Woodworking Plans

Find the best woodworking plans, essential tools, and high-quality hardware to bring your projects to life. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced woodworker, we offer carefully selected resources to help you build with confidence.

4-in-1 Box Building Sled

A basic sled and a few add-ons create a versatile jig for common box-making tasks. Since box parts are often small jigs and sleds can safely and accurately perform a variety of tasks from crosscutting and mitering to cutting box joints and slots for decorative keys....

4-Square Coffee Table

The versatility of this modular design makes it a valuable addition to the living room whether you use the tables individually or in a group. Having four individual tables that can come together to form an attractive larger table gives you plenty of space with storage...

5 Easy-To-Build Plywood Projects

Five inexpensive plywood projects that add worksurfaces and storage to your shop. When it comes to storage space and worksurfaces it seems like you can never have enough in your workshop. Tools and lumber tend to fill up every available space. So here are five...

5 Plywood Projects

The simple plywood construction and solid design of these workshop pieces makes for a quick and inexpensive shop setup. This five-piece plywood shop ensemble is the perfect project for the new woodworker or the seasoned shop pro that needs additional work space or...

5 Quick Router Jigs

You can unlock the hidden potential of your router with these five top-notch router jigs. The trick to getting more from your router is a few simple shop-made jigs. With these five jigs you can: rout large circles cut perfect-fitting dadoes quickly rout mortises...

5 Shop Projects

You can build five essential shop projects this weekend with just seven sheets of plywood and a box of screws. Sometimes “quickie” projects are second-rate slap-together contraptions that don’t do the job well and don’t last long. But that’s not the case with the...

5 Shop-Made Clamps

Save money and solve unique clamping challenges by building your own clamps. You don't have to be woodworking very long before you run into situations where ordinary bar clamps just won't get the job done. Woodworking catalogs feature a variety of specialty clamps but...

A Better Miter Saw Stand

This miter saw workstation is compact and inexpensive to build. This inexpensive and practical workstation for the miter saw combines stationary and rolling stands material storage racks and a convenient place to put scrap. What you get: Step-by-step photos Advice on...

A Case for Wine

We found a way to get the most wine storage out of the smallest space. Using CAD software dovetails and some creative half-laps we found a way to get the most wine storage out of the smallest space. Includes story on "Wine Storage." With step photos 3D explodes and...

A Tailored Tea Table

A traditional tea table in exquisitely finished tiger Maple. The graceful hand-shaped feet and period details including candle slides and cabriole legs combine for a spot-on traditional tea table in exquisitely finished tiger Maple. What you get: Step-by-step photos...

Precision Crosscut Sled
A woodworker using a precision crosscut sled on a table saw

Accurate and chip-free crosscuts plus a versatile fence make this a must-have for your table saw. The lightweight sled design makes cutting large workpieces on the table saw a snap. The rock-solid fence ensures square cuts every time — with easy-to-adjust controls to make setup quick and simple.

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