The Horse has been the best automaton so far - both in terms of making it and its success, although the horse's galloping motion was definitely better before the riders were added. The sticks holding them in place go through the mechanism that transfers movement to the horse's legs and appear to be preventing it from moving as easily as it was prior to adding them.
The whole process of building it was made a lot more enjoyable by the purchase of this hole punch for making all the holes for the sticks. Part of the reason the last one worked so badly was that the holes I cut were too small so nothing pivoted properly. This hole punch solved that problem completely and I loved using it. Process photos after the cut.
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