Stopped Housing Joint
We then moved on to the stopped housing joint, which builds on the skills we had developed with the previous housing joint.
Unlike a through housing, a stopped housing does not run all the way across the face of the timber. The housing finishes before reaching the edge, leaving a section of timber intact at the end of the joint.
This meant that greater care was needed when marking out and cutting the joint, particularly when removing the waste and keeping the stopped end clean and accurate.
The exercise gave us another opportunity to practise our hand skills, including accurate marking out, sawing and chiselling, while concentrating on producing a clean, well-fitting joint.
The stopped housing joint was a little more complex to achieve than the standard housing joint, as it involved considerably more chisel work. Gary, our tutor, showed us how to chisel down each side of the joint, creating a pyramid-shaped section in the waste. We could then pare away the waste, gradually working down to produce the finished housing.
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