Amazing, 11 years on and this is still the best video on this. Just about to start a project all the way over here in NZ. Thank you for your amazing tutorial.
Wow! As a woodworker I have made many things. A customer asked if I could re-cane a seat from a wooden wheel chair. I said I don't know anything about it but I'm willing to try it. This is probably the most helpful video I have ever viewed. Many thanks for posting it.
As a furniture restorer giving pressed cane installation a shot, this tutorial was immensely helpful. My results were so much better than I would have expected for a first go-around. Many thanks! - Josh
i have a piano bench that my father was going to recane before he passed away. he had already purchased all the supplies needed and never had a chance to do it. Thank you for this wonderful video! i had no idea if i would be able to do it or not but now have all the confidence i need thanks to this video!
I am planning to re-cane a small rocking chair so this is the perfect tutorial for me. Great step by step instructions and easy to follow! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
This video presents the whole process so perfectly. I found a cane seat rocker that one of my neighbors threw out because the seat fell through. It’s a beautiful antique oak pressed back nursery rocker, and now I can bring it back thanks to you. : )
Great instructions, but my chairs don’t have a groove. They are hand caned and woven through holes around the seat. There is no groove and two need repair
Using the chisel to cut the web to size is the move! I was using a razor, shears, even tried an oscillator with a smooth blade as a shortcut around some very tricky turns. Thank you for this! I wasn't even thinking to use the best tool on hand.
I bought the replacement package from Peerless Rattan, watched the video, and successfully recaned our chair with my 13-year old son. Easy. The only issue was my own fault. We recaned the chair in the hot sun, so the webbing started to dry faster that I expected. To compensate, we rushed the job. But it was still a success (maybe an A- instead of a full A). Chair looks really nice and we had a great time. My only advise: Recane in the shade. Note: I had already cleaned out the old cane from the grooves, which is fairly time consuming to get right -- or close to right.
What an amazingly clear and succinct tutorial. Thank you. I now have confidence that I can repair a 75+ yr old rocking chair my sister & I were nursed on (that's how I know the approximate age), but which now features in stage productions. Last year it developed a hole, so I am about to return it to its former glory. Again, thank you
Loved your video. I actually have the same Pulaski chair that you used in your video to recane. Mine had suffered a botched job previously and I did the best to fix the damage. It looks so much better! Time will tell if it holds as I had to use a smaller spline (I believe) because I could not get the larger spline in completely. Many thanks for helping us DIY'ers save our old pieces.!
Fantastic information and Video ED. Really appreciated it. Just did my first cane repair and did it live on a RUclips stream. Fortunately it turned out well. Thanks again for making the video. Cheers Steve.
I would not have been able to do my project without this video! Thank you so much for the clear step by step instructions! This is by far the best video I found to show how to recane a chair!
I watched your detailed video a week ago, then again today as I took notes! It gave me the confidence to begin the process of removing and replacing the cane webbed seat in my Bentwood Rocker. So far, I've removed the old pre-woven cane seat, and after much elbow work and using the tools you recommended, the groove is cleaned out as well! Off to purchase new webbing and spline tomorrow! Thanks so much for your clear directions and the tips on solving anticipated difficulties that could come up!
Thank you so much for this video! Oddly enough we appear to have an identical set of chairs to the ones in the video, which makes it all the more useful.
Thank you for your very informative video. You have given me hope that I will once again be in the good graces of my lovely wife after stepping through our chair trying to kill a wasp on the ceiling. You may have saved my marriage.
