A curated set of links for woodworkers — clubs and guilds, places to learn, and communities to ask questions.
We host our own state-by-state list of clubs and guilds directly on this site.
A club or guild for every state, with contact info and websites where available.
Brick-and-mortar schools and instructors offering in-person, hands-on classes.
One verified, currently-operating school or instructor for every state, checked link by link.
Courses and websites for woodworkers at every skill level.
Videos, plans, and technique articles from one of the longest-running woodworking publications.
Online academy with in-depth video courses for beginner through advanced woodworkers.
Video courses with project plans from an established online woodworking school.
Furniture-making video courses and plans from the host of PBS’s Classic Woodworking.
Membership-based education focused on hand-tool woodworking techniques.
Woodworking and sawmilling projects from a popular YouTube woodworker, from live-edge slabs to shop-built machines.
Hand-tool woodworking taught by master craftsman Paul Sellers, with a large video library and weekly build-along projects.
Beginner-friendly course from Steve Ramsey of Woodworking for Mere Mortals — six projects, each built over a single weekend.
Paid video courses on traditional hand-tool woodworking, timber hewing, blacksmithing, and furniture history from the makers of Mortise & Tenon Magazine.
National nonprofit for woodturning, with educational articles, videos, a symposium, and a directory of local chapters.
Shows to listen to in the shop — technique, tools, lumber, and the occasional deep dive into why we all do this.
The classic. Listener Q&A, tool choices, techniques, finishing, joinery — very practical.
From Fine Woodworking editors. Deep dives plus listener questions, slightly more refined and technical.
Focused specifically on lumber — sourcing, milling, drying, and the industry itself, from longtime host Shannon Rogers.
Bi-weekly listener-question format covering wood selection, joinery, tools, and shop setup.
Less about technique, more about the philosophy of craft — design, creativity, and the business of making things.
Weekly, casual show from the Woodsmith/Popular Woodworking crew — shop stories, listener questions, and behind-the-scenes news.
Figure out board footage and estimated cost from thickness, width, and length — plus a plain-English explanation of what a board foot is.
Enter dimensions and an optional price per board foot to get an instant estimate.
We don’t host our own pricing table yet — board-foot prices shift often and vary by region, so for now here are external resources that track current hardwood pricing. Let us know if you’d rather see this built out as a page on the site.
Board-foot pricing by species, updated regularly.
We don’t run our own forum yet — here are active communities where woodworkers discuss and review tools. Let us know if you’d rather see a review forum built directly into this site.
Long-running community thread covering tool reviews and recommendations.
General woodworking forum with active tools, machinery, and reviews sections.