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                                       Chair Caning, & Seat Weaving What If (For Me)
       Recently I read a very interesting paragraph about how, & where to strip off old chairs, & it will NEVER be in my shop 
  again due to inhaling dust, mildew, etc. from an old chair(s) because of where, & how they may have been stored! 
       It will be done outside of my shop with maximum ventilation, & before I bring the chair caning, or seat weaving re- 
  storation into my shop to restore!  
       Coming from an attic, an old barn, a basement, or an out building may cause health problems which I did not bargain for 
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       I will be teaching the Chair Caning Lock Step Method TM without the references/substitions so that it will
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  They got it, & use it every single day!

                                                    * Signing Your Seatweaving! Smile
       "When I took off the old seats, I found that a little girl had signed her name before the Rush was put on", he said. 
  "I asked the man if her name had any significance, & it turns out it was an old maid great-aunt of his." Smile (smile)
      
"Since then, I've started putting my name, & the date inside of my work!  Maybe 100 years from now, when some-
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  Primitive circa 1810
  corner chair from
  Virginia!

  I personally did the
  "Aged" Splint bottom
  in this primitive Va.
  circa 1810 corner 
  chair I found in a
  antique mall several
  years ago!  It"s a
  real "Keeper" and has
  been passed on to the
  next expert chair
  caning generation! 
 

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  *A very easy "Rush
  Bottom" chair to
  "Square up" from the
  "Civil War" era us-
  ing a "Rush Ruler" 
  tm!
"This would be the
"Perfect" "Rush"
bottom chair for
a "Tutorial" / 
"Video" wouldn't
it?

 

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  * The bottom line 2
  getting a "Museum
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it "Correctly"
"Squared up" before
you begin to weave
the "Rush" chair
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

* DAY 33 AFTER



  * ON DAY 33 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!

  * ON SAT UR DAY (IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING)
  JANUARY 1, 2011 @ 1:26 AM EST

       * When you have been literally given "The Gift of Life" as
  my beautician put it this past Tuesday as a result of a success-
  ful "Open Heart Surgery" you really do look at all of your life
  through a very different pair of glasses!!!
       * Will complete this post after Sunrise in the morning...after
  I go back to bed, & finish getting my night's rest!!!
       Well, with my usual Breakfast over, & Meds taken I will begin
  my day with one of my New Year's Resolutions' which I think is
  the most important, A Before Breakfast Morning Devotional to
  start each, & every day of 2011!!!
       * & in the next few days I will Hand Cane a Hand Cane Chair
  for Show, & Tell which is long over due for the "Country Seat 
  Weavers'" workshop!!! 
       But first a dowel will have to be replaced, & then it will be
  stripped by hand using rags (No Steel Wool) because you will not
  get that speckeled steel wool finish because of the Steel Wool
  getting into the grain of the wood, & then refinished!!!
       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!

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Friday, December 31, 2010

* DAY 32 AFTER


  * ON DAY 32 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!
       
       * Yesterday I had the battery checked for the 42 Chevy in
  antisipation of driving it at the top of 2011 with my Surgeon's, &
  NP's "Blessing"; but have finally deceided to wait a couple of week's
  longer before I do so!!!  Want to see more healing of the incision
  on the outside of my chest before I begin driving again, & that of
  course will make me feel more confident about the outcome of my
  first (1st) driving experence after "Open Heart Surgery"!!!

  * ON FRY DAY (AFTER MIDNIGHT POSTING AGAIN) DECEMBER
  31, 2010 (FOR THE FINAL TIME) @ 1:25 AM EST

       * The Posts on this Blog will continue to be posted (by its
  author) due to the fact that this Web Site was set up to "Bless",
  & Benifit every single advertiser on this "Chair Caning, & Seat
  Weavers' Directory, as well as its "Special Visitors" in 2011!!!
       * This of course includes the "Mentally, & Physicaly Challenged"
  whom this Web Site was originally set up for to benefit etc.!!!
       * They have been "Blessed" financially, & of course in every
  other area of life also!!!  It's been a "Win Win" Chair Caning, &
  Seat Weaving Website for everyone involved in it from Day 1!!!
       * I can whole heartedly say I have been truly "Blessed"!!!
       * Today I received another phone call concerning work for
  "Country Seat Weavers' as a result of this Web Site so as long 
  as this Web Site continues to pay for itself I will continue to
  "Share" my "Blessings" with my advertisers in the form of "FREE"
  Ads!!!
       * Will post some (not all) of my "New Year's Resolutions' on
  my January 1, 2011 Post because believe it or not I really do have
  a very, very short New Year's Resolution List!!!
       * And the Huge "Open Heart Surgery" surprise will make this
  New Year's Resolution List different than anyone I remember ever
  making during my entire lifetime!!!  What a real sobering (I do not
  drink) wake up call this has really been for me!!!   
       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

* DAY 31 AFTER
   
  * ON DAY 31 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!