I finally plucked up courage to re-cane my old family rocking chair, which has become a theatre prop which I needed for my production of Little Women the musical. Previous use by others at the theatre had led to a large hole in the cane, which they had "fixed" by screwing a wooden plate under the seat. Not a pretty sight. I was able to follow your instructions which I transcribed and printed, and the installation was very easy thanks to your advice. Clearing away the old parts was both easier and harder than I had expected. A) I could not get a spline chisel here in New Zealand, and was greeted with a puzzled look in the major hardware shops I tried. I ended up with a 6m chisel (the smallest there was) and a narrow screwdriver. B) The easy part was that there was no glue, so once I freed an end, it should have been plain sailing. Unfortunately, instead of glue, the maker had used tacks, and as the chair is at least 73 years old - I was nursed in it and it was probably 20 years old back then, making it about 100yrs old now - the tacks were fairly "friable". Needle nosed pliers and some swearing sorted that out, and I now have a well fitting seat thanks to you. I used some brown furniture wax to stain it. Once again thank you for your advice from 10 years ago :)👏
Thank you for posting this video. I had purchased an older bentwood rocker for my 18 yr old daughter's first apartment and when we delivered it to her apartment and someone sat in it the whole seat tore. After quite a bit of research I found a webbing kit that would replace the old seat and when it came I was raring to go. But the written instructions were very short and definitely not clear. I googled "how to replace cane webbing" and came across your video. The seat is now repaired - not completely perfect like yours - but I'm very pleased with my first effort!
Wow! I have been refinishing antiques for over 20 years (stripping/staining)! Always avoided repairing cane chairs. A friend gave me two chairs in which the cane needed repairing. After stripping the chairs I avoided having the cane repaired. I was going to put them in our yard sale next week. However, after seeing this video...I'm going to keep them and try replacing the cane myself! Thank you!
Thank you for such a great video! You DO make it look easy, I feel like I can do this now with my two chairs that need it badly. I have always wanted to be able to do my own, I've had chairs done for me before, but doing things myself is really my thing. Thank you so much.
wonderful tutorial...I purchased an antique chair and told the woman how to check if it was woven or pre-made. she looked underneath and said it was woven...that is the work I do. After she left, I looked more closely and it is pre--woven or whatever it is called. I thought I had just bought something I could not use. This showed me how and I am anxious now to get started. Thank You!
Thank you, thank you for this tutorial. I did my first project, a pre world war 1 chair. Wicker rolled arm chair that belonged to my husbands great grandmother. So happy.
Excellent video and instruction. Thank you! I just received a quote for $400 to replace a small piece of press fit caning on the back of a chair. You've removed the mysticism of the process... and expense.
Great video! I have done many chairs and canoe seats but I still learned a few tricks from your video. This is a great example of a well thought out and production.thanks
I kept giving up on mine thinking I was breaking it. Didn’t realize the stands can be pulled out and edges are supposed to look like that pre gluing. This up close video was very helpful, thanks!
Many thanks for the clear and helpful instructions. Sure beats the first time I caned a chair, using a book and limited illustrations! Hooray for RUclips and for you in using it so well.
I have a rocking chair that has this exact material for the seat. I was honestly scared I wouldn't be able to find any video how to fix it. Thank god for this
This is a really well done instructional video and I was amazed at how easy it was to replace missing cane in a chair I was refinishing. The results are FANTASTIC.
Hi Ed! I am actually Caning in the front of a Guitar Amplifier Speaker cabinet to create a nice retro look.. After watching you do this a couple times, I will have no difficulty. Thanks! Mark
So I'm assuming that you made the cane mesh ahead of time? You had the other video with the wood pieces underneath in addition to this spline video. I may have missed the video for making the cane mesh. Thanks...and all of your videos are great and easy to follow. I recently found a fiber rush chair that was discarded beside the road with the seat coming apart as the only fault. Have not refurbished it yet but your videos are the go to for sure on how to do it. Thanks again.
Thanks for the vid. Good to see someone that knows what there doing on youtube. No wasted time and motion with all the little tricks that make so much sense once you know them but would never figure them out on your own.
I think the one element missing from this excellent video is how reasonably priced your products are. When my son was 18, as I'm frantically saying -- ie, "yelling" -- don't stand on that chair -- which he was using to change a light bulb -- Why not? -- crunch -- He's 25 now, and I'm still miffed every time I see my good chair w/ a big, fat hole in the center -- guess where his next payck and time are going to be spent? Thanks so much. Really, best of luck to you and your family in this endeavor
This was so interesting to watch and easy to understand. Considering recaning the back of some barstools. You might have just given me the confidence to do so!
Your presentation was spot on! I did the bottom of a cane rocker and it came out beautiful. thanks for your great info. If anyone needs to know where to buy the cane and spline,I got mine from Rockler.
Thanks Ed: I was about to embark on my repair but since I've done one before, thought I'd get some expert advice...Glad I did, I would made a hash of it !
