There are many different types of cane furniture that have been made for the last few centuries. Wicker furniture is usually made from Rattan or Bamboo.
Bamboo Cane Furniture
Because Bamboo is one of the quickest growing plants, it's been used for centuries to make durable, long lasting furniture.
Bamboo is also a very sturdy wood, making it a good candidate for furniture creation. Being naturally straight and sturdy, when varnish is added, bamboo becomes even more durable. Varnish also enhances the final look of the furniture.
Rattan Cane Furniture
Unlike Bamboo which grows very straight and vertically, Rattan is more pliable and grows in vines that can reach more than fifty feet in length.
Like Bamboo, Rattan is easy to replenish, making it a great candidate for affordable furniture. Also like bamboo, rattan furniture is very sturdy because of the way the vines of the plant grow.
Cane Furniture Shopping
When shopping for cane furniture, it's a wise investment to make sure you're buying genuine Bamboo or Rattan furniture and not a cheap knock-off. Remember that you get what you pay for when shopping for anything. In the long run (for you and for the planet), it's better to spend a little more to get something of quality that's made from a resource that's easily and naturally produced.
Cane Furniture Care
Like other possessions you might have, if you take care of it, cane furniture will last a lot longer. Here are some tips for taking care of your wicker furniture.
* Keep it clean - use a soapy water or Murphy's Wood Soap to keep the furniture clean and free of debris.
* Keep it protected - you can use linseed oil to help protect the wood of your wicker furniture.
* Keep it Dry - Wicker furniture (especially bamboo) becomes more pliable when wet. If you sit on wet wicker furniture, you can cause it to sag and have it dry in that position.
Wicker Furniture Challenge
Wicker furniture has been around for centuries and will be around for years to come. Here's a challenge - keep an eye open tomorrow for any wicker or cane furniture you might see throughout the day. You might be surprised at how much you start to see how integrated into modern life this style of furniture is.
If you're looking for a great alternative to the tacky, mass produced plastic lawn chairs and outdoor tables, take a look at wicker furniture as a more environmentally friendly and artistic alternative. You can help do something for the environment and be stylish at the same time.
With the increase in popularity of the window cleaning water fed pole across the world, and especially here in the UK, lets take a look at the different variation of the window cleaning pole, and a brief look at the manufacturing processes. The two main types of pole, telescopic and modular, with the thee main materials being, glass fiber, aluminum, and carbon fibre.
Telescopic, which usually rely on clamping the individual sections together, which keeps the sections at and desired given height. The telescopic pole is the most widely used and comes in the three main materials mentioned above, which are aluminum, glass fibre, and carbon fibre.
Modular, Which usually relies on individual sections the same diameter that join together, by either threaded parts on each end, or by wedging one part inside the other.
The three main materials currently used as you can imagine have different properties with the Carbon fibre being the lightest and stiffest, followed by the aluminum, then the glassfibre. Cost wise as well they follow the same sequence with carbon fibre being the most expensive followed by aluminum, then glassfibre. Different grades of material, and different processing techniques will effect the final quality of the sections.
There are quite a few manufacturing processes involve in the manufacturing of the sections which we will take a look at, and which we will break down into two groups, Aluminum, and the Fibres (glass and carbon)
Firstly the aluminum sections can be made from rolling sheets of aluminum, or extruding. Rolling like the name suggests is a flat piece of aluminum with the wall thickness of the tube to be made, rolled around a mandrel and joined together to form the finished tube. Extruded is a bit more complicated and relies on soft aluminum being forced through a heated die the shape of the section which is being made.
Glass and carbon fibre sections have a few more ways in which they can be made, and here we will look at the most popular.
Rolled, the material is matting impregnated with hardening resin, and is much the same as the aluminum rolled. The matting is impregnated with a hardening resin, and rolled round a mandrel to form the desired shape, and then heated in an oven to cure. Once cured it is then removed from the mandrel and ready for use.
Pultruded, The pultruding is much the same process as for the aluminum except instead of being pushed through a die, it is pulled through. Individual fibres or strands and impregnated with hardening resin and pulled through a heated die which forms the shape, and hardens it. A chop saw then cuts the sections to the desired length automatically at the end of the process.
Pull winding, The same as pultruding except a winding machine is place in front of the die which allows strands to be wound round the tube as well as longitudinal strand running the whole length of the tube.
Filament winding, Again there is a mandrel and impregnated strands, this time the mandrel is spinning and the strands are fed onto the mandrel at a in a preset sequence, once the desired thickness has been achieved the mandrel and attached sections are left to cure, before the finished section is removed.
The above methods have there advantages and disadvantages. For instance the rolled tubes, and filament wound tubes, are time consuming and labour intensive, so more expensive for individual sections, but are ideal for short runs where samples are essential. Mass production is easier and more cost effective by means of pultrusion, pull winding, or extrusion. Cost per tube is very low, but the initial outlay is much higher with set-up costs and die costs.
Aquatec systems a UK based window cleaning supply company is working on a new type pole, one which is telescopic but dosn't rely on clamps. No time is wasted with this type of pole putting up each section then clamping it, and the reversal closing the pole. A flick of the wrist will put the pole up to working height, and a movement of the hand will fully close the pole again. All the time the operator is working the pole will stay at the desired working height.
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