       * This morning I'm going to be picked up by a dear high school
  side kick, & be given a short break from this "Cabin Fever" which 
  wasn't on the "Radar" or planned for in November, but very, very
  fortunately was diagonosed correctly at a small city ER, & taken 
  care of as a result of that ER visit for "Back Pain" which turned 
  out to be "Back Pain" resulting from a "Large Aneurysm" between 
  my "Heart", & "Lung" which was "Life Threatening" of course!!!

  * ON THURS DAY (SON SHINE ON MY SHOULDER = STEPPING
  OUT) DECEMBER 30, 2010 @ 8:33
 
       * Got my breakfast, & Meds out of the way, & was really 
  ready to go when he arrived!!!  Nice to see these four walls go
  away for a few hours!!!  And even "Nicer" to see my dear high
  school side kick again of course!!!
       * 2011 will see a lot of changes in my life personally, &
  professionaly where my Chair Caning, & Seat Weaving Business
  is conceerned because it FINALLY has been passd on to the
  next generation Chair Caner, & Seat Weaver!!!  & I have really done
  so with 100% confidence, & would not have done so if it has been
  been anything less than 100%!!!  My Clients' deserve, & will continue
  to get "Museum Quality" craftsmanship from the next generation
  I am so very "Thankful" to say!!!
       * I will begin to explore other things I "Think" I would like to
  do, & add them to the Chair Caning, & Seat Weaving Skills I
  already have acquired in my other life!!!  Should be very in-
  teresting because I really do not know what's going to be around
  the next corner where this is comcerned so I am looking forward 
  to the adventures'!!!
       *Doing "Estate Sales" has crossed my mind; but we'll see!!!
       * "BLESSINGS'< "THANKS' for stopping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

* DAY 30 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!

  * ON DAY 30 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!
       
       * Today I walked again, & this time it was for a dozen (12)
  blocks to get a long over due hair cut leaving the age ole beard
  alone!!!  Both felt really good, the hair cut, & the walk!!!  Tomorrow
  I will walk again towards my goal of driving, & becoming in-
  dependent again, & I will not take my independence for granted
  ever again!!!

  * ON WINDS DAY (AFTER MIDNIGHT) DECEMBER 29, 2010 @
  12:20 AM EST

       * After Sunrise, Breakfast, & Meds this morning I will share
  with you how that tube of "TOOTHPASTE" helps you always to
  find the base "MATCHING STAIN" for any Chair Caning, & Seat
  Weaving project you are working on for a Client!!!
       * Now back to bed to catch a few Z'S until dawn's early light,
  & then I will complete my "MATCHING STAIN" Post!!!  And then
  School's out until another interesting subject comes along!!!
       * Now that you have completed your "ACETONE TEST", &
  have learned (always) what your final coat is, be it lacquer, or
  shellac, etc., now you simply take a clean soft cloth, & clean up
, the area where you did your "ACETONE TEST" with "TOOTH
  PASTE", & learn what your original base coat stain is, & you are
  ready to "MATCH STAINS'", & complete your Client's work!!!
       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for dropping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

* DAY 29 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!! MATCHING STAINS!!!


  * DAY 29 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!

  * ON TWO'S DAY (SON SHINE = MELTING SNOW) DECEMBER
  28, 2010 @ 9:28 AM EST

       * Not really starting the day with a bang; but the Oatmeal
  fuel has been eaten, & the Meds taken so that daily routine is
  behind me, &...
       * The problem "Rush" Bottom Chair still haunts me so I'm
  going to give it another shot today, & see what I can figure out
  so this "Rush" Bottom Chair can be completed, & delivered!!!
       * In a little while we'll discover that our "TOOTHPASTE"
  can be used for more than just brushing our teeth!!!  In this
  case helping us to accurately "MATCH STAINS" for our Chair
  Caning, & Seat Weaving Touch Ups, & Refinishing Needs for our
  Clients' without having to take any Chair to a Furniture Refinisher
  ever again!!!  It's MONEY in your pocket in learning how to really
  "MATCH STAINS"!!!
       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!

