1930's Rocking Chair - Furniture Restoration 

5th generation caner here - taught by my grandfather nearly 50 years ago. Your first attempt at pressed cane was very good! Grandpa would have been proud!

I feel you handle each new project with such respect. I can't help to think of the person who made it years ago. I'm thankful for you and those who care to restore items.

45 years ago, I found two rockers of this style in my Grandfather's shed. Each had broken parts. I was able to assemble one useable chair after taking them apart. They were covered in red barn paint. I had the rocker professionally stripped, and caned. Then, I finished it with linseed oil and a good paste wax. I passed it to my daughter a few years ago. She cherishes it as part of ner childhood. The finish is still perfect!

That was absolutely amazing! I love the end result but the entire process was great to watch. I love your creativity.

You have a natural eye for this. Absolutely stunning.

Adore this project !! My Dad was a joiner and I was brought up with wood all my life. Had a smile at the clean easy " hide glue bottle" remembering the sticky smelly glue pot of Dad's in my early years....he must have stood it on the cast iron stove top to melt as we didn't have electricity / gas only candles and tilly lamp for light and a copper boiler for hot water till I was at least 5 yrs old !!!

I love my rocking chair.Use it everyday in my corner for devotions. Beautiful job!

wow ...yes thats a restoration for sure ...love watching all you have to do to get it back to this stage

After watching all your restoration videos I feel your work is sympathetic, intelligent and you should be very proud of your work.

It turned out beautiful! Anyone should be proud to have that on the front porch!

I wasn't crazy about the dark stain but the final result is quite pleasing. Kudos on the caning work, you're a brave man for taking that on. 👏

Its a beautiful piece now.I dont know what it looked like when it was first built but your jobs not hard on the eyes.Enjoyed watching this immensely.

You're a lot like me when I refinish and restore furniture, I may not have the "proper or professional" tools but I make do with what I do have and must say like you my stuff turns out great. I figure that when most things I work on were built there wasn't all the electric or specialized tools we have today

Excellent work, you made it look exactly as it should for something that old. Leaving the unfinished bits under the seat was an excellent idea as it leaves a historical record. Ty

I think the work that you do is wonderful, restoring old furniture and bringing it back to life so beautifully 🧡💜

A lot of work but it turned out beautiful.Its one of a kind.

Love the work you did there. Amazing.

I found a chair just like yours in a garage with oil dripping on it. Had to totally refinish it. Mine have cane that I had to hand weave. What a job. Really like the chair

Who care if it's restoration or renovation or remodeling. As long as you're happy with the results is all that matters. As for me i love the way it looks.

Very cool video and restoration. I thought you were a professional woodworker. You are gifted. And cherry on the cake your dog is a beautiful greyhound❤

Absolutely brilliant -you are so respectful to the old furniture , and I love the clues you find as how it might have been in the past and what has been done to it over time - and love the bird song 🎶 in the background 💜

Very well done, I like to see your respect for the pieces you bring back to life.

I have a chair like this that I redid. Used a walnut finish. Had to weave the cane rather than use the sheet cane. Very comfortable. Have hand it a long timr

You need to get an Amazon wishlist going!! Because you are soon going to have quite a few followers, besides myself, that would love to be able to support and help your channel in some small way. Thank you so much for taking this poor abused chair and turning it back into the beauty it once was!

Wow! You really revived that elegant rocking chair so well! Congratulations.

Hi from the U.S. My parents collected Early American antique furniture and I can remember as a child watching my father work on different pieces. I like the finish and am tickled you red caned it. Too marks!!! Love the old saw marks. Character!

I think you did a fabulous job and saved the piece from the dump! It turned out beautiful 😊

Beautiful. Easily one of the better done restoration videos I've seen. And I liked the little explainer popups, very useful if Aussie isn't your first language, lol!

Great rocker! I like your narrative on your method of your projects. Thank

A trick to "tighten" loose dowels or tenon is use shavings from a plane. Glue this to the part and it works easily and very strong.Nice work btw.

Why would you say that your work isn't professional? It is indeed professional and the fact that you use hand tools most of the time is admirable. Your finished furniture pieces are beautiful. Yes, I would have done something different, wouldn't have tackled it at all. 😆

Wow, wow, and WOW!...you've resurrected this hopeless relic marvelously.

Great, good job. I imagine that old chair going "Ahhh, at last."

That chair is so nice now. You did an excellent job! We like watching your videos. They’re very enjoyable. Bravo!

Oh well done. That stain colour is wonderful. It’s rich and warm. The whole thing looks great.

Beautifully restored chair- The stain color and wiped on poly worked out great.

I think you did a fantastic job with all the problems you had in this project. I think the only thing Id have done differently was to fill all those nail holes from when it was uppolstered

Love it. I like the way you used some nice Aussie hardwoods to make your repairs. They're so underutilised.

I love your voice,I find it calming

This is the first time I've seen someone do the caning. I love the way it turned out. I also really like the color you chose to stain it with. Excellent job, very enjoyable and educational to watch. Thank you,

Greetings from up and over. Great job, it also works. The red / brown finish may have been an attempt to mimic rosewood or red mahogany, both popular in the last 250 years. Here chairs with thin width rockers are referred to as "carpet cutters". You also find many have had the part of the rocker which extends out from the front leg cut off, so we don't trip as we get older. Thanks. Narragansett Bay

❤I love that you are using only hand tools…more like the original craftsman used!!! You do good work. I’m glad I found your channel.

This was a pleasure to watch, and bit frustrating too. I hope by now you’ve acquired a bench vice and bench stop. You exhibit a real talent for this kind of ‘hobby’ getting very pleasing results. Keep at it and develop your own ways of reaching the desired goals. Taking something that many of us would consign to the scrap heap and making it into a usable object really takes determination and skill. Congratulations on your successful outcome.

