Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Supplies

Dimensions for Choosing Cane		Sizing up Your Chair Cane
Diameter(Y)	Center Spacing (X)	Select this Size	Cane Size/Width Approx. to Scale
1/8"	1/4"	Super Carriage - 1.50 mm (1/16")
1/8"	3/8"	Carriage - 1.75 mm (1/16")
1/8"	7/16"	Super Fine - 2.00 mm (5/64")
3/16"	1/2"	Fine Fine - 2.25 mm (3/32")
3/16"	5/8"	Fine - 2.50 mm (3/32")
1/4"	11/16"	Narrow Medium - 2.75 mm (7/64")
1/4"	3/4"	Medium - 3.00 mm (1/8")
5/16"	7/8"	Common - 3.50 mm (9/64")
Sample Card available: $1.00 each. Order Number: SA-CC

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Hand Caning - Chair Cane

Natural strand cane or chair cane, as it is commonly called, is made from the outside bark of rattan (a tropical vine). This bark or peel is cut by machine to various widths for use in cane seating. This cane is used only with those chairs which have holes drilled around the seat frame. The size of cane to be used for your chair can be determined by matching the hole dimensions with the sizes listed on the chart below. The best method is to include a sample with your order so we can match it exactly.

We recommend an excellent book on hand caning called Restoring Hand Cane Seats. Order Number: B0109
Price: $2.75.

- A gallery of completed cane webbing chairs with a list of the supplies required to make them.

		1000 Feet Full Hank - Longer Strands		330 Feet Third Hank - Longer Strands
Size and Width		Long Select		Third Hank Long Select
Cane Size	Metric Width	Order Number	Price	Order Number	Price
Super Carriage	1.50mm	CCSCAFHL	$33.18	CCSCATHL	$13.92
		Quantity: Price: $33.18		Quantity: Price: $13.92
Carriage	1.75mm	CCCAFHL	$34.16	CCCATHL	$14.38
		Quantity: Price: $34.16		Quantity: Price: $14.38
Super Fine	2.00mm	CCSFFHL	$35.19	CCSFTHL	$14.78
		Quantity: Price: $35.19		Quantity: Price: $14.78
Fine Fine	2.25mm	CCFFFHL	$37.26	CCFFTHL	$15.64
		Quantity: Price: $37.26		Quantity: Price: $15.64
Fine	2.50mm	CCFFHL	$38.99	CCFTHL	$16.39
		Quantity: Price: $38.99		Quantity: Price: $16.39
Narrow Medium	2.75mm	CCNMFHL	$41.11	CCNMTHL	$17.25
		Quantity: Price: $41.11		Quantity: Price: $17.25
Medium	3.00mm	CCMFHL	$42.67	CCMTHL	$17.94
		Quantity: Price: $42.67		Quantity: Price: $17.94
Common	3.50mm	CCCFHL	$47.27	CCCTHL	$19.84
		Quantity: Price: $47.27		Quantity: Price: $19.84

Grooving Hand Cane Chair Seats

In general terms, we do not recommend converting hand caned chairs to the press in method of caning. It seems like a shortcut on materials and labor, however routing a groove over the holes compromises the structure of the chair. The only wood holding the chair together is between the holes and under the groove. Usually, sooner or later the groove separates and the press caning either comes out or loosens. Secondly, the antique value of the older chair is diminished greatly. Thirdly, whenever the repair shop changes the structure of the chair, it can make them liable for any damages.

Hand Caning Kits - Using Chair Cane
This kit contains everything needed to cane your favorite hand cane chair. It is used for those chairs that have holes in the seat frame. The kit contains: - Book: Restoring Hand Cane Seats - strand cane - binder cane - 12 caning pegs - a caning awl Superfine and Fine Fine kits will do a seat Approximately 12" x 14". The other sizes will do a seat approximately 12" x 16".
Cane Size	Order Number	Price
Super Carriage	K-SC	$24.19	Quantity: Price: $24.19
Carriage	K-CA	$27.08	Quantity: Price: $27.08
Super Fine	K-SF	$28.80	Quantity: Price: $28.80
Fine Fine	K-FF	$29.17	Quantity: Price: $29.17
Fine	K-F	$31.99	Quantity: Price: $31.99
Narrow Medium	K-NM	$33.49	Quantity: Price: $33.49
Medium	K-M	$34.95	Quantity: Price: $34.95
Common	K-C	$37.39	Quantity: Price: $37.39

Natural Binder Cane

Natural binder cane is much like strand cane in that it is also made from rattan peel; but it has been cut wider and thicker. It is a very versatile material; it is used to cover the holes in hand caning, as a seating material using the tight weave technique, as a wrapping material on wicker and rattan furniture, and as a weaver for basketry. For the tight weave or twill weave technique, we recommend the book Splint Seats for Chairs.

