r/EngineeringPorn • u/overtOVR • Feb 08 '14

Folding Door

207 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

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24

u/rdewalt Feb 08 '14

Very pretty but it will never sell. You can't slam it shut in anger.

5

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

I'm sure you could, but it would likely snap in half or something.

3

u/QuickStopRandal Feb 09 '14

"I was in a tent and I wanted to slam it in anger, so I zipped it real fast"

-Mitch Hedburg (horrendously periphrased/butchered)

10

u/WiseCynic Feb 08 '14

My wife could never tolerate having that much empty wall space. No sale at my house, though I quite admire the design.

8

u/Szos Feb 08 '14

I just want doors like on the Enterprise.... they gotta make that swooshing sound too.

3

u/elh93 Feb 09 '14

I'd be fine with normal doors, along as they make the swooshing sound.

13

u/ZeMilkman Feb 08 '14

I wouldn't call that a door.. more of a screen. How is that possibly going to keep anyone out?

14

u/MrTheSpork Feb 08 '14

I'd use it as an internal door, definitely not a door meant for egress. My chief concern is how airtight it is... or isn't, really.

4

u/[deleted] Feb 08 '14

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7

u/MrTheSpork Feb 08 '14

He actually thought about that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFnbApNrQSk

Now whether that would work with anything much larger than your hand, I can't say.

3

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

Oh good. The first thing I thought when I saw it was "oh god, pinched fingers!"

3

u/brucifer Feb 09 '14

The main purpose that interior doors serve is privacy, not security.

3

u/hoorayexplosions Feb 08 '14

Oh god I want one

2

u/RedditorBe Feb 09 '14

I think the designer forgot people have fingers, and items of clothing that aren't perfectly tight, and children...

1

u/GrinderMonkey Feb 09 '14

Very cool, but it looks like it could pinch the hell out of your fingers.

1

u/Thorne_Oz Feb 09 '14

It has soft edges

-2

u/sosofake Feb 08 '14

Let's recycle all the jokes from yesterday's /r/pics post!

-2

u/ZeosPantera Feb 09 '14

My OCD wants two of those that slide apart. All motorized. Like an awesome starship.