Jeanne, if you want to support him, send him cash. However, the rest of us are here because we cannot afford to pay others to fix our chairs. Let your hubby speak for himself, or do a project yourself. Too many women know nothing about DIY projects and good ole hubby is the only one fixing things around the house, while wifey comments on them. And stop telling folks to charge money. Pay them if you think they deserve it. Its really nice to see some videos without drowning in ads! Something you would appreciate if you starting DOING more and COMMENTING less.
Ed, I really appreciated the detailed instructions. Just recaned 5 chairs and they look great. I did notice (after looking at some other videos) that you didn't specify which side of the sheet cane went "up" (which the other videos did). This would be important for a novice caner to know.
So freaking easy, I can't believe I'm finally gonna restore my old rocking chair, I bought it for twenty dollars about the time you made this video, yup! My wife's been asking me for about 7 years when I'm gonna fix it. She asked me again yesterday, that's why I ended up watching your video. Thank you for making this video.. I'm gonna make one when i restore mine, I'll let people know I learned it from you.
Ed, I just repaired a cane chair, after watching your video, on removing and installing a new pressed cane seat. It turned out great! Thanks for the detailed explanation on how to do this kind of repair. Gary
That was awesome! I have one to do but holy cow I need these instructions printed out , I think. Like any other skill it takes practice and patience. Thank you so very much. KC
Best video I’ve seen on this process 👍 The six curved back 16”by 14” dining room chairs backs ( Made in Korea) are: 35 years old ! My groove is 1/4wide by 1/4” deep! As I removed the spline and proceeded to remove the cane, I found they used staples driven into the groove (at a 45degree angle into the inside corner of the groove ) every six inches around the entire perimeter which were time consuming to remove! Do I replicate their install? Presently I don’t have a stapler (narrow nose) that would/can access & duplicate the 45 degree angle to insert the staples into the 1/4” bottom corner of the groove? I’m assuming they did it this way to facilitate the curved crown of the chair back that flows at two different arcs across the curved back? Oh boy, it’s always something! Thanks for you taking the time to make such an excellent video 👍
Great job! Very helpful! You saved me a lot of money, too. But can you stain the cane webbing and spline the same color as the chair? How long should I wait before I do that?
We have never stained or colored cane. We gently tell customers that we are professional weavers, but we are not experienced at staining. We suggest that they take the newly caned chair to a furniture re-finisher, who has all the stains, dyes and lacquer sprays on hand. They can do a professional job on the staining, we will do the professional job on the seat weaving. Having said that, if you google the phrase "how to stain cane" you will see a lot of opinions and RUclips videos from people who have done it. Ed
Dear Ed, Thank you for the great video series. I was afraid to take on recaning a late-nineteenth century rocking chair that had a broken seat and back. Your video was clear and helped me get it done. There is still remaining caning on the sides and now they do not match. Do you recommend staining the new caning? If so, with what?
OK, well I'm glad I watched this video before tackling the back of a chair because I wasn't going to do it like that and would have got it wrong! Excellent video.
Thank you for such a helpful instructional video. I’m about to redo a antique high chair but this is something I have never done before Now I feel I can move forward. 😊
Thank you Ed! The mysteries of caning are being revealed. Unfortunately, my 5 chairs which all need caning, have holes all along the seat, not a groove. More complicated I think. Hope there is a video on RUclips about that.
Such a fantastic and detailed video! I'm inheriting about 10 dining chairs that all need to be varnished and need new seats. Luckily all the old cane has been removed already. Hopefully, mine will turn out as lovely as yours did! :)
Question: I have 4 kitchen room chairs very similar to yours. I purchased them in the Philippines where the craftsman used a heavier reinforced rattan webbing. It has double up-down and L-R strands of rattan to make a very strong product. As you can imagine, the guys there are fantastic workers of rattan. Is such a material available in the US? Where would one obtain it? Thank you for a great video!
I recently did some chairs that had a ton of glue in the grooves. It was a nightmare trying to get the grooves clear. Being a Machinist by trade I ended up putting a 1/4" end mill in a die grinder and using it to clear out all the debris and glue out of the channel.. worked perfectly!
