*ONLINE CHAIR CANING & SEAT WEAVERS UNIVERSITY TM HOW TO E - Z HERRINGBONE SPLINT BOTTOM CHAIR SM!!

* A LOST ART FOUND SM!!!

          Having A Museum Quality Chair
                       By Ronnie P. Goff
                 Copyright April 13, 2006

NOTE: You will now learn how to do an E - Z Splint Bottom
Chair with THE CORRECT STEPS IN ORDER which makes it much,
much easier, & faster to "SQUARE UP" the Splint Bottom Chair, &
weave the Herringbone Weave!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE: When a Binder Cane Chair, or a Splint
Bottom Chair with a Herringbone Weave has The Steps Woven
in the "CORRECT ORDER" there are absolutely no "STRUCTURAL
WEAKNESSES" in the sides of these chairs from S 2 N period!!!
See Photographic illustrations below for the "STRUCTURAL"
evidence!!!

       * IMPORTANT NOTE: RUTH COMSTOCK BULLETIN ANSWER!!!

      * 2.  SEE RUTH COMSTOCK CHAIR CANING, & SEAT WEAVING
BULLETIN!!! # 2 SPLINT SEATS ON HOME PAGE!!!

       * ILLUSTRATION # 63

       * "NOTE THAT WEAVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE LEAVES SPACES AT THE FRONT
OF THE SEAT. THE SEAT SHOWN IN FIGURE 43 (SHOWN BELOW IN MY ILLUSTRATIONS)
AVOIDS SPACES AT THE FRONT BY WARPING SIDE TO SIDE, WEFTING BACK TO FRONT."
(SHOWN BELOW IN MY ILLUSTRATION FRONT TO BACK)

       * MY METHOD IS EASIER, FASTER, & SQUARING UP IS EASIER, & FASTER!!! IT SAVES
TIME, & EARNS $$$$$$$ EASIER, & FASTER!!!

"FEEDING THE WOOD!!!"
RAILS, & STILES ONLY!!!

"TACKING OFF THE SPLINT"

"STAPLING THE SPLINT
SPLICE"

"CLINCHING THE STAPLED
SPLICES"

       SPLINT SEAT BOTTOM CHAIR PREPERATION: Remove the
old Splint etc. from the Splint Seat Bottom of the chair frame!!!
Repair, "Feed The Wood", refinish, & reglue the SPLINT SEAT
CHAIR BOTTOM FRAME if absolutely necessary!!!
       We begin by "Feeding the Wood" which has been covered up
with Binder Cane / Splint for countless unknown years!!!
       "Feed The Wood!!!" Rails, & stiles only!!!

* From A Scientific Point Of View Trees in Nature Require Moisture/
Rainwater To Sustain Their Very Existence!!!

With Stapling Splices you leave a spacing of 1/2' on either
side with Binder Cane / Splint!!! As illustrated with photographic
illustration you Staple Splice with Splint Three (3) times!!!

Binder Cane dead center two (2) times with minimum spacing
of 1/2" on either side!!!

"PADDING" HERRINGBONE
SPLINT BOTTOM AS YOU DO
YOUR "WEFT!!!"
REMEMBER THE SMOOTH SIDE
OF THE SPLINT GOES UP!!!
WHEN I UNDO AN OLE CHAIR
TO BE REWOVEN WITH SPLINT
I ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE ONES
THAT HAVE BEEN "PADDED"
WITH OLD NEWS PAPERS!!!
FOR SPLINT IT IS ROLLED UP
LIKE A LOG (A WEE BIT LARGER
THAN THE DOWEL) WITH MASK-
ING TAPE, & "PADDED" FROM
E 2 W (BACK @ FRONT) WITH
THE SHAPE OF THE SPLINT
BOTTOM CHAIR!!!
YOU MAY ALSO USE FOAM; BUT
ONLY BLUE FOAM BECAUSE IT
DOES NOT DETERIORATE LIKE
WHITE OR YELLOW FOAM DOES!!!

WE USE AN ANTIQUE WASH
PAN TO THROUGHLY SOAK
OUR SPLINT BEFORE WE
BEGIN WEAVING IT!!!
AND WE USE AN ANTIQUE
STOVE TO HEAT OUR SHOP,
& AN ANTIQUE OVEN TO
BAKE, OR COOK GOODIES!!!

"STAGERING STAPLED
SPLICES!!!"

"WARPING FROM
SIDE 2 SIDE S 2
N"

THE TABS STICKING UP
SHOWS YOU HOW THE SPLICES
ARE DONE!!! ADDING SPLINT
WITHOUT STAPLING!!! LOCK-
ING IN PLACE!!!

WHY it is "PADDED CORRECTLY" to guarantee maximum
Herringbone Splint Bottom Mule Ear Chair Life for YOUR CLIENT!!!
It prevent the Herringbone Splint Bottom from breaking around
the perimeter of the Binder Cane / Splint Bottom by the Client's
weight from sitting in the Mule Ear Chair with a Binder Cane /
Splint Bottom over a period of years!!!

With Staple Splicing Binder Cane / Splint you absolutely MUST
stagger your Staple Splicing so that you can easily cover up the Staple
Spliced Binder Cane / Splint when you begin "Squaring Up" with your
"Weft Step" which is weaving the Binder Cane / Splint from front to
back!!!

It is absolutely unnecessary to splice splint together by stapling
after you stagger stapled your "Warp", & begin "Squaring Up" your
Herringbone Splint Botton Chair is completed!!! It is "Self Locked" into
place, & will "STAY" "Self Locked" into place!!!

