
PlansNOW Free E-Tip Plans--Custom Fit Dadoes: Here are plans to build a pair of guides that will let you create custom fit dadoes with a hand-held router. This is especially helpful when you’re cutting dadoes for plywood shelves because ¾” plywood isn’t exactly ¾” thick. From Woodsmith E-tips:
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Routing dadoes or grooves to hold a plywood panel can be a challenge. The problem is it measures a little less than the stated thickness. Whenever I need to rout a perfectly sized dado to match a piece of plywood, I turn to a pair of guides like those shown in photo at right.

PlansNOW Portable Dovetail Jig Workcenter Plan—If you have a dovetail jig, you’ve probably wished for something like this. It’s a handy place to store your jig and its accessories. But the best part is that in use the workcenter gets your jig up where you can see better and where you’re not straining your back bending over all the time.

PlansNOW Video podcast: Tips for Setting Up a Great Home Shop--Jim Downing shares strategies for getting the most efficient use of whatever space you have. Learn about things like maintaining zones for handling materials, leaving room for assembly work and how to double up equipment to save space. Free Woodsmith Seminar.
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Whether you’re setting up shop for the first time or looking for more space in an existing shop, you’ll get some valuable tips from this seminar. Jim Downing doesn’t just show you how to arrange your tools. ...

PlansNOW Weekend Workbench—This has been our top-selling workbench plan since 1998. Why? It’s easy to build from 2x4’s and a solid core door for the top. And it’s inexpensive (2x4’s, solid core door). And, you can actually build it in a weekend! The drawers are optional—you might need a second weekend for them.

PlansNOW Build a Craftsman-Style Sofa Table--Craftsman-style furniture has clean lines, sturdy construction, and blends with many other styles. (See the photo album.) This is an excellent case in point. It would look terrific in your living room, family room, even in the front hall. Save 10% on the plans by using the e-coupon word: facebook.

Barry Becker Looking for plans for a turned cremation urn.

PlansNOW You can build this Low-Profile Platform Bed. It’s easy-to-build (for a real bed) with traditional joinery that creates a modern look. Perfect for a new woodworker. But, even if you’re an experienced woodworker, here’s an elegant bed that won’t take six months of weekends to build.

PlansNOW Free Sawhorse Plans—What’s different about our sawhorses is they have a replaceable top rail insert made from 2x stock. Once it gets riddled with saw kerfs, you simply replace it with a new one. And they stack for storage. Free from Woodsmith E-Tips.
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In one regard, these sawhorses are like any others — they get chewed up with use. What’s different about them is they have a replaceable insert made from 2x stock. Once this insert gets riddled with saw kerfs, you simply replace it with a new one (Photo, right).

PlansNOW Video Podcast: Bowl Turning - From Log to Bowl in Under an Hour. Watch Brian Simmons take a short section of poplar log and turn a beautiful bowl, all while offering some really great insight in how to turn green wood. Free from the Woodsmith seminar series.
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Brian Simmons, the Woodsmith Store’s most famous assistant manager, has a national reputation as a woodturing educator. A member of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW), Brian came to the Woodsmith Store in a roundabout way. ...

PlansNOW Space-Saving Benchtop Router Table Plans – No room for a router table in your shop? No problem. Here’s a full-feature router table top—top, as in no base. It stores easily anywhere. Just clamp it to your workbench when you need a router table.

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PlansNOW Recycled Bathroom Vanity--One way to avoid the mass-produced look of conventional bathroom cabinets is to transform an old dresser, sideboard, or table into a custom-made vanity. This isn’t as difficult as you might think... it’s worth considering.

PlansNOW Build a Chest on Chest--Chest-on-chests have been around for over two centuries. Like the early designs, ours uses half-blind dovetails on the drawers, classic frame & panel construction, and elegant yet simple molding and kickboard touches. If the size is an issue, we included modified plans for making either the top or the bottom chest separately.

PlansNOW Build a Child’s Loft Bed. Our loft bed features an upper loft (fits a standard twin mattress) and a large desk with storage space for books and toys. It’s easy to build using standard domension lumber. The carriage bolt and wood screw construction also make this bed easy to disassemble for moving. And, no surprise, kids love lofts.

PlansNOW Edge-Trimming Panel Supports. Here’s a free Woodsmith E-Tip about trimming hardwood edges you’ve just glued to plywood shelves. Includes how-to and a simple jig.
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Whenever I use plywood to build a project it usually means having to deal with exposed plywood edges that need to be covered. But you’ll find a few challenges to applying edging and making it look great.






















