Best Pay or Free Plan Websites

[Paul Thompson]

Where do you go on the internet to find woodworking plans?

Being still new at the more serious level of woodworking, I need some good plans to build something more advanced. Now, I might tweak those a bit based on the requirements handed down by my wife. But I need a good starting point.

The best site I have found is Plans Now - http://www.plansnow.com (http://www.plansnow.com).

They have 200+ some plans available, which appear to be PDFized versions of plans originally printed in some woodworking magazines.

Their plans are VERY good, nicely put together, and easy to read. However, they do only have a limited number of plans.

Besides that, I have not really found any REALLY GOOD plans websites, and I was hoping that some internet savy creekers could post the addresses of their favorite websites for purchasing plans. Of course, free good plans are great, too. :)

[Bill Arnold]

Where do you go on the internet to find woodworking plans? ...
Paul,

I work from my own plans, but browse around to see what's out there from time to time just in case I see something interesting. Here are some sites I've marked:

http://www.woodprojects.com/index.htm

http://www.thewoodcrafter.us/main.shtml

http://www.woodbin.com/ref/plans/index.htm

http://www.woodbin.com/ref/furniture/shelves.htm
Good shelf design info.

http://absolutelyfreeplans.com/
Free plans and projects for children.

Regards,

[Steve Inniss]

Paul, here's another two free plans portals. -Steve


http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=102

http://members.cox.net/messman123/messman.htm

[Glenn Clabo]

Here's one that points to many...
http://www.connectedlines.com/plans/

Here's another...
http://www.am-wood.com/archive/archive.html

[Stefan Antwarg]

Although not a web site, Woodsmith magazines have some of the easiest to follow plans I have seen. I think plansnow is part of woodsmith.

Stefan

[Ronald DeWeese Sr.]

Thanks to you fellows, Bill, Steve and Glenn for additional sites on plans. Since I will retire monday Feb 28th I will need some new ideas on projects. I too, like Bill, work from my own plans but need more ideas. (To old to think up my own all the time) Good site good people! Heres one more informational site
www.vmtw.com/links.html

[Frank Pellow]

Thanks for the liks guys. I diid 15 minutes of browsing and, in that time, I saw at least a dozen plans that I am interested in.

[Stephen Dixon]

I use this site to find most of my plans. It will seach Plans Now, Most of the Magazine Plan sections, Norm's plans, U-build It, and others, very comprehensive.
Steve

[Jim Becker]

I pretty much don't use much in the way of downloadable or for-pay plans, although I often adapt designs from certain books in my library from makers I appreciate, such as Thos Moser. I have worked from the WOOD Magazine plans (http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?woodstore+NM6Snx+index.html)as well as the New Yankee Workshop (http://www.newyankee.com)plans with success, too.

[Tim Morton]

I've been looking for a "router table" plan for awhile now. I seem to come across the same 3 plans every where I look. If Norms plan came as a download or with a DVD I would grab it. I like PDF's over paper plans simply because I can read them better with these tired old eyes I sometimes have trouble with paper plans.