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Salt & Tar: Ep.309- Quarterknees, Rails and Sailing
August 30, 2025 · 15 min · 28K views
What this video covers
Garrett and Ruth build quarter knees and rub rails for a new wooden dinghy in their home workshop. To create the quarter knees, Garrett rips and glues alder stock to achieve the necessary width, then cuts a 13-degree falling bevel by hand after finding his chop saw’s limitations.0:19 He fabricates the rub rails by milling 7 1/8-inch by 1 1/2-inch strips down to 1/2-inch thickness, then joins them using scarf joints cut with a chop saw jig.3:25 The process includes using a custom mobile workbench with an integrated table saw to handle long timber.1:20 Once the components are glued and cured with epoxy, the pair installs the knees and rails.8:58 The project concludes with a test sail in the bay aboard a different vessel, accompanied by family members.10:26
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