Picture a 6 foot wide bookcase. Now take two "same-height" 2-foot wide
cases. Put them on the same track sliding in front of the back one and
you've got the case I want to build. Alas, I moved out of Japan back to the
USA 18 years ago and never thought to examine or sketch the mechanism.
I have no problem doing the woodwork but I can't find the hardware I'd need
to make the front cases slide easily IIRC there were two parallel "brass"
tracks, each no bigger than 1/4" wide set into the pedestal and something
behind an apron on the top that supported the sliding cases.
TIA
Norm
Cam followers come to mind, some up, some down, running on a metal
tracks, captured. Haven't done it, so.......
Norm Dresner wrote:
> Picture a 6 foot wide bookcase. Now take two "same-height" 2-foot wide
> cases. Put them on the same track sliding in front of the back one and
> you've got the case I want to build. Alas, I moved out of Japan back to the
> USA 18 years ago and never thought to examine or sketch the mechanism.
>
> I have no problem doing the woodwork but I can't find the hardware I'd need
> to make the front cases slide easily IIRC there were two parallel "brass"
> tracks, each no bigger than 1/4" wide set into the pedestal and something
> behind an apron on the top that supported the sliding cases.
>
> TIA
> Norm
>