Video instructions on how to weave a rush seat in a ladder-back chair using fibre rush. www.peerlessrattan.com, sellers of quality cane & rush supplies since 1903. Follow us on Facebook. / 102344653136894
50 years ago I took a carpentry class at a community collage. I found a pattern for a ladder back chair. I purchased rough hard maple boards at a local lumber yard. Took the wood to class, cut, turned, sanded, stained and varnished the finished chair. I was never able to properly weave the seat. Finally with the help of Ed's video I finally finished my chair. Thanks Ed for your help. Ken
How generous of you to make this video with such detailed, patient, and encouraging instructions. I felt as if I was sitting right there with you. What a gift you have given to me. Now I can learn to do something I've always wanted to do. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
This is a lost art. Been looking for someone to recane my chairs for years. Finally came to the realization I will have to learn how to do it myself. I am so glad I ran across this very simply instructed video and can’t wait to get started on them now! Thank you so much for the tutorial!!
That was beautiful! I wasn't expecting to watch the whole video, but I couldn't stop because I wanted to see the finished product. You did a great job narrating the process and teaching everything.
What a great teacher you are! I've been chair caning for 35 years but have never done rush or Danish cord weaving. I get asked all the time and always turn down the work as I don't know where to start but actually, having watched your videos, I now have the confidence to go for it. Thanks, Sophie (Culm Valley Chair Caning)
I did my first rush craft brown 6/32 weave using this video as the bible. It came out all right with a few mistakes due to my inexperience. My second chair was terrific because I paid more attention to the tension, overlapping, and alignment. Before starting the 2nd chair I placed a length of masking tape along the front and rear rails. After marking the front length to equal the rear length, I marked one inch lines on both pieces of tape. This helped me to correct any misalignment that I experienced on my first chair. It made a tremendous difference. The 3rd chair was even better than the 2nd. Thanks for a great video.
Watched this video a year ago. My friend had and old chair and when i told her she could replace the seat she handed the chair to me. Everything shown in this video is spot on. I went back and double checked as I worked. I was so proud of the results I am on the hunt for more orphan chairs. Thank you for sharing all your experience and skills.
I miss things that were hand made like this. Thank you so much for sharing a losing art. For those who appreciate hand made things, this training video is very precious.
got a family rush weaved rocking chair passed down to me,, taking it apart as it's a mess -- so thankful for this video - hope my attempt will be 50% of this quality
That would be incredibly unusual since paper was such a rare commodity in the 1600's that only an insane person would use it for that purpose. That said, such a newspaper would be a valuable collector's item today.
@@TheDonovanu several. The London Gazette is still around. Founded in 1665. The Great plague and the London Fire are the principle stories you can find in them.
Marvellously demonstrated, I’m deaf and just by watching I could understand how it’s done and why. I suspected the cord at the end was wet from water but looked into the comments below to confirm. Thank you for this instructional video! Edit : since so many are commenting about the CC, yes I am familiar with the CC, I am deaf so that is a given..! My comment was made three years ago and the auto-generated CC at this time very likely, as I remember it was awful in the beginning of the technology, weren't accurate so I couldn't rely on these back then. It's an ever-evolving technology and accuracy keeps improving although flaws are still present today. Currently, at some point it captioned mill instead of middle, for example. Thank you for not further stating the obvious.
I was truly astounded how in depth your video went into details with step by step instructions. I cannot wait to do this on my mom's chair! Thanks so much for sharing this video!
You know, if I had my guesses it looks like you might've done this a time or twelve! I really enjoy watching a true craftsman at work. When my grandmother passed she left a set of eight straight back dining chairs that I've been considering weaving in rush bottoms. Now that I've seen your video I'm fairly certain that if I take my time and keep the weave right I can do this right the first time. Thank you so much for breaking it down to where it's easy to follow, great video and thanks again!
I don't know why I'm here, I don't know why I watch this , I don't need this information. I'm just lost on youtube.... But seriously this video is so relaxing.
I was thinking the exact same thing Aina. My ind was wandering to ling ago when knowing this skill was a life necessity. Now I'm thinking " I want to try this just because. Of course I'd need to fins a chair to work on and all the materials LOL.
You just said what I wanted to say. Not sure why I watched it but I'm glad I did. Great work and awsome video. Dont think I will ever weave a chair but it was quite relaxing to watch. Good luck!
