N5 Practical Woodworking
A carcase is a box: sides, top, bottom and back that hold their shape on their own. Learn housings and dowels, then build a DVD store, boombox or foosball table.
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N5Carcases
SubjectCraft
LevelNational 5
LicenceFree to copy, adapt, share
Sheet04.2 · N5 · Carcases
01Course notes
Your Woodwork Field Notes for carcases: carcase joints, softwoods, hardwoods, manufactured boards, the hand router, knock-down fittings, sharpening, hand drills, gluing and screwing.
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 carcase joints together, with drawings, cutting lists and assessment pages.
04Assessment
Assessment pages for carcase projects. Use them to check your work against the standard before it is marked.
05Keep building
Ready for the machines? Or go back and sharpen your frame joints.
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T-halvings, bridles, mitres and mortise and tenons. Build a mirror, clock, photo frame or memo board.
Open Frames →
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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"The details are not the details. They make the design."
Charles Eames
