Examples and templates

Templates are starting points: open one and change it to your sizes. Examples are finished projects that show one technique. Every item opens in the editor as a new project on your device, so the original stays as it is.

Type: AllTemplatesExamplesLevel: AllBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedTag: Allai-designedbenchbentsbracescarpentrycarportchamfercinemadovetaildrillingfittingforestframegable-roofgardengarden-housegeneratorgeneratorsglulamhalf-laphousehousingjoinerylapmachiningmarkingmitremortise-and-tenonpartspergolapilespostpostspurlinrailrepeatroofscarf-jointshedstairstandalone-partstandalone-partsstep-jointstringerstud-walltiny-housetrusstwo-storeyProcessing: AllChamferDovetailDrillingNotchMarkingMortiseScarf jointStraight lapSlotStep joint endReceiving step notchTenonText

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  BeginnerExample1 partDrilled postA single 120 x 120 mm post, 2400 mm long, with bolt holes, chamfered edges, a ground-level marking and a part number.Uses: Chamfer, Drilling, Marking, Text
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  BeginnerTemplate5 partsSimple frameA mitred 2400 x 2100 mm timber frame with two posts, a top and bottom rail, and a mid rail. Change the span or height to fit your opening.
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  BeginnerTemplate11 partsPergolaA freestanding 3000 x 2400 mm pergola with four posts, two beams and five notched rafters. Adjust the sizes to suit your garden.Uses: Notch
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  IntermediateExample5 partsTrestle bench with mortise and tenonA garden trestle bench whose uprights, bearers, feet and stretcher join with matching mortises and tenons, plus a groove for seat buttons.Uses: Chamfer, Mortise, Slot, Tenon
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  IntermediateTemplate27 partsSingle carportA 3 by 5.6 metre single carport with six posts, knee braces, two beams and eleven rafters notched over the beams.Uses: Notch
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  IntermediateTemplate36 partsGarden house frameA 2.4 by 1.8 metre garden house frame with stud walls, a door opening and a gable roof on a ridge beam, in 36 parts.Uses: Marking, Text
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  AdvancedTemplate10 partsQueen post roof trussA 7.2 m queen post truss at 40 degrees. Rafters and struts step into the tie beam and posts with heel step joints.Uses: Step joint end, Receiving step notch
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  AdvancedTemplate16 partsStraight stair with housed stringersA straight stair rising 2700 mm in 15 steps. Fourteen 40 mm treads sit in housings routed into two 60 × 280 stringers.Uses: Notch
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  AdvancedExample5 partsScarf-joined purlin and wall plateTwo beams lengthened into an 8.8 m purlin with a keyed scarf joint, a wall plate joined with a simple scarf, and a cross tie with a dovetail end.Uses: Dovetail, Scarf joint, Straight lap
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  AdvancedTemplate99 partsSaddle roof tiny houseA 10 by 6 m tiny house under a saddle roof of straight glulam rafters, with post-free glass corners and a loft under the high corner.
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  AdvancedTemplate74 partsLeaf Fold forest houseA forest house with a leaf-shaped roof on a midrib, a tree column and a screen of fins. 74 parts, 9.8 m³ of timber.
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  AdvancedTemplate283 partsPaalhuis on pilesA two-storey house on 18 piles after the old fishermen's houses, under a steep 55 degree roof with a glazed water gable.
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  AdvancedTemplate183 partsGebinthuis fisherman's houseA low house on six anchor-beam bents with a long sea roof, a dormer band and a small net shed against the gable.
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  AdvancedTemplate243 partsThe Hollow forest cinemaA sunken home cinema for a forest: a lopsided cone of radial glulam beams to an oculus ring, with a ramp and an exit stair.