caning seat
caning seat
Just finished glassing the outside hull of my Osprey, now looking to finish the seat I'm making with the plans from Greenval.
where can one buy cane in Ontario,London area or Toronto.
Thanks
Dave
http://www.harman.wildrec.net
where can one buy cane in Ontario,London area or Toronto.
Thanks
Dave
http://www.harman.wildrec.net
- Dean in Eureka, CA
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Dean in Eureka, CA
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Dave, if you find any in the London area.
Please let me know.
I'm in the same boat, literally.
I was going to look at some of the larger craft stores.
Plastic cane, right?
Doug
London
Please let me know.
I'm in the same boat, literally.
I was going to look at some of the larger craft stores.
Plastic cane, right?
Doug
London
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Cane
When I lived in Montreal, there was nobody listed as a cane supplier. I walked into a store where they sold rattan furniture and they just happened to also do caned chair repairs. They were happy to sell me the materials I needed.
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Dave,
I waivered back and forth on natural -vs- plastic for a while.
I figure that natural will add more value to the finished product, so that's what nailed it for me.
Being that I won't need the stuff right away, I'm going to go with e-commerce and get it from H. H. Perkins, they seem to be the most popular source of choice amoung boat builders.
I waivered back and forth on natural -vs- plastic for a while.
I figure that natural will add more value to the finished product, so that's what nailed it for me.
Being that I won't need the stuff right away, I'm going to go with e-commerce and get it from H. H. Perkins, they seem to be the most popular source of choice amoung boat builders.
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Dave,
You can mail order caning supplies from North Bay Canoe in Corbeil, ON. Nice people.
http://www.nbcanoe.com/mod.php?mod=cart ... &menu=1103
Michael
You can mail order caning supplies from North Bay Canoe in Corbeil, ON. Nice people.
http://www.nbcanoe.com/mod.php?mod=cart ... &menu=1103
Michael
Dave check with Martin Step (Green Valley), I think he recommends plastic, also, if I remmember correctly you can hardly tell that it is plastic.
Plastic more durable?
Colour change?
Doug
Plastic more durable?
Colour change?
Doug
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I used plastic from HHPerkins as well, also based on Gilpatrick book. The plastic is very durable, and those who use plastic complain about natural cane stretching when wet. People who use natural cane claim it doesn't stretch that much. The very few complaints I have ever heard about plastic cane all used cane from some other source than HHPerkins.