seats

[Jan Bloom]

The OT Yankee I just got is from 1952 and has pressed cane seats. I really do not like that look and am considering making a set of seats with woven cane. In looking at OT woven cane seats there is a diference in hole spacing between my "29" HW AA and "37" HW CS. I really like the look of the
"29". It does not lace to the corner but instead the cane is diagonal across the corner. So Tuesday morning I will run up to the sawmill and see if they have any pieces of white oak (need to match the decks) laying around.

 

[Greg Nolan]

seat weaving

For what it is worth, my 1931 OT 50 pounder, which I believe has the original seats with woven cane, has the diagonal corners. I also like the look, but it does make weaving the edge binding cane just a bit more difficult -- keeping the binding flat while rounding the corners is a bit tricky.

 

[Jan Bloom]

Keeping it flat while doing a 90' corner can be tricky as well. I think I will space it out for the "chamfered corner". Just looks cleaner.