HOW TO REPLACE A CHAIR BOTTOM

How to fix an old fashioned cane bottom chair
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[@DarlowMaxwell]

I have a Bumbry rocking chair from the 1880’s that needs to be recained. Original cane 1/4”. I’ve not been able to find anybody to do the work for me so I guess I’m going to have to learn and do it myself. Absolutely the best rocking chair I have ever sat in in my life. It has quite a history.

[@parrottsutton9695]

This man is great. Very clear in his directions. He has some good pointers. Thank you for sharing. H. P. Sutton.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank you so much

[@parrottsutton9695]

@@FlutyLickHomestead It is my pleasure to watch.

[@parrottsutton9695]

Thank you.

[@willbishop3260]

Caned my first chair yesterday. Wish I could post a picture. It came out great! I owe it all to you and your easy to follow video! Thank you so much!

[@shandymarcusantoine]

Thank you so much! I've got an old chair from the 40's we've been watching deteriorate and NOW i have a way to make it like new!

[@robertsudduth6864]

Glad I stumbled onto this video I've had a rocking chair on my porch for 10 years with no bottom wondering how to fix it now I think I can handle it thanks

[@johntoothman4888]

I remember Pap Paw doing this when I was little. Great times growing up!!

[@waynemoss1185]

Thanks for the video! I have a photo of a child's rocker I just did using your instruction, but I don't know how to attach it to this comment. It is for our granddaughter who will turn 1 in about 3 weeks. The chair was my wife's when she was a little girl.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

That is awesome! You can email it to [e-mail]. So glad I could help

[@Bloom358]

This video and instructions are exactly what I need to repair an old rocking chair. Thank you!

[@LuJustLu]

Amazing! I've been going back watching all your old videos and you have so many talents and skills. I Love the fact that you value the old ways and things passed down through generations. I'm really enjoying your channel so far.

[@fayeburden4331]

I could not add a photo here of my little rocker using fabric. It turned out wonderfully well and I am pleased. I made fabric strips that were 8 layers thick and a one over, one under pattern. Your video helps a lot so again... thanks much.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

That is great! I’m sure it looks awesome!!

[@kak2tnt]

I love it!! Your tutorial is crystal.clear. I am going to order cane right now. Yesterday, I bought a rocker from an 80 year old lady. Ir needed cane and springs but otherwise excellent, sturdy and the wood spindles immaculate. They were downsizing and.the chair had been stored in the attic. Belonged to her husband's grandma!! I feel like I scored a treasure.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Sounds like a nice find!!

[@susansearer4805]

Where can I order the hickory cane

[@snakejumper3277]

Very nice. I have several old chairs that I'm planning to fix. These are the best chairs when you want to sit around and scrub off some tunes.

[@alecmccallum7500]

Thanks for the instructive video. I'm going to use it to weave a seat in my great grandfathers chair.

[@nancygaye]

Thank you for this! My Dad was an antique dealer and had so many requests for this type work.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

there is a reall good demand for it!

[@suzydee3358]

Thank you for this video. I put a new seat in my grand-daughter's rocker using your tutorial. It certainly doesn't look as beautiful as yours, but I think it will hold. Thanks again!!

[@graemesheffield7389]

Thank you so much for your tutorial! really easy to follow. I've re-caned canoe seats with narrower strands but never had to splice strands together. I really appreciate the tip!

[@caseyj.1332]

Thank you. Very informative, I'm building my chairs and will probably even paint them red.

[@maxer6205]

Now I'll have to start watching for old wooden chairs! Love this. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas....

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

maxer6205 around here i find em a lot and most all have a bad bottom so you can get em cheap!

[@maxer6205]

Fluty Lick Homestead. Here in Arizona there are a lot of wastefulness. Guess its easier to haul to the dump. I'll put a ISO add on FB. I laughed when you said. " in my spare time". 😊

[@kathygarber9407]

Gorgeous....gonna do an old rocker ! You're such a gifted young man...be blessed !

[@franceswitham8214]

You are a Master of this. I'm 65 and I watched my Dad do this as a little girl. He cut his own caning and started and spliced just as you do. I'm in southern My and he used hickory or white oak. You are the first one on KZbin I've seen do this. Very professional and highest quality work. Thank you for sharing.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank you! God Bless

[@joehightower]

Thanks so much for posting. Between yours and one other helpful video, I rescued a rocker! Enjoyed your Blackberry Blossom too!!

