Don, as Mom cut and measured the strands for each chair my bother Geno and I would roll the wooden cane and then clip with a clothespin and put to soak in the bathroom sink. However in the early spring that water would turn near brownish red with copper the we would melt snow to soak the strands in. Let me also add if you evr have a chance to work with plastic cane. it is beautiful w to work with but you should tell your customer there is no guarntee. plastic wil lsplit and crack much easier than regular cane . plastic is apparently eaiser to rip should someone sit for instance with a truckers wallet that had a chain hooked to it and other things. . so again plastic cane is beautiful 5to look at and to work with but if you want a customer to return then tell them up front. thanks.Lee
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 04:40:41PM -0600, Don wrote: > Wow Lea, that's pretty amazing your Mother doing some chair caning. It > would have really been tuff back then, with the little it paid, expectly for > the hours she would have put in to it. That's the thing about caning, it is > really time consuming. Great story. Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:53 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] caning and repairing chairs > > > > believe it or not, ask a local Sscouting group. 4 H group. if there > is someone teaching this old profession. You see as long as folks > collect old furnature and as long as most folks are to busy to do > this chorse at times then the work will be there. Our mothr helped > raise 8 kids on the money she made doing chairs and seats as well as > sewing. that is another craft. being a seamstress which is fading > away. Lee > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at > 09:22:50AM > -0500, NLG wrote: > > 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] > > > > -- > 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] > -- 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
