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restore an old rocking chair.

cena · 2015-07-04 13:00:22

trying to fix up an old rocking chair she had as a child. The seat cladding has bowed over time. Any way I can fix them.

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04-07-2015 2:00pm

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cena

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trying to fix up an old rocking chair she had as a child. The seat cladding has bowed over time. Any way I can fix them.

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#2 04-07-2015 6:58pm
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A photo would be a great help :rolleyes:

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#3 04-07-2015 7:21pm
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Here you go

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#4 05-07-2015 9:58am
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I was going to suggest the technique of glueing some slips into sawkerfs but being a chair seat I think it would weaken it too much.
If you could machine 10mm slats to be glued on to the concave side and clamped to a flat surface while drying I'm pretty sure they would stay straight.

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