Gauge guide — fill in your SaddleGauge sheet

SaddleHelpPowered by SaddleGaugeHomeDirectoryResourcesGauge guideWhy a gaugeAboutClaim a listingBack homeGauge guideYour gauge sheet, on your phone.The paper sheet that comes with a SaddleGauge, made digital. Turn the gauge around in 3D, tap in the numbers you read off the paddles and the spine, and watch the shape they make. Then print it, or copy it into an email to your saddle maker.Everything you type stays in this browser on this device. Nothing is uploaded, and there's no account.The gauge itselfDrag to turn it, pinch to zoom. This is SaddleGauge's own 3D model, shown folded flat — a jointed spine with a paddle pair at each station. The logo end is the front, and it goes towards the horse's head.On a phone, "View on your horse" opens it in your camera at real size — useful for seeing how much back it actually covers before you buy one.Fill in your sheetSet the gauge on your horse as the instructions describe, then read the number the pointer lands on for each paddle and each spine joint. Do it twice — the instructions say so for a reason.Front wither1 low · 2 medium · 3 highWings — left and right at each stationRead the number at the corner of the black square on each paddle. Left and right often differ; that's normal.

Wither

not recorded

Wither left

Wither right

Gullet

not recorded

Gullet left

Gullet right

Extra 1

not recorded

Extra 1 left

Extra 1 right

Extra 2

not recorded

Extra 2 left

Extra 2 right

Extra 3

not recorded

Extra 3 left

Extra 3 right

Spine — the notch at each jointFront to back, matching the lettering on the sheet's flat-spine strip.Joint AJoint BJoint CJoint DSeen from the frontWitherTap a station above — or a row on the plan below — to see its shape here. The dashed outline is a side you haven't recorded yet.

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Reading the scales

Wings — 1 to 4

Each wing has a notch scale engraved on it, numbered 1 at the bottom up to 4 at the top. Read where the corner of the black square lands and record that number, left and right, at all five stations.

Spine — 1 to 5

Each of the four joints between the plates has its own scale, 1 to 5, with a pointer. Record the number the pointer sits on.

Front wither — 1 to 3

Low, medium or high, off the reference guides.

The drawings on this page are schematics of your readings, drawn from the gauge's real proportions. They show relative shape, not a measurement in inches — take the gullet figure from your saddle maker or fitter, not from this page.Blank sheet (PDF)The whole gauge, laid flatThe same view as the paper sheet, with your numbers written in. This is what prints.The 30-second back checkHas your horse changed?Horses aren't statues — they put muscle on in work and drop it over winter. Save a check now, do another in a month, and this tells you whether the saddle that fitted last time still does.Fill in some readings first.Before you take the numbers

Have someone hold the horse square on level ground, head forward, all four feet down.

The logo end faces the horse's head, and the logo reads upright.

Lift the gauge off to change a paddle or the spine, then set it back on — don't drag it into shape on the horse.

The spine of the gauge sits over the spine of the horse every time you set it back down.

Take the numbers twice. Then take them again with the pad you actually ride in.

A gauge reading is a measurement, not a verdict. It tells a saddle maker the shape of your horse's back — it doesn't tell you whether a given saddle is safe to ride in. For anything borderline, get a professional fitter with hands on the horse.SaddleHelpPowered by SaddleGaugeA free, maintained directory of saddle makers, tree makers and fitters — run by the makers of SaddleGauge, and built to genuinely help riders find saddle fit.Browse

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