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Assembling and Joining Parts

Our assembling and joining theory notes, animations, illustrations and photographs give students the knowledge they need to recognise joining methods used in products and to make informed decisions when considering joining methods in their own design and technology work.

The KS3 D&T assembling and joining parts section includes:

  • Temporary fixing methods
  • Semi permanent fixing methods
  • Permanent fixing methods
  • Silver soldering & brazing (+ animation)
  • cleaning after soldering
  • pickling (+ animation)
  • soft soldering
  • tinning the soldering iron
  • using a soldering iron
  • using a blow torch
  • tinning parts to be soldered
  • joining metals by forge welding
  • joining metals by gas welding
  • joining metals by electric arc welding
  • joining metals by riveting (+ animation)
    • rivet types
    • countersunk head riveting
    • snap head riveting
    • pop riveting
  • pop riveting tools
  • joining wood: gluing wood to wood
  • wood joints (animation)
    • the reason that wood joints are used
    • butt joint
    • lapped joint
    • tongue and grooved joint
    • finger joint / comb joint
    • dovetail joint
    • lapped dovetail joint
    • housing joint
    • corner bridle joint
    • through mortice and tenon joint
    • stopped mortice and tenon joint
    • "T" halving joint
    • bare faced tenon joint
    • dowelled joint
    • cross halving joint
    • "T" bridle joint
  • gluing laminates to sheet materials
  • joining wood using screws
  • joining materials using adhesives. 

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Screen shots from this section

Illustration of KD fittings being used in self assembly furniture

Illustration of KD fittings used to fix a table leg to the table frame structure

Example of a clamp used to fix scaffolding poles

moulded joint used to fix a plastic lid to a plastic box

Illustration of a ball pein hammer used to shape a snap head rivet

Illustration of a copper ring being heated with a gas / air blow torch and silver soldered

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