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119 machines compared, grouped by what they are for rather than by brand or by price.
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18 V · 70 mm (2.76 in) cut height · 216 mm (8.50 in) blade · bare tool
A cordless table saw with a 70 mm (2.76 in) cut height and no battery in the box — and a French price nearly €300 below the British one.
Best for: Site work and small shops already holding Bosch Professional 18 V batteries
254 mm (10 in) · sliding carriage · 2,000 W
The only saw here with a sliding carriage built in — which is what turns a table saw into something that crosscuts panels accurately.
Best for: A workshop that regularly breaks down and squares sheet goods
210 mm (8.27 in) · rack-and-pinion fence · 65 mm (2.56 in) cut
The most refined compact saw here: a rack-and-pinion fence that moves squarely by design, in a body small enough to carry in one hand.
Best for: Site work and small workshops where accuracy matters more than capacity
255 mm (10 in) · multi-material · 1,800 W
The one saw here that will cut steel as well as wood — a genuinely useful trick, and a compromise on the wood cut that goes with it.
Best for: A mixed workshop where the same machine has to handle timber one day and steel section the next
254 mm (10 in) · double-clamped fence · 3 s brake
The saw on this page whose fence clamps at both ends — the single detail that separates a machine you can trust from one you fight.
Best for: Anyone who wants accuracy out of the box rather than after a weekend of tuning
216 mm (8.50 in) · 1,600 W · 30 mm (1.18 in) bore
Bosch’s compact site saw: lighter than the class, sensibly guarded, and built around a blade small enough to limit what it can rip.
Best for: Trim, second-fix and repeated small rips, where the saw has to move between rooms or sites
2,200 W · 80 mm (3.15 in) at 90° · Ø 254 mm (10 in) · stand included
A €171 table saw that cuts 10 mm (0.39 in) deeper than the Bosch above at a quarter of the price — in a plastic housing, on a stand, with everything stated.
Best for: A first table saw in a home workshop, used occasionally rather than daily
260 mm (10.2 in) · with stand
A 260 mm (10.2 in) stationary saw with its stand, from a brand with a real service network — and one of the thinnest published specifications we have come across.
Best for: A buyer who already knows this machine, or who values the spares network above the paper specification
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
250 mm (9.84 in) · 2,000 W · 85 mm (3.35 in) cut
The cheapest way into a real table saw, and honest about what that buys — a big blade, a big cut, and a fence you will end up improving.
Best for: A first table saw for occasional sheet and softwood work, where the alternative is no table saw at all
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254 mm (10 in) · 90 × 305 mm (3.54 × 12 in) cut · dual bevel
The only saw here that states its capacity as a cross-section — 90 × 305 mm (3.54 × 12 in) — which is the number you actually need.
Best for: A workshop cutting wide boards and tall sections, where capacity decides what is possible
18 V BITURBO · 216 mm (8.50 in) blade · dual bevel · bare tool
A cordless dual-bevel mitre saw at €430 in Germany and €599 in Spain — the widest price gap in this group as a proportion of the price.
Best for: Second-fix carpentry away from a socket, in a shop already on AMPShare
260 mm (10.2 in) · six markets · €279 in Germany
A 260 mm (10.2 in) Makita slider at €279 in Germany — the most blade per euro on this page, from the best spares network in the category.
Best for: Someone who wants depth of cut and a long spares life, and is willing to confirm the capacities with a dealer
≈ $635
216 mm (8.50 in) · XPS shadow line · 1,800 W
The DWS774 with 400 more watts and a sliding fence — worth it if you cut hardwood all day, and not otherwise.
Best for: Daily use in hardwood, where the extra motor stops the saw bogging on the tenth cut
216 mm (8.50 in) · XPS shadow line · 1,400 W
The cheapest way onto DeWalt's XPS shadow line, which is the feature that changes how a mitre saw is used.
Best for: Anyone who wants an accurate cut line and does not need the bigger motor
305 mm (12 in) · mitre saw · three-word specification
An €845 mitre saw whose listing publishes one dimension and three abstract nouns — and nothing you could use to choose it.
Best for: A buyer who already knows this saw and is only shopping for a price
216 mm (8.50 in) · sliding · six markets
The cheapest saw on this page that is sold under one reference on all six Amazon stores — and the one we would put in a small workshop.
Best for: A small workshop that wants a saw from a serious brand without paying for a professional one
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
Bosch Professional · Amazon Exclusive set
A professional-line Bosch slider sold as an Amazon set — and a listing that publishes nothing you could compare it on.
