Mitred half lap¶
joints.mitred_half_lap
A frame corner mitred on the face and half-lapped behind: lengths to the outside.
The front half of both parts is mitred, so the face towards the viewer looks like a mitre corner; at the back the stile keeps a lap across the whole corner, under the rail cut back by an end rabbet.
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Default |
|---|---|
stile_length |
300 |
rail_length |
200 |
width |
40 |
stock |
20 mm board, oak |
Change them in a design file (see Change an example):
Drawings¶
The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.
Cut list¶
stile 300 x 40 x 20 mm oak
- mitre 45 deg on right_end, back_edge inside, 10 deep from bottom_face
rail 200 x 40 x 20 mm oak
- mitre 45 deg on left_end, back_edge inside, 10 deep from bottom_face
- end rabbet 40 mm, 10 deep, in top_face at left_end
Code¶
From woodwright/examples/joints.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):
def mitred_half_lap(
stile_length: float = 300, rail_length: float = 200, width: float = 40, stock: Stock = OAK
) -> Assembly:
"""A frame corner mitred on the face and half-lapped behind: lengths to the outside.
The front half of both parts is mitred, so the face towards the viewer
looks like a mitre corner; at the back the stile keeps a lap across the
whole corner, under the rail cut back by an end rabbet.
"""
asm = Assembly("mitred_half_lap", root_location=STANDING)
stile = asm.add(Board("stile", stock, length=stile_length, width=width))
rail = asm.add(Board("rail", stock, length=rail_length, width=width))
asm.join(
MitredHalfLap(
stile.right_end, rail.left_end, stile.back_edge, rail.back_edge, face=stile.bottom_face
)
)
return asm
Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.