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     * Below on your Homepage!
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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 
  when I took in this or that chair caning or seat weaving restoration to do!
       IMPORTANT NOTE:  Dust Mask, & Gloves will be used ALWAYS during the strip off of old chairs etc.!

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       * If you have discovered, & are daily using the Chair Caning Lock Step Method TM that's absolutely fantastic!
       I will be teaching the Chair Caning Lock Step Method TM without the references/substitions so that it will
  (hopefully) not be so confusing to my Online Class as I did with MY STUDENT ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES!!!  

  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-
  body takes my seat off, they"ll feel a connection with me, too." Smile

  

    

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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! 
 

    * Ruth Comstock Chair Caning, &
    
Seat Weaving Bulletins! Smile

     * Important Note:  Click On Files In This Item: (In The Box!)

Visit Rockler.com - Woodworking Superstore!

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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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  getting a "Museum
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it "Correctly"
"Squared up" before
you begin to weave
the "Rush" chair
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

* BLESSED PEACE, & REST!!!

  * ON SAT UR DAY APRIL 30, (EARLY MORNING SLEEPLESSNESS)
  2011 @ 3:32 AM EST.!!!

       * A "Day" to never forget!!!  No "Post" until after the SUN
  Sets in the "West"!!!

       * "STEAMER METHOD FOR REMOVING SPLINES' FROM
  MACHINE CANE CHAIRS'"!!!

       * While waiting this past Friday afternoon to get a haircut I
  picked up a Woodworking magazine, & read a short article by Master
  Woodworker, Scot Phillips, Host of "The American Woodshop", &
  the "Subject" was dealing with using "Steam" in Woodworking!!!
       * He talked about compromising the "FINISH' on "ANY" 
  "Woodworking Project" using "STEAM"!!! 
        * Using this "STEAM METHOD" is also not used by Wood-
  working Experts!!!  SO WHY SHOULD ANY "CHAIR CANER" ON
  THE PLANET USE IT!!!  IT"S DOWN RIGHT "DANGEROUS" TO
  NOT ONLY THE "FINISH" TO YOUR "CLIENTS CHAIRS'"; BUT
  THE "VALUE" OF YOUR "CLIENTS" CHAIRS'"!!!
        * Now that I've shared with you what I learned while I was
  waiting to have my hair cut I will "Share" my day with you from
  11:17 AM EST. on this morning which was a "Carbon Copy" of every
  day this past week as far as my Breakfast of Oatmeal Fuel, & Meds
  were concerned with the exception of the time I got up to greet
  each day!!!
       ***** OH, TUESDAY I WILL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE
  EXPERTS' ALTERNATIVE WAS TO USING STEAM, & IT
  DOESN'T COMPROMISE YOUR "CLIENTS'" "MACHINE CANE
  CHAIRS' "FINISH" OR "DESTROY" THE "VALUE" OF YOUR
  "CLIENTS'" "MACHINE CANE CHAIRS'"!!!
 
       * "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, and reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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Friday, April 29, 2011

* "RUSH" CHAIR BOTTOMS', STAIN COLORS', ETC.!!!

  * ON FRY DAY APRIL 29, ( GUILTY AGAIN "POSTING" AFTER
  MIDNIGHT) 2011 @ 1:29 AM EST.!!!

       * Since I can "NO LONGER" purchase the stain "PURITAN 
  PINE" from the manufacturer I am on a mission to hopefully locate
  this one (1) "STAIN COLOR" from another manufacturer!!!  Need
  this Stain Color to finish a "Lincoln Rocker" Reproduction!!!
       * This will be a very brief post because I'm just not ready to
  call it a day in spite of it being 1:40 AM EST. in the morning!!!
       * I'm almost "Home" where "Caning", & Weaving" is concerned
  just need to receive that last order of "Rush" material, & I can
  finally get er done!!!  Then on to...WHO KNOWS!!!  But "COUNTRY
  SEAT WEAVERS" will continue to exist giving the same "Museum
  Quality" "Caning, Weaving", & "Service" with a diffeent craftsman
  running the business!!!
       * Well, that's all folks until later this morning at...
       * 10:04, & I haven't finished getting ready for the day yet;
  but I've had my usual Breakfast of Oatmeal Fuel, Meds, & thinking
  about what direction I should go concerning the "Stain Color" issues!!!
  This issue really needs to be resolved, & the sooner, the better!!!
       * Picked up two (2) different stain colors this afternoon which I
  hope will get a "Hand Cane, & Machine Cane" Chair Bottom out the
  front door of the shop!!!  "Puritan Pine" Stain Color is no longer
  offered by my manufacturer which I have been using for years so
  the search will continue where this stain is concerned!!!

