On to the Rails
At this stage, with the stand and the horse's body completely assembled, I decided to make a small modification to the two rails. These are the lengths of wood to which the horse's feet get bolted, and which receive the ends of the hangers. As supplied, these were shaped to a point at each end, and were pre-drilled for the hangers, but they had sharp square edges. As all the stand's parts had nicely chamfered edges, I decided to add a chamfer to the rails as well. Rails as supplied - note the sharp edges The only slightly tricky thing here was to NOT chamfer the two areas on each rail where the horse's feet would go; I didn't want to be left with a gap where the chamfered edge ran under the feet. With the stand and the horse's body and legs assembled, I dry-fitted everything together so that I could lower the horse on the rails, drill holes for the horse's mounting bolts, and mark the outline of where each foot overlapped onto the rail. With this ...