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27th April 2017, 07:07 PM #1Member
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German tools
As it happens I am going to germany for a couple of weeks and a weekend for work. The weeks will be long hours but I actually get to spend the weekend in Munich. Does anyone have any ideas about any nice German hand tools that can be brought back or where in Munich would be a good place to go hunting for them?
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27th April 2017, 07:27 PM #2
Dieter Schmid is in Berlin...
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27th April 2017, 07:32 PM #3Senior Member
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Try a PM to this user: wjordan
I provided him with some photographs of a German axe for his website which can be found here if he is no longer on the forum. Nice fellow, who I'm sure will help.
http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/wiebelhaus_johann.phtml
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27th April 2017, 07:32 PM #4Senior Member
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Hi,
I have bought in Aachen, Weisbaden Mainz and thereabouts (think Frankfurt satellite cities), and brought back to Oz; not near Munich though.
I do know of Hoffmann, and Dictum there; but Hoffmann may not be a retail store
Hoffmann
Hoffmann GmbH Qualitätswerkzeuge
Haberlandstraße 55
D-81241 Munich
Dictum
Shop Haager Str. 9, 2. Floor
D - 81671 Munich
There is a thread 'Tools From the old world' on GarageJournal. A guy on that thread named 'Monte' is very knowledgable and helpful; post your enquiry there; I'm sure you would get useful info. Where to buy comes up there from time to time.
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27th April 2017, 07:52 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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I'm sure it would be worth dropping in to Dictum if you get a chance.
https://www.dictum.com/en/about-dictum/shops
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28th April 2017, 02:05 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Going to be in Germany? Shouldn't you get some festools?
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28th April 2017, 07:59 AM #7
Hi there
when in Munich, the Deutsches Museum is a must see for any guy who even turns the workshop lights on.
Saw it in 1975, going back in December.
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28th April 2017, 06:00 PM #8Member
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I will definately have to check out dictum, looks like german carbatec.
I was sort of thinking about festool but there are not too many of their tools that I really need or can justify spending money on.
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29th April 2017, 08:22 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Wera - get one or more of their Zyklop ratchet socket sets & some of their screw drivers - the chisel screw drivers are great for removing stubborn screws as you can use them with a socket or wrench as well as with a hammer, and the laser tip ones are a revelation for driving screws. Also their Kompact screwdriverwith the expendable safe & built in bit storage is worth a look.
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29th April 2017, 10:49 AM #10GOLD MEMBER
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I looked at the last clip which is about the screwdrivers. Unless I am very much mistaken, the presenter doesn't know he has Pozidriv as he constantly refers to them as Phillips head screwdrivers. If he uses Phillips head screws and a Pozidriv driver, then he will require the superior laser cut tips to hold it in as the pressure mounts.
The Phillips head screws and their drivers, are designed to pop out once correct torque is reached. Pozidriv screws and their drivers are designed to not pop out when maximum torque is reached.
General Motors were the first major automobile manufacturer to use the Phillips head screw and drivers to further automate machine driven tightening systems in the mid to late 1930's. The idea being that once correct torque was reached, the driver popped out of the screw and the mechanical arm then withdrew. As a bonus, the self centreing recessed screw head, held the machine driven tip for moving away from the screw, thereby reducing possible damage of surrounding surfaces.
Different sized Phillips Heads have different torque loads before disengaging, allowing the designer/manufacturer to correctly size the drive head for correct machine torque setting.
Source: Birth of a Giant. The Men and Incidents that gave America the Motorcar by Richard Crabb, 1st edition 1969.
I myself use Pozidriv screws and drivers as my first preference, with Phillips screws and their drivers as a very last preference.
Mick.
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29th April 2017, 04:14 PM #11
Dictum is MUCH MUCH more than a "German carbatech"
nearly everything is on display and can be played with.
If you elect to post stuff back to AUS, you can avoid the 19% German VAT -- sometimes teh VAT is more than the shipping cost.
Alternatively, if you have teh time when leaving teh EU, you can claim a 50% VAT refund.
Another place to visit in Munich is the Residence Museum.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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30th April 2017, 08:51 AM #12Member
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I was actually in Munich about a year ago with the wife for our honeymoon and went to see the Munich residence, being a honeymoon I didn't get to see tool shops though
I thought you got all the VAT back? I was tossing up the Veritas rebate and plough planes, seem significantly cheaper than buying them in Australia and small enough to go into luggage.
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