Workbenches & Jigs

Making perfect circular workpieces is easy with this handy helper. The jig consists of a piece of 1/2 inch plywood with a dovetail slot glued into a centered dado. Into the dovetailed slot slides a...

The doweling jig makes quick work of doweling tasks, including the face-frame joinery (end to edge grain). In addition to doweling, the jig also helps you make evenly space holes for shelf pins.

A rock-solid support system helps you rout rail ends that tightly fit mating stiles. The large base, dado, and hold-downs designed into this sled accomplish just that, while the handle and dowel keep ...

Adding splines to mitered picture frames strengthens the joints, and the easiest way to create them on your router table is with a dedicated sled.

A drill press plays a major role in pen-making, but is effective only if you hold the blank securely and squarely while drilling. Made from any available shop scrap, this jig with its integral clampin...

When used for alignment purposes, chamfered dowels insert more easily. The chamfered ends also create glue space for strong dowel joints. This simple jig allows you to create evenly chamfered ends tim...

Nailing or assembling drawer boxes together often proves frustrating when trying to steady wobbly parts while keeping them aligned. This clamping aid adds stability to this ungainly process, and makes...

A length stop on your radial-arm saw fence makes repetitive cut more accurate. But short pieces can get trapped between the blade and stop, damaging them or launching them back at you. To prevent this...

These two cutoff guides, a 4 foot and 8 foot, handle a range of workpiece lengths and help eliminate chip-out. You can make both guides to custom-fit your circular saw and router from a single sheet o...

Frustrated with pipe-clamp holders tipping over as he worked, Paul Amberg came up with some ingenious flip-up supports for his workbench. Upright and ready to go when you need them, folded down and...

This simple table handles two kinds of cutting chores: First, it is helpful when ripping long boards, and it is just as handy when rough-cutting large sheets of plywood. Use this outfeed support for b...

The perfect size for smaller tasks, this handy bench rolls, and then stays, wherever you need it most.

Use it. Fold it. Then store this table in a minimum of space. This versatile folding assembly table with a removable work surface allows some additional space to assemble projects, and gives a larger ...

This storage cart not only gives you a place to stash just about any kind of shop gear and supplies, but the free-wheeling design allows you to move them wherever you are working. And with a height of...

This little stow-away offers some much-needed storage and an extra worksurface, but never gets in your way.

This simple cabinet design offers the ultimate in versatility; hence the name. It can have multiple drawers, shelves, or vertical dividers, or a mix of all three. Use it vertically as a base cabinet o...

When your router accessories have scattered around the shop like chips flung from a panel-raising bit, corral them in the drawers and cabinet of this virtually indestructible router table. You will ga...

This weekend, build a workbench that is big enough to hold furniture projects, yet portable enough to tuck away. A pair of legs adjust to suit uneven floors, while dual-locking casters keep the other ...

Sturdy, strong, and mobile, this rolling platform can take on even the heaviest of loads. We made ours using 4 inch locking casters so once your tool is exactly where you want it, you can lock it in p...

Quick and easy to build, this simple workbench offers plenty of wide-open space for additional storage beneath the 1½ inch thick work surface. To keep it simple, we used 2x4 and 2x6 stock for the base...