When you have finished weaving one strand of splint, & need
to add another piece you simply complete the splice by the Splint
"Lock Step Method" which is simply weaving your splice into the
previous piece by going under three, over three, under three, & it is
"Locked" into place!!! Then you simply hold that piece in place, &
weave it snug, tightly into place!!! Then continue Splicing, & "Lock-
ing" into place until you you complete your Herringbone Splint Bottom
Mule Ear Chair!!! Absilutely no more Staples are ever necessary!!!

During the weaving process you will hide all stapled splices!!!
Example!!! If you are weaving, & a stapled splice is in the fourth (4th)
row of your weave you simply weave over (4), under (2), over three
(3), & then continue to weave so that you will have a Museum Quality
Herringbone Mule Ear Chair upon complection!!!

"SQUARING UP" A SPLINT
BOTTOM MULE EAR CHAIR
WITH SHORT PIECES OF
SPLINT 1ST THEN YOU COM-
PLETE THE SPLINT BOTTOM
CHAIR!!!

E - Z STEPS 4 DOING A
MULE EAR SPLINT BOTTOM
CHAIR WITH A HERRING-
BONE WOVEN PATTERN!!!
OVER 1, UNDER 3, OVER 3,
UNDER 3, ETC.!!! OVER 2,
UNDER 3, OVER 3, UNDER 3,
ETC.!!! OVER 3, UNDER 3,
OVER 3, UNDER 3, ETC.!!!...
FOLLOWED BY...

E - Z STEPS CONTINUED...
UNDER 1, OVER 3, UNDER
3, OVER 3, ETC.!!! UNDER
2, OVER 3, UNDER 3, OVER
3, ETC.!!! UNDER 3, OVER
3, UNDER 3, ETC.!!! E - Z!!!

WE WILL COMPLETE OUR HERRING-
BONE WOVEN SPLINT BOTTOM
CHAIR REPEATING THE E - Z STEPS
DONE EARLIER WITH WEAVING
SHORT PIECES OF SPLINT TO
FINISH THE OLE SPLINT CHAIR
BOTTOM!!!

* I am a firm believer in SEAT WEAVING KISS (KEEP IT SIMPLE
STUPID) STEPS TM when "Sharing" Seat Weaving TM instructions,
& knowledge!!!

Now that we have staple spliced or Herringbone Splint Bottom
Mule Ear Chair, & have "CORRECTLY" "PADDED" our Herringbone
Mule Ear Chair we can begin to "Square Up" our Herringbone Splint
Bottom Mle Ear Chair doing the "Weft" (weaving vertical from front
to back, & you "Square up", & begin doing your Herringbone Splint
Bottom Mule Ear Chair all in the very same step!!!

       THE STEPS FOR "SQUARING UP" A SPLINT BOTTOM CHAIR
WITH A HERRINGBONE WEAVE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
       STEP # 1 IS YOUR "WARP STEP" FROM S 2 N (HORIZONTAL)!!!
       STEP # 2 IS OVER l, UNDER 3, OVER 3, UNDER 3 UNTIL YOU
COMPLETE YOUR 1ST (SHORT) ROW!!! FROM E 2 W (VERTICAL)
       STEP # 3 IS OVER 2, UNDER 3, OVER 3, UNDER 3 UNTIL YOU
COMPLETE YOUR 2ND (SHORT) ROW!!!
       STEP # 4 IS OVER 3, UNDER 3, OVER 3, UNDER 3 UNTIL YOU
COMPLETE YOUR 3RD (SHORT) ROW!!! IF NECESSARY!!!
       STEP # 5 IS UNDER 1, OVER 3, UNDER 3, OVER 3, UNDER 3
UNTIL YOU COMPLETE YOUR 4TH (SHORT) ROW!!! IF NECESSARY!!!
       STEP # 6 IS UNDER 2, OVER 3, UNDER 3, OVER 3 UNTIL YOU
COMPLETE YOUR 5TH (SHORT) ROW!!! IF NECESSARY!!!
       STEP # 7 IS UNDER 3, OVER 3, UNDER 3, OVER 3 UNTIL YOU
COMPLETE YOUR 6TH (SHORT) ROW!!! IF NECESSARY!!!
       *When you get your Splint Bottom "SQUARED UP" you
repeat the steps until your Splint Bottom is completed!!!
       *Please do not forget to weave the bottom identical to the
top!!! This is done for "STRUCTURAL' reasons!!!

THIS IS THE WAY YOUR
E-Z HERRINGBONE
SPLINT BOTTOM WILL
LOOK AFTER WEAVING
THE SHORT PIECES OF
SPLINT!!! NOTICE IT
IS WOVEN COMPLETELY
FROM S 2 N WITH NO
STRUCTURAL DEFECTS!!!

THIS IS THE WAY OUR
E-Z HERRINGBONE
WOVEN SPLINT BOTTOM
WILL LOOK WHEN WE
COMPLETE OUR VERY
OWN WEAVING!!!

THIS IS THE WAY YOUR E-Z
MULE EAR HERRINGBONE
SPLINT BOTTOM (UNDER
SIDE) MUST LOOK WHEN
COMPLETED!!! THIS IS
DONE NOT ONLY FOR
STRUCTURAL REASONS;
BUT MORE IMPORTANT
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
DUE TO SPLINT BOTTOM
LIFE SPAN!!!