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The Fall Catalog · No. 12
Plans for things worth building twice.
I've built every piece in this catalog at least twice in my own shop, made the mistakes, and wrote the plans so you don't have to repeat them. Cut lists, measured drawings, and honest notes on where it goes wrong.
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One shop, one bench, no shortcuts
I'm Wes. I've been building furniture in a two-car garage in Halloway Mills since 2014, and drawing it up since a neighbor asked how I made her step stool.
Every plan is built twice. Once to find the mistakes, once from the drawings alone to prove they're right.
Every measurement is cut, not calculated. If the plan says 13 7/8, that's what fit.
Questions get answered. Write to the shop and I'll answer. That's me, not a help desk.
From the bench
Built from these plans
The step stool was my first build ever. It doesn’t rock, and my kid uses it every day to reach the sink.
The leg vise drawings alone were worth the $24. First bench I’ve built that doesn’t walk across the floor.
I’d never cut a dovetail. The glue-on layout made the first box come out tight enough to give away.
From the journal
Notes from the shop
New This Fall: the Split-Top Workbench
The bench every other plan was built on is finally a plan of its own. Here is what took two years.
Read more about New This Fall: the Split-Top Workbench
Why Every Plan Here Gets Built Twice
The first build finds the mistakes. The second build proves the drawings are right. Only then does a plan go in the cat…
Read more about Why Every Plan Here Gets Built Twice
Buying Lumber at a Real Lumberyard, the First Time
Board feet, 4/4 and 8/4, rough versus S4S. What the words mean, and how to walk out with what the plan asked for.
Read more about Buying Lumber at a Real Lumberyard, the First TimeGuides
Before you cut
A Wipe-On Finish That’s Hard to Mess Up
Thinned varnish, wiped on and wiped off. No brush marks, no runs, and it repairs easily.
Read guide A Wipe-On Finish That’s Hard to Mess UpPocket Screws, Dowels or Mortise and Tenon: Picking the Joint
Every joint is a trade between strength, time and the tools you have. Here’s how I choose.
Read guide Pocket Screws, Dowels or Mortise and Tenon: Picking the JointThe Eight Tools That Build Every Free Plan Here
You don’t need a full shop to start. These eight tools build every free plan in the catalog.
Read guide The Eight Tools That Build Every Free Plan HereStart here
Build the step stool. It’s free.
One 6-foot board and a weekend. If it doesn’t rock, you’re ready for anything in the catalog.