Bentwood Style Rocking Chair

[cogar]

So I replaced it the way  it was originally done as requested !!

In that situation .......... "the customer is always right".

[KC]

I have to re-cane a table and thank goodness it is with sheet cane (prewoven)!

[cogar]

I re-caned a chair for a good friend that had to be "re-woven". I didn't know anything about "caning" so when I ordered my supplies ...... I also bought a "how to" book. 

I have re-caned 2 or 3 chairs for “re-sale” via use of the “pre-woven” cane.

When doing the 1st one, I quickly realized I needed a “special” tool to speed up the process.

“HA”, the process of removing the “glued-in” spline from the groove in the chair.

So what I did was take one of my small diameter “long-shafted” screwdrivers, like pictured here:
 

 
And I ground the front of it down so that the width of the “blade” …. fit the width of the “groove” in the chair …… then I ground a “bevel” on the blade to make it extremely “sharp” ….. and then I put a 30 degree bend about 5/8” back of the blade tip.

The end result was, ….  I had myself a “sharp” pry-bar that quickly made “short-work” out of removing the old caning and spline from the groove in the chair. 

[SophieMarie]

Ok now I'm wanting to try this on a chair I just happen to have.  Cogar, you are one smart cookie!

[mart]

I re-caned a chair for a good friend that had to be "re-woven". I didn't know anything about "caning" so when I ordered my supplies ...... I also bought a "how to" book. 

I have re-caned 2 or 3 chairs for “re-sale” via use of the “pre-woven” cane.

When doing the 1st one, I quickly realized I needed a “special” tool to speed up the process.

“HA”, the process of removing the “glued-in” spline from the groove in the chair.

So what I did was take one of my small diameter “long-shafted” screwdrivers, like pictured here:
 

 
And I ground the front of it down so that the width of the “blade” …. fit the width of the “groove” in the chair …… then I ground a “bevel” on the blade to make it extremely “sharp” ….. and then I put a 30 degree bend about 5/8” back of the blade tip.

The end result was, ….  I had myself a “sharp” pry-bar that quickly made “short-work” out of removing the old caning and spline from the groove in the chair. 

Why didn`t I think of that ??  I use a similar screwdriver and a tack hammer to sort of chisel it out !!  Tedious but it worked !!  Your way would be easier !!  I  swore off hand caning after that first one !!  They didn`t have enough money to make me do that again !!  I got so  sick of over and under and lord knows if you make one error it all has to be removed back to that spot !!
I had rather do something where if I make a mistake,, I can simply hide it and no one ever knows !!

[cogar]

An old-timer friend, Earl Zettle, now long time gone, decided that I really needed to learn how to “weave” a re-placement seat like is pictured here, to wit:



Earl was so determined that he brought an old chair and a bundle of “splint” over to my house and had me sit there and watch the weaving process. He put the “splint” in a bucket of water in which he had added some glycerin, ….. which made the “splint” more flexible and “slick” for easier weaving.

He even gave me a bundle of “splint” so I could try it ….. but I never did.

[mart]

I put the cane in a 5 gallon bucket and poured boiling water over it !!  Seems like it was soft enough after about three days !!

[Rauville]

Back when I was having chairs caned, there was a retired pastor who was totally blind that did caning. He would do a perfect job, and charged 10 cents per perimeter hole. Ah...the good ole' days!

[mart]

Ahhh Yes !!  Check the prices now !!  It still isn`t enough !!