- A gallery of completed cane webbing chairs with a list of the supplies required to make them.

Description

Approx. Width

Order Number
Coil

Price/coil

Order Number
Hank

Price/hank

Extra Narrow Binder

3 1/2 mm
(9/64")

BCXNC

1-4: $2.75/25ft
5+: $2.25

Not Available

Narrow Binder

4-41/2 mm (5/32")

BCNC

1-4: $3.00/25ft
5+: $2.65

BCNH

$29.50/500ft

Medium Binder

5-51/2mm (7/32")

BCMC

1-4: $3.35/25ft
5+: $2.75

BCMH

$32.50/500ft

Large Binder

6-61/2mm (1/4")

BCLC

1-4: $3.80/25ft
5+: $3.50

BCLH

$38.50/500ft

Ask for current price for 25 coils
All Sizes vary slightly

Rattan Furniture Re-Wrapping Kit also available (250 ft of 1/4" Large Binder, Wire Nails, and Instructions) $24.95 Order No. K-RFR

Unprocessed Binder Cane
Description	Approx. Width	Image	Order Number	Price/hank
Unprocessed Narrow Binder, 25 ft. coil	4-41/2 mm (4-5/32")		BCNC-B	$2.00/25 ft
			Quantity: Price: $2.00
Unprocessed Narrow Binder	4-41/2 mm (4-5/32")		BCNH-B	$10.00/500 ft
			Quantity: Price: $10.00

Shaved Slab Rattan
	- A gallery of completed cane webbing chairs with a list of the supplies required to make them.
This is cut like binder cane, but it is even wider and thicker. It has generally been used on Rattan and Danish modern furniture, chair seats and porch rockers, basketry and lashing bamboo poles together.
Description	Approx. Width	Order Number (25 foot Coil)	Price/coil	Order Number (300 foot Hank)	Price/hank
Shaved Slab	6-7mm (1/4"-5/16")	BCSSC	1-4: $4.95 5+: $3.37	BCSSH	$29.45/300ft
		Quantity: Price: $4.95		Quantity: Price: $29.45
Wide Shaved Slab	8-9mm (5/16"-3/8")	BCSSWC	1-4: $4.95 5+: $3.37	BCSSWH	$42.50/300ft
		Quantity: Price: $4.95		Quantity: Price: $42.50
Extra Wide Shaved Slab	9-10mm (3/8"-7/16")	BCSSXWC	1-4: $4.95 5+: $3.37	BCSSXWH	$42.50/300ft
		Quantity: Price: $4.95		Quantity: Price: $42.50
Ask for current price for 25 coils or 25 hanks

