3D Printing for Woodworkers
with Ben Strano
Full course content available Nov. 11, 2025
This course introduces woodworkers to the practical use of 3D printing in the shop, from setup to creating custom jigs and hardware solutions.
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About This Course
You’ll start with the basics—what level of tech skills you need, how to install software, and how to get your printer running. Ben walks through materials, filaments, and essential tools before moving into projects that highlight the real benefits of 3D printing for woodworking. Along the way, you’ll download and print ready-made shop helpers, then step into Fusion 360 for simple, custom designs like mortising jigs, bowtie inlay templates, and dust collection adapters. With projects ranging from dovetail markers to hinge templates, the course gives you instructions for building off-the-shelf models as well as the confidence to design and create your own tools. By the end, you’ll know how to integrate 3D printing into your woodworking workflow to solve problems, save time, and expand your creative options.
You Will Learn:
- The 3D printing equipment and software you’ll need to get started
- Where to find premade printable files you can download and print right away
- How to take Ben’s downloadable Fusion 360 files and modify them to create the exact templates you need
- How to start designing 3D models from scratch in Fusion 360
- How to take your 3D printed jigs from screen, to printer, to woodshop
Included With The Course:
Files you’ll get with the class that can be customized with a click of a button.
- Mortising template with parameters for mortise dimensions, bit, bushing, and side offsets
- Bowtie routing template for inlays
- Templates for routing finicky hardware
- Customizable tools like dovetail markers and honing-guide projection jigs
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
BEN STRANO
Ben Strano is the Editor of FineWoodworking.com. As a youngster, he became engrossed in music, a passion that led him to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he earned a degree in music production and engineering. Soon after graduating, he began a career as a recording engineer in Nashville, where he worked with artists like Amy Grant, ZZ Top, and Poco. While expanding his woodworking and home-building skills, Ben also expanded his job skills, taking on video projects for Lost Art Press, among others. In 2016, Ben and his family moved back to his native Connecticut to be closer to family and work at Fine Woodworking. Since then, Ben has combined his woodworking and musical passions through lutherie, building over a dozen ukuleles. When he’s not in the shop, Ben designs and builds world championship-qualifying combat robots with his son.
