Oak Swivel Rocker Office Chair

 A very neat old office chair that came in recently. The cane had fallen victim to the infamous knee-through-the seat and...

 

the back had been broken sometime in the past and had actually been repaired by a skilled workman. However, due to the relative thinness of the oak it had broken out again. It's not good when you can see the dowel pins! 

I cleaned out the broken area and re-glued and re-pined the back to the legs. Then I carefully matched a veneer piece over the repairs.

After it had set up, I color matched to the original finish with a stain mix.

Now for the leg. A playful puppy had worked it's magic on the surface and chewed it up good. I sanded it smooth again and actually had to re-cut the reeding.

Another shot as the leg awaits stain matching.

 

One of the swivels had a wormed out hole, so I removed it and drilled out a new, larger hole. Then I glued in a new hardwood dowel to re-set the swivel.

 

Here is the  re-set swivel ready to roll again!

 Then it was time to touch-up the finish on the leg where to pup had chewed it up.

 

Now to the seat. After cutting away the extra old cane to clear some work space, I got to work removing the old cane and replacing it with new.

As you can see.

Here is the finished chair after I cleaned and brightened the old finish, waiting for the customer to pick it up.