Thread: Is there any "one stop shop" for all the woodworking shop tools?

Festool.

Makita if you are looking for brands.


If you are looking for a retailer That's tricky. Most specialise in either fine woodworking, heavy workshop machiner, metalworking or general trade supplies.

You're in Germany? Most of the members on here are based in Australia so are unlikely to be able to help much. It sounds like you're mainly interested in hand held power tools, don't you have tradesman tool stores in your area?
Welcome to the forum.

Originally Posted by riverbuilder

Festool.

Hey RB,

I would think so too. Given the fact that is a German company, and their main factory and show room are about 300 km away from me, (in Germany that's about 1.5 hrs. driving time...LOL!!!), that would not be bad. However, how do they measure up with the American and Japanese brands mentioned in my original post.
From my understanding, the Germans make some great CNCs too. So good, that Chinese woodworking manufacturers buy them

Originally Posted by aldav

You're in Germany? Most of the members on here are based in Australia so are unlikely to be able to help much. It sounds like you're mainly interested in hand held power tools, don't you have tradesman tool stores in your area?
Welcome to the forum.

Yes, there are tradesman tool stores, but the selection on American and Japanese tools is very limited, especially CNCs, planers, table saws, compound miter saws. band saws, etc. Most of them are hobby level for the garage shop

If I could afford them I would take Festool hand held power tools over most Japanese or American tools (many of which are made in China)

Originally Posted by BobL

If I could afford them I would take Festool hand held power tools over most Japanese or American tools (many of which are made in China)

Doesn't sound bad at all, specially because they are 300 km away from me. I will start checking them out. Thank you for your input.
How about miter/table/scroll/band saws, joiner, planes, drum sander, router/router table, CNC?

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So far, this is my preliminary list with the big machines

Originally Posted by marinpa

Doesn't sound bad at all, specially because they are 300 km away from me. I will start checking them out. Thank you for your input.
How about miter/table/scroll/band saws, joiner, planes, drum sander, router/router table, CNC?

Felder.

Originally Posted by BobL

Felder.

You the man Bob! Short and to the point. I'll do some research on Felder's quality, customer service, client reviews, etc, and if everything checks out, than Felder looks like they have them all...

Dictum is a pretty good German online retailer. I've bought from them a couple of times.

And if you're after high end stuff, look at Mafell too.

What size CNC are you after (or alternatively, what do you want to do with it)?

What about Metabo, I believe they are still Made in Germany!

Metabo | Power Tools for professional users

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Originally Posted by Bernmc

Dictum is a pretty good German online retailer. I've bought from them a couple of times.

And if you're after high end stuff, look at Mafell too.

What size CNC are you after (or alternatively, what do you want to do with it)?

Dictum looks good! Thank you for sharing.

As for the CNC, I am looking for a small/medium production-grade, 4′ x 8′, 5′ x 10′ table size, suitable for milling, laser cutting, engraving.

Also, in Berlin, you have Dieter Schmid's site: Dieter Schmid Fine Tools