Best for: A buyer already committed to Bosch Professional who knows this model
210 mm (8.27 in) · 230 mm (9.06 in) slide · multi-material
A compact slider that cuts steel as well as timber, and the lightest genuine mitre saw here.
Best for: Renovation work where the same saw meets timber, steel stud and plastic trunking in one afternoon
1,800 W · sliding · dual bevel
A sliding dual-bevel saw for the price of a fixed single-bevel one — sold, as far as we can verify, only under a German reference.
Best for: A German buyer who wants dual bevel and a slide without paying for either
900 W induction · two speeds · stand included
A proper induction-motor bandsaw with a stand, an LED and a restart guard — sold without either of the two figures that define a bandsaw.
Best for: A settled workshop that wants one quiet machine for curves and resawing
900 W · two different references in Europe
A serious Makita band saw — and the first product on this site that is sold under two different Amazon references depending on the country.
Best for: A workshop buying its last band saw rather than its first
Tool-free blade change · ball-bearing guides
The most consistently priced saw on this page — around €160 to €175 everywhere in Europe — with ball-bearing guides at that money.
Best for: A first band saw, where the ability to change blades quickly matters more than capacity
250 W · 80 mm (3.15 in) height · 190 mm (7.48 in) throat
A small curve-cutting saw that publishes every figure it has — and those figures say plainly that it is not a resaw machine.
Best for: Curves, small parts and model work — the jobs a jigsaw does badly
900 W · the first real resaw machine here
The step up from a curve saw to a machine that will actually split a board — and the price step that goes with it.
Best for: A workshop that wants to resaw its own stock rather than buy it thicknessed
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
Einhell · 245 class · €264 in Germany
A bigger Einhell than the 200/1 at about €100 more — and a listing that says almost nothing about what the extra buys.
Best for: A buyer who has confirmed the capacities with Einhell and wants the larger frame
1,400 W · sold as a set with rail and case
Bosch's professional plunge saw sold with the 1.4 m (5 ft) rail and a case — which is the honest way to price a track saw.
Best for: A buyer who wants a complete professional system in one purchase
2 × 18 V · kit with two 5.0 Ah packs, twin charger and rail
A cordless plunge saw sold as a complete kit at almost exactly the same price in four countries — and not sold at all in two more.
Best for: A Makita 18 V workshop that wants sheet goods broken down away from a socket
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
Festool · Systainer · the reference system
The saw the whole category is measured against, in a Master Edition Systainer — and the one whose accessory range genuinely justifies the ecosystem argument.
Best for: A workshop already inside the Festool system, or one committing to it deliberately
165 mm (6.50 in) · Makpac case · six markets
The professional plunge saw that is cheaper in France than in Germany, and the one whose rails are shared with the widest range of machines.
Best for: Someone buying into a system rather than buying one saw
≈ $570
1,400 W · plunge · six markets
A 1,400 W plunge saw at €260 in Germany that resolves on all six Amazon stores — the cheapest system here you can buy anywhere.
Best for: A first track saw where the rail ecosystem matters less than the price
1,200 W · 165 mm (6.50 in) · two 1 m (3 ft) rails included
A plunge saw with two meters of aluminum rail for €153 — and no barcode, so we cannot tell you whether it is sold in your country.
Best for: Breaking down sheet goods occasionally, in Germany, on a small budget
2,800 W · 260 mm (10.2 in) · cast-iron tables
The only machine on this page with cast-iron tables and a 2,800 W motor — and the only one that publishes every figure that matters.
Best for: A permanent workshop that processes rough timber regularly and wants to stop compromising
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
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
1,800 W · 317 mm (12.5 in) · portable
The professional portable thicknesser: 317 mm (12.5 in) wide, 1,800 W, and built to be carried to a job and used all day.
Best for: Daily use at full width, where the machine has to keep going rather than keep up
1,500 W · 204 mm (8.03 in) wide · 3 mm (0.12 in) cut · aluminum table
The only planer here that publishes how much it takes off in one pass — 3 mm (0.12 in) surfacing, 2 mm (0.08 in) thicknessing — and the most evenly priced across Europe.
Best for: Smaller stock — battens, rails, small beams — where 204 mm (8.03 in) is enough
1,100 W · 317 mm (12.5 in) wide · €289 in Britain
A 317 mm (12.5 in) portable thicknesser — the widest capacity on this page — and a price that swings by nearly €300 depending on the country.
