The Plans
Plans at every stage of doneness
Sketches, rough drafts, half-builds, and finished plans. Every entry is honest about exactly how far we got. Some are ready for you to copy. Some are ready for you to copy and finish. All of them are real.
What the labels mean
Just an idea on paper. No build yet. Useful if you want to take it and run with it before I do.
Materials list and rough plan are here. Some details are still TBD. Build your own at your own risk.
I've started this and partially documented it. Photos and notes through where I got. Future steps are sketched but unverified.
I built half of this and stopped. The half I built is documented honestly. The other half is your problem (and that's the whole point).
I built this all the way through. Plans are complete and tested. Should be repeatable.
The 30-Minute Cutting Board
A real, food-safe cutting board you can finish in six 30-minute sessions. The classic ADHD-friendly first project: high success rate, low decision fatigue, and you eat off it the same week.
6 units (~3 hours total, spread across as many days as you want)
Five-Minute Scrap Phone Stand
The fastest possible woodworking dopamine hit. One scrap of wood, two cuts, one chamfer. You'll finish before you have time to overthink it.
1 unit (5–15 minutes, no joke)
Modular Workshop Cart (Half-Built Edition)
I built the bottom half of this exact cart and have been using it for three months. The top shelf and the drawer? Still on the to-do list. Here's the half I built, documented honestly, in case you want to copy it.
I built it in about 8 units. The whole plan would be ~14.
Bookshelf for Tiny Hands (Rough Draft)
A low, sturdy, tip-resistant bookshelf sized for a toddler or preschooler. I have the design and materials list. I have not built one yet. Posting it now in case it helps you start before I do.
Estimated 6–8 units (this is a guess, not a promise — I haven't built it)
Adirondack Chair (Sketch)
A back-of-the-napkin idea for an Adirondack chair I want to build. No materials list yet. No real plan. Just a sketch and some thoughts. Posting it here so my future self has somewhere to come back to.
Unknown — sketch stage only