And I may have a couple of free hours in Munich on Tuesday. I was thinking I might try to swing by a Festool dealer to pick up a couple of things that are NAINA (that router bit collection in the little round holder for example. Anybody have the details on that? I have searched a few ways and can't find it.). Any other portable items that you would consider a high priority? Also, can anyone recommend any good Festool dealers in Munich? Thank for the help and the input! - Brian
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Alex beat me to it and after some searching I found the new part number on German Festool site Fräserbox Box-OF HW S8 Mix 498979 costing 243 Euro cheaper in UK at approx £150 but then I bet you're not coming to UK
Enjoy your trip
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Alex beat me to it and after some searching I found the new part number on German Festool site Fräserbox Box-OF HW S8 Mix 498979 costing 243 Euro cheaper in UK at approx £150 but then I bet you're not coming to UK
Enjoy your trip
Fishy
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Alex said:
This is Rex crystals new web site. Has been running for a while now just incase you didnt know
http://www.powertoolsgb.co.uk/
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There's a Festool dealer on every corner in Germany.
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bwiele said:
I don't know how long you are going to be there, but you might find this box is an item not every dealer has in stock and ordering it might take a week.
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I was in Munich last Thanksgiving and did what you want to do. I also did some research ahead of time and then once in Munich.
If you are driving, I guess you can go anywhere. However, if you aren't driving the L; oh sorry that's are version of the tube, subway, transit train, whatever you guys call it; is the way to go. I only found 3 dealers around Munich that are reasonably accessible by City train.
1 didn't handle much and was the most outlying. The other wasn't bad, handled a fair amount of stuff but wasn't very train convenient. I settled on SeeFelder at Zeppelin str. 11. It's listed in the directory of dealers.
THE STORE:
Nice good sized store, they handle lots of stuff besides Festool. Really nice store to wander and look at stuff. If luggage weight costs weren't an issue I would have bought a ton of odds and ends and left broke. Left fairly broke anyway. Great Festool display and demo area. Lots of Festool stuff, stuff you don't normally see, at least not me. I've been to a few Festool dealers in Germany and this was the nicest one. They have tables set up to drill holes, cut stuff with the Carvex and just go ahead and play with the tools. I spent at least an hour + playing with tools, talking with the sales guy etc. Had a good geeky tool time. Store guys were real nice and had no issue with letting me play. They we also willing to wheel and deal on pricing the more I bought.
I would definitely recommend this store to stop and shop.
GETTING THERE:
You can catch any City train from downtown to one of the main transfer stations to get onto the train that goes to Garching. With figuring out which train, which transfer, etc it should take about 45 or so minutes from downtown to the station where you get off as a straight run. Before going out to the Festool store I stopped by the BMW Museum for a while. The train station is right next door to the Museum so it was an easy trek to both locations. Getting to both are different train lines though so you have to back track a few stops from the BMW location to a transfer station for the Garching train.
I'm sorry I don't remember which station to get off at for the Festool dealer but it wasn't hard to figure out. I think I did it on my IPhone while riding the train. It's way on the outskirts of town, in the suburbs. The scenery is pretty cool during the ride. You'll see the big indoor dome stadium thing. The station is 1 or 2 stops after that. Once you get off at the station, go up the ramp/stairs and cross left over the bridge so you are going over the tracks, walk over to the main street intersection and walk a couple blocks past the BMW dealer down to Zeppelin street, turn left and walk down about another long block and a half to the store. I don't want to get to specific about left or right because I could be wrong and don't want to screw you up. I timed the walk, think it was about 12 minutes or so. Nice little walk, semi open, semi residential, semi light manufacturing area. The walk shouldn't be an issue. You may be able to get the guys at the store to drop you at the station if you are loaded up. They offered but I like walking.
My wife went to the Spa, I went to BMW and a Festool dealer. We both had a great time.
Oh, and I almost forget, they did NOT have the router bit set in stock. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I was also looking for that set. They said I can call and pre-order anything I want ahead of time and they will have it for me when I get there.
Hope that helps. Markus
If you are driving, I guess you can go anywhere. However, if you aren't driving the L; oh sorry that's are version of the tube, subway, transit train, whatever you guys call it; is the way to go. I only found 3 dealers around Munich that are reasonably accessible by City train.
