Hi FestitaMakool,
I was just starting to outfit my workshop when I bought the Holzmann machine. My purchase was based solely on what was in stock and what looked like it might function. I wanted to buy machines from Axminster in the UK, but they would not ship to Germany, so I bought local. The Holzmann is manufactured to a price point and as delivered, it is not possible to adjust the infeed and outfeed tables to make them coplanar. Each table has two steel pins on the hinge side that lock it in position and prevent the adjusters from working. Removing the pins allows the tables to be adjusted. In fact, I removed the adjuster bolts as an experiment and the tables didn't budge. There is no mention of these pins in the owner's manual, so they are not transit pins to be removed.
The thicknesser table changes alignment with the cutter block with minor changes to the height adjustment, and locking the table in place changes the alignment again, but the change is not consistent. For example, passing a board through the thicknesser at 50mm might result in one side being 49mm thick and the other side being 51mm thick. Adjusting the table for a thickness of 48 mm might result in the previous thicker side now being thinner and the thin side being thicker. Measuring the thickness after a cut is almost better than a random number generator. I gave up trying to use a Wixey DRO on the thicknesser because the table tilt was too random.
There are several versions of this machine from other manufacturers that appear to share the same factory...with the same faults. I will be very disappointed if the Minimax suffers from any of these problems, but am confident it will be fine based on the quality of the other SCM machine I own.
When I was looking for a table saw, I wanted a decent cabinet saw, but was not able to find any in Germany. The choices were contractor saws or larger sliders. I was leaning towards the Hammer K3 Winner or Basic; however, after talking to the sales rep, I changed my mind and bought the Minimax SC2C. The Hammer would take between 90 and 120 days before it was ready to ship and I would have to make my own arrangements for shipping and commissioning. The Minimax was in stock at the distributor (also my Festool source) and the price, which was nearly the same as the Hammer, included delivery, assembly, and commissioning. I bought the FS 30G from the same distributor.
My selection of tools is based on the ability to navigate down the stairs to the basement shop, either in whole or in part. The SC2C was delivered in parts, but I had to disassemble it more by separating the cast iron table from the chassis and removing the concrete counter balance in order to be able to move it. I reassembled the chassis when it was in the basement. I didn't tell the commissioning technician that I had taken it apart, but he knew. He told me the wiring harness was dressed better than it was when it left the factory.
