How to Install A Pressed Cane Seat Using Cane Webbing Mesh 

Amazing, 11 years on and this is still the best video on this. Just about to start a project all the way over here in NZ. Thank you for your amazing tutorial.

As a furniture restorer giving pressed cane installation a shot, this tutorial was immensely helpful. My results were so much better than I would have expected for a first go-around. Many thanks! - Josh

Wow! As a woodworker I have made many things. A customer asked if I could re-cane a seat from a wooden wheel chair. I said I don't know anything about it but I'm willing to try it. This is probably the most helpful video I have ever viewed. Many thanks for posting it.

i have a piano bench that my father was going to recane before he passed away. he had already purchased all the supplies needed and never had a chance to do it. Thank you for this wonderful video! i had no idea if i would be able to do it or not but now have all the confidence i need thanks to this video!

This video presents the whole process so perfectly. I found a cane seat rocker that one of my neighbors threw out because the seat fell through. It’s a beautiful antique oak pressed back nursery rocker, and now I can bring it back thanks to you. : )

Using the chisel to cut the web to size is the move! I was using a razor, shears, even tried an oscillator with a smooth blade as a shortcut around some very tricky turns. Thank you for this! I wasn't even thinking to use the best tool on hand.

I am planning to re-cane a small rocking chair so this is the perfect tutorial for me. Great step by step instructions and easy to follow! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!

What an amazingly clear and succinct tutorial. Thank you. I now have confidence that I can repair a 75+ yr old rocking chair my sister & I were nursed on (that's how I know the approximate age), but which now features in stage productions. Last year it developed a hole, so I am about to return it to its former glory. Again, thank you

I watched your detailed video a week ago, then again today as I took notes! It gave me the confidence to begin the process of removing and replacing the cane webbed seat in my Bentwood Rocker. So far, I've removed the old pre-woven cane seat, and after much elbow work and using the tools you recommended, the groove is cleaned out as well! Off to purchase new webbing and spline tomorrow! Thanks so much for your clear directions and the tips on solving anticipated difficulties that could come up!

Thank you for your very informative video. You have given me hope that I will once again be in the good graces of my lovely wife after stepping through our chair trying to kill a wasp on the ceiling. You may have saved my marriage.

Ed, your videos completely demystify the process! Excellent tutorials every time. You have my deepest admiration and gratitude!

Very professional! Even though I've re-caned a number of chairs and canoe seats, I learned a lot of great tips from this video.

I bought the replacement package from Peerless Rattan, watched the video, and successfully recaned our chair with my 13-year old son. Easy. The only issue was my own fault. We recaned the chair in the hot sun, so the webbing started to dry faster that I expected. To compensate, we rushed the job. But it was still a success (maybe an A- instead of a full A). Chair looks really nice and we had a great time. My only advise: Recane in the shade. Note: I had already cleaned out the old cane from the grooves, which is fairly time consuming to get right -- or close to right.

Wow! I have been refinishing antiques for over 20 years (stripping/staining)! Always avoided repairing cane chairs. A friend gave me two chairs in which the cane needed repairing. After stripping the chairs I avoided having the cane repaired. I was going to put them in our yard sale next week. However, after seeing this video...I'm going to keep them and try replacing the cane myself! Thank you!

Thank you, thank you for this tutorial. I did my first project, a pre world war 1 chair. Wicker rolled arm chair that belonged to my husbands great grandmother. So happy.

Fantastic information and Video ED. Really appreciated it. Just did my first cane repair and did it live on a RU-vid stream. Fortunately it turned out well. Thanks again for making the video. Cheers Steve.

I would not have been able to do my project without this video! Thank you so much for the clear step by step instructions! This is by far the best video I found to show how to recane a chair!

Thank you for such a great video! You DO make it look easy, I feel like I can do this now with my two chairs that need it badly. I have always wanted to be able to do my own, I've had chairs done for me before, but doing things myself is really my thing. Thank you so much.

I have a rattan chair to complete, and your walk through on how to complete this process was very thorough. Thankyou!

thank you so much for this video! I canned my first chair after watching you. you are a great teacher. God bless.

Thank you for making this video all those years ago. My rocking chair broke and you helped me get it fixed right up!

Thank you so much for this video! Oddly enough we appear to have an identical set of chairs to the ones in the video, which makes it all the more useful.

Great video! I have done many chairs and canoe seats but I still learned a few tricks from your video. This is a great example of a well thought out and production.thanks

I have a rocking chair that has this exact material for the seat. I was honestly scared I wouldn't be able to find any video how to fix it. Thank god for this

Loved your video. I actually have the same Pulaski chair that you used in your video to recane. Mine had suffered a botched job previously and I did the best to fix the damage. It looks so much better! Time will tell if it holds as I had to use a smaller spline (I believe) because I could not get the larger spline in completely. Many thanks for helping us DIY'ers save our old pieces.!

