Germany
The widest range on this site, and the most willing to publish a number
Scheppach appears more often on this site than any other maker, and not because we set out to favor it. It simply occupies the part of the market this site is about: stationary machines a home workshop can afford, sold across Europe under a single reference.
It publishes numbers. The HS105 table saw states its cut height, its bevel range and its table dimensions with the extension out. The BTS800 sander states its belt as 915 × 100 mm (36 × 3.94 in) and its disc as 150 mm (5.91 in) — the two figures that decide what abrasive you will buy for the next decade. Several machines here costing twice as much publish none of that.
That is worth something concrete: a specification a manufacturer prints is one you can hold it to, and one we can write about honestly.
The pricing is not uniform. The HMS850 planer runs from €240 in Germany to €329 in Spain, and €836 on amazon.com — the last being an import listing rather than local distribution. Check your own market.
Entry to mid. The machines are honest rather than refined: straight knives rather than helical heads, pressed steel rather than cast iron, fences that work rather than fences that delight. For a first workshop that is usually the right trade, and the money saved buys the blade that matters more.
370 W · belt 915 × 100 mm (36 × 3.94 in) · disc Ø 150 mm (5.91 in)
The belt-and-disc sander that publishes its consumable sizes — which is the only specification on a sander that really matters.
Best for: Small parts, bevels and cleaning up band saw curves
≈ $425
370 W induction · Ø 150 mm (5.91 in) disc · 915 × 100 mm (36 × 3.94 in) belt
A belt and disc sander with a cast-iron body and an induction motor for €121 in France — the cheapest way to true an edge accurately.
Best for: Truing end grain, fitting mitres and cleaning up small parts to a line
Chip collector · wheeled · 4 adaptors
A proper chip collector on wheels, with four machine adaptors in the box — the right machine for a planer or a table saw port.
Best for: A planer, a table saw or a band saw with a 100 mm (3.94 in) port
≈ $380
400 W · Ø 350 mm (13.8 in) · 1,000 mm (39.4 in) between centers
The most capacity per euro of the European lathes on this page — and a listing whose title and part number name two different machines.
Best for: Long spindle work — stair balusters, table legs — if you can confirm which machine you are buying
≈ $480
1,5–13 mm (0.06 to 0.51 in) chuck · 50 mm (1.97 in) quill · vice included
A bench drill press with a machine vice in the box for €99 — and a 50 mm (1.97 in) quill stroke that tells you what it is for.
Best for: Accurate shallow holes — hardware, dowels, shelf pins — on a small bench
550 W · 80 mm (3.15 in) depth · 1–16 mm (0.04 to 0.63 in) keyless · cast iron
A cast-iron pillar drill with 80 mm (3.15 in) of depth and a 16 mm (0.63 in) keyless chuck — on a listing that gives two different top speeds.
Best for: Deeper holes and larger bits than a small bench press will take
≈ $990
710 W · laser · quick-change chuck
A 710 W bench drill press with a keyless chuck and a laser, cheaper in Britain than in Germany.
Best for: General workshop drilling where speed of setup matters
≈ $400
350 W · 80 mm (3.15 in) × 200 mm (7.87 in)
A €100 band saw that publishes its two capacities honestly. At this price nothing else on this page competes.
Best for: Occasional curve work on a small budget, in Germany
≈ $350
Two speeds · 720 & 1,000 m (3281 ft)/min
The only saw here with two blade speeds, which is what lets one machine cut aluminum and plastic as well as timber.
Best for: A mixed workshop where the same saw meets timber, aluminum section and acrylic
550 W · 1,150 m (3773 ft)³/h · 75 L · Ø 100 mm (3.94 in) hose
A €169 chip extractor that moves 1,150 cubic meters an hour — and publishes nothing at all about what it filters.
Best for: Feeding a planer, a bandsaw or a table saw in a single-machine workshop
≈ $635
1,250 W · 120 m (394 ft)³/h · 5 L
A €79 three-in-one extractor that publishes its airflow — and that airflow figure tells you exactly what it is for.
Best for: A single small machine at a time — a sander, a small router, a bench top
≈ $235
216 mm (8.50 in) · 340 mm (13.4 in) crosscut · 2,000 W
The cheapest saw here that states its crosscut width — 340 mm (13.4 in) — and the widest on this page below €200.
Best for: Trim, flooring and framing where the budget is the constraint and the cuts are not tall
1,500 W · 254 mm (10 in) wide · 120 mm (4.72 in) high · both functions
A €340 combination planer that takes 254 mm (10 in) of width and states every figure that matters — and costs €939 on amazon.com.
Best for: A home workshop starting to buy rough-sawn timber instead of pre-planed stock
≈ $940
1,250 W · surface and thickness · €240
The cheapest machine that does both jobs — flattening a face and taking a board to thickness — and the one most first workshops buy.
Best for: A first workshop buying rough-sawn timber instead of pre-planed stock
≈ $835
255 mm (10 in) · 2,000 W · with stand
A full-size blade, a stand and a 640 × 920 mm (25.2 × 36.2 in) table for the price of a compact site saw — the most machine per euro on this page, with the compromises that implies.
Best for: A garage or a shed where the saw stays put and space, not portability, is the constraint
450 W oscillating spindle · 6 sleeves included
An oscillating spindle sander with six sleeve sizes in the box — the machine that makes an inside curve as clean as an outside one.
Best for: Cleaning up the inside of every curve a band saw or jigsaw has cut
≈ $445
1,600 W · 75 mm (2.95 in) depth · 1,400 mm (55.1 in) rail included
A 1,600 W plunge saw with a 1.4 meter (4.6 ft) rail in the box for €200 — the cheapest complete track saw system we have found.
Best for: Breaking down sheet goods and worktops on a budget, without a second purchase
≈ $405
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
