About

Northpine publishes CNC-ready plywood plans for shop furniture. Storage cabinets, stackable crates, knockdown sawhorses, clamp racks, lumber racks — the pieces a small shop actually needs, drawn once and drawn properly.

Every plan starts as a 3D assembly in CAD. It gets checked for interference, then broken down into an orthographic drawing set, a cut list, a bill of materials and a nesting map. Only then does it become a DXF and an SVG at 1:1. The point is that the numbers on the paper and the numbers in the file are the same numbers.

What we actually sell

A digital download, delivered instantly after checkout. Six to nine pages of drawings, a cut list, a BOM, a nesting map, one DXF and one SVG per part, the assembly order and a CNC notes file. About 4 MB, no account, no app, no subscription.

How the plans are checked

• Dimension-checked in CAD — every panel, dado and cleat cross-checked against the assembly.
• Grain direction and sheet yield worked out per plan, printed on the nesting sheet.
• Not shop-cut on every machine. We say this plainly because it matters: your sheet thickness, your kerf and your fence decide the last millimetre, so every plan tells you to cut a test groove first.

What we believe about shop furniture

• One material. Everything here is 3/4 in plywood plus a 1/4 in back where it needs one.
• Repairable joints. Dados and screws, not glue-only mystery boxes.
• Honest dimensions. Inches first, millimetres in parentheses, on every sheet.
• A plan should tell you what it does not cover — load, finish, and your own machine.

Who it is for

Hobby CNC owners, garage builders, and the person who just bought a track saw and wants their first cabinet to come out square. If you own a router and a straight edge, you own enough to build any plan here.

Questions before you buy

Start with the FAQ, or download the free three-page sample sheet and judge the format yourself. Still unsure: send the question — we answer within one working day.

Where the name comes from

Northpine is the bench where these were first drawn: a north-facing wall, pine offcuts, and a router table that took three tries to make flat. The plans are the ones we wished existed when the shop was empty.