DRAFT
Every line on this page is a working draft, pending Jonathan's own
words — nothing here is final copy. The Copy Sit-Down governs the
un-drafting, same as the privacy and terms pages.
Woodworking plans, fitted to real shops
Hewn.
Hewn is building a library of human making — craft knowledge from
working woodworkers, written down so it doesn't disappear with the people
who carry it.
Here, that library has one job: adapting real furniture plans to the
shop you actually have — your tools, your materials, your skill.
And where the knowledge runs out, Hewn says so instead of guessing —
the gaps are shown, not painted over.
What works today
- AdaptPick a plan, pick a shop — or set up your own —
and set your skill level. The plan re-fits itself: substitutions where
your tools differ, warnings where a step gets riskier, and named gaps
where the system honestly doesn't know.
- CompareThe same plan adapted to two shops, side by side,
with the differences called out. The clearest way to see what your
bench changes.
- Build modeA step-at-a-time bench view — one step large,
the next action unmistakable — with check-off that stays on your device
and survives a closed tab.
- The notebookSave an adapted plan on your device, reopen
it exactly as it was, or carry it out as a file. No account needed for
that — the notebook stays on your device either way.
- Print & the cut listA print view of the plan, and a
materials view a maker can take to the lumberyard: parts, board feet,
and a shopping summary.
What it doesn't do yet
Handing Hewn your own plan. The upload exists, but the
real parsing isn't wired up — and the screen says so plainly wherever it
applies. Today's plans are a small set authored in-house to prove the
machinery, and they're labeled as exactly that.
Open the workbench →
Pick a plan, tell it what's on your bench, and see what
changes — before you cut.