[@parrottsutton9695]

This guy does a fabulous job with this video. Very helpful.

[@mausercal65]

My Granny had some old home made chairs like that but they had used bailer twine to weave chair bottoms for them .

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Awesome work man...just shared the video! Love to learn something every day!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank ya! I appreciate it I learn something everyday and some I thought I already knew but find out there is better ways than mine lol

[@jamesconn1104]

Beautiful !! True craftsman !! i got a few old straight back chairs im planning on doin soon , did a Deer hide bottom years ago, Thanks for Your video , it will be very helpful . God Bless & take care !!

[@banjocantrell838]

I sure did like the demonstration on the chair bottoming . Great video as usual. God Bless all the family .

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank ya

[@michaelbowlby8073]

Great work Man, I’m gonna give this a try. Jerad if it works out could you do a video using hickory bark, from harvesting the bark to weaving the chair. I have a 10 hickory trees around and would really like to give this a try. Thanks. Great job, Mike

[@movinon1242]

He just cut down and stripped a hickory for you!

[@lachlannae]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I wanted to learn this from my grandma before she passed away, but I wasnt capable of cutting down and stripping the bark off a tree to do it. Thank you so much! I think this is how she did it too!

[@lm8544]

This man is amazing. And I love his accent lol!

[@Wooley689]

That is some fine work, thanks for showing us how it's done, wondered many a time myself. Whoops, just noticed it's past eleven o'clock at night . You're going to make me late going to bed again, but it's worth it.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Wooley689 thank ya! Really appreciate it! Time gets away from me too when I get on KZbin!

[@bridgettewood1713]

Very nice sir. God bless

[@karenmarsh7862]

This video was excellent!!! I appreciate your good craftsmanship! I am starting a ladder back chair that originally had rushing for the seat but it had broken over the years.

[@royboggs3849]

Good job Jared! 👍👍👏👏👌👌❤️ God bless each & every one of ur family!

[@Quiltlady9]

Love your teaching method. Awesome technique. Totally different than other videos. Like yours best. Thank you.

[@kathybucy2526]

Awesome video, I have my grandmother’s old rocker and I think I’m going to try and fix it using your video

[@butternuthillfarm1599]

Very nice, always wondered how that was done. Thanks for sharing. You are a talented young man. Have a Merry Christmas.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Butternut Hill Farm thank you so much!! Merry Christmas

[@cabinman]

Nice pattern. I have never seen that done before. I can see it tightening up as you go so I see why you leave it loose in the beginning.

[@annasaunders3836]

Thank you so much!! I've been wanting to redo my daughter's chair ( it was mine from childhood) but I didn't know what to do. You saved it!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

That is awesome! Hope it turns out great for you

[@mebhi2]

Beautiful! You made it look so easy........ Tell the family Merry Christmas and God Bless.......

[@leobaltz2057]

Another awesome video! Thanks for teaching us this. I have weaved a new seat in chairs using the paper rush but never cane. I will have to order some now!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

It's easy after ya get the first few runs started!! I've never used the paper rush

[@btpearce]

I have done a couple out of rush :-) I think I would like this better in the long run though.

[@paulatwood9794]

Back in the mid fifties my great-uncle replaced the bottoms in his ladder back chairs with hickory bark. As I was growing up I had only seen him do a repair on two chairs within 20 years. They were comfortable chairs once the bark was worn smooth.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Can’t beat hickory bark!!

[@MicroFarmStarter]

Wonderful video!! I always wanted to know how to do that!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! Miss Kelly!!!

[@aidiltimas4025]

What a beautiful work 👌🏽❤️

[@thenzor1]

thanks. easy to understand. I will definitely give it a shot. got a couple of old Grandma chairs.

[@dwightcimino1040]

Just wanted to say thank you for your time and trouble to do this video. I just finished my first chair cane seat and back . . . and looking at it afterwards . . . I messed it up . . . but I'm not going to take it all out and do it over. I sat in it tonight for a little while . . . will enjoy the heck out of it come this spring . . . it'll be my front porch rocker . . . maybe snoozer. I'm gonna try and find you on facebook . . . shoot you a couple of pictures . . . you'll giggle at my mistakes . . . but what the heck . . . it's just a cane bottom front porch rocker.

[@mnichols31]

Great job on the chair, informative and easy to understand video!