Great idea! There is also a product called De-Glue Goo that works great also! Check it out on peerlessrattan.com/shop/tools-and-accessories/de-glue-goo-8-oz/
Thanks, this was a very comprehensive presentation that I believe will help me greatly in my first attempt at sheet caning. small glitch in the audio... what happens to the webbing mesh if you soal it to long and what is the approx. working time?
Great Video. My cane is not going in like that. It's frustrating. I've spent an hour already and nothing is going right. I did the soaking, etc and the retaining strip won't fit at all.
Hi this very well explain thank for this kind of video !!! Just have quick questions I am planing caning a chair only one thing how do I get to a bronze color can you recommend something
Thank you very much for taking this video with your detailed explanation . It is exactly the help I needed to attempt this fix. I hope my fix comes near the great job you did.🙂
Somebody asked "which way is up?" The cane used in the web has a slight curve on one side, this is the top, the side you eventually put your own backside onto. It's not a big problem if it's upside down, but it's slightly more comfortable that way up. And you'll want to be consistent.
Amazing, 11 years on and this is still the best video on this. Just about to start a project all the way over here in NZ. Thank you for your amazing tutorial.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! As a woodworker I have made many things. A customer asked if I could re-cane a seat from a wooden wheel chair. I said I don't know anything about it but I'm willing to try it. This is probably the most helpful video I have ever viewed. Many thanks for posting it.
As a furniture restorer giving pressed cane installation a shot, this tutorial was immensely helpful. My results were so much better than I would have expected for a first go-around. Many thanks! - Josh
i have a piano bench that my father was going to recane before he passed away. he had already purchased all the supplies needed and never had a chance to do it. Thank you for this wonderful video! i had no idea if i would be able to do it or not but now have all the confidence i need thanks to this video!
I am planning to re-cane a small rocking chair so this is the perfect tutorial for me. Great step by step instructions and easy to follow! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
This video presents the whole process so perfectly. I found a cane seat rocker that one of my neighbors threw out because the seat fell through. It’s a beautiful antique oak pressed back nursery rocker, and now I can bring it back thanks to you. : )
Great instructions, but my chairs don’t have a groove. They are hand caned and woven through holes around the seat. There is no groove and two need repair
Using the chisel to cut the web to size is the move! I was using a razor, shears, even tried an oscillator with a smooth blade as a shortcut around some very tricky turns.
Thank you for this! I wasn't even thinking to use the best tool on hand.
Ed, your videos completely demystify the process! Excellent tutorials every time. You have my deepest admiration and gratitude!
I bought the replacement package from Peerless Rattan, watched the video, and successfully recaned our chair with my 13-year old son. Easy. The only issue was my own fault. We recaned the chair in the hot sun, so the webbing started to dry faster that I expected. To compensate, we rushed the job. But it was still a success (maybe an A- instead of a full A).
Chair looks really nice and we had a great time.
My only advise: Recane in the shade.
Note: I had already cleaned out the old cane from the grooves, which is fairly time consuming to get right -- or close to right.
What an amazingly clear and succinct tutorial. Thank you. I now have confidence that I can repair a 75+ yr old rocking chair my sister & I were nursed on (that's how I know the approximate age), but which now features in stage productions. Last year it developed a hole, so I am about to return it to its former glory. Again, thank you
Very professional! Even though I've re-caned a number of chairs and canoe seats, I learned a lot of great tips from this video.
I have a rattan chair to complete, and your walk through on how to complete this process was very thorough. Thankyou!
Thank you for making this video all those years ago. My rocking chair broke and you helped me get it fixed right up!
Glad I could help!
Loved your video. I actually have the same Pulaski chair that you used in your video to recane. Mine had suffered a botched job previously and I did the best to fix the damage. It looks so much better! Time will tell if it holds as I had to use a smaller spline (I believe) because I could not get the larger spline in completely. Many thanks for helping us DIY'ers save our old pieces.!
I've watched a lot of videos on pressed cane is this is BY FAR the best. Wished I'd seen it first before starting on my project.
Thank you! Hope it will help for your next one!
Fantastic information and Video ED. Really appreciated it. Just did my first cane repair and did it live on a RUclips stream. Fortunately it turned out well. Thanks again for making the video. Cheers Steve.
