Routing Essentials
The Woodsmith Technique Collection: Routing Essentials contains everything you need to know for safe and accurate routing.
This collection includes detailed techniques you can use to add a decorative edge to your projects with a hand-held router. It's a breeze if you follow a few simple rules.
A router, some bits, and these simple, shop-tested techniques are all you need to add character and distinction to a woodworking project.
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What You Get:
- 6 printable (digital) pages of Routing Essentials.
- More than 25 step-by-step illustrations and photographs.
- 7 Tips for Routing Perfect Router Profiles.
- Working with Profile Bits.
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Imperial Plans
The United States Customary System of Units (USCS or USC), more commonly referred to as the English or Imperial system, is the standard set of units for our plans. It uses inches and feet for measurement. This is the one you probably want if you are in the United States, and it is the one we have traditionally offered on this website.

Metric Plans
The International System of Units (SI), more commonly referred to as the metric system, is the alternative set of units that we have available for some of our plans. It uses millimeters, centimeters, and meters for measurement. This is the one you probably want if you are outside the United States. These plans are provided by our business partner, Australian Woodsmith, and are based on the original Woodsmith plan. However, dimensions and other elements of the plan may vary between the metric and standard versions. Be sure to double-check the plan before building.


Premium Plans
All of the information that you need to build our plans can be found in the standard plan. However, if you want even more granular detail to make your job easier, you should consider our premium plans. These come with additional shop diagrams that we drew when creating the prototypes. Shop drawings are not available for every plan.