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1. 
   MBerger | Jun 13, 2007 03:35pm | #1

   Hey Dale Jr.

   I did some Google searching and mostly maxed out at 24-in.-wide capacity hardware from Accuride. Then I came upon a thread over at Woodweb.com, which seemed to offer the answer you're looking for. According to that site (link below), Accuride offers an extension kit for one of it's pocket-door hardware kits, and a company called Hafele also sells them for a high price. I scoured the Hafele site and couldn't find anything bigger than 24-in. so I would just call that company and talk to a human being.

   http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Designing_for_Large_Pocket_Doors.html

   However, I got to thinking about your design task and I wonder if you should discuss some other options with your client, like a tambour door or some other creative idea? You may be able to find something that is less expensive and more simple to install.

   Here's an article on tambours: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=2728

   Plus, to accommodate a 36-in. wide door, the cabinet is going to have to be about that deep. Assuming that the 55-in. tv is a flat screen, it's seems like a waste of space to make the cabinet that deep when it could be 12 in. deep. But that's just my opinion.

   I can put in a call to an author of ours who is a real entertainment-center pro if you don't have any luck with the leads above. Just let me know.

   Matt Berger
   Fine Woodworking

   
   

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   Edited 6/13/2007 8:36 am ET by MBerger

2. 
   woodrae | Jun 14, 2007 04:28pm | #2

   Dale—

   Assuming you’re dealing with a flat-screen TV and a relatively shallow cabinet, I’m with Matt on this one, Dale.

   Tambour doors are a good idea, and worth looking into. Keep in mind that tambours can also retract vertically, either down and into the base of the case, or up and into a soffit area, which is just a hollow box at the top of the case.

   Another idea is to use bi-fold, or even tri-fold, doors, and engineer them to either fold back into the case or on the outside.

   Good luck!

   —Andy Rae