I'm glad it turned out well.
I would not have been able to do my project without this video! Thank you so much for the clear step by step instructions! This is by far the best video I found to show how to recane a chair!
Leslie Hamilton I'm glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for your kind words.
I watched your detailed video a week ago, then again today as I took notes! It gave me the confidence to begin the process of removing and replacing the cane webbed seat in my Bentwood Rocker. So far, I've removed the old pre-woven cane seat, and after much elbow work and using the tools you recommended, the groove is cleaned out as well! Off to purchase new webbing and spline tomorrow! Thanks so much for your clear directions and the tips on solving anticipated difficulties that could come up!
Thank you so much for this video! Oddly enough we appear to have an identical set of chairs to the ones in the video, which makes it all the more useful.
Thank you for your very informative video. You have given me hope that I will once again be in the good graces of my lovely wife after stepping through our chair trying to kill a wasp on the ceiling. You may have saved my marriage.
I finally plucked up courage to re-cane my old family rocking chair, which has become a theatre prop which I needed for my production of Little Women the musical. Previous use by others at the theatre had led to a large hole in the cane, which they had "fixed" by screwing a wooden plate under the seat. Not a pretty sight.
I was able to follow your instructions which I transcribed and printed, and the installation was very easy thanks to your advice. Clearing away the old parts was both easier and harder than I had expected. A) I could not get a spline chisel here in New Zealand, and was greeted with a puzzled look in the major hardware shops I tried. I ended up with a 6m chisel (the smallest there was) and a narrow screwdriver. B) The easy part was that there was no glue, so once I freed an end, it should have been plain sailing. Unfortunately, instead of glue, the maker had used tacks, and as the chair is at least 73 years old - I was nursed in it and it was probably 20 years old back then, making it about 100yrs old now - the tacks were fairly "friable". Needle nosed pliers and some swearing sorted that out, and I now have a well fitting seat thanks to you. I used some brown furniture wax to stain it.
Once again thank you for your advice from 10 years ago :)👏
So glad our video was able to help you out!
thank you so much for this video! I canned my first chair after watching you. you are a great teacher. God bless.
Thank you for posting this video. I had purchased an older bentwood rocker for my 18 yr old daughter's first apartment and when we delivered it to her apartment and someone sat in it the whole seat tore. After quite a bit of research I found a webbing kit that would replace the old seat and when it came I was raring to go. But the written instructions were very short and definitely not clear. I googled "how to replace cane webbing" and came across your video. The seat is now repaired - not completely perfect like yours - but I'm very pleased with my first effort!
I'm glad you were able to use the video to complete your project. Congrats on your daughter's big move.
Wow! I have been refinishing antiques for over 20 years (stripping/staining)! Always avoided repairing cane chairs. A friend gave me two chairs in which the cane needed repairing. After stripping the chairs I avoided having the cane repaired. I was going to put them in our yard sale next week. However, after seeing this video...I'm going to keep them and try replacing the cane myself! Thank you!
Thank you for such a great video! You DO make it look easy, I feel like I can do this now with my two chairs that need it badly. I have always wanted to be able to do my own, I've had chairs done for me before, but doing things myself is really my thing. Thank you so much.
wonderful tutorial...I purchased an antique chair and told the woman how to check if it was woven or pre-made. she looked underneath and said it was woven...that is the work I do. After she left, I looked more closely and it is pre--woven or whatever it is called. I thought I had just bought something I could not use. This showed me how and I am anxious now to get started. Thank You!
+Jo Williams It sounds like you found a great bargain! Let me know how it turns out for you!
Thank you, thank you for this tutorial. I did my first project, a pre world war 1 chair. Wicker rolled arm chair that belonged to my husbands great grandmother. So happy.
Excellent video and instruction. Thank you! I just received a quote for $400 to replace a small piece of press fit caning on the back of a chair. You've removed the mysticism of the process... and expense.
Excellent!
Great video! I have done many chairs and canoe seats but I still learned a few tricks from your video. This is a great example of a well thought out and production.thanks
I kept giving up on mine thinking I was breaking it. Didn’t realize the stands can be pulled out and edges are supposed to look like that pre gluing. This up close video was very helpful, thanks!
Glad I could help!