I have a ladder back chair that a dear friend left with me more than 30 years ago. My cat tor up the rushes on it. I've taken the broken chair with me everywhere I go because I couldn't stand to part with it. I always thought I could get it fixed. Then last year I almost made a plywood seat for it. I didn't know what to call the seat material (rush), so I never fixed it. Then tonight I came across this old video! I can not wait to weave the chair seat! My husband almost threw it away. Wait till he sees it fixed! Thank you for this video!
It's so satisfying to see someone working with a natural material, and to know that they will produce a finished product which will both be useful and beautiful. Thank-you for this video!
Thank you for this terrific video! I've lost track of how many times I've watched it before, during and after my first attempt of replacing the seat of a family heirloom rush seat child's chair. What a great treat to be able to rewind again and again until I got it right! Your patient teaching style was so very helpful. While my fingers are still tingling as I write this, I'm thinking this will be a one time project...however, it's nice to know your video will be here if another treasure comes my way! Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Thank you for this video! you were incredibly informative and calming in your teaching. I'm about to restore a set of rush chairs and had no idea how to even begin. thank you for helping a first timer out!!
Ed, this video was exactly what I needed, to repair a chair that is heritage of my wife's family. Thanks a lot for sharing this. Hope you are still doing well, will have a closer look at your channel now. Cheers Andreas
What an amazing lesson! Thank you, Mr. Hammond. Your instructions are thorough, insightful, and just what we need. You are a true craftsman. I only wish you lived near me so I could call upon your services! Bless you and thanks again. I think its time to gather up my bravery and some materials and try to revive my great-great-great-grandmother's old rocker which lost it's woven seat and back in a kitchen fire back in 1901. The frame survived, but the poor thing has hung on wall-pegs and garage walls since then waiting for someone to revive it. I've cleaned and it up , but there aren't any craftsman like you near me, but I'd love to give that chair new life. You've inspired me to take the next step!
Good luck, it sounds like a nice project! We have all the materials you need on peerlessrattan.com, and there is also a directory of caners there, maybe you can find someone near you to help you.
Many thanks for such an instructive video. I have done four chairs as of today and do a little better each chair. Your video has so many really good pointers and cautions that I had to watch it several times to learn them all. I choose to rotate the chair as I weave just because it gives me a better view of the rush and I avoid overlapping on the underside and the rear. Thanks again.
My wife just got an old rocking chair that her grandfather owned probably 60 or 70 years ago, possibly even longer than that. It had some sort of woven seat that has fallen apart. I am planning on replacing the seat with this method, so I found this video at almost exactly the right time. AWESOME!!!
Thank you so much Ed, I bought some old chairs long ago and thought I learn how to fix them. I have never seen rush chairs before and thought I could just take them apart and figure it out. Wrong! I looked all over the net years ago and couldn't find anything on this. I didn't even know what the sit was made of or what it was called. I need to pull my old chairs out of the barn and fix em now. I'm so glad I found you. You and your wife explain chair repair so well, and the video makes so easy to follow. Thank you again
I want to thank you for the instruction. It was VERY helpful. Tension is everything. I wish I could attach a photo of the chair I reseated using your video. I found the chair on the roadside in Castleton, VT over a decade ago. The seat was very old and battered woven wicker. But the structure and integrity of the chair was excellent. It had been painted a hideous avocado green at one time (probably in the 70's) and then stripped. The wood is solid oak. I reseated it using hemp twine, which ended up requiring about 300+ feet. I messed up the tension when I had to splice another ball of twine that ended up being a slightly smaller gauge (and I didn't have any of those nice hand clamps) and then overlapped a strand, but went back to the gauge I started with. I just finished it about 10 minutes ago. So, now I have a shabby chic chair for the back porch we can sit on and watch the birds. I should last a few years at least before I have to reseat it again.
Holy smokes- Great instructional video! I'm here in Germany and I am constantly seeing corner chairs in flea markets for around 10 Euro ($16) that have thrashed seats. I always thought that re-stringing them was beyond me. Now I'm in the market for a big spool of fiber rush, a couple of clamps, and a cable staple gun! DW is getting a couple of corner chairs on the cheap- Thanks for the cool points!