Best for: A workshop that already flattens faces some other way and needs width
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
18 V cordless · plunge or trim base · brushless
The cordless router, in both bases, with a brushless motor — and a genuinely different tool from every mains machine on this page.
Best for: Edge trimming, hinge recesses and template work, especially away from a bench
≈ $790
18 V · brushless · multi-base trimmer · bare tool
A cordless brushless trimmer with variable speed and soft start, cheapest in Britain — and not the 1,800 W plunge router the search asked for.
Best for: Edge work, trimming, hinge recesses and small housings — one-handed jobs
2,400 W · dual function · table-ready
The router built to live under a table: 2,400 W, above-table height adjustment, and the reason most home-made router tables have a Triton in them.
Best for: A router table — this is the machine the category is built around
12 V · brushless · 8 mm (0.31 in) collet · bare tool
A one-handed 12 V edge router at €140 that publishes the one number that matters on a trimmer — the collet size.
Best for: Rounding over, trimming laminate edges and chamfering, one-handed, on site
Professional plunge · fine-adjust fence
A professional plunge router that ships with the parallel fence, the template guide adapter and the wrench — the parts usually sold separately.
Best for: A workshop that wants a professional router working properly on day one
710 W · three bases · 6, 8 and 10 mm (0.39 in) collets · €90
A €90 router sold with three bases and three collets — and with a placeholder where the part number should be.
Best for: Occasional edge and trim work where a broken tool is an annoyance, not a crisis
Plunge router · €57 in Germany
A plunge router for the price of two good bits. It is the cheapest way to find out whether you want a router at all.
Best for: Finding out whether a router earns a place in your workshop before spending properly
≈ $160
100 × 610 mm (3.94 × 24 in) belt · portable · the same price everywhere
A 100 mm (3.94 in) portable belt sander with a decades-old part number, priced within €10 across the whole of Europe.
Best for: Leveling glued-up panels, doors and floors — flat work at speed
≈ $420
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
12 V · Ø 125 mm (4.92 in) · L-BOXX 136 · no price, no barcode
A bundle we cannot price, cannot verify and cannot find in any market but one — which is the whole review.
Best for: Nobody, until the listing carries a price and a barcode
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
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
650 W compact oscillating spindle
A 650 W compact oscillating spindle sander — more motor than the Scheppach, in a smaller footprint, at €148.
Best for: The same job as the Scheppach, with more power and less bench
Belt and disc · bench · €111
The cheapest belt-and-disc combination here, and the machine that stops you sanding curves by hand.
Best for: Sanding to a line on small parts, where hand sanding is slow and imprecise
≈ $360
5 in pad · 3 A · 8,000–12,000 OPM · counterweight · dust-sealed switch
The only random orbit sander on either half of this shelf with a price on its listing — and it publishes an orbit range.
Best for: Finishing a surface before a finish goes on it, with a DEWALT extractor already in the shop
≈ $79
3 × 18 in belt · 6 A · pressure control · auto-tracking · 1-1/4 in port
The only sander on either half of this shelf that tells the user when they are pressing too hard.
Best for: Leveling a glued-up panel or a door, by somebody who leans on a sander
≈ $48
1.2 A · 13,500 OPM · 4-in-1 with 3 attachments · 1-1/4 in port · 12 sheets
The fastest orbit rate on this shelf at 13,500 a minute, on the smallest motor — which is what a detail sander is.
Best for: Corners, moldings and contours — the places a random orbit sander cannot reach
≈ $37
1/2 × 18 in belt · 1,080–1,800 FPM · pivots 50° and 55° on the same page · 3 belts
A half-inch belt on an arm that the listing says pivots 50 degrees in one bullet and 55 in the next.
Best for: Cleaning up a mortice, a slot or an internal corner no other sander on this shelf can enter
≈ $28
3 × 21 in belt · 7 A · over 13 feet per second · 6 lb · lock-in trigger
The only belt speed in this catalog published in feet per second — which is 780 feet a minute.
Best for: Leveling a glued-up panel quickly, where the machine is carried and the dust goes in a bag
≈ $39
4 × 36 in belt · 6 in disc · belt tilts 0–90° · 4.3 A at 3,600 rpm · cast iron
A belt and disc on a cast iron base whose consumables are, to a millimeter, the ones the European machines here take.
