Help for cane chair seat (and source)

try here mads
they ship worldwide

http://woodworker.com/c-Caning/

and here is a hand book about the work

http://woodworker.com/fullpres.asp?PARTNUM=857-154

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Hello Mads
either you want the same look or a new look to the seats it isn´t so hard on theese kind of chairs
you can buy the same prewowen here in Denmark
I have two books about rstoring things and restore furnitures some where in a movingboks on the loft
they are on Danish I will dig them out so you can get the title and auther so you can borrow them
on the libary , I´ll Pm you

take care
Dennis

Those do not look to be seated with pre-woven cane.
Cornell University bulletin number 681 “Cane seats for chairs”-revised edition will give ya all you need to know. It takes some time, and your hands will remember the project for some time. Use glycerine in the water to soften the cane and make it easier on the fingers.
Cornell Univ.Resource Center
7 Business and Tech. Park
Ithaca, NY 14850
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us

Hi Mads,
I have done caning on chairs.
There is a lot about caning that the books can’t tell you.
Like proper tension on the cane.
If you pull the cane too tight while it is wet, when it dries and shrinks, it tightens.
This can actually become so tight it can break the chair at the holes drilled for the cane.
My recommendation-
Before you try to cane the chair is to make a frame 12” x 12”, drill holes for the appropriate size cane,
and do a practice to see how you do. My dad taught me how to cane by doing this first. Gives you the “feel”
of tension, and how to twist and lay the cane coming through holes.

Here is where I buy my supplies.
Hope this helps,

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

Hi,
Thank you David, wonderful source.
Dennis: do you know a Danish supplier.
Bill: I’ll try and look into this.
Lisa: Thank you a lot, I will get back to you if I run into questions.
I will do as you say, to make a frame, and make a test first, think this will be a clever investment in skills.
I have just offered a book of ‘making chair seats’ this book should cover most types including cane, so I look forward to make some reading.
The chairs are in Paris, so I have to bring them home two and two, but I can get started with the frame Lisa suggest. If I can not find a dealer in Denmark, I’ll order from one of your links.
Thank you a lot for the help, I’m full of confident now.
Best thoughts from my heart,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

that was a smart move ,
leaving the chairs in paris .

now you can go and be with
caroline again , LOL !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Mafe,

The link I posted ships internationally. I think it is in the top left corner of the web page.
There are a bunch of flags, click on them.

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com