Took a few pictures of "normal" around here, and one of not so normal... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/around-shop-week/
Some of the things we have had in process around here today... Subscribe to RSS Feed It has been a while since I just took pictures around the place to show you what happens around here on a run of the mill type of day. So - here you… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/process/
Not that it's always bad, but sometimes things just don't look as nice as at other times... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/ugliest-stage/
Subscribe to RSS Feed when Rod is back working outside... We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/you-know-it-getting-be-spring/
Another little job that is more difficult here than it would be in Australia... Subscribe to RSS Feed and I need to refill them with lumber from our wood storage shed. The impediment to doing this easily is only about 2 ½ feet of snow…… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/i-need-move-lumber/
Pictures of some trees, and Rod rawhiding a tree. Just normal stuff. Well, almost all is normal stuff... Subscribe to RSS Feed Here’s a couple of trees we currently have drying. They were just a few days past rawhiding at this point. The Wade on the left has a the… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/around-shop-last-week/
Building saddle trees means babysitting them as they dry, and that leaves no room for an impulsive style of life. when you are a tree maker. I’m talking about the Friday morning “lets just go away for the weekend” kind of spontaneity that a lot of people take for granted. No, when… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/spontaneity-is-not-an-option/
What I do in the shop, versus what Rod does... Oh, I can select the wood we’ll use and cut, joint, plane and edge it smooth. I can glue the wood up square and I can mark the pattern there. I can varnish the… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/division-of-labour/
It's been a tad busy around here lately... Subscribe to RSS Feed Well, the flowers are still blooming like crazy in front of the house and the shop. We are no longer building saddle trees, but… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-s-happening-at-the-nikkel-s/
This past couple weeks have been a tad hectic... but all with good things!! Subscribe to RSS Feed with good things lately… We did our yearly wood buying trip to Edmonton, and now our wood storage is filled for the year. Doodle and… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/our-life-has-been-filled/
It was raining outside, so I took pictures inside the shop today. Just a regular old work day at the Nikkel's... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/around-the-shop-today/
Some pictures of the current work and trees in the shop today. Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-s-up-in-the-shop/
One of the things we do regularly - otherwise, what would be the point of making them??? Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/shipping-trees1/
Here's what was new and different around the shop today. Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/something-different/
Another normal day in the shop, and this is what the camera found to photograph... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/just-some-shots-around-the-shop/
Just noticing what is in the shop at the moment, and seeing a pattern to how the orders often come in - for no apparent reason... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/they-come-in-waves/
Changes in trees and lots of barrels in the shop tonight. Subscribe to RSS Feed Here's some pictures from the shop tonight, as the look of some trees changed dramatically, and the rawhide room is very full - of large, blue… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/before-after-and-another-kind-of-full/
Everything around here seems full today... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/full/
Tree making isn't ranked real high on the dangerous occupation list, but there are some things that make life safer, short and long term, that are wise to use. Subscribe to RSS Feed One of the most common things you may have noticed in a lot of pictures is Rod wearing hearing protection. We both have "ears" and wear them a… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/safety-equipment-around-the-shop/
Just one more of the things that are hard to factor into the equation when someone says "how many hours do you put into each tree?" Subscribe to RSS Feed We use rawhide to lace our trees as we feel it is the best material out there for the job. And we make our own rawhide, usually out of deer… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/cutting-lace-a-rather-mundane-but-important-job/
