Woodshop (workspace)
Woodshops are a woodworking workshop space dedicated to the processing, shaping, and assembly of wood into finished products or components. Woodshops can be found in schools, makerspaces, fab labs, flex spaces, homes, garages, community centers, and professional manufacturing environments. They typically include a combination of hand tools, power tools, and stationary machinery for cutting, shaping, joining, and finishing wood.
Educational use
In schools, woodshop classes are part of industrial arts, technology education, or career and technical education programs, where students learn tool and material use, measurements, project planning, and craftsmanship. In fab labs and makerspaces woodshops often serve as a skill sharing environment for hobbyists and entrepreneurs.Safety
Woodshops pose hazards including sharp blades, airborne dust, and noise exposure. Proper training, use of personal protective equipment, and adherence to safety protocols are critical in personal, educational, and professional woodshop settings.Types of PPE
Common tools
Other woodshop tools
- Screwdrivers – list of screw drives
- Wrench – list of wrenches
- Hammers – list of hammers, nail gun, staple gun, nailset, punch
- Measuring tools – speed square, ruler, calipers, tape measure, protractor, plumb bob, combination square, laser rangefinder, level
- Drills – cordless drill, hammer drill, drill bit
- Cutting tools – hand saw, bow saw, coping saw, utility knife, chisel, hand plane, jigsaw, circular saw, scroll saw, router table, miter saw, reciprocating saw, thickness planer, jointer, wood shaper, mortiser, spokeshave, drawknife
- Abrasive tools – files, rasp, sandpaper, grinding wheel, belt sander, orbital sander, hand scraper
- Holding tools – vise, clamps, pliers, bench hook, biscuit joiner, locking pliers, tool belt
- Marking tools – carpenters pencil, marking gauge, scriber, chalk line, scratch awl
- Miscellaneous – workbench, sawhorses, dust collection system, paintbrush, shop vac, air compressors, wood lathe, rotary tool
Products used
Types of woodshop work
- Boat building
- Carpentry
- CNC machining
- Framing
- Furniture making – list of furniture types, cabinetry, upholstery
- Instrument making and luthier
- Intarsia
- Joinery
- Laser engraving
- Marquetry
- Model building
- Patternmaking
- Wood carving
- Wood engraving
- Wood veneer
- Woodturning