you can check but I do think Hadleys might hav this learning experience and all for free. it is a craft which I hafe not used in some ten years. I tool like you don ought to go out and find a chair or too t odo.Lee
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 08:53:20AM -0600, Don wrote: > Their is more than one way to cane a chair. if we call the strans front, to > back the ones, yeah, the way I learned, the twos, side to side, all go over > the ones, and the 3's from front to back again, go over all the one's, and > twos. again, and then the fours from side to side weave over the ones and > under the threes, are how ever you want to start the weave. I'll let some > one else explain the fives, and sixes, they get in to strange angles, from > time to time, that you got to have a feel for. and in my case, this came from > experience. > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: NLG > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:22 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] caning and repairing chairs > > > Where is a good place to learn the art of caneing? I see some basic > instruction in my cursory search on the subject but didn't completely > understand it. For instance, after you run the cane from front to back, when > running the cane from side to side does it go over all the ones running front > to back or do you weave it over and under? Any titles of recorded books, > internet web sites, or pod casts would be appreciated. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 08:55 > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] caning and repairing chairs > > Kevin just said he is getting $1.00 per hole and when we first started > in the late 50's we were at 15 cents a hole and when I left home in 66 > Mom was getting 26 cents a hole. The point I would like to make if one > has the ability to use your hands and think. you might not get rich but > you could make some money not only caneing but repairing older > furniture. You might need some sighted help to scout out and find some > deals on chairs of different kinds but the money is out there as is > the ability to apply the skills as a blind handyman or handywoman. > Then you toss in some learned skills at your ability to haggle on price > and work that you would be willing to take in. Lee > > -- > The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature > is to build better mice. > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
