Rod and Denise Nikkel Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Posted October 25, 2007 Alan, The way we measure dish is by laying a ruler along the the front edge of the cantle and measuring in to the top of the cantle gullet. I am not familiar with how you are measuring. Could you explain further? Does doing this affect the amount of dish and if so how and why? Easy answer - No, standing a cantle up doesn't affect the dish you put into it. You can still put 1 1/4" dish into any angle of our regular cantles. Complicated answer - except... If the angle you choose doesn't physically allow you to have the deep or shallow dish you want. Basically, the more stood up a cantle is, the more dish it can have in it without making the cantle too thin. And there is a limit to how little dish you can put in a cantle depending on those cuts on the bars. Those limits will vary with cantle angle. Standing the cantle up and choosing the same dish will affect the slope of the face of the cantle. It will also get more upright. Confused enough yet? Any tree maker we have talked with has said that cantles are the most complicated part of the tree, and we sure agree with them! Quote "Every tree maker does things differently." www.rodnikkel.com
Members Alan Bell Posted October 25, 2007 Members Report Posted October 25, 2007 Denise, I am away from the home front now and was envisioning the illustration you provided from memory. My mistake. I thought you were measuring from the point where the cantle touches the bars and then back to the cantle gullet rather than across the cantle at a height even with the cantle gullet. So much for my memory cells! Vaya con Dios, Alan Bell Get up! Stand up! stand up for your rights! Bob Marley Quote
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