Workbenches & Jigs

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...

This plan is also available as a downloadable PDF. A sturdy, dependable workbench belongs at the center of every hardworking home workshop. This heavy-duty, versatile model features a pair ...

In designing and outfitting WOOD Magazines Idea Shop 3 basement shop with a cyclone dust collector, we had several objectives in mind. We wanted a space-efficient unit with minimal noise, dust-free...

When a project requires thin stock, our portable planer saves us the time and trouble of having to special-order material. But, having to lift it onto my workbench every time we need it can be backbreaking...

Left in the open, sandpaper will cup due to humidity. To keep this perennial problem in check and keep our sandpaper organized and away from dust, we came up with this multi-purpose cabinet. We have m...

Perforated hardboard and hooks help you get organized once and for all. If your shop could stand a little bit more order, try building the double-door cabinet shown and the single-door unit ...

Downloadable plan available. It is sad but true that the space beneath most tablesaws goes to waste. But that need not be the case, as you can see here. Our cabinet stores a plentiful supply of sawblades, router bits, and other w...

Our handy folding fixture adds only inches to your saw when stored, but provides you with more than 3 feet of stock support beyond the blade for safer and more convenient cutting. This fixture attache...

This table saw dust-collector hood is effective as well as convenient. The big window lets you see your cut at all times, and neither the hood nor its support will impede your sawing. Included is a bo...