Basic Joints

Housing Joints

Today i got my first task of building 3 housing joints called the Tounged housing joint, the Through housing joint and the Stopped housing joint i first recieved my plans which i studied then i marked out the wood, next i sawed the 3 joints depth which was 10 mm deep for the tounged housing joint i only needed to take 10mm wide out of the base wood for the through housing joint i had to take out 30 mm's wide out of the base plate and only half of the base woods 30mm's depth and width out for the stopped housing joint.

Halving Joints

Today i made a Halving Joint set up with 4 halving joints on it these are called the Dovetail halving, the Tee halving, the Stopped halving and the Corner halving joint this was a difficult task but i managed to work it out i made the stopped, tee and corner halving joints very easy by sawing down 10mm downwards then chisseling the waste out of the wood but the Dovetail joint was difficult by the angles that need to be cut from the joint and the base but i worked it out and ended up with a nice flush joint.

Mortise And Tenon Joints

Today i got the difficult task of building 3 Mortise and Tenon joints called the Haunched Joint, the Stub joint and the Throught Joint i firstly marked out my wood by using a marking gauge going in 10mm from each side leaving a centre of the wood i then got a 8mm drill bit which i drilled downwards making a hole through the wood then i cut my Mortise and Tenons and noticed that the joints were to small for the hole so i made 2 wedges to wedge into the hole this tightened the joint leaving it in a tight stable joint.