Best for: Small parts, bevels and cleaning up band saw curves, with belts bought anywhere
≈ $110
58 oscillations/min · 5/8 in stroke · 1,575 FPM belt · 2,000 rpm spindle · 5 drums
The only machine on either half of this shelf to publish how fast it oscillates and how far.
Best for: A bench that has room for one sanding machine and work that needs both inside curves and flats
≈ $185
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230 V · Ø 254 mm (10 in) swing · 5 speeds
A properly built small lathe with five speeds and a stated swing — the first machine here that publishes what it can turn.
Best for: Bowls up to 254 mm (10 in) and spindle work, in a workshop that wants a machine rather than a starter kit
Ø 200 mm (7.87 in) wheels · 2,850 min⁻¹ · 16 mm (0.63 in) shaft
A 200 mm (7.87 in) bench grinder for sharpening tools — at 2,850 rpm, which is the specification you have to work around.
Best for: Reshaping chipped edges and grinding primary bevels, followed by honing elsewhere
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
Entry lathe · €155 in Germany
The cheapest full-size wood lathe here, and the one that most clearly needs bolting down before it is any good.
Best for: A first lathe for spindle work — chair legs, tool handles, stair spindles
≈ $490
Micro lathe · electronic speed control
A micro lathe for model work, with proper electronic speed control and a faceplate — and no pretensions to being a furniture machine.
Best for: Pens, small boxes, model parts — precise work at small scale
≈ $295
12 × 21 in · 60–3,600 rpm in three ranges · reverse · 24 index positions
Sixty revolutions a minute at the bottom — the only lathe here slow enough to start an unbalanced blank safely.
Best for: Bowl work up to 305 mm (12 in), where the first minute at low speed is the dangerous one
≈ $990
10 × 14 in · 250–3,200 rpm in three ranges · TEFC · 95 lb · 24 index positions
Ninety-five pounds and a published footprint, with a bearing-spacing claim no other lathe here makes.
Best for: A bench that can take 43 kg (94.8 lb), and spindle work where the tool rest edge matters
≈ $565
14 in swing, 16 in with riser · 20 in centers · 150–3,500 rpm · 1 HP / 750 W
The largest swing on this shelf once the riser block is fitted — and two power figures that agree with each other.
Best for: The largest bowl on this shelf, turned from a blank that has already been rounded
≈ $580
8 × 13 in · 150–3,200 rpm · 1/3 HP / 250 W · metal frame
The small VEVOR: a hundred and fifty rpm at the bottom like its big sibling, on a third of the power.
Best for: Pens, handles, small boxes and spindle practice, on the smallest sensible budget
≈ $195
70 × 160 mm (2.76 × 6.30 in) · 24 V DC 96 W · 7 speeds from 4,220 rpm · 8,450 and 8,500 both claimed
Seven speeds, and the slowest of them is faster than the fastest speed of every other lathe on this shelf.
Best for: Beads, pen blanks and small finials, turned from stock already round and already balanced
≈ $43
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
710 W · 90 mm (3.54 in) quill · 40 mm (1.57 in) in wood
The longest stroke of the European bench drills here — 90 mm (3.54 in) — and the only one that states its capacity in wood as well as steel.
Best for: Deep holes and large Forstner bits — the work the cheaper presses cannot reach
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
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
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
450 W · 5 speeds to 2,650 min⁻¹ · 50 mm (1.97 in) depth · €115
A €115 pillar drill that publishes its depth, its speed range and its chuck capacity — and states all three plainly.
Best for: Shelf pins, dowels and hardware holes — accurate shallow drilling on a small bench
630 W · 60 mm (2.36 in) depth · 16 mm (0.63 in) capacity
A pillar drill that states its drilling depth and its maximum bit size — and is nearly twice the price in Britain as in Germany.
Best for: Repeat drilling to a set depth — shelf pins, dowel holes, hardware
8 in · 620–3,100 rpm in 5 steps · 150 mm (5.91 in) quill claimed · 2.5 A
An eight-inch press claiming five point nine inches of spindle travel — more than the floor-standing machine on this shelf.
Best for: The smallest sum that puts a press with a tilting table on a bench — with the travel figure confirmed first
≈ $97
17 in swing · 127 mm (5 in) quill · 16 speeds · 3/4 HP TEFC · poly-V drive
A hundred and twenty-seven millimeters of quill travel, sixteen speeds and a T-slotted cast iron table — the only machine here built as a floor press.