[@005mmk]

Can you show in detail how you splice your cane? I didn't quite get that as it was a little hard to see maybe like a close up?? That would be great. Your chairs look really great I can't wait to do one.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I’ll do a close up next chair i do

[@jenniferholman8849]

this is such a wonderful tutorial video. Thank you for posting this. We are going to tackle our old rocking chair :)

[@lesliewolf5995]

Beautiful work! Thank you. My caning project is for a dollhouse, 1:12 scale, so the chair in TINY. I plan to use raffia for the caning, but if that doesn't work, I'll try embroidery thread. I want my chair to look just like yours.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

That is cool! I wove a doll chair once with twine. Hope yours turns out great

[@debkiracofe4264]

You inspired me to try an old stool I have! Thanks!

[@csnanny1882]

Is there anything that you can’t do , ? Got bless you. I know your Mama is so proud of her boy. God bless you BIG.

[@heidiunderwood8407]

Thank you for the very informative video. I just caned my first chair it turned out great . I’m going to start a rocking chair using the hickory bark like you did in your other video.

[@carolynbell4720]

Simply beautiful!! Love the herringbone design. Very good tutorial.

[@timpridgen7608]

Thanks for this video! It was very informative. I have some old chairs that I was going to replace the cane bottoms with cushions but now can fix them the right way! Love your channel. Great videos and super family too!

[@melodycapehartmedina2264]

I've always wanted to see this done! Thanks for sharing!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank you!!

[@PaulDGreen-bu4iz]

Very nice work! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family! Thank you for sharing!

[@condeerogers5858]

That was an absolutely awesome video. I love your videos. I would love to see more soon. Especially your great house. I've been watching videos on how to make a hewn log house and I think they are the best design by far. I probably won't make one, but I love learning anyway. Your house is something else. God bless you and your beautiful family and merry Christmas. From the Ozarks in Missouri.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank you so much!! I've always been amazed by the hewn log house! I'll be making more soon about the house! God bless

[@nekkidfiddler5861]

Thank you for sharing this i been wanting to try this for a while im down here outside of boone NC .

[@cicibradley2809]

Great job. Lovin your channel over here in Carolina. What do y'all call it when you mess up on a pattern? If Nanny did while sewing, quilting, caning etc, she'd call it a turkey track.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I’ve never heard that one but I like it!

[@matthewharris9503]

Perfect, I needed this, have two old rocking chairs. Thanks a lot, really great!

[@ewmercer]

I’m totally inspired and have a couple of questions: How much cane was needed to complete the seat bottom on ½” cane? How much would one of the tall rocking chair back and seat need in the ¼”? I have 3 antique chairs that have needed reworking in the herringbone pattern, and finally I know exactly how to do it! Thanks so much for the instructions!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Most regular chairs I use 1 hank, wouldn’t hurt to have 2 on hand. 1/4 inch I’m not sure I haven’t used any in several years, it is extremely time consuming. I did 2 matching rockers bottom and backs with 1/4 and took me forever lol

[@tammymann6292]

Very informative! I've only done the rush weaving and have made some cordage with corn husks that I hope to use on a chair but I've never tried the cane. You're very talented! :)

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Tammy Mann thank you! I’ve never worked with rush before I’ve cut a lot of rush bottoms out when I’ve put cane in for people. I’d like to try it sometime tho

[@marilynnoakes1429]

Love that it is a wonderful talent. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and yours. Looking forward to many more videos

[@johnpolhamus9041]

This is excellent instruction! Thank you!!

[@azalsky5096]

Estou assistindo esse video em 2021, amei apesar de nao entender o idioma aprendi bastante, sou do Brasil.

[@fayeburden4331]

Thanks for the lesson. Very interesting. I am going to try it using fabric strips. Hope it works.

[@kevinarmentrout4117]

Great work, enjoyed the video very much.

[@williamwoods2624]

Good man….. that’s a clean job.

[@bsofar1675]

Beautiful work.

[@andystennesseelife7016]

Man that's really cool, I always wondered how they did those chairs like that.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank ya! It's a dying art

[@andystennesseelife7016]

I'm gonna have to try my hand at that myself, maybe keep it going for alittle while longer anyway here in Alabama to.

[@janetcrane59]

Wow its a work of art!

[@barbarahuffmansaunders2478]

Totally beautiful i.love it such a good job.

[@paulasupple2221]

I’d love to try this. Thanks for the learning.

