Setting up a bench?
Workbench Height Planner
Turn your elbow height or stature into a practical working-height band, with millimetres and inches shown together.
Plan the heightPractical woodworking, measured once
Make the workshop fit the job.
Nine free calculators for bench setup, parts fit, jig geometry, sanding, cutting lists and saw choice — backed by straightforward workshop guides.
Each answer shows its workings and its limits.
Start with the job in front of you
Pick the question. Get a usable answer.
No catalogue and no product wall. Each tool starts with the measurements you already have and returns the next workshop decision.
Need a clean fit?
Dowel & Peg Fit Planner
Choose a drill size for glued, removable or rotating wooden parts.
Finishing a surface?
Sanding Disc Estimator
Build the grit sequence and estimate how many discs the job is likely to take.
Building with FasTrack?
FasTrack Length Calculator
Find section combinations for a target layout length.
Making a nest box?
Bird Box Planner
Produce a cutting list and total board length from the box you want to build.
Not sure which saw?
Cutting Tool Selector
Match the cut, material, job size and available tooling to a sensible saw choice.
Choose a sawNew jig calculations
Three layouts that should not depend on a centreline guess.
- Bench Dog-Hole Layout Planner
Lay out a fixed-pitch bench-dog grid with centred end margins and an exact front-row offset.
bench mm × pitch → hole coordinates
- Router Guide-Bush Offset Calculator
Calculate the one-side router guide-bush offset from the measured guide and cutter diameters.
guide − bit → offset → template
- Router Circle-Jig Pivot Calculator
Set a router circle jig from the finished diameter and actual cutter size, not a centreline guess.
finished dia × bit dia → pivot radius
Featured workshop note
Designing a workbench that fits you
Height is only the start. Top mass, stiffness, vice position and the space around the bench all change how it works day to day.
Read the guideIndependent by design
A workshop reference, not a shop.
Woodcraft Parts Workshop is an independent reference site. It is not a shop, and it is not connected to any business that previously traded from this domain.