HOW 2'S REMOVABLE RUSH BOTTOM INCLUDING "SQUARING UP", & RUSH BOTTOM IRREGULARITIES!!!

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RUSH BOTTOM "SIGNED", WOOD PROPERLY "FED!!!"
EVENED, & "SQUARED UP" WITHOUT A RULER,
FRAMING SQUARE, ETC!!!

How To Rush A Removable Rush Bottom Chair
By Ronnie P. Goff
Copyright April 13, 2006

* Tools necessary for doing your removable Rush Bottom Chair Frame!!!

     * Rush Seat Bottom Preperation: Remove the old Rush etc. from the
removable Rush Bottom Chair Frame!!! Repair, & reglue the removable
Rush Seat Bottom Chair Frame if necessary!!!
     "FEED THE WOOD!!!" Rails, & Stiles only!!!
     Add removable legs to your Removable Rush Bottom Chair Frame!!!
Use 4 C Clamps for your legs!!! Use the height of your choice!!!
     They go beyond where the remonable rush bottom chair frame is
"SQUARED UP!!!"
     Add a double thickness of cardboard to the top, & bottom of each
C Clamp so that you will not damage, or mar the rails, stiles, or the
wood!!!
     Remone, & reposition the 4 C Clamps (only necessary once) after you
"Square Up" your Removable Rush Bottom Chair Frame, & weave your
Rush Bottom Chair Frame a few inches on the stiles!!!
     NOTE FOR RESTORATION: SEE SEATWEAVING INSTRUCTIONS
102 TM
                                       SEE SEATWEAVING, & TOOTHPASTE
                                       SEE DENATURED ALCOHOL TEST

THIS IS OUR SEAT
WEAVING PATIENT
FOR REMOVABLE RUSH
BOTTOM SEAT, &
"SQUARING UP" A
FIBRE RUSH SEAT
BOTTOM!!!

ADD REMOVABLE LEGS TO
YOUR REMOVABLE RUSH
BOTTOM CHAIR FRAME!!!
USE 4 C CLAMPS FOR YOUR
LEGS!!! USE THE HEIGHT
OF YOUR CHOICE!!!

RUSH RULER TM CUT
YOUR RUSH RULER TM
TO THE EXACT LENGTH
OF THE BACK RUNG!!!
*****SEE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT RUSH
RULER TM NOTE BE-
LOW!!!

LAYOUT LINES!!!
BEGIN WEAVING FILLER
RUSH PIECES EXACTLY 2"
FROM THE FRONT ON
THE SIDE RAILS EXACTLY
3/4" APART FROM FRONT
TO BACK UNTIL "SQUARE!!!"

***** EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RUSH RULER TM NOTE!!!
WHEN YOU USE YOUR "RUSH RULER TM" TO "SQUARE UP" A
RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR YOU ALWAYS INCLUDE ANY CURVE THAT
IS IN THE BACK RUNG OF A RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR TO ACCURATELY
"SQUARE UP" YOUR RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR!!!

WHEN YOUR RUSH BOTTOM
IS "SQUARE" YOU WILL HAVE
EITHER 5/32"/6/32" SPACE
ON BOTH SIDES OF YOUR
RUSH RULER TM DEPENDING
ON WHICH SIZE RUSH YOU
USED!!! NOW YOU CAN BE-
GIN WEAVING YOUR "SQUARED
UP" RUSH BOTTOM!!! IT'S
THAT EASY!!!

SPLICES WHICH ARE
ALWAYS DONE EITHER
SIDE OF FRONT/SIDE
RAILS HALFWAY BE-
TWEEN DEAD CENTER
FRONT/BACK BY TY-
  ING A SQUARE
KNOT!!!




THIS IS THE POINT
AT WHICH I BEGIN
"PADDING" A RUSH
BOTTOM CHAIR WITH
"CARDBOARD" SO THAT
I ALWAYS GET A
MUSEUM QUALITY
RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR!!!

I HAVE INTENTIONALLY
LEFT THE CARDBOARD
LAYING ON TOP OF THE
RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR TO
SHOW HOW IT IS CUT
BEFORE BEGINNING THE
"PADDING" OF THE RUSH
BOTTOM CHAIR!!!

THIS IS HOW YOUR
1ST COURSE CARD-
BOARD "PADDING"
SHOULD LOOK!!!
*****SEE EX-
TREMELY IMPORTANT
RUSH BOTTOM
"PADDING" NOTE
BELOW!!!

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO
WEAVE OUR RUSH BOTTOM
CHAIR UNTIL WE HAVE
TWO SPACES LEFT TO
WEAVE BEFORE WE MAKE
THE TRANSITION FROM
THE BACK RAIL TO THE
FRONT RAIL!!!

