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Roger Beaudin writes:

I need to reglue the tambour of a McDougall,
hoosier style cabinet.  The tambour was glued using
canvas strips ( I believe the cabinet was refinished
within the last 20 years) and the tambour failed. 

The tambour was glued using 3" wide canvas strips
rather than being glued to a single piece of canvas. 
Is there any reason why strips would be used rather
than using a single canvas piece?  The tambour slats
are flat white oak.

My thoughts are to use a single canvas.  I believe a
single peice of canvas was used in the original build?

The only way I can get to the roll top is to remove
the bottom of the cabinet, I will have to cut it out
and than replace the piece.  When the cabinet was
refinished the refinisher used luan mahogany
plywood as a backer it appears the back may have
been nailed and glued as well as the side panels, top
and mid sections of the cabinet, the sugar bins and
flour bins that may have been there were removed.

To pull apart the side panels to remove the bottom
board will do more damage than to cut out the
bottom and replace it with salvaged wood that I use
in these types of repairs.  The client is good with
that idea.

Any thoughts as to how you have handled this type
of repair would be appreciated. 

Roger
Milton, DE






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