Shop Projects
Enhance your workshop with woodworking plans for shop projects, from tool stands to workbenches, shop-made tools, and more.
Crosscut Essentials
This technique collection contains everything you need to know for accurate crosscuts on the table saw time after time.
Arts & Mysteries: Making & Using Sawhorses
If you are going to be doing a significant amount of sawing by hand, you are going to need to buy or build a good set of sawhorses.
Jig Journal: 50-cent Band Saw Fence
Sometimes the best jigs are the simplest.
Jig Journal: Table Saw Tenon Jig
With five pieces of wood and a clamp, you can make vertical cuts safely.
Woodworking Essentials Ch 7: Advanced Router Techniques
Our seven-part series on routers concludes with a chapter devoted to a number of the expert-level functions you can perform with your router.
Quadralinear Posts
A technique article explaining how to make quadralinear (sometimes spelled quadrilinear) posts, which are a common feature of Arts & Crafts furniture.
Woodworking Essentials Ch 3: Basic Table Saw Joinery
Learn the best techniques for making simple joints using your table saw: miters, rabbets and dados.
Working Small
Ripping and routing small pieces doesn't have to be dangerous or difficult.
Jig Journal: Draw Perfect Arcs
A simple method to draw large arcs without knowing the radius, and a reliable no-math method of finding the center and radius of an arc.
Jig Journal: Shop-made Mortise Jig
You don't need fancy tools or a special machine to create a traditional joint.
Woodworking Essentials Ch 4: Router Joinery
Our seven-part series on routers continues with everything you need to know about all the joints that can be made using a router.
Woodworking Essentials Ch 4: Customize Table Saw
Learn to soup up your existing table saw or customize your new one with accessories.