My first roll top.

What a great project! I like tambour doors very much, and it’s on my list to learn how to do. This is a very nice project, and I’ll bet your daughter loves it.

Sweet, excellent work!

That is sweet. Man, there are a lot of slats there. You must have some serious focus.

I can’t even imagine all those slats. Great job!

Thank you. There are 41 tambours counting the handle. The bits make two at a time and I had 2 crack while routing. It was a fun 6 weeks making it. She liked it so it was worth it.

Very nice desk! Are those tambour bits hard to use? Do you need to make a jig for safety reasons? I’m considering making a desk with a roll top – like the one our family had when I was a kid. I learned how to type on Dad’s manual typewriter on that desk.

No they are quite easy. Feather boards both upper and lower are needed as well as a good push stick. It is a three bit set that can only be used in a router table. A video comes with the bits.

Wonderful gift she had to love it.