I thought caning the seat would be an afternoon's work. After all, they are rather small and how hard could it be? It ended up taking something like 8 or 10 hours for one seat.
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| Starting the caning process. This is the first time I ever did this, so I had to keep the instruction book handy. |
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| The first three layers are really quick because there's no weaving involved. Two vertical layers and one horizontal |
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| After 4 layers it starting to go a bit slower. |
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| The first diagonal weave took hours. You can only pull it through so many weaves at a time, so each strip takes 3 or 4 pulls through. The next day a mysterious blister appeared on my thumb and it took a moment to recall what could have caused it. |
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| All finished, except for the edge trim. |
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| Detail of the weave and edge trim |
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| The final product. I'm planning on a thin coat of varnish on the top side only, although this is a subject of much discussion on the wood canoe forums. |
