The 2 Car Garage Shop that's awesome! Is the cane still good on them? I've weaved cane for my first canoe also and I've been surprised with how durable it is.
I do the binding using alternate holes, and permanently peg the other alternate holes. I pass the loose end up through the hole to be pegged so that there are no loose end on the underside of the seat and it's much tidier. I put a temporary peg in the back corner hole and do the binding up to the front corner. I put the wide cane into the hole and take the next strip for the front edge. I insert the end into the hole but fold the cane back to the left, peg the hole and then fold the beading cane back and continue with the binding until I reach the next corner. In this way only the peg in the last hole can be seen.
I'm so glad I came across this, this is a fantastic video! I have a chair that I rescued from the side of the road that I restored but have been too intimidated to cane the square seat. You've given me the confidence to go for it.
We are wood/canvas canoe builders and rebuilders. We call this the 'chair seat weave'. In our 'canoe seat weave' commonly used in Canada (and all our canoes and repairs), we do the first two layers together (the short ones), then the the other two, then the diagonals. It's somewhat easier, you don't 'get lost' as easily. We also do a few other details differently, but not in any important sense.
Great video. I have watched this multiple times. I am trying to link your video in my description in my latest video series where i am building a Freedom 17. I started caning one of my seats with regular natural cane and it keeps breaking. Finally at a point of frustration, I have ordered some plastic cane and will try that. Anyway, thanks! This is top notch! Cheers, Chuck
Your video is pretty good teacher!!! I really want to make canning chair like that, where can i find that hollow wood foundation?? I have to make the hole???
Thanks for this. Just finished caning a canoe seat. Is there some type of coating to apply to the cane that would keep it from drying out or add some toughness now that it's part of my canoe?
Thank you for your videos of building the cedar strip canoe. They are great. Would you consider doing videos of building a plywood canoe? Thanks again and keep up the good work.
hey Adam I got to give you a lot of credit there I would never have the patience to do that. by the time I got halfway through it already had three or four holes punched in it. great job my friend keep up the good work.
When I was a LOT younger, my best friends father worked at CHESTNUT CANOE CO, and at night he would bring home seat blanks,and for every seat that we weaved we got twenty five cents per seat. I can’t ever remember me actually making any money doing this, but I know my friends made enough money that they never had to pick for bottles, that was wayyyy back when.
This has been an awesome series. I was wondering if one could use that same process, but use a heavy nylon string? I have a composite canoe that I am having to modify in order to paddle it solo and I would like to use some traditional touches with modern materials.
Hello Adam, The distance between the holes. You say 3/4inch away from each other. Is this from center to center (of the holes) or is it between holes? Also do you varnish or anything the cane after weaving for protection?
That was a very useful video. I have one doubt though..when the strand goes into the hole and comes out from the next hole, doesn't the shiny side go down?
The cane work is beautiful. I'm likely leaving beekeeping after a long time. I'm looking for something new and I've done woodworking (built kitchen cabinets, etc.) and I'm looking at building a canoe and kayak to add to my other water craft. You have been doing a fantastic job, especially with your explanations. I'll likely be cutting my own cedar planks. This is so cool. A fun challenge!
Joe basementwoodworking yeah getting very close! Just varnish left. I've started varnishing and am working on the video. I DO NOT like finishing. Ready to get it on the water for sure!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
A Guy Doing Stuff yeah I don't really care for finishing all that much either sometimes I do though I guess it depends on my mood but yeah I would be a little antsy about getting that thing in the water congrats on the completion awesome job man
Joe basementwoodworking thanks Joe! Totally - at this point it feels like I've been working on this thing for ever and I'm just ready to be done! Thanks for watching the videos throughout too!
Thank you so much for the video. I would love to learn how to make cane holes on to a regular old chair back seat-essentially, converting a regular chair into a cane chair. What tools should I use and how to measure, what to consider, etc.. Thank you!
Hey just wondering what you seal the cane on your canoe seats with? Do you use varnish or some natural oil? Thanks in advance, currently building a cedar strip canoe myself.
I've got a few questions on my canoe build. I've been running into some problems of bending the strips of wood to touch the form mostly where the canoe begins to go from the side to the bottom. Do you have any tips to get around this? Would really enjoy a response! Awesome build
Bob Mike yeah! I know exactly what you're talking about - the compound bend (the strip is bending in 2 different directions and twisting a little in one spot). Super frustrating haha! So if you have the capability to mill your own strips one of the best solutions I've seen is on the very hardest parts when you round the curve is to make a couple strips 1/2" wide - instead of 3/4" wide. That little bit of difference makes them a lot easier to bend. Are you using staples or trying to do it w/out staples? Even if you are building without staples you can use a couple staples here and there on the really hard spots and no one will notice. You can also google "cedar strip canoe cheater strip" - I've know that's a solution some people use but it looks kinna like more work than it's worth to me... I'd love to know how it goes or if that was helpful! Good luck man!