Wow great instructions, thanks for sharing 👍 How come you don't upload videos any more? 🤔
Many thanks for the clear and helpful instructions. Sure beats the first time I caned a chair, using a book and limited illustrations! Hooray for RUclips and for you in using it so well.
Thanks for the kind comments!
Thank you for these very clear instructions. I recently acquired some cane back chairs and wanted to learn how to fix the broken cane. Thank you.
I have a rocking chair that has this exact material for the seat. I was honestly scared I wouldn't be able to find any video how to fix it. Thank god for this
This is a really well done instructional video and I was amazed at how easy it was to replace missing cane in a chair I was refinishing. The results are FANTASTIC.
That's great that your seat turned out fantastic!
Outstanding customer service! Love the video tutorials. I look forward to learning and perfecting this beautiful craft. Thank you so much Mr. Hammond!
You are welcome!
Hi Ed!
I am actually Caning in the front of a Guitar Amplifier Speaker cabinet to create a nice retro look..
After watching you do this a couple times, I will have no difficulty.
Thanks!
Mark
So I'm assuming that you made the cane mesh ahead of time? You had the other video with the wood pieces underneath in addition to this spline video. I may have missed the video for making the cane mesh. Thanks...and all of your videos are great and easy to follow. I recently found a fiber rush chair that was discarded beside the road with the seat coming apart as the only fault. Have not refurbished it yet but your videos are the go to for sure on how to do it. Thanks again.
Thank you for making this video 10 years ago! I picked up an antique rocking chair when my son was born last year and the seat just broke.
This looks insanely easy 😍 I have some chairs that I believe to be from the 20s & thought I’d have to upholster them but I may have to give this a go
Beautiful, so helpful, I can't believe how easy that was. I'm almost worried that the glue won't be enough and surprised that that's all you use.
Еd, I thank you, for professional shooting of your work with a cloth a rattan. Everything is clear to me who is not speaking English.
I'm learning to make cane webbing, and this video very helpful for me. Thank you very much for your instruction!
Thanks for the vid. Good to see someone that knows what there doing on youtube. No wasted time and motion with all the little tricks that make so much sense once you know them but would never figure them out on your own.
Timothy Lee I wanted to share all the tips and tricks I have learned over the years of weaving these seats, I'm glad you liked the video.
+Ed Hammond Very useful and instructive. Thank you for the excellent video
I think the one element missing from this excellent video is how reasonably priced your products are. When my son was 18, as I'm frantically saying -- ie, "yelling" -- don't stand on that chair -- which he was using to change a light bulb -- Why not? -- crunch -- He's 25 now, and I'm still miffed every time I see my good chair w/ a big, fat hole in the center -- guess where his next payck and time are going to be spent? Thanks so much. Really, best of luck to you and your family in this endeavor
+Patricia Brightwell Thanks for sharing, great story!
This was so interesting to watch and easy to understand. Considering recaning the back of some barstools. You might have just given me the confidence to do so!
Glad to help! Have fun with your project!
Your presentation was spot on! I did the bottom of a cane rocker and it came out beautiful. thanks for your great info. If anyone needs to know where to buy the cane and spline,I got mine from Rockler.
We also sell cane here at peerlessrattan.com
Thanks Ed: I was about to embark on my repair but since I've done one before, thought I'd get some expert advice...Glad I did, I would made a hash of it !
So helpful! My job went well with these clear concise instructions! Now waiting for the glue to dry and see how it turned out for real.
Respect to anyone who is this good at their craft.
Thanks for the tutorial. Just getting ready to dive into a re-caning job for the first time. Cheers!
Excellent instructional video! Showed my hubby exactly what he needed to know. Hope you are monetizing this - it deserves the income!
+Jeanne Winstead I'm glad it helped him, that's what the videos are for, to help people! We sell cane, so if people need supplies, we carry it.
Jeanne, if you want to support him, send him cash. However, the rest of us are here because we cannot afford to pay others to fix our chairs.
Let your hubby speak for himself, or do a project yourself. Too many women know nothing about DIY projects and good ole hubby is the only one fixing things around the house, while wifey comments on them. And stop telling folks to charge money. Pay them if you think they deserve it. Its really nice to see some videos without drowning in ads! Something you would appreciate if you starting DOING more and COMMENTING less.