Best for: A workshop with floor space, drilling deep and clamping work down rather than holding it
≈ $1650
10 in · 5 speeds, 610–2,800 rpm · class II laser at 0.83 mW
The only press on this shelf with a class II laser — the weaker class — and it publishes the figure twice.
Best for: A small bench where the laser matters and the depth of hole does not
≈ $185
12 in swing · 530–3,140 rpm variable · 6.2 A and 1 HP both claimed
Six point two amps at 115 volts going in, and one horsepower claimed coming out — which is more than it takes.
Best for: Twelve inches of swing and a tilting table, by somebody who will ask the seller for the travel
≈ $320
8 in · 750/1140/1740/2340/3200 rpm · 51 mm (2.01 in) quill · 2.5 A
The only press on this shelf to publish every one of its speeds as a number — and the only one to mention runout at all.
Best for: Small parts on a small bench, where the speed has to be set to a known number
≈ $100
10 in swing · 51 mm (2.01 in) quill · 530–3,100 rpm · 57 lb
The smaller WEN: the same motor and the same readout, with two inches less swing and an inch less travel.
Best for: Shelf pins, dowels and hardware holes on a bench, lifted into place by one person
≈ $240
12 in swing · 79 mm (3.11 in) quill · 580–3,100 rpm · 85 lb
Six figures published where most of this shelf gives two: swing, travel, speed range, weight, dimensions and chuck capacity.
Best for: A bench that can take 38 kg (83.8 lb), and work that needs the speed to be read rather than counted
≈ $265
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
1,200 W · dust class L · semi-automatic filter clean
The professional L-class vacuum with semi-automatic filter cleaning — the feature that stops suction fading halfway through a job.
Best for: Site and workshop extraction where suction has to stay constant all day
2 × 18 V · 30 L stainless · Ø 36 mm (1.42 in) hose · bare tool
A cordless wet and dry vacuum with a 30 liter stainless drum — the machine that goes to the dust rather than waiting for it.
Best for: Site and garage clean-up, and extraction at small tool ports away from a socket
≈ $490
Dust class M · automatic filter cleaning
The M-class machine on this page — ten times less fine dust returned to the room, which for hardwood is the whole argument.
Best for: Hardwood work in an enclosed workshop, where the fine fraction is the point
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
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
Spare inner filter for the AC400 two-stage air filter
Not a machine: a replacement filter cartridge, useful only if you already own an AC400 — and 60 per cent dearer in Spain than in Germany.
Best for: AC400 owners replacing a clogged inner cartridge
Wet and dry · automatic start
A wet-and-dry workshop vacuum with tool-triggered start, at a third of the price of the professional machines here.
Best for: General workshop cleanup and light sanding extraction on a budget
≈ $450
750 CFM · 2 micron upper bag · auto-start outlet rated 7 A · CSA listed
The finest bag on the American half of this shelf at two microns — and the only auto-start outlet here that publishes its limit.
Best for: A sander, a router table or a band saw on auto-start, where the fine bag matters more than the volume
≈ $270
HEPA · semi-automatic filter cleaning · tool-activated · anti-static hose · 6.5 HP claimed
HEPA filtration and semi-automatic filter cleaning on a shop vacuum — and six and a half horsepower claimed from a domestic socket.
Best for: A sander, a track saw or a router connected by hose, where the fine fraction is the whole point
≈ $130
650 CFM · 30 micron bag · wall mount on keyhole slots · 1 micron canister optional
A wall-mounted 650 CFM collector supplied with a thirty-micron bag — the coarsest filtration on this shelf, with a finer one sold separately.
Best for: A shop with wall space and no floor — bought together with the one-micron canister
≈ $440
1,300 CFM · 14 A · 10 in impeller at 3,450 rpm · 5 micron · dual 4 in inlets
The only machine here to publish its impeller — ten inches of steel at 3,450 rpm — and the only one with two inlets.
Best for: A workshop with a table saw and a planer that both need a 4 inch port, on a dedicated circuit
≈ $390
600 CFM · 7.4 A · 9 in impeller · 5 micron · wall mountable · 41.1 lb
Half the amps and one inch less impeller than its sibling, for less than half the air — and it will hang on a wall.
Best for: A one-machine shop with no floor to spare, where the collector hangs on the wall
≈ $230
22 mm (0.87 in) depth · 105 × 22 mm (4.13 × 0.87 in) cutter · dust bag
The professional biscuit jointer that publishes its cutting depth and ships with the cutter and a dust bag.
