N5 Practical Woodworking
Frames are four rails joined at the corners, and every joint has to be tight and square. Learn the joints, then build a mirror, clock, photo frame or memo board.
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N5Frames
SubjectCraft
LevelNational 5
LicenceFree to copy, adapt, share
Sheet04.2 · N5 · Frames
01Course notes
Your Woodwork Field Notes for frames: tools, marking out, planes, chisels, framing joints, finishing, gluing and clamping, and the final assessment checklist.
02Skill builders
One joint per sheet. Set sizes drawings have every dimension filled in. Your own sizes drawings are editable PDFs: type your own measurements in before you print.
03Folio projects
Full practical folio projects that bring several joints together, with drawings, cutting lists and assessment pages.
04Project drawings pack
Six frame projects from the course notes, from a simple mirror to an angled pot stand. Each sheet has the parts, sizes and an exploded view.
05Assessment
Assessment and record pages for frame projects. Use them to check your work against the standard before it is marked.
06Keep building
Frames done? Carcases build on the same skills.
01
Housings, dowels and boxes that stand up on their own. Build a DVD store, boombox or foosball table.
Open Carcases →
02
Pillar drill, scroll saw, sanders, mortiser and lathe. Make a spatula, sheep roll holder or stepping stool.
Open Machine Tools →
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"Measure twice, cut once."
Workshop proverb
