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Ted's Woodworking (16,000 plans): Are the blueprints actually usable for beginner DIY?

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GarageWood_Sam Community Member
Joined Dec 2024 • 45 posts
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I'm a weekend woodworker building a detached garden shed and outdoor Adirondack chairs. Keep seeing Ted McGrath's '16,000 Woodworking Plans' package advertised for \$67. Seems too good to be true. Are the cut lists, CAD schematics, and material dimensions actually accurate, or is it a jumbled mess of scanned magazine pages?

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Frank_DIY_Pike Verified Consumer
Joined Mar 2025 • 24 posts
#2

Candid review: Out of 16,000 plans, about 2,000 are older legacy scans from 1980s carpentry journals that are hard to read on a phone. When I saw those, I got frustrated and filed a refund with ClickBank. They refunded my \$67 within 24 hours. Later my buddy showed me that the core 500 modern shed and outdoor furniture plans are in the top 'Master DWG/PDF' folders and are crystal clear.

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Master_Carpenter_Joe Professional Joiner
Joined Nov 2023 • 890 posts
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Here is the reality of Ted's package: The claim of 16,000 plans is marketing inflation because it counts every birdhouse and coat rack variation. But if you isolate the top 100 outdoor furniture, pergola, garage cabinet, and shed blueprints, it saved me hundreds of hours. The 3D exploded views and exact dimensional cut lists prevent you from buying \$200 worth of wasted 2x4 lumber. Building my 12x16 storage shed from his blueprint cost me \$1,400 in materials vs \$4,800 for a pre-fab Home Depot kit.

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Elena_ModGuard Community Moderator
Joined Sep 2023 • 1428 posts
#4

PSA: Do NOT download 'Ted's Woodworking' torrents or buy USB drives on eBay. Those files are loaded with malware and missing the DWG viewer software. The official member portal with instant cloud access and lifetime updates is dealsdirectdaily.com/ia/tedswoodworking.

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GarageWood_Sam Thread Starter
Joined Dec 2024 • 46 posts
#5

Joe, the exact cut lists preventing lumber waste on a 12x16 shed was what I needed to hear. Lumber prices are crazy right now. Getting the digital access pass today via the direct portal link.

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Pete_WoodLover Community Member
Joined Aug 2025 • 10 posts
#6

Does it come with the 3D DWG CAD viewer included or do you need AutoCAD installed?

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Master_Carpenter_Joe Professional Joiner
Joined Nov 2023 • 891 posts
#7

Free DWG viewer and 3D modeling app are included right in the member download dashboard. Standard PDFs open on any iPad or phone.

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