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Using a steamer to soften and remove the glue in the groove of a spline cane chair seat. Protect the wooden finish and use short bursts of steam and removal of that spline will be a quick as a wink.
You’ll wonder why it took you so long to discover this tool. What a time saver! Here’s a YouTube video I made on removing chair cane spline with a steamer.
Use an icepick or awl to make room in the holes of strand chair caning if there are too many strands in the hole. Put the icepick in the hole and “ream” it out by forcing all strands to the outer circle of the hole, then you can insert more strands!
Always bevel or round off the 90 ° inner edge of the chair caning wooden seat frame. Use either a rasp or this handy Stanley Shurform Shaver to soften that sharp edge, then go over it all with a piece of sandpaper to smooth.
Hope this helps! What are your favorite chair caning tools? Leave a comment and also SHARE this with other seat weaving friends.
I have not tried the rasp to do this, I use a sander to round the edge of the chairs. I may have to try this tool. I also find the ice pick a handy tool many times when caning a chair.