A Sled Maker's Journal

A few years back we had a crew working on the drainage ditch near our 40 acres. Knowing the outfit doing the work, I approached them asking what they planned to do with much of the clay earth that ...

Happy Holidays! This time of year is an exciting one for us at Northern Toboggan & Sled. By far it is our busiest time of year. It seems that the classic gift of a wooden toboggan is a traditio...

This week we took part in a fundraising event that focused on creating opportunity for underprivileged kids. A wooden toboggan does not solve huge issues within families fighting to create opportun...

We have recently started creating more videos to share more about our company and products. Here is one of our latest creations focusing on our downhill wooden toboggan. We hope you enjoy it and th...

We were very fortunate to have been selected by the very popular Midwest magazine, Artful Living, to join their “A-List” of Artisan goods for the year! Specifically, our Downhill Toboggan was the ...

A brief look at the final touch to steam bending the perfect wooden toboggan curl. www.ntsled.com  

  We recently ran across a wonderful short film on another sled maker out of North Carolina. Building our wooden toboggan and sleds we follow a similar process to how wooden sleds have been built i...

If there is one thing I’ve found out over the years its getting good product shots of the toboggans and sleds is not as easy as I would have thought. I’ve certainly struggled with this in the past...

  I’ve just given one of my personal toboggans a quick touch up coat of linseed oil for the coming season. In the archives of this blog is an article on toboggan maintenance that goes into more de...