Is there a name for this?

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 07/04/2019 at 21:42 • Filed to: None

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I had an idea for a bookcase with sliding covers that would store flat above the books, but extend out and down. Basically, having the cover stored up above the books, but it can be pulled out and set down.

I know I’ve seen older furniture where a free-swinging bolt guides a cover along a track until it reaches the edge, then the whole thing folds down, but I have no idea what the track and bolt  would be called.

DipodomysDeserti > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2019 at 21:54

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Wut?

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2019 at 21:54

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Barrister Bookcase is what you are describing 

nermal > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2019 at 22:08

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Like a bread box?

dumpsterfire! > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2019 at 22:20

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B arrister bookcase. Some are more elaborate than others. Ive got a set with gears and rods for the hinges

Sovande > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2019 at 22:22

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https://www.rockler.com/barrister-bookcase-hardware-kit

Honeybunchesofgoats > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/04/2019 at 23:41

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Holy shit. Well, I guess I don’t need to ale it then. 

Honeybunchesofgoats > dumpsterfire! 07/04/2019 at 23:42

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My mind is blown. I thought I invented this. 

Honeybunchesofgoats > Sovande 07/04/2019 at 23:43

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I still have to measure them to see if they fit what I have in mind, but you are a godsend. 

Honeybunchesofgoats > nermal 07/04/2019 at 23:44

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Yes, but with the cover coming straight down. Others have told me this is a barrister’s book case. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/05/2019 at 00:06

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We call them roller shutters

https://www.tambortech.com.au/

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/05/2019 at 00:59

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Like some have said, Barrister Bookcase, but there are similar that use glass doors framed in wood to see the book behind and have similar used in gentleman’s clothing apparel stores for some time here in the U.K.

Honeybunchesofgoats > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 07/05/2019 at 01:10

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Yes. I want that. 

Honeybunchesofgoats > Svend 07/05/2019 at 01:12

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I want to make that without the glass. I’ve seen it without a bookcase. My idea was to put it on a slant with and edge, so there would be one representative book in front that could sold up. 

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/05/2019 at 01:28

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These things can be as large or as small as you want/need.

They can be no bigger than a regular draw, with or without a slide out draw within.

Like someone said about a bread bin, there is a bread bin version with the up and over door.

The main thing you need are the runners, like you have on door chains with the runner being longer (as long as your draw is in height) and recessed into a mitred channel and the sliding pins attached to the top other edges of the door, with secondary pins on the inside of the draw top edge for the door to slide over, holding the door up and out the way. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/05/2019 at 04:18

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I'd prefer to look at my books...but it's a pretty flash product regardless.

Roundbadge > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/05/2019 at 07:56

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As others have said and you’re already aware...

Just wanted to comment and say that I have a set in my living room.