1 didn't handle much and was the most outlying. The other wasn't bad, handled a fair amount of stuff but wasn't very train convenient. I settled on SeeFelder at Zeppelin str. 11. It's listed in the directory of dealers.
THE STORE:
Nice good sized store, they handle lots of stuff besides Festool. Really nice store to wander and look at stuff. If luggage weight costs weren't an issue I would have bought a ton of odds and ends and left broke. Left fairly broke anyway. Great Festool display and demo area. Lots of Festool stuff, stuff you don't normally see, at least not me. I've been to a few Festool dealers in Germany and this was the nicest one. They have tables set up to drill holes, cut stuff with the Carvex and just go ahead and play with the tools. I spent at least an hour + playing with tools, talking with the sales guy etc. Had a good geeky tool time. Store guys were real nice and had no issue with letting me play. They we also willing to wheel and deal on pricing the more I bought.
I would definitely recommend this store to stop and shop.
GETTING THERE:
You can catch any City train from downtown to one of the main transfer stations to get onto the train that goes to Garching. With figuring out which train, which transfer, etc it should take about 45 or so minutes from downtown to the station where you get off as a straight run. Before going out to the Festool store I stopped by the BMW Museum for a while. The train station is right next door to the Museum so it was an easy trek to both locations. Getting to both are different train lines though so you have to back track a few stops from the BMW location to a transfer station for the Garching train.
I'm sorry I don't remember which station to get off at for the Festool dealer but it wasn't hard to figure out. I think I did it on my IPhone while riding the train. It's way on the outskirts of town, in the suburbs. The scenery is pretty cool during the ride. You'll see the big indoor dome stadium thing. The station is 1 or 2 stops after that. Once you get off at the station, go up the ramp/stairs and cross left over the bridge so you are going over the tracks, walk over to the main street intersection and walk a couple blocks past the BMW dealer down to Zeppelin street, turn left and walk down about another long block and a half to the store. I don't want to get to specific about left or right because I could be wrong and don't want to screw you up. I timed the walk, think it was about 12 minutes or so. Nice little walk, semi open, semi residential, semi light manufacturing area. The walk shouldn't be an issue. You may be able to get the guys at the store to drop you at the station if you are loaded up. They offered but I like walking.
My wife went to the Spa, I went to BMW and a Festool dealer. We both had a great time.
Oh, and I almost forget, they did NOT have the router bit set in stock. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I was also looking for that set. They said I can call and pre-order anything I want ahead of time and they will have it for me when I get there.
Hope that helps. Markus
Markus - you hope that helps? Are you kidding? You practically sent me a map! I couldn't imagine more detailed help! Thank you so much for taking the time to describe all of that. My meeting is in the morning (with BMW), should end around 10ish and then I'm on a 3:30 flight out. Do you expect that's enough time to get there and back? My work colleagues will be unable to comprehend my mission. I'm sure most people in the world couldn't! So I'm going to be flying solo...
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You're welcome, glad I could help.
Travel time wise, yes it should be fine. Once you leave and get back on the train you can just transfer to the airport train line. I vaguely remember they are fairly close lines but not sure anymore.
My best suggestion would be to set an alarm on your phone and set the phone to the loudest setting so you can keep track of time and get out of the store on time.
Have fun.
Travel time wise, yes it should be fine. Once you leave and get back on the train you can just transfer to the airport train line. I vaguely remember they are fairly close lines but not sure anymore.
My best suggestion would be to set an alarm on your phone and set the phone to the loudest setting so you can keep track of time and get out of the store on time.
Have fun.
Thank you again. I looked up the information you provided on the net, and Seefelder is north of the city, generally on the way to the airport. I will probably arrange for the car that will take me to the airport to just make a detour. I looked at their website and they have the largest Festool display area I have ever seen!
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Servus,
If you happen to visit the area around Seeshaupt at the Starnberger See/Lake Starnberg you might want to stop by at Zellmer (map). Good store, friendly and knowledgeable people.
Enjoy your trip,
Christian
If you happen to visit the area around Seeshaupt at the Starnberger See/Lake Starnberg you might want to stop by at Zellmer (map). Good store, friendly and knowledgeable people.
Enjoy your trip,
Christian
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