       * "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, and reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

* STILL IN THE

  * ON THURS DAY APRIL 28, (AFTER MIDNIGHT) 2011 @ 12:51
  AM EST.!!!

       * Finished up my last "Hitchcock" "Rush" Chair Bottoms' this
  evening until another shipment of "Rush" Material arrives!!!
       * Matching Stains for "Antique" "Caned, & Woven Chairs'" has
  become a little more "Challenging" because some of the "Stain
  Colors'" I have been using for years' are no available so I will have
  to begin using more than one (1) manufacturer (If I can locat
  ones') to get the "Stain Colors'" we need!!!
       * Short "Post" so off to bed I go at 1:03 until...& besides I
  am really, really tired for a change!!!
       * I got up late, 9:38 AM EST.; but not to late, just thirty
  minutes off of my goal!!!  Should not have rolled over, & went back
  to bed!!!  Now that a Breakfast of Oatmeal Fuel has been eaten
  I need to take my Meds, & then get dressed for the day 
       * Next I'm going to drive "North" to Richmond, Virginia, & begin
  a very serious look for "Stains" (From Different Manufacturers) so
  that I can continue to "Match" stains for these "Antique" "Cane, &
  Woven" Chair Bottoms I do from time to time!!!
       * KEEP YOU "POSTED" ON THE "STAIN COLOR" ISSUE
  WHICH IS MORE THAN SERIOUS AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED!!!

       * "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       " "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, and reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

* PART TIME R & R CONTINUES!!!

 
  * WINDS DAY APRIL 27, (BEDTIME DELAYED) 2011 @ 12:08
  AM EST.!!!

       * When I do a "Chair Caning or Seat Weaving Project" I always
  do what I see that no one else may see!!!  It's about completeness,
  being through, or just doing the project like I would do it for my-
  self!!!  Through the years I have noticed that the very first thing
  "Clients'" do nine (9) times' out of ten (10) is to turn the Chair up
  side down, & look at the bottom!!!
       *After I get up this morning I will continue working on three
  (3) different "Projects" which require three (3) different sets'
  of Craft Skills, & they are "Rushing" a Chair Bottom, Refinishing a
  Porch Rocker, & last but not least Restoring an "Antique Piano
  Bench"!!!  This make for a day which will not be boring, & will not
  have a dull moment!!!
       * Before I forget, the other day, Monday, my enthusiastic
  "Student" brought to "Chair Caning Class" four different types'
  of "Chair Caning" Chair "Projects'" to "Class", & asked me what
  needed to be done to each one before "Caning" them so that they
  could learn "How to" do them so they could broaden their "Chair
  Caning Craft Skills"!!!  Yep, there is more to do to your "Clients'"
  Chairs' than just "Caning", & "Weaving" them!!!
       * The clock is ticking, & it's 11:25 so it's time to hit the hay,
  & finish this "Post" arouud ...
       * 10: 07 AM EST., & in just a few minutes it's all over,
  Breakfast of Oatmeal Fuel, Meds, Birdbath, & getting ready for my
  part time working "Projets'" day dealing with Caned chairs etc.so I
  have interesting days to look forward to during my retirement
  years' to keep the bordum to a minumum!!!

       * "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, and reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVIG REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!
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*TWO'S DAY SURPRISE!!!


  * ON TWO'S DAY APRIL 26, (SON SHINE, CLOUDS, ?) 2011
  @ 1:51 PM EST.!!!

