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r_h_m: my saddle stretching jig
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r_h_m: raw leather, soaking wet
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r_h_m: the stamps
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r_h_m: placing the leather on the jig
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r_h_m: stretching begins
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r_h_m: merciless stretching
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r_h_m: fully stretched
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r_h_m: nose piece
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r_h_m: and now it looks like a saddle
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r_h_m: the center two cantle plate rivets
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r_h_m: screwed together with long bolts
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r_h_m: screwed together with short bolts
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r_h_m: all the bolts have to come out
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r_h_m: all the rivets done