A Guy Doing Stuff yes I'm using staples since it's my first time building it. Wanted to go the easy way first :). I'll try the 1/2 inch wide strips and see if that works. Thanks
Tanner Jabez Garrett good question - I did epoxy, then varnish, then I caned. I don’t know if that’s how everybody does it but that’s how I thought I could make the longest lasting seat...
Hi Adam! Thanks for video! I'm just making my own wood strip canoe and next step would be build seat. You bought kit on Amazon. Is it one kit enough for two seat? Thanks for help. You can find my project in my channel. :)
Asko Ristolainen hey asko- cool channel your boat looks awesome! I think there was almost enough cane for two chairs in the kit from amazon but not quite... I’d get two just to be safe. Good luck with the rest of your project!
Man bro you look tired in this video. Nice to see the process though. I like your style. I think for my first build I'm going to go the nylon webbing weave route instead. This is bonkers.
Thanks for showing this step - others tend to skip the details on this step.
Rocked it. Nice job. That looked really easy until you started. It got easier watching you. Thanks. I think I can do this.
Que lo explique en español
Thanks for posting, my wife loved the video and now will be obsessed with caning for awhile! Thanks!
Brett Wyrick 👍🏽
Excellent instruction on how to. You did a beautiful job which I trust will last for a long time.
Great job, very well done. I have some chairs my Grandfather did and always wanted to know how he did the cane seat. Now I know. Scott
The 2 Car Garage Shop that's awesome! Is the cane still good on them? I've weaved cane for my first canoe also and I've been surprised with how durable it is.
The seats are in great shape and at least 50 years old - not sure how old the chairs are but much older
The 2 Car Garage Shop that's crazy! Really cool!
Wow! That was so easy to follow and looks so impressive! Thank you!
Love you bro. ❤ That's a one of the finest cane weaving tutorial. Excellent 👍🏼
Great video, thx vm. Super helpful. Ready now to confidently repair an old rocking chair. 👍
Thank you, that is a good starting point for me to attempt my first rattan re-caning project
this channel is great. exactly what I'd like to build with my old man.
It's just ossem iam very happy to see this because no one like this it's very good I have no words to say super bro
Excellent video. Just the facts, no BS, and clearly shown and explained. Thanks!!
I do the binding using alternate holes, and permanently peg the other alternate holes. I pass the loose end up through the hole to be pegged so that there are no loose end on the underside of the seat and it's much tidier. I put a temporary peg in the back corner hole and do the binding up to the front corner. I put the wide cane into the hole and take the next strip for the front edge. I insert the end into the hole but fold the cane back to the left, peg the hole and then fold the beading cane back and continue with the binding until I reach the next corner. In this way only the peg in the last hole can be seen.
This one is the most interesting video for me. Thanks for sharing!
Paul Iştoan thanks! I love this one too!
I'm so glad I came across this, this is a fantastic video! I have a chair that I rescued from the side of the road that I restored but have been too intimidated to cane the square seat. You've given me the confidence to go for it.
Hi, I love your video! It's amazing how easy the technique is! I can't wait to put it into practice! Thank you so much! Greetings from Argentina.
Awesome skill. Thank you Adam!
Excelente descripción. Muy buen vídeo. Esto es lo que estaba buscando. 😃👌
You did it really well.Glad learning from you.
Really helpful. I did it. Thank you for clear guidance 🙏
I do chair caning and always check the lie of the growth rings so that the canes doesn't strip when pulling it through on layer 4
Thanks guy! I'll make one of the first strip canoe here in Brazil with your help!
Seu trabalho é maravilhoso.Muito bom assistir os vídeos.
Glaucia e Affonso from Brazil.
Your very talented and I love your videos
Your job is really nice, and you provide good explanation thanks.
It's awesome dude... thanks for sharing your skill...
Great finish
the end result is spectacular
I would like to know if you have or can indicate a complete video teaching this process of stuffing a chair.
Thanks a lot for the class.
Hola miro el vídeo una y otra vez porq estoy interesada en aprender y tú técnica es muy fácil gracias por enseñar.
