Crafting stations are the placed furniture — Work Benches, Anvils, Furnaces, the Alchemy Table and more — you stand near to unlock recipes. Each station gates its own set of crafts; open any to see everything it makes.
Core stations include the Work Bench, Furnace, Iron/Lead Anvil, Sawmill, Loom, Cooking Pot, Alchemy Table and Tinkerer's Workshop, plus Hardmode upgrades like the Mythril Anvil and Adamantite Forge. Standing near one unlocks its recipes.
Most are crafted from wood or the matching bars at a Work Bench or by hand — the Work Bench itself takes 10 wood. Open any station's page to see its recipe and everything it crafts.