Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Learn how to make a simple mortise and tenon joint in this step-by-step demonstration from carpenter and furniture maker Simon Dunn. ⚒️
Here, Simon demonstrates some basic timber-framing techniques using hand tools and a drill. A mortise and tenon joint is often used to connect 2 sections of wood together.
This joint can be used in various woodwork, such as house frames, chairs and tables, and cupboards.
This was filmed at our Heritage Building Skills Programme Summer School in 2024, where our apprentices and trainees learned a range of craft skills from heritage construction experts.
This programme is a major 5-year in-work training and apprenticeships scheme in the North of England, running until 2026.
There is a shortage of specialist heritage construction skills in England. Apprenticeships provide hands-on training in trades such as carpentry and joinery, stonemasonry and plastering.
Learning these crafts will help preserve and protect the heritage that matters to us all, so it lives on and is loved for longer.
Find out more about our Heritage Building Skills Programme: ➡️ bit.ly/HeritageSkillsProgramme
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Learn how to make a simple mortise and tenon joint in this step-by-step demonstration from carpenter and furniture maker Simon Dunn. ⚒️
Here, Simon demonstrates some basic timber-framing techniques using hand tools and a drill. A mortise and tenon joint is often used to connect 2 sections of wood together.
This joint can be used in various woodwork, such as house frames, chairs and tables, and cupboards.
This was filmed at our Heritage Building Skills Programme Summer School in 2024, where our apprentices and trainees learned a range of craft skills from heritage construction experts.
This programme is a major 5-year in-work training and apprenticeships scheme in the North of England, running until 2026.
There is a shortage of specialist heritage construction skills in England. Apprenticeships provide hands-on training in trades such as carpentry and joinery, stonemasonry and plastering.
Learning these crafts will help preserve and protect the heritage that matters to us all, so it lives on and is loved for longer.
Find out more about our Heritage Building Skills Programme: ➡️ bit.ly/HeritageSkillsProgramme
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