Drawing and annotating the joints using the isometric drawing techniques

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Start Here – Lap joint

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Mark a waste line around the end of one piecePencil / Try Square

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Mark a joint width line - the thickness of the wood from the waste line -

around the piecePencil / Try Square

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Using a Marking Gauge mark a line half the thickness of the wood around the end -

from joint line to joint line.

Mark the waste which is to be cut away

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Place the work on a Bench Hook

Cut carefully - on the waste side of the line - down to the half way mark using a Tenon Saw

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Clamp the work firmly in a Woodwork Vice in an upright position.

Using a Chisel and Mallet gradually remove the waste.

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Mark a waste line all around the second piece

Pencil / Try Square

Mark the waste which is to be cut away

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Using a Disc Sander or an End Trimmer remove the waste to make the end of the

piece square

Mark out and cut a Lap Joint

Leave the waste tail on the joint and glue the pieces together using PVA

glue

When the glue is dry remove the waste using a Tenon Saw and clean

the joint with Glasspaper

Mark out and cut a Mitre joint

Start Here - mitre

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

Measure and mark out the JOINT line all the way around both pieces

Pencil / Try Square

It is more than likely that these will be different distances from the end

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

On both pieces mark the wood thickness from the joint line and mark the waste line all the way around

Pencil / Try Square

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

Place the INSIDE faces of the joint together and mark the joint direction line

from the middleUPWARDS and OUTWARDS

Pencil / Ruler

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

Mark the waste to be cut away on both piecesPencil

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

On the WASTE SIDE of the line cut the waste material away

Mitre Saw

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

Trim the joint back to the joint lineEnd Trimmer

Mark out and cut a Mitre Joint

Glue the joint togetherPVA Glue / Frame Clamp