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Most Plans Quit at Step Four. These 40 Don't.
440 pages. 40 complete plans. Every part, every size, every cut. Yours free.
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Here's what nobody tells you about free plans.
They look complete. Then you hit step four. The drawing says one thing, the numbers say another, and a part is missing from the cut list.
You find out after the cut. The board is ruined. The project sits on your bench for a month.
That's not you. That's the plan.
The Art of Woodworking fixes that. 440 pages. 40 plans. Exploded drawings and cutting lists that give you every part, how many, the exact size and the wood. No guessing. No fluff.
What You Get — Free
Workshop Essentials
Setting up your shop, safety gear, dust collection, and how to choose and buy hardwoods and softwoods.
Tools and Joinery
Measuring and layout, cutting with hand saws, circular saws, band saws and the table saw. Then the joints: dado and rabbet, tongue and groove, hand-cut dovetails, finger joints, mortise-and-tenon.
Shaping and Finishing
Hand planes and routers, clamping and gluing, sanding and finishing.
40 Projects, From a Keepsake Box to a Porch Swing
Indoor Furniture
Night stand, oak cabinets, display cabinet, corner cupboard, jewelry box, mantel clock, coatrack, spice shelves
Outdoor and Garden
Adirondack chair, porch swing, porch glider, garden bench, potting bench, picnic table and benches, sun lounger, planters
For the Kids
Schoolhouse desk, basic bookcase, booster bench, kid-size picnic table, building blocks, domino set
Shop Projects
Workbench, deluxe tool chest
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What Woodworkers Are Saying
"I'd had a workbench in my garage for years but barely used it. I followed the storage cabinet project step by step, and it turned out far better than I expected. My brother already asked me to build one for him."
"The outdoor chair plan sold me on the whole book. The measurements were easy to follow, the cuts made sense, and everything lined up on the first try. That's definitely not how my projects usually go."
"I finished the heavy-duty workbench over two weekends. It feels rock solid, gives me more space than the store-bought benches I looked at, and cost much less to build myself."
Here's How It Works
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Take your free woodworking assessment
Three questions: your level, your goal, and what you like to build. Each one is a single tap.
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See your matched projects
Your answers decide which of the 40 plans you should start with.
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We email you a link to the full 440-page PDF with all 40 plans. It costs nothing.
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