What Rod did today
We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.
What I did today.
Mine smelled better...
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November
- We told you it would be good...
- Of trees, and trees...
- Reason #9 to order a hand made tree - Detailed record keeping
- Of cantle width and dish
- Reason #8 to order a hand made tree - special requests are honored
- Back movement and muscle contractions
- From here to there
- Off to the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
- It's coming...
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October
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September
- Of single backs, double backs and crown
- Of sawbucks, jigs and angles
- Reasons 6 and 7 - Communication with us directly and good customer service
- Just a neat looking tree
- Saddle fit - Western compared to English Part 2
- Ya gotta look inside...
- The Longissimus Dorsi
- Saddle fit - Western compared to English Part 1
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August
- Of Arizona bars, and why we won't make them...
- What Rod did today
- Reason #5 to order a hand made tree - time saved and ease in building
- Now that's a fancy horn cap!
- Yesterday in the shop
- The Medial Gluteal muscle
- Priorities, priorities...
- It's been a year...
- The BIG BAND SAW (said in a low, deep voice...)
- All western saddles extend over the loin
- Checking out a flex tree
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July
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May
- Proper position of a western saddle - new page on our website!
- Shipping trees
- The value of an objective standard
- The Trapezius muscle
- Boil and bubble and jigsaw puzzles
- Reason #3 to order a hand made tree - The overall look and shape of the tree improves the overall look of your saddle
- A word (or a few) about muscles
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April
- Working on an exposed wood post horn cap
- Movement of the rib cage
- Reasons #1 and #2 to order a hand made tree - materials and workmanship
- This past week - inside
- This past week - outside
- The rib cage
- Some good reasons to order a hand made tree
- Of sagging backs and tickling tummies
- Exposed Padauk wood horn cap
- Wood Post Will James saddle tree
- Speaking of surface area...
- Movement of the lumbar spine
- It's spring!
- Cantles - making them symmetrical
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March
- A couple of changes
- This week in the shop - so far
- Pack Trees
- Can the loin of the horse carry weight?
- What happens before what happens, happens...
- Rawhiding - again...
- The lumbar and sacral vertebrae
- It's amazing the difference a year makes
- You never know where, or when
- Thoracic spine anatomy, movement and saddle fit
- One of these things is not like the other...
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February
- Wade Wade Wade Wade Wade Waaaaade
- The thoracic vertebrae
- This week in the shop
- Of cutlery and saddle fit...
- The handiest "tool" in the shop
- A stood up Wade fork
- The cervical (neck) vertebrae and how they move
- Side Saddle Trees
- One of these things is not like the other...
- And the vertebra is connected to the...
- If you have it sitting in the shop…
- Taylor versus regular cantles – see the difference
- Today in the shop
- How does pressure cause tissue damage?
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January
- Is this what a horse feels?
- The basic design of the vertebrae
- Taking the shoulder to hip measurement
- To be sung to the tune of Hockey Night in Canada…
- Itty Bitty Kiddie tree
- Rawhide Soup, anyone?
- The major segments of the equine spine
- A special saddle for a special lady
- Putting the spine together
- "It's the dust that kills tree makers."
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December
- Merry Christmas!
- Of pivots, lollipops and springs - movement of the horse’s hind leg
- BIG equipment, careful cuts
- Saddle fit - How much pressure is too much?
- Preparing deer hide for rawhide lace
- Tools used when rawhiding a saddle tree
- Bones of the hind leg - part two
- Anyone know who built this tree?
- Things to see on a broken saddle tree
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November
- Bones of the hind leg - part one
- Making rawhide isn't fun
- Saddle fit and the bell curve
- Four Wades - or are they?
- False "saddle fit rules" regarding the shoulder blades
- A Charro saddle tree
- Today in the shop
- Movement of the shoulder blades and saddle fit
- The Artisans Show at the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
- How does the horse's shoulder blade move?
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September
- Meet Arnie
- Crunching the numbers
- A special saddle tree for a special lady
- This week in the shop
- How we use the Dennis Lane Equine Back Profiling System numbers
- Duplicating trees Part 2- making the replacement
- Duplicating trees Part 1 - taking them apart
- This Week in the Shop
- What keeps treemakers amused
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