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An Island Workshop

A central island for power tools, work surfaces, and dust collection makes the most of this two-car garage shop


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Video Length: 4:39 Produced By: Gary Junken

Alan DeVilbiss, a retired engineer, put his expertise to work when he came up with the idea for his shop, which is designed around a central island. All of his stationary machines -- tablesaw, bandsaw, drill press, router table, planer, and radial-arm saw -- are built into the island, where they share infeed and outfeed space and a centralized dust-collection system. This configuration lets DeVilbiss work full-length lumber but only take up minimal floor space.

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