seat weaving

don · Post by **don** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:42 pm

I am have trouble finding instructions on weaving seats -- does anyone have a source for this information?
thanks
don

Glen Smith · Post by **Glen Smith** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:00 pm

Here are a few links you can check out: http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~wayne/Caning/ChairCaning.htm
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/html_pubs ... weave.html

Jack in Stoughton · Post by **Jack in Stoughton** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:13 am

Gilpatrick's book is very good. "How to build a cedar strip canoe" or something like that.

Steve Lansdowne · Post by **Steve Lansdowne** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:12 pm

I did mine just by referring to Mac McCarthy's chapter in his Wee Lassie book (Featherweight Boatbuilding). My only suggestion is to put the holes in the frame closer together than he suggests. This would make weaving more difficult, but the end product would have smaller holes in the weave than what I came up with.

don · Post by **don** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:23 pm

the info off the web was quite good -- looks like a lot of work but what the heck.
thanks
don

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:01 pm

I used the sites that Glen mentioned for my first canoe. The seats turned out nice. For my second canoe I built a Martin Step seat and used his caning method. Thats a nice seat. I don't know if you would consider either method "work" but they are a little time consuming. I would cane for an hr at a time and you can do it while watching TV. Sometimes the seats get just as much attention as the canoe. Its nice to be able to say that you built them too.
Dave

Glen Smith · Post by **Glen Smith** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:29 pm

Click on this link: http://www.bearmountainboats.com/gallery_Hiawatha.htm then scroll down near the page bottom. You will see one of the seats I made for my Hiawatha canoe in a daisy pattern. It took me about 8 hours to weave one seat but I feel it was time well spent. Make sure you are sitting comfortably, it's hard on the back.

DaveH_Wis · Post by **DaveH_Wis** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:23 am

Glen,

That is a real good looking seat. Where could I find instructions for the pattern?

Regards,

Dave

Glen Smith · Post by **Glen Smith** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:06 am

Hi Dave, I couldn't find instructions when I did mine, I just looked at a photo in a magazine and figured it out myself. But this is your lucky day! There are instructions in one of the websites I already gave and here is the direct link: http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~wayne/Caning/D ... nsBack.htm Enjoy!