Teds Woodworking Review – 16,000+ Woodworking Plans And Projects

Article by Woodworking Projects And Plans Review

If you are one of those people who enjoys building woodworking plans, crafts and projects and some basic carpentry skills this website will interest you in the same way that it did me.

The site is and it was the best that I have ever seen:

There are over 16,000 (!) woodworking plans which you can download instantly. You will not be disappointed

with this one as I have tried some of the others and they were lacking in the instructions which they gave and were hard to understand. I wanted to try my hand at making some bunkbeds for my two kids so I came across this website and decided to give it a try. The advertisement that I found gave me the website for Ted’s Woodworking so when my curiosity got the better of me I clicked on to see what it was all about.Ted Mcgrath was the originator of this site and is a professional woodworker so he knows what he is talking about. There were so many woodworking plans with this collection and you will not believe this but there are over 16,000 plans in the one package deal. This is really something to find that many all together. For someone like me who is just really starting to get involved with woodworking this was like letting me loose in a candy store and telling me I could have anything I wanted. That was my dream when I was a kid.Well I was very skeptical as there are all kinds of websites for the exact same thing and you have to be careful and I was wondering how one person could possibly get that many plans and woodworking blueprints put together but Ted did it.I decided to buy it and was not at all disappointed as the pages were done in full color and they were laid out and very detailed which made it easy to follow. I really found it hard to put down and do some other things when I got it as it is so interesting. It gave me new ideas for summer woodworking projects!

I figured that with a unconditional money back guarantee that I was given and after a period of sixty days that I had nothing to lose. All I had to do if it was not what I was looking for would be to send it back and get my money back. You can not get any better deal than that.

When I got access to the download area, I was pleasantly surprised with the layout and organization of the plans. With 16,000 woodworking plans, you would expect it to be disorganized somewhat. However, I found it pretty easy to locate the exact project I want. In all honestly, I do not know how he does it for that price all those plans. It must have taken him a long time to put all that together but am I ever glad he did.

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Great Woodworking Projects Require Great Plans – What You Need To Look For

Article by “Mr Woodworking” – Alvin Zaleski

If you want to have great finished woodworking projects, you need to start with great woodworking plans!

Have you ever found yourself neck deep in sawdust, trying for all your worth to get your woodworking projects parts to fit together and they just won’t go according to the plans? What went wrong?

Sometimes, it’s pilot error, we all make mistakes sometimes. Sometimes though, the fault lies in the woodworking plans themselves. Are they poorly drawn up? Do the fail to mention critical steps? Are the measurements off? All these things, and more, can result in major frustration and even totally shut down a woodworking project.

Free woodworking projects and plans are a big source of this aggravation. While I admit that there are some very good free plans out there, often these are just a bunch of re-hashed designs that are thrown together quickly to entice someone to buy a product or service.

Even purchased plans aren’t automatically up to par. Sometimes they’re unclear from the start, sometimes paid plans are just junk from someone trying to make a quick buck. They can be lacking critical information that hinders your success.

Here are several things to specifically ask yourself when searching for great woodworking projects & plans:

* Do the plans indicate what skill level is needed? * Do the plans tell you what woodworking tools you will need? * Do the plans include a materials list? This can be extremely helpful for newer woodworkers. * Do the plans include a cutting schedule… what pieces get cut from what piece of wood? * Do the plans clearly outline how to assemble the project? * If hardware is needed, does the woodworking project plan tell you where you can buy the hardware? * Does the plan seller offer a preview? Can you see the quality before you buy? * Are the pictures and diagrams big enough and clearly labeled? * Does the seller offer a money back guarantee?

To me, it really doesn’t matter so much whether a project plan is free or whether I pay for it, I consider all of the things listed above. A plan doesn’t have to have every one of these features in order to be a great woodworking plan, but it will have most.

High quality pictures, step by step cutting and assembly instructions, and a materials list are probably the bare minimum. A professional woodworker can often just look at a single clear picture and get right to work, but the majority of folks need a lot more direction, don’t we?