Austria
Real workshop machinery — and read the voltage before anything else
Holzmann builds workshop machinery rather than consumer tools, and the SB4116HN pillar drill on this site is a genuine floor-standing machine at a fair price.
It requires a 400 V three-phase supply. That appears nowhere in the title, nowhere in the feature list, and only as a suffix on the part number — SB4116HN_400V.
A domestic European supply is single-phase 230 V. Running this machine from one requires a phase converter or a supply upgrade, both of which cost real money and neither of which is mentioned anywhere near the buy button.
A reader who misses it buys a machine that cannot be switched on. It is the first line of that review for exactly that reason.
Then a 1,630 mm (64.2 in) floor-standing pillar drill at €398 in Germany is good value from a maker that supports its machines.
230 V · planer thicknesser · nothing else published
A €1,098 planer whose listing publishes a part number and a barcode — and which costs €2,017 in Britain.
Best for: A buyer who has already seen this machine and needs a European price check
600 W · 1,630 mm (64.2 in) tall · 400 V three-phase
A floor-standing pillar drill 1.63 m (5 ft) tall — and one that needs a three-phase supply most workshops do not have.
Best for: A workshop that already has a three-phase supply and needs floor-standing capacity
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
