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   RalphBarker | Dec 14, 2011 11:54am | #1

   Depends

   The design would depend on the size of the doors, and the desired functionality, I suppose.

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   cutawooda | Dec 14, 2011 02:40pm | #2

   verysmall doors (2) 14 wide by 19" tall. To hide a tv  thats over a fridge. Wanna do it now instead of waiting to get flipper doors hardware mailed to me. We dont have any in this city.  Many of the mechanisms say "you supply the hinges"  so the secret isnt in the hinges. I was thinking some full extention drawer slides fully extended out would work providing that guide wood is installed to keep it perp with the glides. Would need some large overlay hinges to conceal the mechanism+the guide wood.

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   Westchester | Dec 14, 2011 07:17pm | #3

   Small Doors

   Maybe a sliding tambour ?

   SA

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   RalphBarker | Dec 15, 2011 11:38am | #4

   flipper vs. flipper-flapper

   Ah, I was thinking more along the lines of a saloon door, but I guess that would be flipper-flapper.  ;-)

   The TV doors on my old "entertainment center" are attached with Euro-style hinges to a subpanel, about 6" wide and the height of the door. The subpanel, in turn, rides along on a normal drawer guide. The face frame stops the assembly from coming out of the cabinet box.

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   joinerswork | Dec 15, 2011 12:35pm | #5

   cuta,

   You might hang the doors on a pair of dowel pin "hinges" -set into the top and bottom at the rear corner of each door.  Let them protrude 1/2" or so.  They ride in a stopped groove routed in the top and bottom of the case.  A false end an inch or so from the case end provides a space to hide the door, provides guidance, and its front edge is also a fulcrum that the door pivots around when you open and close it. This is not as secure as the commercial rack and pinion tracks, but on a light door doesn't do too bad.  Can also be used for a single overhead "garage" type door, like on certain barrister bookcases.

   Ray