Step 1
Candidates were required to make two lapped dovetail joints.
Most candidates were able to identify the joint to be made. They were able to make the joint correctly. However, some of them were unable to cut and chop off the waste accurately.
Each candidates’ final workpiece was to have two tails (4 pitches, 2 sides and 4 shoulders) and two sockets (4 sides, 2 bottoms, 2 ends and fitness of joint).