Shop plans, sized to your shop
Build the shop around your tools.
Benchside designs workbenches, saw stations, wall storage and tool chests around your saw, your walls and your height. Then it hands you the cut list, the cutting diagrams, a printable build plan and the CNC files.
No account to design. Plans are bought once, per piece or per shop. No subscription.
- Pick a pieceA bench, a saw station, a cleat wall, a tool chest. Seventeen of them, each a real build.
- Fit it to your shopType in your saw's measurements, your wall, your bench height. Everything redraws as you go.
- Build itBuy the plan for the pieces you're making and print it, take it to the lumber yard, or send it to the CNC.
Built around your saw
Measured to your tools, not someone else's.
Most plans are drawn around one saw. Benchside asks for yours: its base, its table height, its fence rails. The station is built so the table comes out dead flush with the wings.
- Table saw, miter saw, flip-top cart, router table and outfeed, each sized from your tool
- The saw shelf rides on leveling bolts, so the last 1/16" is a turn of a wrench
- Drawers, a shelf, or a parking bay for a rolling chest under each wing
The pieces
Seventeen builds. Any size.
Each one is a real build with real joinery and hardware, drawn at its standard size here. Open one and make it yours.
Workbenches
Tool stations
Miter Saw StationSaw recessed level with the wings, fence and stop.$25 plan
Flip-Top Saw CartThe miter saw flips under and a flat top comes up.$18 plan
Table Saw Outfeed TableA table at your saw's height, behind the saw.$18 plan
Router TableA 2x4 stand with a plate opening and fence.$18 plan
Table Saw StationYour jobsite saw set flush in a 2x4 bench, with wings and outfeed.$25 planWall storage
Drawers
Your walls, to scale
Plan the whole shop, wall by wall.
Lay out each wall with its windows, doors and panels, then line pieces up along it. Carts park under benches, cabinets hang at the same height, and anything that won't fit gets flagged before you cut.
- Shop standards: one bench height, depth and module for every piece
- The whole shop's materials counted and laid out together, so offcuts get used
- Share a link to a copy of your shop with anyone
What you get
Everything it takes to build it.
Design for free as long as you like. When you're ready to build, the plan for that piece (or the whole shop) unlocks all of this, and stays yours through any change you make.
Every part, its finished size, the material and a note on its joinery. The letters follow the part through every page.
Every sheet and board laid out for the least waste, with the face grain kept running the right way on the parts that show.
Overview, front, side and top drawings with dimensions, the cut list, the diagrams, numbered steps and the shopping list. Print it or save a PDF.
Every part with a rabbet, dado, groove, notch or hole, laid flat and dimensioned, so you can mark it out without guessing.
How many boards and sheets, every hinge, slide, caster and box of screws, with prices you can set to your store's. Free with every design.
Pick the stock for every part, add your own, and download DXF sheets with every pocket on its own layer and a STEP model of the piece.
Pricing
Pay for the plans you build. Once.
Designing is free. A plan is bought once, for one piece or one shop, and it's yours for good: change the size, the materials, anything, and it stays unlocked. No subscription.
Design
- Every piece, at any size
- 3D view, dimensions and exploded view
- Walls with pieces placed to scale
- Shopping list with prices
- Save and sync your shops
- Share a link to a copy
Piece plan
| SimpleShelving, wall cabinet, pegboard, cart, fold-down bench | $15 |
| StandardWorkbenches, flip-top cart, outfeed, router table, drawer chests | $18 |
| StationTable saw station, miter saw station, French cleat wall | $25 |
- Cut list and cutting diagrams
- Printable build plan with drawings
- CNC files: DXF and STEP
Shop plan
- Every piece in a saved shop, in one plan
- Priced from the pieces you haven't bought yet
- Add pieces later and buy just those
- Built for whole build-outs, and for people who build shops for others
A three-piece shop of a saw station, a workbench and a tool chest comes to $49 instead of $61.
Questions
Good to know
Do I need an account?
Not to design. Everything you make is kept in your browser. Sign in (free, with an email link, no password) to keep your shops on every device, share links and buy plans.
What happens if I change a piece after buying its plan?
Nothing you need to do: the plan follows the piece. Resize it, change the materials, add drawers, and the cut list, diagrams and build plan update and stay unlocked. Changing it into a different kind of piece (a bench into a saw station) is a new plan.
Will it work with my saw?
You type in your saw's measurements, so it's built around yours. Measure the base, the table and the height from the base to the table with the stand off; the help next to each box says how.
Can I build it with what I already have?
Yes. Pick the stock for every part: plywood, Baltic birch, MDF, OSB, 2x4s or 2x6s, or add your own with its real thickness and price. The joinery and part sizes follow the stock you pick.
Do I need a CNC?
No. Everything is laid out for a table saw, a circular saw and a drill, with a router or dado stack where there are grooves. The CNC files are there if you have one.
Can I sell what I build?
Yes. What you build from a plan is yours to use, sell or install. The plans themselves are for you, not for passing on; see the terms.
What if a plan doesn't work for me?
Email [email protected]. See the refund policy.
Early access
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