Setting up your bench…
The Drafting Bench
Describe it. Get the cut list.
And the honest sheet count.
Tell the bench what you want to make — a garage shelf, a workbench, a roadside snack stand for the raccoons. About a minute later you've got a cut list, a real sheet count with the saw kerf already taken out, connectors you can print tonight, and a 3D preview. If the plan won't stand up, it tells you before you buy the plywood.
10
templates the engine will stand behind
1/16″
saw kerf modeled on every cut, sheet edges included
< 60s
from a sentence to a cut list
Real Models
These aren't mockups.
Every model below was generated and rendered straight from the engine — real geometry, real cut lists. Each one started as the plain-English prompt on its card, and only designs that passed the engineering checks earned a spot here.
Raccoon Roadside Snack Stand
“A roadside snack stand for the raccoons — open display niches beside a closed storage cabinet, both under one serving counter.”
48″W × 20″D × 30″H
12 parts · 2 modules + spanning counter — composed, ¾″ plywood
CheckedComposed
Garage Bookshelf
“A sturdy bookshelf for my garage, about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, pine plywood”
36″W × 12″D × 48″H
12 parts · ¾″ plywood, dadoed shelves + center stile
Checked
Workbench
“Workbench for my garage, 2x4 construction, about 5 feet wide”
60″W × 24″D × 34″H
9 parts · 2×4 frame + plywood top
Checked
Library Bookshelf
“A simple bookshelf, 5 shelves, pine plywood, about 6 feet tall”
30″W × 12″D × 72″H
8 parts · ¾″ plywood, dado joints
Checked
Storage Box
“A plywood storage box with a lift-off lid, about 18 inches wide”
18″W × 12″D × 10″H
6 parts · ½″ plywood, lift-off lid
CheckedMaterials
Four sheets, not three.
Every cut takes about a sixteenth of an inch of wood with it. Do that math wrong across forty parts and the plan that said three sheets sends you back to the store mid-build. This engine lays your parts out on real 4×8 sheets, models the kerf on every cut — including the ones against the sheet edge — and tells you the count you'll actually buy. Here's the layout for the garage bookshelf, straight from the engine: four sheets, and the fourth is one lonely shelf using 11.5% of it. That's the sheet the three-sheet plan forgot.
Honest declines
Sometimes the right answer is “not this one.”
Most AI design tools will draw you anything you ask for. That's the problem — a plan that looks finished but won't hold a load costs you a Saturday and eighty dollars of plywood. When your ask lands outside what this engine can genuinely stand behind, it says so plainly, offers the nearest thing it canbuild, and doesn't burn a generation guessing. And when a design's engineering check is stale or was never run, the badge reads Unrated— not a green checkmark it hasn't earned.
From the workshop, verbatim
That one's not really a woodwork build
The heart of what you described isn't something I can cut from lumber and stand behind. But there's usually a wooden piece hiding inside the idea — pick a path and we'll go after it.
Build the wooden shell for itI meant something else
UnratedNo current check on file
How It Works
From idea to cut list in three steps
Walk into the workshop with an idea. Walk out with everything you need.
- 1
Describe or Photograph
Walk up to the drafting bench and say what you want to make, the way you'd say it to a friend — or snap a photo of something you want to recreate. An AI reads your sentence — the dimensions, the material, the style — and hands it to the engine. No CAD, no jargon, no account.
- 2
The Engine Drafts and Checks
The engine drafts the actual geometry, then runs it against real engineering rules — span, load, tip-over, wood movement, sheet yield. If something's going to fail, this is where you find out, not in the garage.
- 3
Take It to the Bench
Take it to the bench: cut list, sheet layout, a shopping list in store language, connectors sized to your exact dimensions, and a 3D preview to check against before you cut. The step after a plan isn't building — it's buying. This one's ready for both.
Toolkit
Every tool on the wall, ready to go
Some things are advice. Tip-over isn't — that one blocks.
Natural Language Input
Describe what you want the way you'd explain it to a friend — dimensions, style, materials, constraints, all from plain English.
Optimized Cut Lists
Every part laid out across standard sheets with the saw kerf modeled, so the cut order and the waste are both real.
Itemized Shopping Lists
Quantities, dimensions, and costs in store language — walk in with a plan, not a guess.
3D-Printable Connectors
Parametric STL brackets, pins, and cam locks sized to your exact dimensions — print them tonight.
Interactive 3D Preview
Rotate, zoom, and inspect every joint and panel before you cut a single board.
Iterative Refinement
Say “make it taller” or “add a drawer” and the design updates while preserving what already works.
Also exports: OpenSCAD parametric files · exploded views · step-by-step assembly renders
No Traditional Joinery Required
3D-printable connectors that actually work
Every design includes parametric connector files sized to your exact dimensions. Print them at home, slot them in, and assemble with confidence. No specialty tools, no off-the-shelf brackets that almost fit — just your printer and a screwdriver.
Corner Brackets
90° panel-to-panel joins
Shelf Pins
Adjustable shelf positioning
Knockdown Cams
Disassemble & reassemble
Panel Joiners
Edge-to-edge connections
Leg Brackets
Table & desk legs
T-Brackets
Perpendicular joins
Modular Grid
Stackable cube systems
Gallery
Blueprints from the workshop
Real prompts, real blueprints — describe what you want to make
Bookshelf
72"H × 30"W × 12"D · ¾″ pine plywood
“A simple bookshelf, 5 shelves, pine plywood, about 6 feet tall”
Pantry Shelving
84"H × 30"W × 16"D · ¾″ plywood
“Tall pantry shelving unit, 7 feet tall, 30 inches wide, plywood”
Workbench
34"H × 60"W × 24"D · 2×4 frame + plywood top
“Workbench for my garage, 2x4 construction, about 5 feet wide”
Record Shelf
42"H × 30"W × 13"D · ¾″ walnut hardwood
“A record shelf for vinyl, 30 inches wide with 2 shelves, walnut”
Entry Cubby
36"H × 24"W × 12"D · ¾″ plywood
“Open storage cubby for shoes by the door, 3 shelves, 24 inches wide”
Storage Box
10"H × 18"W × 12"D · ½″ plywood, lift-off lid
“A plywood storage box with a lift-off lid, about 18 inches wide”
Principles
Workshop rules
The maker is the center of the workshop — not the software
Think like a maker
We accept natural language, not CAD concepts. If you can explain it, we can design it.
Guardrails, not walls
We never block your creativity. If something won't work, we show you how to make it work.
Confidence, not certainty
You see the reasoning and the confidence, not just a verdict — except where it's a safety call, and then it's a verdict.
Complete kit, not just files
Every design includes cuts, connectors, shopping list, and assembly guides. Everything you need, nothing you don't.