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Hey Dan, why don't you make up a signature file for your posts that include a hotlink to your wonderful website so everyone can see what you do?

Your work is spectacular and you get free advertising every time you use the signature file and refer folks back to specific pages of your website, you know.

The Wicker Woman®:--Cathryn Peters
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round rush seats loxie, Wed Jun 27 10:18am

I have received a chair that has a cane back and a round rush seat. how do I rush this chair bottom. there is 8 screws on the bottom that forms a cross. I have finished the back, but an puzzles by... more
- Re: round rush seats The Wicker Woman, Thu Jun 28 7:52am
  
  Loxie, My advice was going to be the same as Dan's, use a rasp, small triangle shaped file or just a utility knife and cut some grooves along the round parts just before the "corners" so the rush... more
- Re: round rush seats Dan Alleger, Wed Jun 27 11:40pm
  
  I'd probably use the sharp edge of a file to create some "training" channels for the rush to sit in. Creating these small indentations gives the rush somewhere to sit until the next row snugs up... more
- - round rush seat larry.patt, Fri Jun 29 7:39am
    
    i have used small clamps to hold the last row of rush on all sides. worked fine for me.
  - Re: round rush seats The Wicker Woman, Thu Jun 28 7:54am

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