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Custom-built downdraft table and workstations enhance woodshop's efficiency

Other than Michigan-based Two Waters Woodworking's custom-designed furniture, home bars, man-cave decor, and tables, what stands out most is the shop's efficiency.
 
Two Waters' owner Pete Goetz has built himself a multi-functional workstation that encompasses his table saw, miter saw, and router table. 
 
"Was unsure on how large I wanted to make this, debated back and forth between 3' and 4' wide," Goetz wrote on his company's Facebook page, where he regularly posts his work. "I'm so glad I went 4' wide (4'×8').

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