1st May

• Tools: radial arm saw, hammer, chisel, sliding square, pencil [sharp], 8m tape, folding rule, sliding F clamp, hand saw
• safety equipment: ear muffs, safety glasses, safety boots
• Hazards: radial arm saw [clean work area / people safe distance / no loose clothing], chisel [keeping it sharp, chiseling away from you, keeping hands behind what you are chiseling]

The morning started with the tutors going over what we will be doing on the wall framing part of our course

Then some of us went on to do 'Dove tail wall plate joints' [5.5 hours]

 
First we had to change some of the measurements - 200 to 300 / 47 to 45

   
Then from the measurements worked out how long each piece of wood was - peice that had A & B joins was 45+90+300+90+45 =570mm / piece B&C was 90+300+90+45=525mm / piece C & D was 90+300+90=480mm / and piece A & D was 45+300+90+45=480mm

cutting the wood to these lengths we then measured out each piece to where each dove tail and sockets are going
   
Then using a hand saw [where we could] cut out the dove tails and sockets in strips then chiseled them out