Best for: A professional workshop where the jointer is used weekly rather than occasionally
Pocket-hole jig · Easy-Set bit · case · cheapest in Britain
The pocket-hole jig most people mean when they say Kreg — sold in five European markets and, oddly, not in America.
Best for: Repairs, shop furniture and carcase work where speed beats invisibility
3 to 12 mm (0.12 to 0.47 in) bushes · 150 dowels · 3 drills · €19
A €19 dowelling jig with 150 dowels and three drill bits in the box — and a different brand on it than the one we searched for.
Best for: Occasional dowelled carcase work and repairs, and accurate freehand drilling
≈ $63
Biscuit jointer · cheaper outside the eurozone
Makita's biscuit jointer, and the clearest case on the site of a machine costing far less in Britain than in Germany.
Best for: Panel alignment, for a buyer who checks the price in more than one country first
≈ $240
Biscuit jointer · €300–309 everywhere
A biscuit jointer priced within €9 across four European markets — and the cheapest way into machine-cut alignment joints.
Best for: Aligning panel glue-ups and carcase joints quickly and repeatably
Pocket hole jig · with bit and screws
The joint that needs no clamps and no glue-up time — and the one that shows on one face forever.
Best for: Carcases, jigs, shop furniture and anything where one face is never seen
Solid bench with storage unit
The only actual woodworking bench on this page — mass, a flat top and a storage cabinet — and it is cheaper in Britain than in Germany.
Best for: Hand tool work, and any workshop where the bench is the primary tool
Solid beech · 110 mm (4.33 in) jaw opening · 10 kg (22 lb)
A 10 kg (22 lb) beech vice station that clamps to any surface — and the only product in this group that is cheapest in the United States.
Best for: Working properly away from a fixed bench — a kitchen table, a site, a small flat
≈ $195
Wood top · metal frame · one market · no barcode
A €217 Bosch workbench with a wooden top, a metal frame, and not one published dimension, weight or capacity.
Best for: A German buyer who has seen one in person and knows what they are getting
Plastic · 910 × 555 × 755 mm (35.8 × 21.9 × 29.7 in) · two 300 mm (11.8 in) clamps
A folding plastic work table that carries two different Amazon references depending on the country — and two different load ratings on the same page.
Best for: A shared garage or a balcony, where the bench has to disappear between jobs
Folding work table · height-adjustable foot
A mobile folding work table with a height-adjustable foot — the middle ground between a Workmate and a real bench.
Best for: A workshop that needs a real surface and cannot give up the floor space permanently
≈ $790
Folding bench · adjustable clamping top
The folding bench that has been in every garage for fifty years — and still the cheapest way to hold work at a sensible height.
Best for: A small or shared space where the bench has to disappear between jobs
≈ $350
60 in · 330 lb capacity · rubberwood in the title and acacia in the bullet · drawer and shelf
A workbench whose title says rubberwood and whose first feature says acacia — two different trees.
Best for: A garage bench with a drawer, by somebody who will ask which timber arrives
≈ $330
60 × 20 × 34 in · top 250 lb, shelf 200 lb · 16 dog holes · 7 in vise capacity
A headline capacity of 450 pounds that the page itself breaks down as 250 on the top and 200 on the shelf.
Best for: A garage that wants a real surface with dog holes, and will fit its own vice
≈ $230
500 lb as a table, 1,000 as a sawhorse · six heights 30–35 in · 4 clamps and 4 dogs
Five hundred pounds as a table and a thousand as a sawhorse, with four clamps and four bench dogs in the box.
Best for: Site work and a shared garage, where the bench has to fold and the clamps have to come with it
≈ $170
11 lb · 220 lb capacity · bamboo top · imperial and metric rulers · 4 bench dogs
Eleven pounds with a bamboo top, four bench dogs and both measuring systems printed on the surface.
Best for: A kitchen table, a balcony or a van, where the bench has to weigh nothing and still clamp
≈ $40
48 × 25 in · 62 in tall · 220 lb enamel top · three 13 A outlets · overhead light
The only bench on either half of this shelf with power outlets in it — three, at thirteen amps.
Best for: A mechanic's or assembly bench where tools plug in and the work is bolted rather than planed
≈ $165
31 × 25 in surface · 32 in height · 300 lb table, 1,000 lb sawhorse · 30 lb · ABS and steel
Thirty pounds, a published surface size and a published height — and a table rating two thirds of the Pony beside it.
Best for: One person carrying a bench to the work, and adding a second table when the board is long
≈ $160
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