Ed, I really appreciated the detailed instructions. Just recaned 5 chairs and they look great. I did notice (after looking at some other videos) that you didn't specify which side of the sheet cane went "up" (which the other videos did). This would be important for a novice caner to know.
Excellent! SO very helpful. Thank you. Think I now have the info -and courage- to replace the cane back on my beautiful old rocking chair
Very well done Mr. Hammond! Excellent content. Gonna time this old chair good again in no time !
So freaking easy, I can't believe I'm finally gonna restore my old rocking chair, I bought it for twenty dollars about the time you made this video, yup! My wife's been asking me for about 7 years when I'm gonna fix it. She asked me again yesterday, that's why I ended up watching your video. Thank you for making this video.. I'm gonna make one when i restore mine, I'll let people know I learned it from you.
Well, did you do it?
Thanks to your video I have been able to repair a cane chair. Thanks so much!!!!
Glad I could help!
Ed, I just repaired a cane chair, after watching your video, on removing and installing a new pressed cane seat. It turned out great! Thanks for the detailed explanation on how to do this kind of repair.
Gary
Thanks for uploading this tutorial. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. Couldn't ask for more.
Tom Robinson I'm glad you found it helpful!
That was awesome! I have one to do but holy cow I need these instructions printed out , I think. Like any other skill it takes practice and patience. Thank you so very much. KC
We have an instructional booklet available at peerlessrattan.com!
Best video I’ve seen on this process 👍 The six curved back 16”by 14” dining room chairs backs ( Made in Korea) are: 35 years old ! My groove is 1/4wide by 1/4” deep! As I removed the spline and proceeded to remove the cane, I found they used staples driven into the groove (at a 45degree angle into the inside corner of the groove ) every six inches around the entire perimeter which were time consuming to remove! Do I replicate their install? Presently I don’t have a stapler (narrow nose) that would/can access & duplicate the 45 degree angle to insert the staples into the 1/4” bottom corner of the groove?
I’m assuming they did it this way to facilitate the curved crown of the chair back that flows at two different arcs across the curved back? Oh boy, it’s always something! Thanks for you taking the time to make such an excellent video 👍
Like you mentioned there must have been a reason for the staples. You could try it with just the glue/spline though?
Great job! Very helpful! You saved me a lot of money, too. But can you stain the cane webbing and spline the same color as the chair? How long should I wait before I do that?
We have never stained or colored cane. We gently tell customers that we are professional weavers, but we are not experienced at staining. We suggest that they take the newly caned chair to a furniture re-finisher, who has all the stains, dyes and lacquer sprays on hand. They can do a professional job on the staining, we will do the professional job on the seat weaving.
Having said that, if you google the phrase "how to stain cane" you will see a lot of opinions and RUclips videos from people who have done it.
Ed
Fantastic video. I don't know if I will dare to do it myself, but know at least I know that I may need a professional. Thank you for your help.
Great video, love the patience and calmness you transmit... thank you! :)
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the nice comments.
Great video and camera work. Just what I was looking for!
Best caning lesson I've ever watched
I'm getting ready to restore a bentwood cane rocker. Got some really good info here. Thanks.
Glad to help
Wow, seriously good. Got me from novice to, well, proficient straight off. Thank you!
I used this video to re-cane the seat of my cesura chair and it went perfectly.
Dear Ed, Thank you for the great video series. I was afraid to take on recaning a late-nineteenth century rocking chair that had a broken seat and back. Your video was clear and helped me get it done. There is still remaining caning on the sides and now they do not match. Do you recommend staining the new caning? If so, with what?
Hi, we cover staining cane on the FAQ page on our website, peerlessrattan.com
This is an extremely professional presentation. Congratulations!
I'm glad you liked the video, it has helped many people. I like to hear that new people are weaving their chairs.
Thank you so much for making this video. We used it today for an old family rocking chair.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for your help! My old rocking chair looks great. Your video was very well done and clear. Your repair kit was spot on. Thanks again!
Well done Maestro, great job! Thank you and arrivederci from Roma, Italy.
This tutorial is what I’ve been looking for! Truly, thank you so much. 🙏
Glad to help!
