit, looking for a Tambour Door that would closely match the other doors I have inside the cabin area. It seams as though Sea Ray no longer uses, carries, or stores any spare pieces of the type of Tambour Door that I have. I could however, buy a 4' x 8' sheet for several hundred dollars....... I thought that was ridiculous...

So I ended up finding a wooden Tambour Door on ebay, where else?

It is however 5/16" thick (-3/8"), compared to the original plastic style of 3/16" thick (-1/4").

That means that I couldn't use the standard plastic track either and had to custom make this metal track as well..... Go figure!

Here is how I found the door and the original picture off of ebay.

It was longer and wider than I needed so I had to cut it down and remove the original wooden pull.

After I cut it down, sanded it, and put a finish on it. I also added a new door pull ring which of course matches the others. The door pull took weeks to order and receive through Sea Ray. But it finally came in!

The metal track you sea is the bottom track. (I spell "sea" this way all the time!) The top track remained in place after I fit it in and it did not need to come out for this finishing process.

Click photo for a closer look.

This is the inside of the Tambour Door. Canvas is glued to the back which allows it to rotate and bend around the inside circle of the custom made metal track.

Cabinet - Backing and Shelving Pieces.

These are the new shelves. I had to custom make them in 2 pieces so they could fit through - and inside the opening for the old TV.

Sorry that the backround is close to the same color. If you click on the pictures, you should be able to sea them better.

These are the 2 pieces used for the backboard to cover the wiring and the wood frame that I had previously made. Notice the cut-outs for the 12 Volt recepticle (left), a toggle switch (center) for a cabinet light and the TV Gain control (right). The TV Gain control used to be mounted in the storage area just underneath the TV. We would always forget that it was there when we needed to switch between Cable TV and the TV Antenna. So moving it up here, it is with all the rest of the TV controls and to me, a bit more practical.

These are all the pieces together. The shelves have the wooden angle pieces screwed into them so as to keep items on the shelves from falling off while underway.

This is just a cover plate for the old TV gain control, cut-out space, in the storage space below the new cabinet.