Replacing Cord on Danish Side Chairs  

He has his own pace, and he...
He has his own pace, and he mostly does benches nowadays.

Thanks again for the tips. I...
Thanks again for the tips. I have some scraper blades, and will use your method for removing the glue/foam residue on the black chairs I am working on.

Firkel
Your English would be the envy of many a native speaker ! No worries . . .
A syl seems to be like our awl . . .
Thanks for your post. There's nothing like hearing it "from the horse's mouth" (as we say).

Very cool advice and...
Very cool advice and picture! I still have one chair left to do so I am definitely going to try the back to middle -- front to middle technique. Doing it this way, you end op with two tacks in the center area of the side rails, no? Do they stay exposed or end up hidden under the weave? Thanks for posting Firkel!

Good tips!
Mange tak, Firkel!
I have not seen the technique of ending in the middle. It makes a lot of sense. I can try it on the Møller chair that I just got.
Send me your address and I'll mail you my extra Berry staple pulling tool. For many years I used the tools that you're describing but now I am crazy about this tool! Email me at info@modernchairrestoration[dot]com if you are interested. I don't sell them, I just happen to own two.

When i start weaving, i...
When i start weaving, i place atleast 3 turns on the first nail, then 2 on the rest as i go to the middle. The same on the other side, when you get to the middle, you sometimes get one turn at each nail.
Spanky u got mail
Espen

I finished scraping the glue ...
I finished scraping the glue and foam off of the last chair late last night. So, two days to strip and scrape ten chairs. Glad to finally have the worst part of this project behind me. Next I need to put in hundreds of nails, and order some new cord.

Spanky
The Berry's staple removal tool I got seems to be no worse for wear after ten chairs. It is a great tool, and I was thankful I had it. Thanks again for suggesting it.

You're welcome, tchp
Just a heads up on the cord---I got the big, huge coil of cord from Frank's and have done about ten chairs from it and it's only about half gone. If that. So if you don't anticipate doing more in the future, it would probably be smarter to get a bunch of the 2 lb coils.

Replacing nails - placement
Hi All,
I found this site so helpful in my first attempt at weaving (a Moeller bench), that I decided to take on the task of re-weaving 6 Wegner chairs with split rails.
Unfortunately, when I unwrapped them, I discovered the original nails had been replaced by tacks of some sort. On the front to back pieces, it's easy to see where the old nails went, so I think I can just pull the tacks and re-insert L nails.
However, on the side rails, they did not use tacks or nails, just a staple gun. There are nail holes on the inside rails (about 10 on each) and on the bottom edge of the rails. Do I insert nails on the inside and the bottom? That doesn't seem right to me, but I think I need 22 nails total and that's all I can figure out. I have the Caner's Handbook, but none of his photos show the nails on the side rails.
Any advice would be truly appreciated!
Thanks,
Kipper

There are no nails at all on...
There are no nails at all on the Wegner chairs with double side rails.
The Caner's Handbook shows clearly how to weave these seats. It's a different process than the Moller chairs in that you can't pull the cord off the big coil for the entire side-to-side weaving. You have to cut a 50-60' length and work with that---you have to pull the entire length through and around the double rail each time and if the hank is too big it will not fit.
The staples you found may have been to secure cords that were broken from wear.
You will also find a few tack holes here and there (and maybe the old tacks too) where the ends of each 50-60' length of cord were secured. This is how the originals are done. (Maybe later ones were stapled, I dunno.)
Does this help?

Kipper
Can you post photos of what you're talking about? I like a good mystery but need more clues!

nails. .
I'm giving the photo thing a try. . .

I don't think that's the whole URL..?
Your URL shows "users.com" as the host site but that comes up as a credit union's site.
Photobucket is free and a lot of people here use it to host photos.

IF at first you don't succeed. . .
Another try at photos.
If this work, the first is the chair, post seat removal, pre-unwinding the side rails.
The second is the side rail with attendant staples.
The third is a bottom view of the whole chair with tacks, not l-nails.
Thanks for the photobucket recomendation!