I finally plucked up courage to re-cane my old family rocking chair, which has become a theatre prop which I needed for my production of Little Women the musical. Previous use by others at the theatre had led to a large hole in the cane, which they had "fixed" by screwing a wooden plate under the seat. Not a pretty sight. I was able to follow your instructions which I transcribed and printed, and the installation was very easy thanks to your advice. Clearing away the old parts was both easier and harder than I had expected. A) I could not get a spline chisel here in New Zealand, and was greeted with a puzzled look in the major hardware shops I tried. I ended up with a 6m chisel (the smallest there was) and a narrow screwdriver. B) The easy part was that there was no glue, so once I freed an end, it should have been plain sailing. Unfortunately, instead of glue, the maker had used tacks, and as the chair is at least 73 years old - I was nursed in it and it was probably 20 years old back then, making it about 100yrs old now - the tacks were fairly "friable". Needle nosed pliers and some swearing sorted that out, and I now have a well fitting seat thanks to you. I used some brown furniture wax to stain it. Once again thank you for your advice from 10 years ago :)👏

I've watched a lot of videos on pressed cane is this is BY FAR the best. Wished I'd seen it first before starting on my project.

Thank you for posting this video. I had purchased an older bentwood rocker for my 18 yr old daughter's first apartment and when we delivered it to her apartment and someone sat in it the whole seat tore. After quite a bit of research I found a webbing kit that would replace the old seat and when it came I was raring to go. But the written instructions were very short and definitely not clear. I googled "how to replace cane webbing" and came across your video. The seat is now repaired - not completely perfect like yours - but I'm very pleased with my first effort!

Excellent video and instruction. Thank you! I just received a quote for $400 to replace a small piece of press fit caning on the back of a chair. You've removed the mysticism of the process... and expense.

Outstanding customer service! Love the video tutorials. I look forward to learning and perfecting this beautiful craft. Thank you so much Mr. Hammond!

Еd, I thank you, for professional shooting of your work with a cloth a rattan. Everything is clear to me who is not speaking English.

Excellent instructional video! Showed my hubby exactly what he needed to know. Hope you are monetizing this - it deserves the income!

Thanks for your help! My old rocking chair looks great. Your video was very well done and clear. Your repair kit was spot on. Thanks again!

This is a really well done instructional video and I was amazed at how easy it was to replace missing cane in a chair I was refinishing. The results are FANTASTIC.

I'm learning to make cane webbing, and this video very helpful for me. Thank you very much for your instruction!

I kept giving up on mine thinking I was breaking it. Didn’t realize the stands can be pulled out and edges are supposed to look like that pre gluing. This up close video was very helpful, thanks!

Many thanks for the clear and helpful instructions. Sure beats the first time I caned a chair, using a book and limited illustrations! Hooray for RU-vid and for you in using it so well.

Thank you for these very clear instructions. I recently acquired some cane back chairs and wanted to learn how to fix the broken cane. Thank you.

wonderful tutorial...I purchased an antique chair and told the woman how to check if it was woven or pre-made. she looked underneath and said it was woven...that is the work I do. After she left, I looked more closely and it is pre--woven or whatever it is called. I thought I had just bought something I could not use. This showed me how and I am anxious now to get started. Thank You!

This is an extremely professional presentation. Congratulations!

Ed, I really appreciated the detailed instructions. Just recaned 5 chairs and they look great. I did notice (after looking at some other videos) that you didn't specify which side of the sheet cane went "up" (which the other videos did). This would be important for a novice caner to know.

Thank you for this video, and the helpful tips. It seems pretty straightforward, and it helps to see someone else do it before I jump into it.

So freaking easy, I can't believe I'm finally gonna restore my old rocking chair, I bought it for twenty dollars about the time you made this video, yup! My wife's been asking me for about 7 years when I'm gonna fix it. She asked me again yesterday, that's why I ended up watching your video. Thank you for making this video.. I'm gonna make one when i restore mine, I'll let people know I learned it from you.

Wow, seriously good. Got me from novice to, well, proficient straight off. Thank you!

This looks insanely easy 😍 I have some chairs that I believe to be from the 20s & thought I’d have to upholster them but I may have to give this a go

Well done Maestro, great job! Thank you and arrivederci from Roma, Italy.

OK, well I'm glad I watched this video before tackling the back of a chair because I wasn't going to do it like that and would have got it wrong! Excellent video.

Beautiful, so helpful, I can't believe how easy that was. I'm almost worried that the glue won't be enough and surprised that that's all you use.

Very well done Mr. Hammond! Excellent content. Gonna time this old chair good again in no time !

Thank you for making this video 10 years ago! I picked up an antique rocking chair when my son was born last year and the seat just broke.

This was a beautiful, detailed video with an approachable tone. I have two chairs with wicker backs that are broken and I hated the idea that they might get thrown away if I donated them as is. I now feel confident I can replace the backs myself with ease and maybe even sell them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with a new generation.

Great video, love the patience and calmness you transmit... thank you! :)

Thanks for the vid. Good to see someone that knows what there doing on youtube. No wasted time and motion with all the little tricks that make so much sense once you know them but would never figure them out on your own.