[@ritamccartt-kordon283]

I really enjoyed this video! I sat in so many chairs just like that one as I grew up! It was wonderful to see you do this, I'd always wondered how they were made. Great job! Thank you! GOD bless you and your family! Bee blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster Ridge

[@mikegriffinministries7722]

Great job, you make it look easy!!! Thank you I'm a new subscriber today!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

hey buddy can you do a video on how to do the chinking on your cabin?

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Stoney Ridge Farmer yes sure can! We’ve been wanting to make one for a while now

[@sparkdg]

Thanks for sharing your skill.

[@lorikendrick5076]

Thanks. Easy to follow instructions.

[@plroud6801]

all the best to you and yours from new Zealand hope to get a farm in easy ky very soon cheers phil

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Thank you! Good luck to ya

[@jeanafoster2315]

Great job.... And thank you for the video, I think I can do it now....

[@saturdayschild376]

Great instructional video, thank you.

[@karenchakey]

Beautiful work!

[@tnmike31]

Thanks for the video! I just replaced the bottom in a rocker that was built in 1939 by my great great grandfather for grandmother at 3yrs old. Your video was extremely helpful! Question for though, I had the bottom side getting tighter much faster than the top and was harder to keep the weave close together. Is that common?

[@keithblackburn2118]

Merry Christmas from Floyd County.

[@gregdefouw9802]

Wow nice work

[@srmwalburn]

Excellent tutorial I have two of my grandmother’s chairs - probably over 100 years old each. Your tutorial has given me the confidence to try to repair or completely re-cane. Do you have any advice of just a few splints are broken? Do you think I should start from scratch or just do a repair?

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I would try to just replace the broke. Long as you get a few weaves just tuck the end under some of the previous and it will hold

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I’ll have to do a video on this next time I repair one like that. How ever you do it I hope they turn out great for ya

[@srmwalburn]

@@FlutyLickHomestead Thank you for your time and advice! I purchased the ash strips. I plan to do the repair today. I found a broken back rail on the second chair that I need to completely reweave so I need to figure that replacement out for that one. Anyway, I plan to watch your tutorial again today before beginning. I'd LOVE to have a close up on the joint you make to connect strips if you ever have time to post one.

[@srmwalburn]

@@FlutyLickHomestead Thank you!!! I'll let you know how it goes. I just spent 3 hours stripping the old split ash and mostly pulling about 100 carpet and miniscule tacks the previous weaver used.

[@jessiesmith9409]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@lindseyscott]

How do you know how much cane you need? My great grandma had a cane bottom rocker that my grandma painted it years ago and now the cane is cracking. We use it daily to rock my baby. Love to keep these old pieces of furniture!

[@vickydyar1856]

Looks great

[@btpearce]

Awesome , I am saving this video in my favorites :-) Do you put any kind of finish on it after it dries ?

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I don’t but you could put a clear coat or linseed or aomething

[@louisedumais6496]

video well done, great job

[@YourMomPlaysMario]

What type of cane would you use for an outdoor chair? And, how do you know when it’s soaked enough?

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I’ve only used rush cane or now mostly hickory bark, they do fine on a covered porch, they do make a plastic material but I’m not sure where to tell you to find it, perhaps V.I. Reed and cane. Some basket supply might have it.

[@banjerpicker8959]

Hey nice video. Where can you buy the cane strips?

[@johntoothman4888]

Pretty cool!!

[@jspyrogram]

Love that join!

[@eddystocks7857]

Where would you order that 1/2” cane from? Thanks and very educational from back in earlier times

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

I order this kind from the basket makers catalog online

[@WalkingbytheSpiritAlways]

That is really beautiful work. Jesus is Lord, and He is coming soon, so it won't need to last that long, but it is really beautiful. God bless. Maranatha.

[@susanssoulshines9847]

Hey Jarod & Fluty Lick Fam, from SC! How long did you soak that basket weaving cane? So for that pattern, at each new row (top and bottom?) you go under 1, then under 2, then under 3, then repeat, right? I'll have to get the splicing trick down :) Another lesson shared & appreciated. The finished piece is beautiful, great job - thx for the video! Did yall not do a live chat last Mon, the 19th? I kept looking, hope all was ok :) I'll be looking tonight, see ya next time :)

[@sslukerable]

Susans Soul Shines hey 👋🏻 I’m from SC too! Loving these videos by this beautiful family!

[@srmwalburn]

Thanks!

[@mjrewerts]

Very nice 👍🏼. I recently found a small child’s chair that needs a new bottom. Would you recommend 1/2” cane for this? Thanks and God bless!

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

That’s great! 1/2 or 3/4 would look good!