I studied well and I go well.
Thank you.
South Korea (MASAN)
This was cool. I've been interested in doing caning since doing some basket weaving as a kid. Great video!
Thanks Michael!!!
We are wood/canvas canoe builders and rebuilders. We call this the 'chair seat weave'. In our 'canoe seat weave' commonly used in Canada (and all our canoes and repairs), we do the first two layers together (the short ones), then the the other two, then the diagonals. It's somewhat easier, you don't 'get lost' as easily. We also do a few other details differently, but not in any important sense.
I've followed the journey through each video. I'd love to one day build my own cedar strip canoe. You have lit the fire to get me going.
Nature Gift in Good Hands 👌✔️👍
Very nice and useful video 👍 make another this type video
Your awesome. Just finishing caning the first of two canoe seats. Not my cup of tea. Your work is really outstanding!
Beautiful 👌 well explained thank you
Entretenimientos manuales tambien para despejar los problemas cctidianos
Fantastic video.lover it
Muchas gracias, por este tumoral,me haz ayudado mucho y se que dios multiplicará tus enseñanzas, que dios te bendiga amigo
Great video. I have watched this multiple times. I am trying to link your video in my description in my latest video series where i am building a Freedom 17. I started caning one of my seats with regular natural cane and it keeps breaking. Finally at a point of frustration, I have ordered some plastic cane and will try that. Anyway, thanks! This is top notch! Cheers, Chuck
Very nice tutorial Adam ! That caning looks cool ! I'd hate to get it wet !
Jim Dodd thanks Jim! Yeah I figure it'll last a couple years and then somebody can replace it with nylon rope or something
Damn man, that looks tricky! Looks awesome though. Good job!
SimpleCove thanks man!
Thank you so much, I have to weaving my couch
So nice and perfect
great video!!
Your video is pretty good teacher!!! I really want to make canning chair like that, where can i find that hollow wood foundation?? I have to make the hole???
Great video!!!
Thanks for this. Just finished caning a canoe seat. Is there some type of coating to apply to the cane that would keep it from drying out or add some toughness now that it's part of my canoe?
Terrific video! - just caned my first canoe seat by following your video and looks great! thanks & keep the great videos coming!
That was very therapeutic to watch, and a realy good Video Thank you.
Very nice effort
Parabéns pelo vídeo, consegui entender. Abraço do Brasil!
Thank you for your videos of building the cedar strip canoe. They are great. Would you consider doing videos of building a plywood canoe? Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thank you for a well done video.
hey Adam I got to give you a lot of credit there I would never have the patience to do that. by the time I got halfway through it already had three or four holes punched in it. great job my friend keep up the good work.
Opa's Workshop 😅hahaha thanks
Fantastic 👌👌
Sensacional o acabamento e fantástico
When I was a LOT younger, my best friends father worked at CHESTNUT CANOE CO, and at night he would bring home seat blanks,and for every seat that we weaved we got twenty five cents per seat. I can’t ever remember me actually making any money doing this, but I know my friends made enough money that they never had to pick for bottles, that was wayyyy back when.
This has been an awesome series. I was wondering if one could use that same process, but use a heavy nylon string? I have a composite canoe that I am having to modify in order to paddle it solo and I would like to use some traditional touches with modern materials.
I'm using type1 1/14 Paracord. I've just started and wondering if I'll have enough room in the holes for it all. Time consuming.
Nice work!...Which Is the distance between holes?...thancks
Great video! The seat framing I have doesnt have holes drilled in the corners so wondering how to do the pattern in this situation?
Hallo my best friend
Good job
Hello Adam,
The distance between the holes. You say 3/4inch away from each other. Is this from center to center (of the holes) or is it between holes?
Also do you varnish or anything the cane after weaving for protection?
Now I have the song "Dream Weaver" by Journey stuck in my head! Thanks for sharing.
Marcel Forget haha dangit. I def should have had that song playing in the backgrounder the video
Dream weaver is not Journey it is Gary Wright. Actually a great cd.
That was a very useful video. I have one doubt though..when the strand goes into the hole and comes out from the next hole, doesn't the shiny side go down?
Hermoso trabajo…!
Muy bonito trabajo muy limpio
Very nice. Thanks
The cane work is beautiful. I'm likely leaving beekeeping after a long time. I'm looking for something new and I've done woodworking (built kitchen cabinets, etc.) and I'm looking at building a canoe and kayak to add to my other water craft. You have been doing a fantastic job, especially with your explanations. I'll likely be cutting my own cedar planks. This is so cool. A fun challenge!