 

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Monday, December 27, 2010

* DAY 28 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!! MATCHING STAINS!!!


  * DAY 28 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!

       * Stll searching for that elusive resting position!!!  Otherwise
  the "Pain" continues to diminish!!!  And I am just five (5) short days
  away from driving: but I have dceided to wait a couple of extra 
  weeks to drive & just maybe, almost positive, I'll wait until the end
  January to do so!!!
  

  * ON MUN DAY (CLOUDS, SON, & A BEAUTIFUL SNOW SCENE)
  DECEMBER 27, 2010 @ 9:15 AM EST

       * Got up today a little earlier than usual so that I could get
  some Oatmeal fuel in this ole body of mine, & take the Meds which
  will be a part of the rest of my life, & begin the day by going
  back to bed after I post a few things on this "BLOG"!!!
       * Sometime before the day is over I will post the ACETONE
  post for "MATCHING STAINS"!!!  This is only the first step in
  this time proven process for accurately "Matching Stains" so that
  their will be no drips, no runs, & most important "No Errors" in
  getting a "Museum Quality" "Matched Stain"!!!
       * After Breakfast I read the Post from the COLD ANTLER 
  FARM BLOG which was interesting, & as usual I'm looking forward
  to continuing reading this BLOG because of the "Wordsmith" whom
  writes it, & the many surprises written in along the way!!!
       * And now, YES, it is back to bed this AM so...the remainder
  of this "Post" will begin later!!!
       * It's now 10:59 EST, & I back up &...will post this after-
  noon after lunch!!!
       * We will need the same items for the "ACETONE TEST" to
  correctly "MATCH STAINS"!!!  # l:  Acetone  # 2:  Q Tips  
  # 3:  A Very Soft Rag
       * Chemical Reaction will be as follows:  # 1:  POLYURETHANE:
  Sheds  # 2:  LACQUER:   Disolved in 30 Seconds With Rubbing
  # 3:  VARNISH / SHELLAC:  Gets Sticky / Gels
       * Tomorrow we will discuss what TOOTHPASTE, yes TOOTH
  PASTE has to do with "MATCHING STAINS"!!!  And yes, it works
  every single time!!!
       * FOUR MORE DAYS, & NEVER, EVER MORE!!!
       * "BLESSINGS', "THANKS" for dropping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'"!!!

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

* DAY 27 AFTER

  * ON DAY 27 AFTER "OPEN HEART SURGERY"!!!

  * ON SON DAY (SNOWING) DECEMBER 26, 2010 @ 9:41 AM EST

       * At the urging of my Son to get up after several calls I have
  finally done so, & doubled up on my Breakfast as usual, & got the
  dreaded Meds taken for the day, & now will turn my attention to
  helping my student redo that "Rush" Bottom Chair for hopefully the
  last time!!!
       * If you are trying to "Match a Stain" using the final finish,
  (Lacquer, Shellac, etc.), & the actual stain itself you are not
  "Matching" the original stain!!!  It is absolutely impossible to do
  unless you want to create a real mess to undo!!!
       * You first must accurately determine what the final finish is,
  & this is accomplishd by doing a "Denatured Alcohol" test on an 
  inconspicuous spot on the Chair to begin learning what the original
  stain is!!!
       * ITEMS NEEDED!!!  # l:  Denatured Alcohol  # 2: Q Tips
  # 3: A Very Soft Cloth
       * Chemical Reaction will be as follows:  # 1   SHELLAC:  
  Disolves  # 2:  VARNISH:  Slow Reaction to Varnish
       * YOU CAN ALSO DO AN ACETONE TEST WHICH I WILL
  POST TOMORROW!!!
       * Taking a break, & I will be finishing up this post later in
  the day!!!  This is due to a lot of pain this morning!!!
       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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  Rush bottom "Signed", wood properly "Fed!"
  evened, & "Squared up" without a ruler, 
  framing square, etc.!
  "How did he do that?"
  
  
 

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