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2012
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May
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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
- Life, death and blog posts
- 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?
- Checking the RSS feed
- The major segments of the equine spine
- A special saddle for a special lady
- Putting the spine together
- This is what is left...
- "It's the dust that kills tree makers."
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2011
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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?
- Artisan's Show at the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
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October
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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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August
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What keeps treemakers amused
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