Super helpful
bobbing and weaving or is it weaving and bobbin..looks great bro! shes almost done huh?..just in time for spring🍻💥
Joe basementwoodworking yeah getting very close! Just varnish left. I've started varnishing and am working on the video. I DO NOT like finishing. Ready to get it on the water for sure!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
A Guy Doing Stuff yeah I don't really care for finishing all that much either sometimes I do though I guess it depends on my mood but yeah I would be a little antsy about getting that thing in the water congrats on the completion awesome job man
Joe basementwoodworking thanks Joe! Totally - at this point it feels like I've been working on this thing for ever and I'm just ready to be done! Thanks for watching the videos throughout too!
Preciso assistir novamente.
would you show us how to cane webbed metal scissors?
Wow that was great - thanks! Do you think it would work with 2mm cord?
Thank you so much for the video. I would love to learn how to make cane holes on to a regular old chair back seat-essentially, converting a regular chair into a cane chair. What tools should I use and how to measure, what to consider, etc.. Thank you!
Nice... one... i hope that you make one more VIDIO in shorter this one...
Thanks for showing this. How long does it take once you've got the hang of if -- but before you're expert at it? It looks like mabe 2 - 3 hours?
Did you drill the holes in the frame? I am looking for a guide or tutorial on drilling the holes for caning. Any advice?
Thankyou very much sir
Nice. U gonna be ready for summer early! What's your camera?
Thanks Marcus, I use my wife's canon 5D mark iii. It's a super nice camera - my wife is a wedding photographer so I get to use all her stuff.
EXCELENT!!!!. Tk!
Hey just wondering what you seal the cane on your canoe seats with? Do you use varnish or some natural oil? Thanks in advance, currently building a cedar strip canoe myself.
I've got a few questions on my canoe build. I've been running into some problems of bending the strips of wood to touch the form mostly where the canoe begins to go from the side to the bottom. Do you have any tips to get around this? Would really enjoy a response! Awesome build
Bob Mike yeah! I know exactly what you're talking about - the compound bend (the strip is bending in 2 different directions and twisting a little in one spot). Super frustrating haha! So if you have the capability to mill your own strips one of the best solutions I've seen is on the very hardest parts when you round the curve is to make a couple strips 1/2" wide - instead of 3/4" wide. That little bit of difference makes them a lot easier to bend. Are you using staples or trying to do it w/out staples? Even if you are building without staples you can use a couple staples here and there on the really hard spots and no one will notice. You can also google "cedar strip canoe cheater strip" - I've know that's a solution some people use but it looks kinna like more work than it's worth to me... I'd love to know how it goes or if that was helpful! Good luck man!
A Guy Doing Stuff yes I'm using staples since it's my first time building it. Wanted to go the easy way first :). I'll try the 1/2 inch wide strips and see if that works. Thanks
Bob Mike yeah man! I feel your pain though! That's a frustrating part of the build!
thanks my dear
Setelah direndam apakah langsung dipakai?
I like this kind of chair as it allows more blood flow through the thighs and buttocks in prolonged sitting.
Do you treat the cane after you have completed weaving?
Thank you so much
Puedo utilizar está técnica en sillas de varilla?
Thank you
Awesome! !!
Thanks
Hey Adam, I'm approaching this step. For you seats did you do 3 coats of epoxy then 4 coats of varnish and then caned them? Or did you just epoxy?
Tanner Jabez Garrett good question - I did epoxy, then varnish, then I caned. I don’t know if that’s how everybody does it but that’s how I thought I could make the longest lasting seat...
A Guy Doing Stuff thanks for the quick response! Makes sense to me.
Does cane need finishing or anything like that? How well does it survive being outside?
Sweetness Man!
Hi Adam! Thanks for video! I'm just making my own wood strip canoe and next step would be build seat. You bought kit on Amazon. Is it one kit enough for two seat? Thanks for help.
You can find my project in my channel. :)
Asko Ristolainen hey asko- cool channel your boat looks awesome! I think there was almost enough cane for two chairs in the kit from amazon but not quite... I’d get two just to be safe. Good luck with the rest of your project!
Donde consigo esas cuñas para ir sosteniendo el junco
Man bro you look tired in this video. Nice to see the process though. I like your style. I think for my first build I'm going to go the nylon webbing weave route instead. This is bonkers.
Amy Humphreys thats a fucked up thing to say to someone. “Hey bro, you look like shit!” Wtf????
I will try