You did very well. I think you got it right! 👍🏼

Oh, moreover you have a fancy, stylish dog! Come on… instead of a mutt, like the rest of us, a greyhound! To reupholster a chair with cane is difficult so very expensive (at least here). Well done again. Loved bits of the “old version” left behind. 👏🏼

You brought new life to this piece, and did so marvelously! Who cares what that is called?

Lovely attention to detail. With regard to the nailed joints, you really want to get all the nail out if you can. Those small hole saws they use for making beads on a lathe work well. Drill through a guide block until you have the hole established. Can be filled with a plug after.

Really gorgeous

I think it turned out beautiful. Was a little concern about the color of stain but after seeing it finished with the Cain it was perfect. I appreciate you explaining some of your tools n what your plan is on a certain piece. Believe it or not it’s very helpful. This is my first time watching your video n I’m now a official new subscriber. I love watching those who restore furniture. I love antiques n have quite a few that I’ve refinished but I’d be totally lost having to break them down n mend different pieces as you did. I’ve got a long way to go to be able to that. I think at 72 I’ll just continue refinishing them n leave the wood working area’s to a pro LOL. I consider this a restoration n you did amazingly well. I’ll be looking out for more of your videos. ♥️😊👍👍👍👍

Cockatoos are amazing.

I enjoy the conversation and knowledge you bring with your work, I prefer the noise of the tools instead of the minuteness music.

Вы молодец с заботой относитесь к старине и бережливы достойны уважения

Good job. The only thing I would have done differently was to put a lighter color stain, or leave it natural. Very good to put the cane back on it.

Ps. When you replace a tenon, cut back into the rail and leave a tongue on the back of the tenon so that you can get a longer glue surface.

Wow, it’s a stunner! Great job! Hope you are wearing a mask in case of lead paint. You never know!

Excellent work, I think this chair remained as it was originally.....I am from Colombia, and here these chairs are called momposinas (from the colonial town Mompox), and they are very popular, people from the hot lands use them to take them out of the houses at night and have social gatherings... I didn't know they were called Lincoln... thank you teacher for the class, greetings...

Looks fabulous well done .

I really enjoyed this. Well done 👍 😊

Beautiful work!! I also have a canes chair that I have to repair thanks for the inspo!!

That was a rescue/restoration and quite good at that!

У вас золотые руки.Свою работу вы делаете идеально. Результат вашей работы, блестящий. Очень красивый .❤❤❤❤

Очень красиво получилось)

Not sure if it would be considered a restoration either.. but if looks beautiful 💖

You did a wonderful job, the rocking chair is beautiful ❤❤

This is a beautiful restoration. Very good work will be interested in seeing what you’re up to next.

As a greyhound owner and first time viewer, I watched the whole thing and forgot to subscribe. At the last scene, some angel reminded me to.

Awesome. You improvise very well, may I add.❤

Fantastic work you really nailed it no pun intended .

It's a beautiful chair, whether it's a restoration or recreation. Some other restoration channels I follow have an amazon wish list that people can buy stuff you need or would like and a "buy me a coffee" account if they would like to chip in for something you need.

Great job!!! I’d like it in my house!

I know it's an old video, but the chair came up beautiful. Well, for not being a,professional restorer I think you did a grand job. Cheers from Tassy!

It turned out so beautiful!! Sending love from Ohio!!!!❤

Exquisito y hermoso trabajo, también me alegro mucho que tuviera traducción, aunque los subtitulos pasaban muy rápidos. Saludos desde Argentina.

Nice job. It was probably painted in an imitation of fancy rosewood grain originally.

it turned out great . such a pretty color.

Looks bloody brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Beautiful work. Bravo

Our Aussie always doing a good,beautiful job!!!👍👏👏👍❤️👍！！！

Great job and a beautiful chair.............

Great job with a greater result! To me it looks as original as it was in the past.

you are a VERY talented carpenter

Amazing job bringing this rocker back. It may be Elm, which was a popular hardwood in the day.

Love your dialogue during the video.

I really like how you make do with what you have on hand. This was a great result.

Your work is awesome! Keep up the great work!

We have a large store here in Columbus Oh that is very much like this one. Size and layout. Many pieces comparable to the ones in your store. I have to says the prices in the store here are much lower than in your store. If you are ever in Columbus try Grand Mercantile. Love your work Barry. I can watch it for hours. B

Beauty-full.

Excellent work. I have been curious about working with wicker because I come across old pieces with it frequently and it is always broken. You have a nice collection of wood working gadgets. I need to step up my game if I am going to do more furniture repair and restoration. Cheers!

Excelente trabajo, creo que esta silla quedo como era originalmente.....soy de Colombia, y aquí estas sillas las llaman momposinas (del pueblo colonial Mompox), y son muy populares, las usan las personas de tierra caliente para sacarlas fuera de las casas en las noches y hacer tertulias...... no sabia que se llamaban Lincoln... gracias maestro por la clase, saludos....

incredible well done job

You did a beautiful job!

Great job Mate, have a nice day down under. Brian UK !!!. 😊😊😊.

I think you did a great job! Love the color

NICE JOP, YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

Gorgeous finish xxxx

The results are amazing as is your craftsmanship. My only question is why did you not try to fill the nail holes?

Awesome great job on your restoration of rocking chair great colour just me I would used Old Baltic Stain by Feast and Watson give it that aged look Your cane wicker great job needed to be stained though the only advice on this one that broken tennon scarf a join on the Underside approx 80mm with new tenno would of given you a much stronger join but Top Job McCormack and Son,s Restorations Qld Australia 🇦🇺

Gorgeous 😊

Ваша работа великолепна.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

If it's English it could be Beech. Used alot in furniture. Nice job on the restoration and finish!!