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A Beginners Guide to Cane & Rush Seating DVD "A Beginners Guide to Cane & Rush Seating" DVD has five chapters/projects:

Introduction - How to recognise which method of seating is needed on the chair frame. Where to buy antique chairs and what to look out for, how to spot hidden damage and poor repairs. What can be successfully restored and more importantly, what can not, plus a description of the materials used and where they come from.

Rush Stool - The first and easiest project. How to re-rush a simple footstool using paper fibre.

Rush Chair - The next stage. How to work rush onto a "trapezoidal" frame, and how to "stuff" the seats.

Cane Panel Chair - How to replace pre-woven cane panelling including how to tint the canework to match older panels.

Hand Woven Cane Chair - The six stages of weaving clearly explained including the preparation of the frame beforehand.

The DVD has been filmed at various locations over two years and is informal, we hope that by watching us work in our normal way you will find the instruction easier to follow. Concise written instructions have also been included giving extra useful information.

There is one short extra chapter included as a "special". During the course of filming we took on a large project - the restoration of a Bedford classic mahogany horsebox - it took us 800 hours labour and three months to complete. This extra chapter is the story of "Bernard" the Bedford.

VERY IMPORTANT - Non-UK customers. Please be aware that our DVDs are UK/European standard PAL format region free (0). They will play in all countries using the PAL standard and in the rest of the World through most computer DVD players.

In areas that use NTSC format, they will only play through standard TV/DVD players if the system is "all format" enabled. If your area is not PAL standard, check out your TV/DVD/computer system before ordering please, especially if your region uses NTSC, (mainly USA & Canada). We can only accept returns of discs that are faulty, we cannot be held responsible for non compatibility issues from overseas. We are compiling a list of customers who would prefer NTSC format, if you would like us to add you to this list please e-mail us at sales(at)formerglory.co.uk thanks!

For further information about PAL format and to be sure whether our DVDs will play in your region or not, please visit the link below, or if you have a computer DVD, take a look at the system properties to see if PAL format discs will play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL_format

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