FREE MORAVIAN WORKBENCH PLANS, CUT LIST & RESOURCES
Below you will find free resources, including free Moravian Workbench plans and cut list, as shown in the DVD video “Building the Portable Moravian Workbench with Will Myers“. You can buy both video versions here:
- DVD: “Building the Portable Moravian Workbench with Will Myers“
- HD Download: “Building the Portable Moravian Workbench with Will Myers”
This DVD was directed, filmed, and edited by Joshua Farnsworth. Keep in mind that these workbench plans are copyrighted by Will Myers and are not to be published or offered outside of WoodAndShop.com.
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MORAVIAN WORKBENCH PARTS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:
- Wooden screw vise: made by Nick Dombrowski at Lake Erie Tool Works
PHOTOS FROM THE MORAVIAN WORKBENCH VIDEO SHOOT:
This is the original Moravian Workbench that Will Myers based his reproduction workbenches after:
Wkfinetools.com no longer has up the articles on this Moravian workbench. Could they be made available somewhere else?
Will Myers told me that WK ended their website. But I don’t believe that Will ever had a Moravian workbench tutorial there…it was roubo workbench. You can buy our DVD or Digital download here, which shows a ton of detail: https://store.woodandshop.com/product-category/woodworking-dvd-videos/?product_count=36
He’s got the build description up here: https://eclecticmechanicals.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/themoravianworkbenchbywillmyers.pdf
Hi i have tried to get the free plans. it does not show up in my email>or spam> any idea how i can get them ? thanks
Send us an email, and we can help you: https://woodandshop.com/contact/
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This bench looks awesome. I’m keen to follow the course but just want to check before I do if there is a list of tools required to build this?
Hi Evie, thanks! Here’s a video showing the tools for building a Moravian workbench (obviously some are optional): https://woodandshop.com/which-hand-tools-do-you-need-for-building-a-workbench/
Are the downloadable plans now $40?
No, they’re still free. You just have to add your email address, and we’ll send you the download links.
Hello, I am wondering if you all use the standard or 2x vise kit from Lake Erie Toolworks on you school workbenches?
Hi Matthew, I use standard, but I know Will Myers has used the 2x and liked it.
Hi Joshua, I think I want to bite the bullet and take on building this work bench as a long term project. Before I buy the video, I wanted to know what sort of wood is recommended? I want to make sure I can source the wood before I start. Cheers.
Hi Richard, you can use a hardwood for the top, stretchers, & wedges (oak, maple, etc.) and a softer / inexpensive wood for the undercarriage (pine, poplar, etc.)
I saw the pictures, can’t afford the video; I’ll just use the general idea, and build a nice bench. I think I will incorporate some ideas from another nice bench I saw. Thanks.
Let’s get real. These are not “Plans” and I think the main objective here is to sell the dvd/video. As a prospect customer interested in building a workbench, I would appreciate honest marketing tactics.
These were the plans that Will Myers had drawn up to go along with the video, and I have built 5 workbenches with these plans. You don’t need the crutch of having every little tiny detail shown in the plans.
I haven’t built the workbench yet, but if you have not purchased anything you are not a customer, and if you are not intending to purchase anything you are not a potential customer. However if after seeing this workbench in one of the videos online and has piqued your interest, you can download the plans and along with some common sense and thirst for building a great bench you succeed then great. If not purchase the video, and you still have specific questions I am sure someone here will help you.
it’s not ‘plans’. it’s a partial sketch (in pseudo-engineering manner). about 50% of necessary information is missing.
w/o a paid DVD (which costs a lot, 2 my opinion) these ‘plans’ r of little use.
The same plans that come with the DVD are the ones we offer for free. And no, 50% of information isn’t missing. I’ve built 5 of them with these plans. And no, the cost of the DVD is very affordable compared with the nearly $2k it costs to go to the class at the Woodwright’s School.
sorry in advance if the following sounds 2 blunt/impolite/disrespectful 2 u guys. i meant no offense. I don’t really want 2 argue, because I don’t know what kind of level of formal engineering standards woodworkers follow. May b what u call ‘plans’ are some kind of sketches which ‘sensible’ (now we need 2 define ‘sensible’) woodworker will figure out easily. 2 me, a standard plan/design would follow engineering standards like https://www.cobanengineering.com/GeometricDimensioningAndTolerancing/TechnicalDrawingLines.asp where myself (as a woodworking dummy but able 2 read standard engineering design papers) would b able 2 easily find all the necessary dimensions, c hidden lines and figure… Read more »
Thousands of woodworkers have made this workbench with the video and the plans. But there are occasional woodworkers (usually engineers) who are too afraid to make anything without incredible detail. This is not how historical woodworkers worked.
yeah, u c… the key word here is
woodworkers. I’m not yet a woodworker but most of the time a nit-picker… :(but having an idea delivered (and yes, it has been delivered w/this plans and Will’s web-page) is already pretty good and I appreciate it.
For free. Don’t use them if they don’t fit your level of expertise. Or try to do what the experts have
tried to provide for you here. Less complaining and more creative thinking
Also, Will himself called the ‘plans’ ‘a measured drawing with major dimensions’.
After skimming through the article with pictures and studying the plans, I can also see that there are critical details essential to assembly of the workbench which are missing from the plans. I’m certain those details are obvious to you because you built the bench in the first place. I’m finding this is a common error among woodworkers. Upset is right, this is a partial sketch, with dimensions, it is not complete construction drawings. If the plans were complete, one would not have to refer to the article to learn those key details. Also, all parts would be separately drawn… Read more »
I agree that these are NOT plans. They are drawings with some dimensions. I would not have been happy if I had paid for these “plans” and this is what I received. Not really a good incentive to buy other “plans”.
I’ve used these plans to build 5 of these workbenches. They are sufficient for most people.
These are “plans.” As I understand woodworking, we use at least three distinct terms: sketches, plans and [technical] drawings. A sketch is … well, just a sketch,,, ie, an idea or preliminary drawing (and sometimes made on a piece of toilet paper while you do your business). A plan is a basic drawing with essential measures for the construction. Elements not specifically included/shown are detailed joinery and wood dimensions, neither the relative size btw each piece has to be accurate. Plans are non-professional, ie, this is what you normally show a customer for discussions of size, angles, species, etc. Plans… Read more »
Hello, I love this design but I added a twist some will like it and some will not. I made all the parts under the bench top out of 3/4″ Baltic birch plywood glued up to the dimensions on the drawing, no need cutting mortices and tennons all you need is a router and make a few jigs. Very possible to make this bench from the plans every detail might be there but its not too hard to figure it out its just an awesome portable bench.
Thanks. I was just wondering what kind of wood people were using to make these.
Hi Stephen, the original is in oak (top & stretchers & wedges & vise…but you can use most hard woods) and the undercarriage is yellow pine. But you can use most any woods.