Free, with nothing behind a wall
No account, no email capture, no paywall, no premium tier. Every one of the 1,517 plans is complete on the page you land on. Nothing here has ever cost anything and nothing is going to start.
Free plans since 2008Built to be
Built to be
built from.
1,517 woodworking plans, each one written so you can walk to a lumber yard, cut to a list and end up with the piece in the photograph.
1,517Plans
12Categories
10,170Build steps
2008Building since
Why this exists
Most woodworking plans on the internet are a photograph and a paragraph. You find out what is missing at the point where you have already bought the timber and made the first cut.
This library is the opposite of that. Every plan is written to be worked from: what to buy, what length to cut it, what tools it takes and what order to assemble it in — 10,170 numbered build steps across the library, with 9,905 photographs showing the stages rather than only the finished piece.
Made to leave the screen
Every plan has a print view that strips the navigation, the photographs and the related plans, leaving the title, specifications, shopping list, cut list, tools and steps on as few sheets as possible. A plan is only useful once it is out in the workshop.
Searchable, not just browsable
Press Ctrl K anywhere and search all 1,517 by name, category or tool. Filter the full catalogue by room, style, cost and skill level. Finding the right plan should take seconds, not an afternoon of scrolling.
What is in every plan
Counted from the library itself, not claimed.
- 98%Shopping listThe exact boards and hardware to buy, so you can price the build and walk into a lumber yard knowing what to ask for.1,493 of 1,517 plans
- 95%Cut listEvery piece and its finished length, in the order you will cut them. This is the part most plans get wrong and the part worth checking twice.1,445 of 1,517 plans
- 96%Tool listWhat the build actually needs, listed before you start rather than discovered halfway through.1,451 of 1,517 plans
- 90%Dimensioned diagramsDrawings with measurements on them, so you can see how the piece goes together before the first cut.1,372 of 1,517 plans
The people behind it
A small team, and the address that reaches each of them.
Jacob White
Founder & designer
- Since
- 2008
Jacob started publishing plans so that anyone with a saw, a drill and a free weekend could build furniture properly rather than guess at it. He designs and draws plans, and sets the standard for every one published here — what goes into it, and what is not finished enough to appear at all.
Ana White
Designer
- Designs
- The plans in this library
Ana designed and photographed the plans this library is built from. Design questions about a plan — why a joint is cut the way it is, or what a dimension is doing — reach her.
Grace White
Copyright manager
Grace looks after permissions and credit — who may use a plan, a photograph or a cut list elsewhere, and on what terms. Requests are answered in writing.
Cody White
Marketing manager
Cody looks after how the library reaches people. He works with woodworking sites, schools and makers who want to feature a plan, handles press and partnership requests, and decides which projects lead the home page as the seasons turn. If you run a class, a workshop or a channel and want to point people here, he is the one to ask.
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