Great video and camera work. Just what I was looking for!

That was awesome! I have one to do but holy cow I need these instructions printed out , I think. Like any other skill it takes practice and patience. Thank you so very much. KC

Hi Ed! I am actually Caning in the front of a Guitar Amplifier Speaker cabinet to create a nice retro look.. After watching you do this a couple times, I will have no difficulty. Thanks! Mark

Terrific instructions - just did my first caning - replacing two canoe seats. You made it easy!

I think the one element missing from this excellent video is how reasonably priced your products are. When my son was 18, as I'm frantically saying -- ie, "yelling" -- don't stand on that chair -- which he was using to change a light bulb -- Why not? -- crunch -- He's 25 now, and I'm still miffed every time I see my good chair w/ a big, fat hole in the center -- guess where his next payck and time are going to be spent? Thanks so much. Really, best of luck to you and your family in this endeavor

EXACTLY what I was looking for! And so detailed.

Excellent video! Very simple instructions and clearly understood.

Great, easy to understand and well demonstrated video. Thanks Ed!

So helpful! My job went well with these clear concise instructions! Now waiting for the glue to dry and see how it turned out for real.

Thanks for the tutorial. Just getting ready to dive into a re-caning job for the first time. Cheers!

Thanks for uploading this tutorial. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. Couldn't ask for more.

Excellent! SO very helpful. Thank you. Think I now have the info -and courage- to replace the cane back on my beautiful old rocking chair

Best caning lesson I've ever watched

Thanks Ed: I was about to embark on my repair but since I've done one before, thought I'd get some expert advice...Glad I did, I would made a hash of it !

Thanks to your video I have been able to repair a cane chair. Thanks so much!!!!

Thank you very much for taking this video with your detailed explanation . It is exactly the help I needed to attempt this fix. I hope my fix comes near the great job you did.🙂

Great Video. And since a comment in this thread said you also sell supplies, I just bought my supplies from you as well!

Thank you for such a helpful instructional video. I’m about to redo a antique high chair but this is something I have never done before Now I feel I can move forward. 😊

Thank you so much for making this video. We used it today for an old family rocking chair.

Respect to anyone who is this good at their craft.

I'm getting ready to restore a bentwood cane rocker. Got some really good info here. Thanks.

Very clear demonstration and tutorial all around !!! Thanks for posting it ...

Thank you for the step by step instructions.

Thank you for this video! I did not wsnt to throw away my husband's caned rocker. But thanks to you I can now try to save it.

Such a fantastic and detailed video! I'm inheriting about 10 dining chairs that all need to be varnished and need new seats. Luckily all the old cane has been removed already. Hopefully, mine will turn out as lovely as yours did! :)

This tutorial is what I’ve been looking for! Truly, thank you so much. 🙏

Fantastic video. I don't know if I will dare to do it myself, but know at least I know that I may need a professional. Thank you for your help.

Excellent video. I've watched a bunch of re-caning videos and this is the best one.

this was so satisfying to watch, you sure know how to do this well. Super surprised there was no nails or staples and it just holds.

Ed, I just repaired a cane chair, after watching your video, on removing and installing a new pressed cane seat. It turned out great! Thanks for the detailed explanation on how to do this kind of repair. Gary

Exactly what I need to do. So well presented. Thank you.

Your presentation was spot on! I did the bottom of a cane rocker and it came out beautiful. thanks for your great info. If anyone needs to know where to buy the cane and spline,I got mine from Rockler.

Great video, thanks for this instructional. Made repairing a canoe seat a breeze.

The best video I have ever seen! Thanks for sharing your skills!

This was so interesting to watch and easy to understand. Considering recaning the back of some barstools. You might have just given me the confidence to do so!

Excellente démonstration visuelle. Si vous l'appliquez telle que décrite, nul doute que vous aurez d'excellent résultat comme j'en ai eu moi-même. Merci Ed, vous êtes un pro.

Great instructional video. Thanks for taking the time to post this.

It's so satisfying to see this. I have a Thonet chair and sooner or later will have to do this. I am already looking forward to do this. :)

I used this video to re-cane the seat of my cesura chair and it went perfectly.

Thanks! This is clear and easy to follow!

Thanks guys for a great well detailed video, made my re-seat easy. Paul

Thank you Ed, perfect! Not too slow not too fast and great detail!!!!! I will attenmpt this soon!!!!!

Gracias Gracias .. Muchas Gracias...Ed............I really cant afford buying new ones...... or pay someone to fix them.................. U as a teacher............ the best

tremendous tutorial Ed. Thank you very much.

This allowed me to replace a cane panel in the back of an oak rocking chair. Many thanks!

Dear Ed, Thank you for the great video series. I was afraid to take on recaning a late-nineteenth century rocking chair that had a broken seat and back. Your video was clear and helped me get it done. There is still remaining caning on the sides and now they do not match. Do you recommend staining the new caning? If so, with what?

Sweet, my Mad River Canoe will be so happy to have new cane!