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Special Wood Post Horns
Metal Horns
Pack Trees
Side Saddle Trees
Special Requests
Construction Materials
Understanding Tree Measurements
Measuring a Saddle Tree
Seat Length and Thigh Length Relationships
Why We Use Hand Hole Width Instead Of Gullet Width
Avoiding the Withers - Using Hand Hole Height and Gullet Height Measurements
Cantle Conundrums
The Basics on Horns
Tree and Saddle Fitting
Factors That Affect Tree Fit
Troubleshooting Saddle Fit Problems
Trouble Shooting Saddle Fit Problems Quick Reference Chart
Bar Angles: Why the Numbers Are Meaningless Between Makers
Measuring Horses For Fit
Taking Back Drawings
Building a Saddle Tree
Building The Bars
Building a Wood Post Horn Fork
Building a Metal Horn Fork
Building a Cantle
Putting It All Together
Rawhiding a Saddle Tree
Pounding Trees and Finishing
Tour of the Shop
The Most Important Part
Time, Money and other FAQs
Order Form
Saddle Trees For Sale
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Saddle Tree Blog - From Shop and Desk
Saddle Trees - from Shop and Desk
This Week in the Shop
Effect of weight on the horse's back - Part 1
Effect of weight on the horse's back - Part 2
What keeps treemakers amused
This Week in the Shop
Duplicating trees Part 1 - taking them apart
Duplicating trees Part 2- making the replacement
How we use the Dennis Lane Equine Back Profiling System numbers
This week in the shop
A special saddle tree for a special lady
Crunching the numbers
Meet Arnie
Hamley Hangers
Where do you start with a table full of bones?
This week out of the shop
Last week away from the shop
"The cupboard was bare..."
Foreleg of the horse - bones and attachment
Rod's been busy...
An interesting link on equine anatomy
Cantle slots
Last week in the shop
Artisan's Show at the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
How does the horse's shoulder blade move?
The Artisans Show at the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
Movement of the shoulder blades and saddle fit
Today in the shop
A Charro saddle tree
False "saddle fit rules" regarding the shoulder blades
Four Wades - or are they?
Saddle fit and the bell curve
Making rawhide isn't fun
Bones of the hind leg - part one
Things to see on a broken saddle tree
Anyone know who built this tree?
Bones of the hind leg - part two
Tools used when rawhiding a saddle tree
Preparing deer hide for rawhide lace
Saddle fit - How much pressure is too much?
BIG equipment, careful cuts
Of pivots, lollipops and springs - movement of the horse’s hind leg
Merry Christmas!
"It's the dust that kills tree makers."
This is what is left...
Putting the spine together
A special saddle for a special lady
The major segments of the equine spine
Checking the RSS feed
Rawhide Soup, anyone?
Itty Bitty Kiddie tree
To be sung to the tune of Hockey Night in Canada…
Taking the shoulder to hip measurement
The basic design of the vertebrae
Is this what a horse feels?
How does pressure cause tissue damage?
Today in the shop
Taylor versus regular cantles – see the difference
If you have it sitting in the shop…
And the vertebra is connected to the...
One of these things is not like the other...
Side Saddle Trees
The cervical (neck) vertebrae and how they move
A stood up Wade fork
The handiest "tool" in the shop
Of cutlery and saddle fit...