I thought that instead of writing more threads on choosing A vs B I'd rather just go ahead and ask for advice on one larger single thread.
I currently have a decent single garage workshop but would like to take it a bit to next level as I'd like to be working with more sawn/dried hardwood boards but i'm not sure how much my budget will allow for this.
Early on i started with the cheapest of the cheapest i could find -- Ozito and have been thoroughly disappointed at how useless most of their stuff are. I would've been better of just doing nothing as the only thing I was able to produce with these was very expensive firewood. In various places I tried to upgrade to some 'next tier' stuff which has left me somewhat disappointed as well.
This has sort of given me the mindset that I'm better of just biting the bullet and cry just once when paying a hefty price tag for a decent tool.
Spreadsheet of tools i've already had for a while and I'm happy with
Spreadsheet of what I plan on getting
Main stuff:
Planer/thicknesser that doesn't sound like satanic screeching, i understand this limits me to waiting 2 months for the iTech 260s or three weeks for the AT260SPT and hoping I can get everything square myself. I could also upgrade to the JET JPT 310HH which seems significantly better than both but that would blow over half of my budget just there.
Bandsaw -- For this one i'm almost completely lost, apart from larger cutting capacity I have no idea what to look for. I've looked at Axminster's Trade series, Laguna, Charnwood, etc. and it didn't get any less confusing.
Router -- I understand that a proper router table setup will run me up to £2k easily, not counting bits. For my use case & experience though I don't expect to be using a router table too much so a custom-built one with a basic top should be sufficient as a starter. I do intend to do quite a bit of template-based finishing and based on that it seems like the Festool OF1400 1/2" with an ultimate spiral combination bit should do the job.
Bobbin Sander - I haven't used one in the past but it seems like this would be excellent for finishing up projects with a lot of curves. I find it a bit tricky achieving this with just the random orbit sander.
Festool Domino 500 -- I think i'd mostly be using the smaller dominos which the 700XL can't do, from what I've seen so far even if they'd be the exact same price I'd be better off with the 500. No flexibility here unless I find a good used version.
I'll also need to upgrade my garage's sockets to add a 16A and a 32A braker as the current one is only 16A which I'm waiting for quotes on and hoping that it's not going to be terribly expensive.
Any advice around the choices/potential alternatives or just ways to bring the overall cost down is greatly appreciated as I have little practical experience with the above beyond digital research.
EDIT: Apologies for the confusion, wanted to clear things up:
I'm not looking for
<what do i need to buy to get started with woodworking>. I'm by no means 'good' at this but I have been consistently woodworking for 2+ years now. It's just that this year was the first time I had the opportunity to get a proper home workshop.
I'm asking for advice around specific brands & models as I don't know a lot of them in the UK and it seems like there could be better options out there that I don't know about. (for example I just herd of iTech for the very first time this week)