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Equipment and Materials

Here's some information on the woods we used, as well as the big machines and the small tools that were a daily part of our lives for over 20 years.

Materials

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/construction-materials/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/this-week-out-of-the-shop/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/strength-testing-or-why-we-use-yellow-poplar-our-bars/

Large equipment

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/big-equipment-careful-cuts/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-big-band-saw-said-in-a-low-deep-voice/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-jointer-surfacer-planer-thicknesser/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-belt-sander/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/it-s-the-dust-that-kills-tree-makers/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/cleaning-the-filters/

Small tools

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/some-special-marking-tools/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/tools-used-when-rawhiding-a-saddle-tree/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/safety-equipment-around-the-shop/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-handiest-tool-in-the-shop/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/most-important-tool-shop/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/behind-closed-door/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/rods-new-toy/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/ya-think-its-time/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/modifications/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/table/