Excellent video. I've watched a bunch of re-caning videos and this is the best one.
Your kind words are humbling.
OK, well I'm glad I watched this video before tackling the back of a chair because I wasn't going to do it like that and would have got it wrong! Excellent video.
Glad it helped!
It's so satisfying to see this. I have a Thonet chair and sooner or later will have to do this. I am already looking forward to do this. :)
Thank you for such a helpful instructional video. I’m about to redo a antique high chair but this is something I have never done before Now I feel I can move forward. 😊
Ok, have fun!
This allowed me to replace a cane panel in the back of an oak rocking chair. Many thanks!
So glad it was helpful!
how long do you typically soak the spline? They said I'd never use basket weaving, I sure showed scout master Dave
Thank you Ed! The mysteries of caning are being revealed. Unfortunately, my 5 chairs which all need caning, have holes all along the seat, not a groove. More complicated I think. Hope there is a video on RUclips about that.
Yes, we have videos on weaving with strand cane.
Love it. Could you please list out all the tools that you used for doing this? ❤
All you need is the mesh, the spline, some wooden wedges and some glue! A Caning chisel can be used to remove the old spline if needed.
Terrific instructions - just did my first caning - replacing two canoe seats. You made it easy!
I'm glad your canoe seats turned out well!
Such a fantastic and detailed video! I'm inheriting about 10 dining chairs that all need to be varnished and need new seats. Luckily all the old cane has been removed already. Hopefully, mine will turn out as lovely as yours did! :)
I'm sure they will turn out great!
Excellent video! Very simple instructions and clearly understood.
Great Video. And since a comment in this thread said you also sell supplies, I just bought my supplies from you as well!
+Doug Silverberg Glad you liked the video! We received your order and we'll ship it right out, thanks.
Sweet, my Mad River Canoe will be so happy to have new cane!
We like to have happy customers, and happy canoes, too!
Question: I have 4 kitchen room chairs very similar to yours. I purchased them in the Philippines where the craftsman used a heavier reinforced rattan webbing. It has double up-down and L-R strands of rattan to make a very strong product. As you can imagine, the guys there are fantastic workers of rattan. Is such a material available in the US? Where would one obtain it? Thank you for a great video!
Are you able to send a picture? email to sales@peerlessrattan.com
I recently did some chairs that had a ton of glue in the grooves. It was a nightmare trying to get the grooves clear. Being a Machinist by trade I ended up putting a 1/4" end mill in a die grinder and using it to clear out all the debris and glue out of the channel.. worked perfectly!
Great idea! There is also a product called De-Glue Goo that works great also! Check it out on peerlessrattan.com/shop/tools-and-accessories/de-glue-goo-8-oz/
Thanks, this was a very comprehensive presentation that I believe will help me greatly in my first attempt at sheet caning. small glitch in the audio... what happens to the webbing mesh if you soal it to long and what is the approx. working time?
Great Video. My cane is not going in like that. It's frustrating. I've spent an hour already and nothing is going right. I did the soaking, etc and the retaining strip won't fit at all.
Thank you for this video! I did not wsnt to throw away my husband's caned rocker. But thanks to you I can now try to save it.
very exciting, and interesting process. I was wondering if you would varnish or wax the cane, to match the treatment of the existing chair?
plasmoplasmoplasmoer You can, but we prefer to leave the cane natural.
Hi this very well explain thank for this kind of video !!! Just have quick questions I am planing caning a chair only one thing how do I get to a bronze color can you recommend something
As far as staining the cane, that is a trial and error process. There are many videos showing this process!
Thank you very much for taking this video with your detailed explanation . It is exactly the help I needed to attempt this fix. I hope my fix comes near the great job you did.🙂
Somebody asked "which way is up?" The cane used in the web has a slight curve on one side, this is the top, the side you eventually put your own backside onto. It's not a big problem if it's upside down, but it's slightly more comfortable that way up. And you'll want to be consistent.
Thanks guys for a great well detailed video, made my re-seat easy. Paul
Glad to hear it, Paul!
Very clear demonstration and tutorial all around !!! Thanks for posting it ...
this was so satisfying to watch, you sure know how to do this well. Super surprised there was no nails or staples and it just holds.