       * As you can see by the time of this late "Post" (Reminds me
  of a "Ricky Nelson" Song "It's Late" etc.) I'm just returning Home
  after a hectic morning of "Personal Business" to take care which
  included "Taxi Service" for a friend to & from our local Wal Mart!!
       * 9:00 is the time I got up, & started this morning with the
  usual you know what (Oatmeal Fuel, Fruit, & Meds), & then out the
  door I went to do one of my weekly chores for my "Genuime"
  friend whom we can count on one hand!!!
      * Shortly I will have lunch with desert, then turn my attention
  to a "Rush" Chair Bottom, & Refinishing a "Porch Rocker" with a
  "Binder Cane"  Chair Bottom, & Back!!!  The "Porch Rocker" will
  be a labor of "Thanks" to a "NEW" Client whom cared enough to
  stop by, & check on me shartly after having "MAJOR" "Open
  Heart Surgery" to see whether I was just "Busy" or "Sick"!!!  As
  Allen discovered I was more than "Sick"; but really blessed to be
  alive!!!
       * Sanded, & Cleaned the bottom of an "Antique Piano Stool" with
  a "Machine Cane" Bottom in it which will have the restoration work on
  the bottom of this project completed within the next few days,
  then we'll install the "Machine Cane"!!!  And we didn't remove the
  "Spline" from this "Antique Piano Stool" using the "Steamer Method"
  either which may not only "Damage" the "Patina" on this "Antique
  Piano Stool'; but "Destroy" the "Antique Value" as well!!!

       * "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, & reading our
  "CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!

      
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Monday, April 25, 2011

* MUN DAY MORNING LEFT OVERS!!!

  *ON MUN DAY APRIL 25TH, (GUILTY AS SIN UP LATE AGAIN)
  2011 @ 1:48 AM EST.!!!

       * Just before Midnoight tonight I received an E-Mail query
  for a quote on doing five (5) Chairs from the South Eastern Part
  of the State of Virginia!!!  So it will be interesting for me to see
  what the outcome will be after I quote the "Projects"!!!
       * Today I'll finish a "Rush" Chair Bottom left over, & begin
  testing finish "Stains" on a Porch Rocker I'm currently doing for a
  "NEW" Client!!!
       * Well, it's 2:00 AM EST. in the morning, & that's late enough
  for this ole man to stay up so I'll finish this post around...
       * 9:26 AM, & I'm past having a Breakfast of Oatmeal Fuel<
  taking Meds, & now I'm getting ready to do a brake inspection on
  the "42 Chevy, & depending on what the results of that brake in-
  spection are will detemine the course of my day today!!!
       * Just extremely "Thankful" we can do the "Brakes on the '42
  Chevy, & not have to take it to a shop!!!  Yep, I'd rather keep the
  dollars in my pocket than give it to a mechanic!!!
  
       * "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       * "BLESSINGS', "THANKS" for stopping by, and reading our
  "CHAIR CANNG, & SEAT WEAVING REFLECTIONS'" TM!!!

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

* A MIXED BAG OF "RUSH" CHAIR WORK, & R & R!!!


  * ON SON DAY APRIL 24, (REPEAT OFFENDER=SLEEPLESS IN
  COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA) 2011 @ 2:44 AM EST.!!!

      * Top of the week will consist of seeing how far the remainder
  of my "Rush" Material will go sometime today, & then Relax by Read-
  ing, Watchig T V, & maybe Stripping, & Refinishing some of my
  personal Furniture Projects!!!
       * And I'11 begin posting some of the info on my "Online Chair
  Caning, & Seat Weavers' Directory for the "NEW ADVERTISER"
  from "ARIZONA", which is an "ADVERTISING GIFT" (FREE), to
  help them grow their business, which is also available to "ANY"
  "CHAIR CANER, & SEAT WEAVER" on the "Planet" whom would like
  to also grow their business!!!
       *  It is now 3:14 AM EST. in the morning, & the body is start-
  ing to get a little tired so I'll finish this post sometime aounnd...
       * 10.00 AM EST. & the day has had some surprises concern-
  ing the '42 Chevy after an Oatmeal Fuel Breakfast, Meds, Pizza for
  Lunch, Ice Cream, & then we're dead in the water after only driving
  a few blocks to visit Friends' courtesy of a Crack in the Fuel Line
  which we have fixed so that we can be up, & running the rest of the
  week!!!
         And the Friends' we'll have to visit another Sunday afternoon!!!
       
       " "CHEERS" with a health drink!!!

       * "BLESSINGS", "THANKS" for stopping by, and 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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