What is Build Plans?

Free woodworking plans that fit your space. Enter your size and the plan redraws every board, recounts every screw, and rewrites the steps to match.

  1. 1 · You set the size

    Your garage bay, your totes, your saw.

  2. 2 · The plan rebuilds

    Every board and every screw, at your size.

  3. 3 · Your lists follow

    2×4×8′ BOARDS7
    CUTS17
    MATERIALS$197
    BUILD STEPS8

    Cut list, shopping list, tools and steps.

Building things since 2008.

“I’ve been designing and building things out of wood since 2008. DIY is in my blood. I’ve had a lot of success, and a lot of mistakes along the way. It’s everything I’ve learned on this journey that helped form Build Plans into what I hope is a useful tool to DIYers around the world.”

Matt

Founder · Portland, Oregon

We check twice before you cut once.

  1. Every cut list is optimized for its cuts, including 1/8″ for the saw blade’s kerf.

  2. Every size a plan offers has been checked to ensure it works, either by building it for real or by doing the math on a computer.

  3. All builds are designed in 3D modeling software first. This acts as the source of truth for our website to ensure they scale properly.

How the site pays for itself

No ads, no account, nothing to buy from us. Some store links pay us a small commission. That’s all of it.

BUILD PLANS

ONE BUILD, YOUR SIZE

The plans
FREE
Account required
NO
Ads
NONE
Some store links
PAY US A SMALL COMMISSION
Your price
THE SAME
YOU PAY US$0.00

THANKS FOR BUILDING

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