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http://www.timberlinesaddletree.wordpress.com does work, it's the first one listed that is spam doesn't work. I'm trying to remove that post but I can't find any where to remove the post.

When I first made the website it was working, but since then the domain has changed so it's most likely changed. I'm trying to remove the link from here but can't figure it out.

I stumbled upon this video. It's pretty neat. Let me know if the link doesn't work. http://www.folkstrea...o/lige/lige.mov

I sharped the edge of a horseshoeing rasp, then welded another handle to the top. For me though it can do a better job of fleshing after it's been stretched and slightly dried out for a couple hours. I take a sharp rounded knife and use long stroked almost parallel with the hide. This does a pretty good job.

i've been thinking of doing this too. After a bit of use mine close up on me so I imagine this plastic burner would solve that problem.

You know I've had the same problem. It seemed like when I bought it the blade was slanting. I've tried to fix it but didn't really do it right

It's not under the presser foot but rather on the underside of the leather right by the bobbin. I was sewing some nylon straps to some canvas. It doesn't do nearly as bad on leather. Also mainly with the 346/277 thread.

i'm not sure if this has been addressed here in the forum yet but I'm having trouble lately with my machine double looping. It will be goign along just fine then it will jam as I pull the lever down, I look underneath and it looks like there's two loops where there should be just one. Sometimes I can pull the extra loop out of the way and continue a few more stitches before it does it again. Has anyone had this problem? How did you fix it. Thanks so much.

Great tutorial I've made several this week in prep for a ranch rodeo. I accidentally forgot one in the water for about 4-5 mintues. HOpefully it's not ruined. Seems fine though.

I just finished a website for Randy at Timberline in Vernal Ut. We're still working on the domain name. Thanks.

Thanks Dirtclod.

Aside from covering the swells, this was a pretty fun saddle to do. It's for a fellow cattlemen hopefully it will lead to other work from our Association! I can't say I'm diggin the crouper ring and other d rings on the back but that's what he wanted. Thanks.

It's a really good tool. I think I could just never get it sharpened the way it should be so my grooves never looks very good. I have Jeremiah Watt's groover which is really sharp and does a good job. I never had to worry about going too deep on these.

How long do you boil the honda? Thanks.

Thanks Denise

Thanks! No he hasn't seen it yet. I think tonight he will see it. You know I hope I didn't offend him by redoing his saddle. I guess I should have asked first although it was my saddle.

Thanks Mike! It's pretty different from what it looked like it think. The horn wrap is the chrome elk I got from Sheridan Leather Outfitters. I really liked to rope on it.

Here's the before picture.

I don't know if anyone feels this way but I kind of get sad when I finish a saddle. Mostly it's because I don't have a project to work on. That's mainly why I started this one. After I finished my last saddle and was waiting on the next tree to come I got itching to do something so that's when I decided to redo one of our old saddles that we had in our shed. It was built by my cousin when he was only 15 or 16. He did a great job and he's a really good saddle maker so it's not that I was trying to redo some mistakes I was just bored. However, I am pleased how this turned out. I got the stamp from Wayne Jueschke. Wow what a difference a nice stamp makes. Totally worth the money. We have our branding tomorrow so I'm drooling at the mouth. It's going to be like Christmas morning tomorrow.

This a bouncer I made out of a ball hitch. It is nice and heavy. I ground down the edge on top but then I realized it was leaving black marks. This is an old screw driver I ground down to use as a scratch awl. This is an old chainsaw tool I turned into a bleeder for cutting the saddle string slots. It works great. These aren't the prettiest pliers but they work great around the horn and cantle. These are some old screw drivers I turned into ticklers. They works great. I like the smaller one better. This is a plexi-glass slicker. Credit goes to Jeremiah Watt on this idea. I turned this string puller/tightener out of black walnut. Haven't used this one yet. This is a lace cutter. Only used this once. But then started using a little cheap plastic one. Here's a few more: These was made for skiving leather. I think it's a good idea but couldn't get it to work. This is also for skiving leather. This one actually works. The only drawback is you can't do wider than about 1.5"

I have a pretty good method that works. I dome the rivet before I use it. I have drilled an impression into my anvil, then I put the rivet head into it and slide something slightly larger than the rivet shaft to force the head down into the hole. Works great everytime.

Thanks Steve for your help. Here's how it turned out.

Ok maybe i'll try that. I think i'll have to split the rawhide cause it's pretty this now. Thanks Steve.

I agree that taking some decent photos does make a saddle stand out from similar ones. Now whenever I finish a saddle I go to town in photoshop and add text, different backgrounds etc. I think it helps bring it to life. It's the sizzle that sells the steak right? Here's an example of what I recently did for a an ad.

Hey Steve, Thanks. I was just searching around the internet and saw this tutorial on flickr. This guy just had a big rough cut piece that he sewed then cut later just under the stitch line. Where do you get your linen? Thanks.