This was great! Mom and I spent a few hours on a sunny Fall day on the porch reviving an old chair. Thank you for the tutorial - the final product looks great!
I've never really stopped to think of the work that goes into making woven chair seats and backs before. The next time I see one, you can be sure that I'll think of the work that went into it and the person who did it! Thanks for your video!
Ed, this was extremely helpful. Thank you for posting this video. I was refinishing an old chair that my mother was given sixty years ago. She thought it turned out a good as it looked sixty years ago. Thanks a million.
Mr Ed, thank you so much for helping me finish my chair! I ran out of material in the last inch or so on my chair and Mr Hammond sent me the extra rush I needed to finish for free! Thank you, thank, you thank, you!
What a beautiful craft, expertly done and skilfully taught. My aunt used to do her own rush seating, now I am inspired to do the same with 3 antique chairs I’ve had sitting around for years... Thank You!!
Thanks so much! I have just rescued two of my mom's antique ladderback chairs with new fibre rush seats and plan to do a third. They're not as nice as yours, but they'll do just fine.
Thanks so much. The only real decent tuto to teach you how to do these on RU-vid in English. I've just managed to do a wee chair and I will keep practising...thanks again
I inherited two rockers from a deceased friend,the seats are just like this.I’ve talked them apart and ready to redo seats and backs,I wasn’t sure how to do it.I found your post! THANKYOU!! This is Perfect!!
I came across a Shaker-style chair with this kind of seat on it just last night. I thought about swapping out the broken rush (in which I found no cardboard triangles or cardboard substitute) with a plywood base and cushion, but now I think I can handle it! Thanks for this clear and detailed video.
I've repaired two chairs on the back of your very informative videos. Thank you for sharing your expert tips with those of us that aspire to be as good as you!
Thank you so much! This video was great. I just finished my first of two chairs. It isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination but it looks good and most importantly my chair now has a seat. I’m very hopeful that the next one will turn out better. I learned a lot and know what to look for when I do my second one. Thanks again!
Just finished doing my Great Grandmothers dining chairs which are well over 75 years old and the rush seats were starting to show there age. I can't thank you enough for this video and materials. While not perfect, I think it is safe to say, my Great Grandma would be pleased.
Outstanding. One of the best instructional videos I have watched. I'm ready and confident to get started re-rushing my Grandma's 1932 Stickley Ladder Back chairs.
Deb Blok it’s not just to keep history ali e but we need to stop using plastics. How many billions of crap plastic yard chairs have been produced? They still exist although in shards washed far and wide across our earth leaching chemicals and polluting our environment and us. We need to return to clean, sustainables
I followed your instructions to the letter and was amazed how wonderfully the video was produced, the speech, the images and the little tips along the way. It meant that I was able to complete my first stool without any complications. Brilliant. Thanks from England.
As a beginner, how long did it take you to do your first seat? I am ready to start this task after watching the video but just curious how much of a time commitment it is!
This video helped me tremendously! We have two rush seat chairs, and one had a number of pieces hanging down underneath the bottom. I thought we needed to have the seat redone, but the only problem was a bit of sloppy work that needed to be tidied up. It helps tremendously when you know what goes into weaving a rush seat. A few loose strands are now tacked under the weave into the frame where they belong. Thanks so very much for sharing your techniques!
What was the total time to complete this. Or roughly I'm insearch for fast. Easy cheap. Using wider cord will reduce time I'm guessing I need to estimate the work order in labor time Or what will this cost someone to be refurbished stain included.
I have four ladder back chairs that were my grandmother's. Your instruction has made me believe I can do it. I ordered all materials today. Wish me luck!!
Thank you for a great video. My mom did this project years ago (60s) to a worn kitchen chair. She used newspaper to stuff into the gap area but your cardboard triangles look simpler and tidier. My grandmother's ladder back rocker is sitting out in my work/storage room waiting and waiting for me to do this!
I am so excited I found this video! I have about 6 rush chairs that I've collected over the years that are all tattered and torn and I thought I was going to have to get rid of them. Now I'm going to keep them and refinish them!
Those empty spaces were meant to be filled with Gods Holy presence , Let your empty spaces be a reminder of the Cross' both Christs' and yours , The Lord will not take the pain away but he will use it to refine you just as fire purifies gold ( Malachi 3'3). Be Blessed
If it's 6/32, a couple minutes is ok. If it's 5/32, just a quick dip. You will need to experiment and find what works best for you. You want it soft and pliable to fit together nicely, but not so wet that it pulls apart, or gets "fuzzy".
