THE KNEES ENDED UP TAKING US  FOUR COMPLETE DAYS TO MAKE . I STARTED MAKING THE KNEES WITH A SIMPLE LAP JOINT OUT OF MAHOGANY ,BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THE PLANS CLOSER ON A DIFFERENT PAGE I NOTICED THAT THE PLANS CALLED FOR LAMINATED KNEES. I WAS GOING TO JUST USE MY LAPPED KNEES AND CALL IT GOOD AS I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BUT DAVE FOUND A PICTURE ON A WEB SITE OF KNEES LAMINATED TO INNER KNEES AND COPPER NAILED AND ROVED TO THE THWART OUT OF OAK. WE ALL LIKED THE LOOK , SORT OF MATCHING THE RIBS. SO THEN BEGAN THE TASK OF CUTTING AND FITTING THE INNER MAHOGANY KNEES THEN STEAM BENDING OAK STRIPS TO A FORM AND THEN EVENTUALLY GLUING THE STRIPS TO THE INNER KNEES IN ANOTHER FORM AND FIT AND CUTTING THE ASSEMBLED KNEES TO FIT.