Woodworking show report *MANY PICS*

[Christian Aufreiter]

Hello folks,

last Saturday I spent about seven hours at THE woodworking show in Germany. I had a really great day and hope you like the pics I'm going to share with you. It's almost incredible that I didn't buy any tools but I can assure you that it I could hardly resist the temptations.

See how Altendorf saws have changed over time.

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New attachment for Festool cordless drills, yes, a drywall screwdriver.

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Festool's new Domino joining system.

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Festool's new RO 150 FEQ Rotex.

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Some lathes.

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To be continued ...

[Christian Aufreiter]

Pretty impressive Hema bandsaws.

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Isn't this Höfer sander a lot nicer than a Grizzly? ;D

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And how about the Kündig?

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A Hofmann shaper.

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Old Lamello biscuit joiners.

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Mafell circular saw MKS 130 E (130 mm/5.1" cutting depth). I want, no I NEED one!

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More Mafell circular saws. If I hadn't bought a Festool a few years ago ... 8)

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Martin - no further comments required.

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Heavy duty Protool corded drill with interchangeable chucks/heads (similar to the Festool Fast Fix system).

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To be continued ...

[Christian Aufreiter]

Another pic of the Protool corded drill.


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The best and coolest circle cutter I've ever seen.

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Scheer routers and stair-building equipment.

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At the SCM booth.

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To be continued ...

[Christian Aufreiter]

A Striebig panel saw.

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Who wouldn't want a vacuum lifting system for his shop?

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Thanks for looking!

Christian

[Jim Becker]

Nice pics, Christian! Nice, Iron, too. I especially like the first two pics contrasting the "old" with the "new" Altendorf. The drywall driver head for the Festool drill/driver is also interesting, although I think I'd prefer a corded tool for a big drywall job over flipping batteries.

[lou sansone]

the strifbig is real nice

lou

[Jim Dunn]

Great pictures Christian. Looks like you had a wonderful time as well? Lot of pics to droole over.

[Bob Aquino]

Very interesting. Looks like some of the neat features of the Festool system are in other manufactures lines. The Mafel saws look to be using a very similar type of zero clearance guide system and the Scheer routers have a container that looks very similar to the systainers that festool uses. In general it looks like the euro tool companies are much more into innovation and thinking outside the box that what we usually see imported here into the states. I would love to see more euro tools being imported into the states, I think it would significantly raise the bar.

And thanks for posting the photos.

[Richard Wolf]

Great post Christian, great pictures. I know you were thinking of me at the Scheer booth, thanks.

Richard

[Pete Harbin]

Looks like a great way to spend the afternoon Christian. Thanks for the pics.

Just out of curiosity, what makes you drool over the Mafell moreso than the Festool? Did they add any cool new features?

Pete

[Luther Oswalt]

Christian,
Great pictures and aren't those tools nice ... thanks for the coverage ...
Leo

[Dan Larson]

Thanks for sharing the pictures-- very neat stuff!!! Where in Germany was the show? I just got home last night from a week in Germany & Austria, and I'm a little disappointed that I missed the show.:( I had a wonderful time in Austria, though-- you're very fortunate to be able to call it home!

Dan

[John Timberlake]

I have just one question - how did you post so many pictures per post? I thought that 5 was the limit.

Great pictures, but most of that would not have fit in your car anyway. Or my shop.

[Chuck Powell]

Christian - Thanks for the really nice pics. That looks like it must have been a very impressive show. It would seem worth it just to kick the tires on a few machines.

I don't know how you managed to leave empty handed. Talk about willpower! :) Of course from the looks of some of those machines I would be afraid to ask for the price.

[Per Swenson]

Thanks Christian,

Outstanding!

I will take one of each.

Per

[Vaughn McMillan]

Very cool, Christian, a most impressive show. Some of those tools look like they belong in a laboratory or space mission control room. Am I correct in guessing the show was aimed more towards industrial users, and not Joe Garage making little projects for his family? I seem to recall from your previous posts that woodworking as a hobby is not as common in Germany and Austria as it is here in the US. Is that correct?

Thanks also for the abundance of pictures. I'll go wipe off my keyboard now. :p

- Vaughn

[Tom Spallone]

Geez, and they say Americans do everything big!

[Dev Emch]

Porter who...?
...................Delta what?...............

[Mark Riegsecker]

[quote=Vaughn McMillan]Very cool, Christian, a most impressive show. Some of those tools look like they belong in a laboratory or space mission control room. Am I correct in guessing the show was aimed more to wards industrial users, and not Joe Garage making little projects for his family? I seem to recall from your previous posts that woodworking as a hobby is not as common in Germany and Austria as it is here in the US. Is that correct?


Christian, I hope you can answer this I'm wonder too. If they don't do woodworking what then?

Also I understand that Altendorf saw was their first about 100 years ago.
Thanks for the pics

Mark

[Jim Dailey]

Christian....... I ......have.......the........world's.........s l o w e s t........ dial.......up............modem.................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ....................................It WAS worth the wait!!!!!

"Thank You!!!!!"
jim

[Dave Fifield]

Thanks for showing us all that nice Euroiron Christian! Drool, drool.....:cool: :D Looks like you had a great time ogling all the big machines. I could maybe fit one of them into my 'shop, but everything else'd have to go.

Cheers,
Dave F.

[tod evans]

christian, i`ve been drooling over the scmi 5-6 head moulders for years, this didn`t help my tool buying withdrawals one bit.....and no i wouldn`t say the show was geared to "joe in his garage"......thanks! .02 tod

[Rob Wilson]

Looks like a lot of folks will be wanting to expand their "little" 30' x 40' shops. Nice post :rolleyes:

[Jason Tuinstra]

Wow, what a show. Thanks for all the work of getting these pics for us. A lot of very nice stuff there.

[nic obie]

Great post Christian! Don't you just going to the big shows



Porter who...?
...................Delta what?...............

Hehe, Dev