TedsWoodworking is a library of thousands of woodworking project plans rather than a single how-to course, aimed at someone who already owns tools and wants a ready-made blueprint instead of designing a project from scratch. A member searches the catalog for a specific piece — a bookshelf, a shed, a birdhouse — and gets a plan with a materials list and diagrams rather than working from a sketch. The pitch is volume and searchability, not step-by-step teaching.
2.0/5 on Trustpilot from 12 reviews See the reviews
What TedsWoodworking does
TedsWoodworking is a searchable library of woodworking plans — vendor materials describe it as covering roughly 16,000 projects — ranging from small household items to furniture and outdoor structures. Each plan is presented as a package: diagrams, a cutting and materials list, and in many cases accompanying video, intended to save a hobbyist the work of drafting their own blueprint before starting to build. The catalog is organized by project category so a member can search for what they want to build rather than working through a fixed curriculum in order. The positioning is squarely toward a woodworker who already has basic tool skills and wants ready-made plans on demand rather than instruction in technique from scratch.
What it saves you
For a hobbyist woodworker, drafting an original plan for a new project — figuring out dimensions, a cut list and joinery before cutting a single board — routinely takes longer than the build itself, especially for someone without CAD or drafting experience. A wrong measurement caught mid-project also means wasted material, which for anything beyond scrap lumber is a real cost, not just wasted time. A pre-made plan with a materials list removes that drafting stage and the guesswork around dimensions, so time in the shop goes toward cutting and assembly instead of sketching and re-sketching a design on paper first. It also replaces the scattered practice of pulling free plans from different forums and blogs, each with a different level of detail and no consistent format — a searchable library standardizes that instead of leaving a builder to reconcile plans from several different sources.
How it simplifies your setup
Instead of a folder of bookmarked woodworking blogs, a stack of magazine clippings and a separate plan-drafting step for every new project, TedsWoodworking consolidates the search into one catalog. A member isn’t deciding which of five different free plans to trust or reconciling conflicting cut lists from different sources — one library, organized by project type, replaces that comparison shopping. It also removes the drafting step itself for anyone without CAD software: the plan and materials list already exist, so a builder moves from idea to cut list without an intermediate design phase. For someone who wants to spend shop time building rather than planning, that’s a real reduction in the steps between deciding to make something and actually starting.
Who TedsWoodworking is for
TedsWoodworking suits a hobbyist who already has basic shop skills and tools and wants a ready-made plan on demand rather than instruction in woodworking technique itself. It fits someone who builds occasional, varied projects — a shelf this month, a planter box next — and would rather search a library than draft each one from scratch. It is a poor fit for a true beginner who needs to be taught how to use tools safely or read a plan in the first place, since the library assumes that baseline already exists; it’s also not the right choice for someone who specifically wants live instruction or feedback on a project rather than a static blueprint to follow alone.
The link below goes straight to the provider. We earn a commission if you sign up through it, at no extra cost to you.
Common questions
Does TedsWoodworking teach woodworking skills, or just provide plans?
It’s primarily a plan library rather than a skills course. Each plan includes diagrams and a materials list, and some include accompanying video, but the assumption is a builder already has basic tool skills — it isn’t structured as a beginner-to-advanced technique curriculum the way a woodworking class would be.
How many plans does TedsWoodworking include?
The vendor describes the library as covering roughly 16,000 projects spanning furniture, outdoor structures and smaller household items, organized by category so a member can search for a specific project rather than work through a fixed lesson order like a course, browsing by the kind of build they actually want to make.
Is TedsWoodworking good for beginners?
It works better for someone with at least basic shop and tool experience who wants a ready-made plan rather than instruction from zero. A true beginner may need a separate skills resource alongside it to learn how to safely use the tools a given plan calls for before attempting a first project.