Woodworking Plans

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Here is a sortable list of websites that have free woodworking plans, and woodworking project plans at a premium price. If you see any needed updates to links, or think I should include others feel free to contact me.

Free Woodworking Plans WebSites
Premium Woodworking Project Plan WebSites

Free Woodworking Plans

Date Added	Site	Description
02/04/2018	Canadian Woodworking	The Canadian Woodworking site has a good list of free project plans. The plans come from the Canadian Woodworking Magazine
09/23/2017	Min-Wax	The Min-Wax site has a great variety of project plans. They have recently updated their site. It’s by no means the largest site, but all of their plans are well done.
02/05/2017	WoodSmith Shop Show	The WoodSmith shop has a Fantastic list of free plans. These come from the WoodSmith Shop Show. The site also includes a lot of great tips and videos.
07/20/2016	Craftsman Club	Sears Craftsman Club has been completely redesigned since I first added them to the list. It’s worth giving them a second look if you haven’t been there for awhile.
04/20/2016	Carmichael Workshop Projects	Steve Carmichael has a growing list of free woodworking plans available. Check his site (and his videos) you won't be disappointed
04/20/2016	Lee's Wood Projects	Lee’s Wood Projects is a good site with lots of great information. He has a quite a few free projects listed, and many of his projects have detailed instructions.
1/22/2016	Popular Woodworking	Popular Woodworking recently went through and revamped their project plans. They have a nice list of free woodworking project plans available to download.
09/20/2016	Shanty 2 Chic	Shanty 2 Chic is a pretty cool site. My wife turned me on to this site and it’s great. There are quite a few plans and it’s definitely worth a look.
06/04/2016	Chief's Shop	Chief’s Shop is a great website, and he has a lot of free plans on his site. He also sells plans for a low price. Definitley worth a look.
04/06/2016	Jays Custom Creations	Jay Bates is a talented woodworker and has quite a growing list of plans available for download. His site is definitely worth checking out.
01/10/2016	Build Eazy	Build Eazy has a very eclectic set of plans available. From dog houses to carports there is a wide array of plans to check out on this site.
11/01/2016	Rockler Projects & Plans	Rockler Woodworking has a great list of free project plans. Plus they sell just everything you could ever need to complete a project. They’ve also updated they’re site recently. Check this one out.
08/05/2016	Do It Yourself	Do It Yourself is a large site with a wide variety of topics. I found they have a woodworking section that has a lot of good plans. Many are step by step and include pictures. You should be able to find something good here.
07/09/2016	WoodWorking for Mere Mortals	If you haven’t seen one of Steve Ramsey’s videos on YouTube, you may be the only one left. He is a talented woodworker, and the King of woodworking videos on YouTube. His project plan site has a variety of plans and he continues to add to it. You’ll want to check this one out.
06/17/2016	Woodworkers Workshop	Woodworkers workshop is a sister site of freewoodworkingplan.com They have an enormous amount of free woodworking project plans out there. Definitely worth a look.
05/30/2016	Bosch DIY	The Bosch DIY site is well-organized and has a cool room by room selector for different project plan types.
05/21/2016	WoodGears	WoodGears has some pretty cool things posted(check out the marble contraption). The project page has quite a few free plans that are worth a look.
05/10/2016	Yellawood	Yellawood is a pressure treated lumber company. They have a great list of free outdoor project plans. It’s worth a look if you’re looking for outdoor plans.
04/25/2016	Black & Decker	The Black & Decker site has a lot of good information. They’re a little light on the woodworking plans, but they have some good stuff when you view by topic.
04/01/2016	WoodLogger	Yep this is mine. I’m just getting started in learning how to design projects using sketch-up. So I only have a few projects.
03/01/2016	This Old House	This site has a lot of projects and plans. This links points to the Project of the Week page. Definitely pop around their site, there is a lot of good stuff here.
12/30/2016	Popular Mechanics	Great Site, has solid plans, from the editors of Popular Mechanics.
12/30/2016	Start Woodworking	This is a nice site that is run by Fine Woodworking. They have quite a few easy project plans for starting woodworkers.
12/30/2016	Lowes Creative Ideas	This site contains a handful of free plans from Lowe’s. I’ve built a few items from here. Another nice benefit is that you can find every item you need for your projects in one store.
12/30/2016	Kreg Tools	There are a handful of free plans at this site. They all use pocket screws for most of the joints. I’ve built several projects that I’ve found on this site.
12/01/2016	Ana White Homemaker	My wife turned me on to this website. It has a great collection of free plans. Most of the plans have great images; definitely worth checking out.
12/01/2016	Wood Magazine	This site has project plans that are both free and purchasable. The project plans from here are pretty solid, they come from the editors of Wood Magazine.
12/01/2016	Fine Woodworking	Find Woodworking has a great list of project plans. Many of them are free
12/01/2016	Free Woodworking Plan	This is probably one of the largest collection of free plans out there. They appear to have been around for a long time, and their collection of plans definitely shows it. It’s actually one of my favorite sites.

Date Added	Site	Description
7/29/2017	Forest Street Designs	Forest Street Designs has a great collection of plans. There is a fairly wide variety of different things and appears to be priced fairly.
06/11/2015	Amazon	Amazon has a great list of downloadable plans, as well as books. This page is a favorite of mine. You may be able to see more by clicking around, but there are quite a few here.
11/01/2014	Plans Now	This is Excellent pay site. It contains a ton of project plans, for a reasonable price. The plans appear to come from WoodSmith and ShopNotes
11/01/2014	Rockler Project Plans	Rockler has a great list of project plans available, and best of all you can purchase all the hardware you'll need for your project on the same site.
11/01/2014	WoodCraft	WoodCraft has a huge list of project plans and they have them sorted really well. I think the prices are a little higher on this site then some of the others, but where they lack in price they make up in variety.