GCSE Design Technology

Check List

During the next two blocks you will be completing practical tasks which will

develop your subject theory & confidence in a practical manner.

GCSE Product Design. Manipulative Skills (Part of section 2).

Workshop Skills Building – Joining Materials.

Where it fits into your coursework.

Name -

Butt Joint

Mitre Joint

Halving Joint

Dowel Joint

Lap Joint

Housing Joint

Dovetail Joint

Subject theory skills building.

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Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

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GCSE Design Technology

Check List During the next two blocks you

will be completing practical tasks which will develop your

subject theory & confidence in a practical manner.

GCSE Product Design. Manipulative Skills (Part of section 2).

Workshop Skills Building – Joining Materials.

Theory Help Page. Subject theory skills building.

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

Butt Joint

Very little can be accomplished in woodworking without using joints - either to bring pieces together or

to make a rigid structure.

This theory help page looks at some of the common joints you will

be completing this block.

The simplest of joints is a butt joint which is one piece of wood pushed against another

then fixed in place with nails or screws.

The addition of glue will add some strength, but the joint relies primarily upon its

mechanical fixings.

Mitre Joint

Mitre joints are often used to produce the corners of picture frames and boxes.

The mitre needs to be cut at a 45 degree angle, this is often used with a mitre saw

that can cut at many different angles.

Butt Joint

Mitre Joint

Halving Joint

Dowel Joint

Lap Joint

Housing Joint

Dovetail Joint

GCSE Design Technology

Check List During the next two blocks you

will be completing practical tasks which will develop your

subject theory & confidence in a practical manner.

GCSE Product Design. Manipulative Skills (Part of section 2).

Workshop Skills Building – Joining Materials.

Theory Help Page. Subject theory skills building.

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

Halving Joint

Very little can be accomplished in woodworking without using joints - either to bring pieces together or

to make a rigid structure.

This theory help page looks at some of the common joints you will

be completing this block.

The halving joint involves removing half of the wood from each piece using a saw or a

chisel. The two pieces are then glued together. Often it is strengthened with dowel.

Dowel Joint

This joint consists of drilling accurate holes in both sections of wood and joining them with

dowel pegs. Within in industry this is often used to construct flat pack furniture.

Butt Joint

Mitre Joint

Halving Joint

Dowel Joint

Lap Joint

Housing Joint

Dovetail Joint

GCSE Design Technology

Check List During the next two blocks you

will be completing practical tasks which will develop your

subject theory & confidence in a practical manner.

GCSE Product Design. Manipulative Skills (Part of section 2).

Workshop Skills Building – Joining Materials.

Theory Help Page. Subject theory skills building.

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

Lap Joint

Very little can be accomplished in woodworking without using joints - either to bring pieces together or

to make a rigid structure.

This theory help page looks at some of the common joints you will

be completing this block.

Housing Joint

This joint is only slightly stronger than the butt joint. There is however a bigger surface area

for gluing. This joint is often strengthened with nails.

This is joint which has a slot cut into one piece of wood to increase the glue area. This is

often done with a router and works very well in MDF.

Butt Joint

Mitre Joint

Halving Joint

Dowel Joint

Lap Joint

Housing Joint

Dovetail Joint

Dovetail Joint

GCSE Design Technology

Check List During the next two blocks you

will be completing practical tasks which will develop your

subject theory & confidence in a practical manner.

GCSE Product Design. Manipulative Skills (Part of section 2).

Workshop Skills Building – Joining Materials.

Theory Help Page. Subject theory skills building.

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

Very little can be accomplished in woodworking without using joints - either to bring pieces together or

to make a rigid structure.

This theory help page looks at some of the common joints you will

be completing this block.

Butt Joint

Mitre Joint

Halving Joint

Dowel Joint

Lap Joint

Housing Joint

Dovetail Joint

This is a very strong joint because of the way the ‘tails’ and ‘pins’ are shaped. This makes

it difficult to pull the joint apart and virtually impossible when glue is added. This type of

joint is used in box constructions such as draws and other pieces of furniture where

strength is required.

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Lesson Tweet: Create a ‘Tweet’ that summarises today’s lesson.

What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you

improve? What did you find challenging?

Remember to hash tag # describes the lesson or something

memorable?

@

#

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

A very simple joint to manufacture but one which is very weak. This joint tends to be used for making picture frames,

corner pieces etc. Nails are often used to strengthen this joint.

Butt Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

Mitre joints are often used to produce the corners of picture frames & boxes.

The mitre needs to be cut at a 45

degree angle, this is often used with a mitre saw that can cut at many

different angles.

Mitre Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Lesson Review: Create a ‘Review’ that summarises today’s lesson. What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you improve? What did you find challenging? Give yourself a star rating (shade in the stars) & a headline.

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

There are many versions of the halving joint but they all involve removing half of the wood from each piece using a

saw or a chisel. This joint is often strengthened with dowel.

Halving Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Facebook Status: Summarise today’s lesson in the form of a ‘Facebook Status’. What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you improve? What did you find challenging?

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

This joint consists of drilling accurate holes in both sections of wood and

joining them with dowel pegs. Within

industry this is often used to construct flat pack furniture

Dowel Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Snapchat: Summarises today’s lesson in the form of a ‘Snapchat message’. What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you improve? What did you find challenging? Remember to add a face onto the ‘Snapchat’ logo to

summarise your feeling about the lesson.

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

This joint is slightly stronger than the butt joint. There is however a bigger surface area for gluing. This joint is

often strengthened with nails.

Lap Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Lesson Tweet: Create a ‘Tweet’ that summarises today’s lesson.

What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you

improve? What did you find challenging?

Remember to hash tag # describes the lesson or something

memorable?

@

#

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

This is just a simple slot cut into one piece of wood to increase the glue area. This is often done with a router

and works very well in MDF.

Housing Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Lesson Review: Create a ‘Review’ that summarises today’s lesson. What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you improve? What did you find challenging? Give yourself a star rating (shade in the stars) & a headline.

Q – What equipment did you use? Include any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). A –

Q – Explain the manufacturing process. A –

Q – Would you use this wood joining method on your chosen product? If so why? & if not why not? A –

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

GCSE Design Technology

Using the Isometric grid paper provided produce a 3D drawing of this wood joint. (Apart/Joined/Connecting).

(Remember use a pencil & a ruler as this will be transferred to your

controlled assessment.)

This is just a simple slot cut into one piece of wood to increase the glue area. This is often done with a router

and works very well in MDF.

Dovetail Joint – An introduction.

Notes/Key words.

Facebook Status: Summarise today’s lesson in the form of a ‘Facebook Status’. What did you learn? What did you do well? What could you improve? What did you find challenging?

Notes Page.

Please use this page to write any additional notes which will help you with your type up. GCSE Design Technology

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.

Notes Page.

Please use this page to write any additional notes which will help you with your type up. GCSE Design Technology

Materials Finishes – Health and safety – Manufacturing Skills – Processes - Tools & Equipment.