Hard Materials - Housing Joint

Intermediates Hard Materials Technology.

“Working from Home”

1.  Make a copy of this document and name it “Your Name” (eg.  Charles Bronson)  Share it with “grundy@tamaki.ac.nz”.   

2.  Watch the Woodwork “How to Video” and answer the following five questions:

a) What is the joint that we will use to join two pieces of wood together called?

Answer: Housing Joint

b) Name the three tools that we use to mark out where we will make cuts in the wood.

1. Ruler

2. Square

3. Pencil

c) When we draw a line “square” to the edge, what angle does it make withe the edge?

Answer    90  degrees

d) What is a marking gauge used for?

Answer: Mark lines which indicates where to cut

e) If your joint is too tight to put together, how do you fix that?

Answer: Sand the edges down

 

I also made one of my own! My dad helped me and we finished it in about an hour. I got some of the measurements off, but it was fun to try.