Workbenches & Jigs

A quick and easy tutorial on how to draw ovals, hexagons and octagons. Beginner skill level.

Organize your shovels, brooms, and other garden tools in one convenient caddy. Inexpensive to make from 1 x 4 inch boards.

Make these classic toy tools for your kids or grandkids. This plan set includes full size drawings for a portable circular saw, a cordless hand drill and a jig saw.

We designed this perforated hardboard tool storage system to help you stay organized in your workshop. The system consists of a framed hanging tool board sized to suit your needs and eight specialized...

Behind every great workshop lies a great plan, no matter whether you have a dedicated room or a corner of the basement to garage to work in. This planner allows you to organize your shop to create a w...

Using inexpensive MDF, hardboard and pine material, you can create a cabinet that offers great storage for router bits, bushings, wrenches, safety gear and anything else you use with your router. The ...

Here are a collection of 10 great woodworking jigs proven to be useful in the workshop. They include: V-Block Jig for making splined corner joints, Circle-Cutting Jig for the perfect circle, Palm-Sand...

This handy wall-hung holster stores your cordless drills, impact drivers, and nailers, while keeping accessories, especially those pesky battery chargers, contained and close at hand.

Two easy-to-build components. A sturdy workbench and a versatile tool-storage wall complete with custom tool racks. It will make your workspace the envy of your friends. The durable MDF benchtop ...

One of the great things about working with live edge wood is that no two projects look alike.

The jig plan guarantees your success! If you have shied away from mortise-and-tenon joinery because it sounds too complicated, take heart. With our tenoning jig and a little practice, you can turn out...

Attention all tablesaw owners! Now is your chance to make some big improvements in your equipment for just a few dollars. By investing as few as a couple of evenings, you can enclose the base, add an ...

We also a downloadable PDF version. We tested several prototypes before settling on this L-shaped table coupled with a pair of firm fences and hold-down clamps. This setup will allow you to perform numerous ...

This plan is also available as a downloadable PDF. Here is a rock-solid workbench that is mobile. We built it so we could push it out of the way when the time comes for moving vehicles inside. The workbench...

At the heart of any good shop lies a great workbench. With that in mind, we went all out to design the unit shown here. In this plan, you will learn how to build the end cabinets, drawers, and laminat...

We showed you how to make the end cabinets and the sturdy laminated top for the workbench, in Part 1, the Full-Service Workbench, 31-MD-00058 sold separately. Now, with the basics out of the way, lets...

Tired of muscling your tools around the shop when you need to use them or clean around them? If so, try this money and back-saving solution—a four-wheeled tool base for moving heavy woodworking machin...

This plan is also available as a downloadable PDF. Handy roll-around tool storage convenience. If you are looking for a quick way to add another work surface and more tool storage to your shop, look...

Now, you can store two benchtop tools in one handy mobile unit. You just flip the top to switch from the portable planer to the stationary belt/disc sander on our swivel-topped tool cabinet.

An open-and-close shop tool designed with you in mind. Count the features of this fully loaded router table, and you will quickly conclude that you have to have one. For starters, the table flips up f...