	Restoring Hand Cane Seats, by Michael Frank Order Number: B0109 Price: $2.95 Written for the beginner. It describes hand caning . It has lots of pictures and hints to help you do the job right. This book is in all of our hand caning kits.	Quantity: Price: $2.95
	Restoring Hand Cane Seats (Big Print Version), by Michael Frank Order Number: B0109BP Price: $3.95 Written for the beginner. It describes hand caning . It has lots of pictures and hints to help you do the job right. This book is in all of our hand caning kits.	Quantity: Price: $3.95
	Restauracion de sillas Enjuncadas Tejido a Mano, por Mike Frank Order Number: B0109-S Price: $2.95 Written for the beginner. It describes hand caning . It has lots of pictures and hints to help you do the job right, en Espanol.	Quantity: Price: $2.95
	More Than 100 Furniture Repairs, by Donna S. Morris Order Number: B0881 Price: $24.95 A practical handbook for anyone who buys, sells, or owns furniture. In-depth descriptions of do it yourself techniques for furniture repair. Fully illustrated.	Quantity: Price: $24.95
	The Successful Restoration Shop, by Tom Duncan Order Number: B0872 Price: $7.95 An expert shares his ideas for developing a profitable business in wicker restoration and seat weaving. Includes hints on advertising and pricing.	Quantity: Price: $7.95
	Restoring Antique Furniture, by Richard A. Lyons Order Number: B0090 Price: $12.95 Profusely illustrated woodworking guide, brimming with expert tips and advice, covers proper care and use of tools, replacing lost hardware, strengthening fractured joints, and more. Also includes step-by-step instructions for restoring an early rocker, repairing a table leg, replacing the swing rail on a gate leg table, and other projects.	Quantity: Price: $12.95
	Mastering the Caner's Art: Star Caning Spider Weave to Snowflake, by K.C. Parkinson Order Number: B0003 Price: $4.95	Quantity: Price: $4.95
	Success with Finishing, by Mark Cass Order Number: B0012 Price: $19.95 This book provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of finishing, and includes advice on tools and equipment as well as key health and safety issues.	Quantity: Price: $19.95
	David Charlesworth's Furniture-Making Techniques Order Number: B0015 Price: $17.95 Full instructions are given for sharpening, fine-tuning, using hand tools, and even for making items such as spokeshaves and winding sticks. This book will set beginners on the right path, help the more experienced to develop their skills, and challenge expert woodworker to re-examine their methods.	Quantity: Price: $17.95
	Chair Caning and Seat Weaving Handbook Order Number: B0113 Price: $9.99 Restore and repair your antique or worn-out chairs with the techniques in this handy guide. By learning how to make repairs yourself, you'll be able to skip the high costs of professional craftsmen.	Quantity: Price: $9.99

Plastic Chair Cane
Plastic cane, just like natural cane, is used for weaving chair seats. This is most commonly used in areas where moisture is a problem. It comes in one long continuous length.
Order Number	Metric Width	Price/Coil
Fine-PCCCF	2.50mm	$27.20	Quantity: Price: $27.20
Medium-PCCCM	3.00mm	$30.36	Quantity: Price: $30.36
Put up in 1000 ft. Coils Sample Cards available: $0.50 ea Order Number: SA-PCC
Plastic Binder Cane - 25ft. coil
PCNC	4.0mm	$2.75	Quantity: Price: $2.75
PCLC	6.0mm	$3.00	Quantity: Price: $3.00
PCLC-WHITE	6.0mm	$4.00	Quantity: Price: $4.00
PCLC-W (with wire)	6.0mm	$4.00	Quantity: Price: $4.00

Leather Binding Lacing
Leather binding lacing is used generally on Rattan furniture and is cut in random lengths from 2 ft. to 6 ft.
Color	Approx. Width	Order Number 25 foot Coil	Price/ coils	Price/5 coils		Picture
Tan	1/4"	BCLL-TAN	$6.50	$23.75	Quantity: Price: $6.50
Light Brown	1/4"	BCLL-LTBR	$6.50	$23.75	Quantity: Price: $6.50
Brown	1/4"	BCLL-BRN	$6.50	$23.75	Quantity: Price: $6.50

Caning Awl	Professional Caning Awl
One of the most versatile tools for hand caning, Spline removal and basketry.	This durable, stainless steel tool is an excellent aid for hand caning. The covered tip is ideal for hard to reach places. Size is 7 7/8" x 1 1/8".

Quantity: Price: $2.15	Quantity: Price: $18.95
Bone Awl

Quantity: Price: $3.95

Caning Pegs	Caning Tool
Long, tapered smooth and easy to use. They are used to hold strand cane in the hole temporarily during hand caning. Order Number: CP Price: $2.40 per dozen - $14.40 for 12 dozen	In caning, at each intersection, the cane must be adjusted four times. Doing this task with pegs requires a high level of manual dexterity, and can be fatiguing to the fingers and hands. This tool accomplishes the same task, more easily, and causes less fatigue. Order Number: CT - Price: $12.50 each.

Quantity: (dozen) Price: $2.40	Quantity: Price: $12.50

Glycerin
This is used in hand caning, press caning, and basketry, it acts as a wetting and softening agent. Strand cane, webbing and reeds stay wetter and more flexible longer. It can make a real difference in areas where the water is hard. It is 99.9% pure USDA clear food grade glycerin. Just one tea-spoon per gallon of water is required.
Order Number	Description	Price
GLY-BOT	4oz bottle	$2.49 ea	Quantity: Price: $2.49
Price for 12 4oz bottles or more is $1.86 each.