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I'm just about an hour from Canada and hear "eh" and "good day" pretty regularly.

Seems funny till I heard a guy from Canada talking about how often people from the USA use "uh" and terms like "take it easy" or "catch you later".

On the chair, I decided to tear it down and re-glue and refinish the whole thing. It's completely apart and about half stripped.

Catch ya on the flip side, eh!
Randy

Thanks for all the replies. I got the lovely piece of wall paneling off the bottom. Your're right sofadoc, more than one upholsterer on this one. And judging by all the fasteners I ripped out of the bottom, one of them was a sheet rocker, one was a roofer and one was a finish carpenter. There were two or three upholstery tacks as well. But just for authenticity I'm sure.

Also right in that upon closer inspection, there are signs of a metal spring frame. I'll either web the bottom and order some springs or just web the top and go from there. This project is just for getting my feet wet in upholstery so I'm not sure if I'll refinish the wood but it is tempting.

So if go with bottom webbing I need to determine how deep of springs to buy. The depth from the webbing to the top of the sides will be 4". I'll be tossing the strips that the spring frame sat on and putting my spring ties right into the top of the oak sides.

Thanks again, checks in the mail guys!

Randy

Hello all,
My name is Randy, I live in Washington state and am getting ready to have a go at some upholstery projects. I've been lurking around a few weeks and have learned a lot already. You all look like one the friendliest groups I've come across. I'm going to take a stab at getting some images here and then I have a few questions if I may.


Here's the poor abused chair I'm going to work on. It's been left out in the weather and is pretty bleached out and has some loose pieces. I'm pretty handy with that kind of stuff so shouldn't see any problems structure wise.



Someone has nailed a piece of wall paneling under the cambric. Nice touch for sure.



Here's a picture of the back. The backsides of the top and bottom rails have more holes than Bonnie and Clyde.



Closer shot of the inside back. Notice that all of the back rails have holes front and back next to the stiles.

So then, as I move forward, here's where I'm at with my assumptions.

1. I like lost dogs, stray cats and saving hopeless cases.

2. I'm thinking that this chair never had springs. It had webbing on the top with padding built up over that and covered. I'm assuming the webbing failed and sunk so they nailed the board on bottom.

3. I'm also thinking the inside back was covered and trim was added around the rails at the stiles on the center two back rails.

Do you agree with these assumptions? Any suggestions? I'm not looking for an upholstery 101 course here for free. Just hoping for a little direction and encouragement. I'm doing lots of studying on techniques and have watched tons of videos including Bucks mission chair videos on youtube which I think covers most of what I have ahead of me here.

Thanks for any help you can offer. I look forward to being part of the community.

Randy