Tell this planner your shop size, the power you have and what you want to build. It returns a machine package that fits the room, counts the dedicated circuits you will need, sizes dust collection and air filtration to the space, and shows each machine as a Grizzly factory-direct pick beside the closest Amazon alternative.
A 400 sq ft two-car garage on 120 V fits a hybrid table saw (Grizzly G0771Z), a 14 in bandsaw (G0555), a 6 in benchtop jointer (G0945), a benchtop planer, a 15 in drill press (T34608) and a 1-1/2 HP cyclone (G0860, 868 CFM) using about 120 sq ft of working zone and leaving the rest for lumber and assembly, on three dedicated 120 V 20 A circuits. One G0738 hanging air filter at 409 CFM clears that room about six times an hour.
Grizzly sells its machines only through grizzly.com, so the green button is the only place to buy that model. The Amazon button is the closest machine in the same class from a brand Amazon stocks. No prices are shown here because both change weekly; click through for the current number.
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The plan is built from three questions a shop owner usually answers in the wrong order. Most people pick machines first, then discover the room is too small or the panel has no spare 240 V slot. This planner reverses that: the room sets the working zones, the panel sets which motors are allowed, and only then does the tier pick the machine.
A machine's base footprint is the number on the spec sheet, but the number that matters is the working zone around it. A 10 in table saw needs roughly 8 ft of clear infeed and 8 ft of outfeed to rip a sheet of plywood, so its zone is four times the base. A jointer and a planer need about three times their base because stock travels the full length of the bed and out the other side. A bandsaw works on short pieces and gets 2.5 times. Drill presses, benches and dust collectors get little or no clearance because nothing long passes through them. The planner adds up those zones and compares the total to your floor area. Under 70 percent of the room is comfortable, 70 to 100 percent is a tight shop that works if machines are on mobile bases, and over 100 percent means something has to go on wheels and be rolled out when used. The layout planner lets you place the pieces once you have the list.
On 120 V the ceiling is a 2 HP motor on a 15 A nameplate. That still buys a hybrid table saw with cast-iron trunnions (G0771Z), a 1-1/2 HP cyclone (G0860), a 14 in bandsaw and every benchtop machine. Pick the 240 V option and the planner unlocks the 3 HP cabinet saw (G1023RL), the 3 HP cyclone (G0441) and the 15 in planer (G1021Z). Each of those wants its own circuit. Dedicated circuit counts here follow the usual shop rule: give any 120 V machine that draws 12 A or more its own 20 A circuit, and never put the dust collector on the same circuit as the machine it serves, or the two starting currents trip the breaker together. The electrical load calculator turns the count into a subpanel size.
Two different machines handle two different problems. The dust collector catches chips and coarse dust at the tool; it is sized by the machine with the biggest port in the plan, which is why the planner bumps a benchtop-only shop to a wall-mount unit and a floor-machine shop to a cyclone. The air filter catches what the collector misses after it has gone airborne; it is sized by the room, not the tools. The planner uses six air changes an hour as the target: floor area times ceiling height times six, divided by sixty, gives the CFM the filter has to move. One G0738 on high moves 409 CFM, enough for a 500 sq ft room with an 8 ft ceiling. Bigger rooms get two, and the air filtration guide covers the 1,000 CFM class above that. Run the dust collection calculator once you know the longest duct run.
Grizzly sells its machines only through its own site, so if you want a specific Grizzly model the green button is the way to get it; freight is quoted at checkout and the ship weights in the spec sheets tell you whether to expect a liftgate truck. Amazon stocks WEN, DeWalt, JET, Shop Fox and Powermatic in the same classes and ships them in days with a simpler return. The planner shows both so you can compare the actual specification pages side by side rather than take anyone's word for which is better.
A table saw, a 6 inch jointer, a benchtop planer and a dust collector cover most furniture and cabinet work. A 14 inch bandsaw comes next for curves and resawing, then a drill press. Buy the dust collector with the first machine, not last; every machine after it adds fine dust the room cannot clear on its own.
Plan on three to four times the machine footprint. A 10 inch table saw with a 40 by 27 inch top needs about 8 feet of clear infeed and outfeed to rip a sheet of plywood, so its working zone is closer to 70 square feet than the 7 square feet the base occupies. Bandsaws and drill presses need far less because the work is short.
Not for a starter or mid-level shop. Hybrid table saws, 1-1/2 HP cyclones, benchtop jointers and 14 inch bandsaws all run on a 120 volt 20 amp circuit, though the two 15 amp machines each want their own. You need 240 volts for 3 HP cabinet saws, 3 HP cyclones and 15 inch planers.
Give every machine that draws 12 amps or more at 120 volts its own 20 amp circuit, and run one more for the dust collector so it can start while a saw is running. A typical 400 square foot garage shop lands at three or four 120 volt circuits plus one or two 240 volt circuits if any 3 HP machines are planned.
Grizzly machines are sold only by Grizzly, so direct is the only way to get them; freight is quoted at checkout and the ship weights in this planner tell you what to expect. Amazon alternatives from WEN, DeWalt, JET and Shop Fox arrive faster and are easier to return. For a first machine where you are unsure, the Amazon option is the lower-commitment path; for a machine you will keep for twenty years, compare specifications and buy the heavier one.