That's a valuable skill. I have been making and building things all my life, and found weaving to require more experience and skill than expected. Nice job.
Mr. Hammond...Thanks for showing us your great craftsmanship and video. I just rescued an old rocking chair from the side of the road and had no idea what rush was. thanks again for the education.
Thank you for sharing your expertise! I plan on reweaving an antique chair that belonged to my great grandmother and I'm so glad I came across this video!
You are a God send. I have a beautiful chair I bought at a thrift shop. The rush is all cracked and broken. I was hesitant to fix it but you are such an amazing teacher that I feel confident to fix it. Ordering my rush. Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for making such a “detailed how to” video. I’m now 37 but when I was around 7 my parents bought a kitchen table a chairs that I inherited and I’ve been wanting to learn how to do this and how to refinish the table. I’m so glad I came across your video. Thank you sir!
A BIG thank you. I have just completed a chair repair with your video. It took a few undoing (particularly at the end) but the result is superb. I am really pleased and the chair owner is delighted too.
Thank you for the video, it is the first time that I have woven a rush chair and I am really pleased with the results even if nothing as straight as yours. Your video was so easy to follow and full of hints and tips which made following easy.
Thank you so much for the incredibly detailed video. I have three chairs i've been wanting to replace the Ruch. You've given me the knowledge. Thank you!!
Thanks for this video. I got some chairs from my grandmother and after a few years of rough use with roommates and cats, they need new seats. I'll be doing it myself and your instructions will help me a lot!
I have wanted to learn this for years. My favorite footstool handed down from my grandfather will be my first repair project. The memories of that stool while grandfather was alive will remain all the more vivid. Thank you!
Ed Hammond Thanks Ed! I did and it was a 2-3 day blast. Sanding and polyurethane took 2 days. I chose to not use stain to better show off what appears to be an old 1950s stool made of maple. The actual weave itself required about 4 to 6 hours including breaks. The Fibre rush looks fantastic, tight, very firm. Of course the seams could be straighter but for a first time I am very pleased. I am now looking for a set of four old dinning chairs to redo.
Thank you so much for this video. My husband and I inherited an antique dining table with rush chairs. Several of the chair seats need to be repaired. I think I can do this!
I work at a shop in Iowa City Iowa and while my main function is furniture repair and all things in the Lamp Area I am also called upon to do weaving from time to time. I once did 10 Danish cord chairs in a week. That was lots of fun. Nothing like 10 chairs to break you in. I don't normally do the RUSH chairs so I haven't had a chance to learn this at work. I wanted to learn how though and watched your video a couple times. I think my seat turned out pretty good. Glad to see the knots peeking through on the bottom of your chair. LOL. That's how mine turned out. Your videos are some of the best. Wish I could find one on the spacing on the "L" nails on Danish Cord chairs. I am working on a project from scratch and would rather not waste a bunch of time and effort and cord doing trial and error. GREAT JOB!
Picked up an antique chair at a yard sale yesterday that has the same pattern, but needs rush redone. this will be my first rush job. Thanks for the informative video. I always like bringing things back to life. Tim in Kentucky
I just put my wrought iron table set on the curb this evening because I thought that there was no way I could fix them. I guess I’m going out side in the morning and put it back in the garage. Thank you so much!
This video is fabulous! as a beginner, I was totally amazed at how beautiful it turned out. Hopefully my chair will be half as fabulous!! Thank you so much!
I recently redid a couple chairs that I wouldn’t have attempted without this video. Even with a pamphlet of instructions that came with my materials this video was easier to follow. I’ve redone other furniture and wanted to share a trick I use. I have a large lazy Susan with a heavy duty spinner that I place the furniture piece on.
Thank you so much for uploading. This was just what I needed to weave my first seat. Very helpful. So I did not need to book in on any cources or buy any books, - just this instruction. Amazing!
WOW. I have 4 antique Dutch ladderback chairs I've been hauling around with me for 10 years because they are SO BEAUTIFUL but the rush is broken. I am THRILLED to find your tutorial. THANK YOU. I'm totally inspired.
