Chair Caning:
There are seven stages.
Stage One:
Using wooden pegs to keep cane tight, loop cane from back to front of chair
Stage Two:
Loop cane from left to right or from right to left of chair-over stage one
Stage Three:
Weave from side to front -over stage two and under stage one
Stage four:
Loop cane from back to front-over stages one, two and three.
Stage five:
Weave from left to right or right-over stage four and under stages one, two and
three
Stage six:
Weave from front to side or side to back under stages two, five and three
Stage Seven:
Binding:
Weave a piece of cane on top to cover the holes around the chair
I was in the wicker restoration business for twenty five years. I learned
chair caning at the Arkansas school for the blind.
I don't cane anymore. Era trice
----- Original Message -----
From: Don
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] caning and repairing chairs
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
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