Unique folding door design - video

[Jon]

Folding door. Pinchy, but still cool.



Previously: Variety of transforming furniture - GIF

[mklotz]

I'm trying to think of an application where this design would offer an advantage over a conventional door.

[olderdan]

I'm trying to think of an application where this design would offer an advantage over a conventional door.

The only advantage I can see is that the bottom of the door rises up over the outside ground, maybe over a pile up of snow, other than that not much.

[mklotz]

The only advantage I can see is that the bottom of the door rises up over the outside ground, maybe over a pile up of snow, other than that not much.

I live in southern California. My only interaction with ice is in my martini shaker. Snow on the peaks of the San Gabriel mountains is visible from my office, a distance of some 80 air miles. I hope to never get any closer.

[Jon]

The swing profile seems too similar to a standard door for it to be a significant space saver. And it looks expensive and tedious to build. Beyond amusement/entertainment, maybe an ultra-niche application: submarine, spacecraft, etc.?

Other than that, like many of the short videos we see, it seems confined to "idea value", in that it spurs us to ideate other more useful concepts.

[Rattlerjake]

The swing profile seems too similar to a standard door for it to be a significant space saver. And it looks expensive and tedious to build. Beyond amusement/entertainment, maybe an ultra-niche application: submarine, spacecraft, etc.?

Other than that, like many of the short videos we see, it seems confined to "idea value", in that it spurs us to ideate other more useful concepts.

You people (mklotz, olderdan, Jon) have no imagination. This door would be perfect for any application where a normal swinging door is impracticable and a pocket door or sliding door mechanism takes up too much space. Besides that, it is really "different". My biggest worry about that door would be keeping out rain and that it provides no protection from outside air temperatures, although it could be slightly redesigned to do so.

[mklotz]

You people (mklotz, olderdan, Jon) have no imagination. ...

Bold statement for someone who has yet to show us any products of his own imagination. No offense, just saying.

[Rattlerjake]

Bold statement for someone who has yet to show us any products of his own imagination. No offense, just saying.

So says the internet inventor who simply makes or miniaturizes tools that have already been invented. Haven't seen a single product you provided that will make a noticeable improvement to civilization. I'm sure people are tearing down your door for a miniature cement mixer, or a pair of tweezers with a magnifying glass glued to it! More people will install that crazy door than will make or use ALL of your products put together! No offense, just saying!

[Jon]

So says the internet inventor who simply makes or miniaturizes tools that have already been invented. Haven't seen a single product you provided that will make a noticeable improvement to civilization. I'm sure people are tearing down your door for a miniature cement mixer, or a pair of tweezers with a magnifying glass glued to it! More people will install that crazy door than will make or use ALL of your products put together! No offense, just saying!

See Nutpicking, AKA the "weak man fallacy" and Overgeneralization. Every guy here with many homemade tools (mklotz has 223 listed here so far) can have a couple of them picked out and fallaciously presented as a representation of the entire set.

[Jon]

Also: how do you open it from the inside? Compilation vid of more like these. Mostly gimmicky (at best!), with a few interesting designs. 10:10 vid; good one to watch at 2X speed, via a setting visible by clicking the cog wheel.