Free Woodworking Plans - 10 Ways to Never Run Out of Things to Build

"Free Woodworking Plans - 10 Ways to Never Run Out of Things to Build"," But never fear, here are ten ways you can find free woodworking plans so you will never run out of things to build.
 Typing ""woodworking plans"" into the Google books search box results in a preview of books with free woodworking plans, plenty of which can be viewed right online.
 Even those few preview pages though, may have a couple of free woodworking plans.
 A ""chair plans"" search finds a book by Alvan Crocker Nye from 1907 that is a free Google ebook and contains an amazing amount of information about chair styles, chair legs, chair backs, etc.
 Lowe's Home Improvement has a tab entitled ""Projects"" that is full of great plans like a kid's race car bed or how to build a workbench.
 Just do a search for your hometown home improvement stores to find more ideas and plans.
 Popular Woodworking also has woodworking technique videos on their site.
 And at the website of Workbench magazine, there are also many free woodworking plans.


Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a website that freely shares ebooks.
 And lucky for you, they include older books that contain free woodworking plans.


These ebooks can easily be read on your iPad, Kindle, iPhone or computer.


On the advanced search page, at the top you will see a link to the ""Online Book Catalog"", which offers more ways to search Project Gutenberg.
 Enter ""woodworking"" in a search box to find plenty more books about woodworking, many with plans.
 There are tons of great plans for sheds, work benches, fences and gates, birdhouses, carports, picnic tables and many more.


The Cooperative Extension Services provide a collection of hundreds of plans that are available on the web.
 The plans provide a way to help people use the educational resources of the Cooperative Extension Service.
 Instead of searching for the generic ""free woodworking plans"", try searching for a more specific plan, like ""free arbor plans"".
 Even the main search engines like Google and Yahoo or Bing will display different results.
 Ace Hardware has a project category on their website with free woodworking plans.


Skil also has devoted a portion of their website to DIY projects.


Woodworking Videos

Doing a search for woodworking videos in a search engine will also result in woodworking projects.


The woodworking videos can be a great help in demonstrating specific techniques.


The How-To Sites

Some of the how-to and DIY sites only have instructions for building something - no pictures.
 If you are building something simple and just want to check to be sure you aren't missing any steps or just want to know the procedure, these sites can be of great help.
 Looking at their ""How to Build a Bookcase"", they give dimensions for the lumber and a list of everything you will need along with the instructions for building it.
 The tips and warnings sections are my favorite parts of a site like this.


Other how-to sites that have building instructions are ExtremeHowTo and DIY Network.


Bob Vila has a website with free woodworking plans as does Ron Hazelton's HouseCalls.


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