The website is intended for artisans, students, hobbyists, enthusiasts, students, engineers, i.e., anyone interested in areas such as woodworking, metalworking, graphic design, decorating, 3D modeling, 3D printing, CNC manufacturing, etc.

Craftsmanspace website is intended for all who want to create, decorate and learn; it is intended primarily for beginners, but also for professionals who will surely find useful information on our site. Initially, we had the idea to offer you only free projects for making all kinds of things, but it happened that some time later we started to draw various patterns that could serve to decorate the objects you made, as well as 3D models for those who wanted to make something on their CNC machines or 3D printers. We have also made collections of free software and collections of free books in various technical fields. In this way, Craftsmanspace website has become a meaningful whole – here, anyone who wants to create something in their workshop can come up with new ideas on what to do and how to do it.

 

FREE METALWORKING AND WOODWORKING PROJECTS

This category of our site contains a large number of free metalworking and woodworking plans that are suitable for both beginners and experienced craftsmen.

 

Free metalworking and woodworking projects

 

  • Each plan contains: Parts drawings, Assembly drawings, Parts list, Exploded view, text
  • You can download the plan as: PDF file and/or high resolution images
  • With our projects, you can make a variety of useful items: furniture, kids toys, puzzles, hand tools, kitchen utensils, garden furniture and accessories, fitness equipment...
  • Projects are categorized in 3 ways:

 

FREE VECTOR PATTERNS

Within section Free Patterns you can find various categories of vector patterns for decoration and using for such techniques as marquetry, intarsia, scroll saw, wood burning, painting, fretwork, carving, etc.

 

  • All the vectors are hand traced, so the curves are smooth and suitable for CNC machines.
  • Available file formats: vector (.eps and .svg) and 2D CAD (.dwg)
  • All the patterns are under Creative commons attribution licences
  • In this category you can find: ornaments of different styles, designs, craft patterns, illustrations, silhouettes, stencils, flourishes...
  • Categorization:

Free vector patterns

 

 

FREE 3D MODELS

Nowadays more and more various CNC machines and 3D printers can be found in small workshops or at various DIY enthusiasts. There are many cheap machines that you can buy, and the internet offers a number of DIY plans that you can use to make your own CNC machine and 3D printer.  Therefore, we decided to publish on these pages 3D models that are suitable for use on such machines.

 

Free 3D models

 

  • Available file formats: Polygonal mesh (.obj, .blend, .stl...) and NURBS 3D models (STEP, IGES, 3DM (Rhino 3D), FCStd (FreeCAD) ... )
  • All the patterns are under Creative commons attribution licences
  • In this category you can find: 3D models suitable for 3D printing, 3D models suitable for CNC engraving, 3D models of various objects, 3D models of decorative elements, Math art 3D models...

 

 

 

FREE PUBLIC DOMAIN TECHNICAL BOOKS

Free books are great way for expanding your knowledge in various fields without additional costs. You can find many free books on the internet, and in time it will be more and more difficult to find just what you need among the countless existing titles. Therefore, we have made an effort to carefully select the books that we offer related to the thematic fields of our website, and that the quality of the free books published on our website is high. 

 

Free books and Public domain books

 

 

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Growing number of the free software, their quality and the entire free software community has become one of the most positive things that happened in the world of computers in the past few years. The main goal of this category on our website is to introduce you to some quality free software that you can use.

 

 

Free and open source software

 

  • We have divided this category into several sub-categories, where you will find classified software with basic information about their purpose, functionality and the link to the home page of website from where you can download them.
  • Available software catefories:

 

 

- WOODWORKING JOINTS DATABASE

The purpose of our woodworking joints database is to introduce the basic types and methods of making woodworking joints to the amateur woodworker and carpenter, and for the experienced craftsman to serve as a reminder, or to expand certain knowledge in this field, if needed.

 

  • Classified into categories: Mortise and tenon, Dovetail, Half-lap, Dado, Miter...
  • Quality drawn pictures of each joint
  • Information about each joint (soon)

Woodworking joints database