Build Your Own Saddle Stand Dimensions

How to build your own saddle stand.

Build your own saddle stand dimensions.

The saddle rack should be built tall enough or mounted high enough on the wall so that no portion of the saddle touches the ground. For this join the two 1x12 inch wooden planks together using adhesive. Use 1 12 lumber for the components. Use sandpaper to smooth the edges or a router with a round bit.

Rip them 9 5 for the front back panels. Cut the rack pieces determine the desired size of the saddle rack or use the dimensions here. Mark the cut lines on the slats and get the job done with a jigsaw. Crosscut six pieces 24 23 7 8 for the two sides front back panels and the top slats.

Measure sides of wood. Select the 1 1 8 material. This design requires one 12x8 or 12x10 one inch thickness board and three 3x8 one inch boards plus some screws a robe hook a saw even a hand saw drill and bits and optionally some stain varnish. For a western saddle because the stirrups permanently hang down from the tree the rack will need to be higher than that for an english saddle on which the stirrups are run up prior to placing it on the rack.

The first step is to make the two ends of the saddle rack. Drill a starting holes and use a jigsaw to make a 3 hole. Rip them 2 for the seven top slats. Step by step color photos and instructions plus rob s shopping list make building a saddle stand easy even if you have never built anything before.

If you have been wanting to know how to build your own saddle stand but just did not know where to start you have come to the right place. Use a marker to make a mark at the center of the narrow section of the joined woods.