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Caning
When these oak chairs were brought to our shop the question was can they be caned? The customer had already removed the vinyl covered plywood seat. The answer was Yes!
hand tied cane seats
The chairs were stripped and necessary repairs were made. A template was created to use as a guide to router the spline groove necessary to accept cane.
woven cane chairs,
Routered spline groove
cane repair, seat repair,
The chairs were stained Cherry and finished with clear laquer and caned.
canoe seats, refurbished cane seats Refinished and refreshed cane chairs.
Caning
We can repair a machine caned or retie a hand tied chair. First, all the old broken and sagging cane is carefully cleaned out and discarded.
routed groves, refurbishing chairs
A new piece of cane is measured and cut to size and then pushed into the spline groove.
seat covers, replacing chair pad,
The spline is measured, glued and also pushed into place.
chair pad, custom finish,
A newly caned, very useable chair.
stain, torn seats