WE CONTINUE TO WEAVE
OUR RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR
UNTIL WE HAVE ONE
SPACE LEFT BEFORE WE
MAKE THE TRANSITION
FROM THE BACH RAIL TO
THE FRONT RAIL!!!

WEAVING FROM BACK TO
FRONT TO COMPLETE YOUR
RUSH BOTTOM CHAIR
YOUR FINAL WEAVE BEGINS
  UNDER JUST BEFORE THE
  TWO CENTER STRANDS
  WHICH RUNS FROM SIDE,
TO SIDE,& CROSSES THEM,
& RETURN WEAVE BEGINS
THE SAME WAY!!!

     ***** EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RUSH CHAIR BOTTOM "PADDING" NOTE!!!
     I USE "CARDBOARD" TO "PAD" THE RUSH BOTTOM CHAIRS I DO!!!
     I "PAD" IT IN "COURSES" AS FOLLOWS:
          COURSE # 1 IS DONE WITH A FULL CARDBOARD "PAD!!!"
          COURSE # 2 IS DONE WITH 1/3 LESS CARDBOARD "PAD" THAN COURSE # 1!!!
          COURSE # 3 IS DONE WITH 2/3 LESS CARDBOARD "PAD" THAN COURSE # 2!!!
          FILLER COURSE "PADDING" PIECES ARE THEN ADDED EXACTLY WHERE THEY
     ARE NEEDED UNTIL YOU GET A MUSEUM QUALITY CHAIR!!!

AS YOU CONTINUE WEAVING
FROM BACK TO FRONT TO
COMPLETE YOUR RUSH BOTTOM
CHAIR. ALTERNATE WEAVE
UNTIL YOU COMPLETE YOUR
RUSH CHAIR BOTTOM!!!

THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF
THE COMPLETED RE-
MOVABLE RUSH BOTTOM
CHAIR!!!

THIS IS THE TOP OF
THE COMPLETED RE-
MOVABLE RUSH BOTTOM
CHAIR!!!

* DEALING WITH IRREGULARITIES IN RUSH BOTTOM CHAIRS

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

* Addressing how to correctly deal with irregularities in your museum quality
Rush Bottom Chair betweem chair rungs, & uprightturnings to get a museum
quality woven rush bottom seat een, & uniform!!!
The amount of space between the rungs, & upright turnings will determine
which method you will use!!! (SEE ILLUSTRATION)

* For a narrow space in a rush bottom chair you will flatten your 5/32 or
6/32 rush, & put it sideways (AS ILLUSTRATED), & cut it off when you
complete your museum quality rush bottom seat weaving TO SQUARE UP
YOUR RUSH BOTTOM SEAT!!!

* For a wide space in a rush bottom chair you simply cut your 5/32 or 6/32
rush, & wrap around the rung top, center, & bottom, & weave your first (1st)
step over filler rush TO SQUARE UP YOUR RUSH BOTTOM SEAT!!! DO NO
FLATTEN YOUR RUSH FOR A WIDE SPACE!!!

HOW TO DEAL WITH
GAPS / TAPERED RUNGS
NARROW GAPS / WIDE
GAPS 5/32 6/32 RUSH!!!

RUSH FURRING PIECE!!!
CUT OFF TO FINISH GAPS/
TAPERED RUNGS!!!

CAN U TELL ME WHAT
THIS TOOL IS? I MADE
IT FOR... I USE IT IN
MY SHOP OFTEN, IT
IS ABSOLUTELY FAN-
TASTIC!!!

WHATCHAMACALLIT!!
USED IN RUSH, SPLINT,
& WICKER RESTORA-
TION!!!

ANTIQUE RUSH BOTTOM
CHAIR RUNGS NOTCHED
4 WEAVING RUSH!!!
REASON? 2 HOLD RUSH
N PLACE DURING
WEAVING!!!

* Actually my "Whatchamacallit" (above center) is a small piece of steel,
& is used behind rungs on rush bottom chairs, splint bottom chairs, & wicker
spokes etc., when driving small nails, & tacks on rush bottom chairs, splint

bottom chairs, & small, medium size nails in wicker spokes, & structural pieces

to minimize damage, & splitting during restoration!!!

* The above Antique Rush Bottom Chair (far right) which was already
notched came into Our Shop from Governor's Antique's, which is one of
the Largest Antique Dealers in the State of Virginia to have the Rush
Bottom replaced!!! It was a piece of Rush Chair Bottom History for us
to study showing the width between the notches, & the depth of the
notches which is critical for the Rush to be even, & look correct!!!

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