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   jako17 | Nov 09, 2004 04:40am | #1

   The material is cane .It can be purchased in several different sizes of weave and is held in by a spline pressed into a groove .You soak the cane and spline in water for about 30 minutes , then lay the cane over the seat ,cut it to size so it overlaps the groove and tamp in the spline. It will shrink tight on drying.Take samples of the cane and spline when purchasing new material .Look in the yellow pages under caning and rattan

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   Betula | Nov 11, 2004 01:57am | #4

   Thank you!, I appreciate!

   Marc-André

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   jako17 | Nov 11, 2004 04:53am | #5

   You are welcome,one other point that may help; the top surface of the cane is slick so I tend to spray a shaded pre-cat lacquer on to it rather than try to use just stain.You will find that the back is very porous and absorbs stain easily.Asin all finishing do a test first.Good luckwith the project

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   hammer1 | Nov 09, 2004 04:53am | #2

   That is a cane seat. Your's is splined cane. The cane comes prewoven and is held in place by the band (spline) that goes around the perimeter. Other cane seats are woven back and forth through holes in the chair with individual strips of cane. There are many that specialize in these seats, often workshops for the blind replace old cane seats. Look in your yellow pages under "caning". Cane comes in different sizes so you should bring it with you when looking.

   http://www.caneandreed.com/prewovencane.html

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   henthorn | Nov 11, 2004 06:31am | #6

   The Lighthouse for the Blind used to do caning, rushing, splinting, shaker taping, etc, but since the government has developed so many programs, few of them do it anymore. In fact although people still took work to the Lighthouse for the Blind in Austin, TX. they no longer had people who could do the work. They would bring the work to me which was a forty-five plus mile trip.The fool does what makes himself fell good; the wise man does what makes him feel good about himself.

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   henthorn | Nov 11, 2004 06:39am | #7

   I would like to add that I have done thousands of chairs and I never put anything on the cane. It doesn't need it and stain begins to look bad after a few years. Cane will naturally darken over the years and will look fine without any treatment of the top. Here is a pic of the last job I did.The fool does what makes himself fell good; the wise man does what makes him feel good about himself.

   
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   oldfred | Nov 09, 2004 06:11am | #3

   Betula,

   You can buy what you need at  http://www.rockler.com   tel.: 1-800-279-4441

   oldfred