For the joinery assignment, we had to make 2 small frames that had a bunch of different ways to join pieces. With all the different corner joints that we had to make, we had to use a bunch of different machines. First, we had to figure out our cut list based on the drawings, so that we didn’t have to worry about if we have too little wood, or too much, as well as so we could know what to cut down and how many of each piece we needed. Once we were done with that, we started using the table saw to rip down the wood to the sizes that we needed them to be at, which was fairly simple and easy. Once we were done with that, we started cross cutting the wood with the chop saw, to appropriate sizes which was also fairly simple. Once we were done with that, we had to use the planer to cut down the thickness of the wood since one of the frames were 1/2″, instead of the regular 3/4″. Once we were done with that, we started making half lap joints, which we learned how to do with both the RAS as well as the bandsaw. For a couple pieces, I ended up shaving too much off, which made the frame have a couple gaps, but ultimately didn’t affect the piece too much. Once I was done with that, we learned how to make biscuit joints, to which we used a biscuit joiner, which was fairly simple, but setting up the blocks to hold the wood in place was a struggle to me, because I wasn’t strong enough to nail the blocks down, but at the end, someone else helped with that department for me. Once I was done with the biscuit joiner, we used a hinge drilling jig for the mortise, which was fairly simple to use and much more quiet than other machines. At first, I did mess up thinking that you had to stop it manually at whatever point, but then I remembered that there was something stopping it from digging all the way through the wood, so I pressed all the way down my second time through. Once I was done with the mortise, I had to make the tenon, to which I used the band saw to make, which took me a few times to shave it down to the size I wanted it at, but in the end, I got it to fit into the mortise. Finally, once I finished with all the cuts, I grabbed a clamp and glued my frames together with gorilla glue, and I was finally done
