Misc Woodworking Projects starting with L

Have you ever seen one of these little free libraries? Perhaps there is one in your town or neighborhood. If not you should use the free building instructions at the link to build one.

Aren't these outdoor lanterns beautiful!! And the best part is you can use solar lights for this project. Check out the full tutorial at the link and get building.

In this page I share with you a large collection of free scroll saw fretwork patterns. I have carefully scanned them and transformed them into pdf files. These patterns were published long ago in Hobbies fretwork magazine. They are offered here with permission of the present Copyright holders, Hobbies Limited. Project #1732.

Our laundry was kept in a collection of plastic bins and cloth bags in a cabinet in the laundry room. As I heard that the cloth bags were on their way out and were most likely being replaced by more plastic bins, I diplomatically cut in and ask for a few weeks so that I could design and build some laundry boxes from wood.

Pulpit designed for a church in Kansas City. DXF Format

Build this loveseat with these free woodworking step-by-step plans. Even make your own cushion.

With just a little lumber you can build this awesome laundry hamper which requires no sewing either. Here is how...

With cutouts for handles and casters for easy mobility, I think this is the perfect laundry hamper. Here are the free plans to build it.

A guide to constructing said table, log-splitting table plans, materials list, diagram. ...

This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for a loft ladder. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.

This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for a lecturn. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.

The top and sides are simply stock beadboard plywood framed with 1x material. For the hampers floor, we scrounged up a scrap piece of regular plywood or, just use beadboard instead.

This downloadable lazy susan designed by TJ Christiansen, is a great project if you own a shopbot or a CNC router. You will need to scroll down the page at the link to fine this plan.

Here are the instructions to build this three compartment laundry hamper. It is meant to be finished off with mesh or screen for the sides.

This laundry station features sorting bins that roll out and a great folding counter. Build this laundry unit using the free woodworking plans available at the link.

This freestanding laundry closet will help you get organized either right in the laundry room or perhaps in your bedroom. It features a hanging rod, and a shelf as well as space for sorting laundry into baskets. Build it using the free plans at the link.

Learn how to build a lazy Susan; includes details for a circle-cutting jig for a saber saw and working with edge banding.

This laptop riser is handy to have at your desk. There is a place to store your phone and you can slide your keyboard underneath when you need more work surface. Best of all you can build it using scrap wood and the free plans at the link.

All the bookcases were made of No. 2 white pine boards to match the trim in our old house. The cases were made without backs, anchoring them to the painted walls with cleats on the back of the shelves. Construction is fairly simple, standard cabinet case construction.

Clean and compact, exuding the warmth of pine, this hamper can serve its utilitarian purpose handsomely anywhere in your home.

The Laundry Basket Dresser has taken my laundry room from the messiest room in my home to the tidiest. It is so easy to pull laundry out and put it directly into baskets.

The reason I was attracted to this project was a lifelong appreciation for wood and the simpler times when craftsmen hewed logs into log cabins and also to log cabin furniture. With a few simple tools, they made what they needed with what they had.

A letter holder is not only practical but can also adorn a passage, entry or other suitable wall and it is relatively easy to make. Also doubles as a key rack.

Make your own industrial initials using pallet wood and these free step-by-step instructions.

Build an LED light table using wood, a 3 or 4 strip LED light kit, and a sheet of frosted plexiglass. This light table can be used for drawing or tracing wood a pattern.

This truck ladder rack can be adjusted to fit any truck bed. It had to be easily removable, installed so that no holes would be drilled in the bed of the truck, and be able to carry the weight of my canoe.

Give your front load washer and dryer a built-in look and give yourself more folding surface after you build this laundry room countertop.

Build a lazy susan to keep your desktop organized. Also great for a number of uses.

If you live in a house without a clothes chute, you are probably sick and tired of running up and down the stairs from your bedrooms and bathrooms to your laundry room, toting baskets of dirty clothes and towels. If you can find a suitable location, consider a laundry chute!

At the link you will find step-by-step pictures of how this loft was built.