Joinery Workshop · IWM

The machines in your workshop determine how fast you work.

A well-specified joinery workshop builds around machines that work together. The wrong combination — or the wrong capacity for your volume — creates bottlenecks that no amount of operator skill will fix.

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/ The Challenge

The wrong spec. A decade of bottlenecks.

/ Our Position

Machinery decisions in a joinery workshop tend to be permanent. You're not replacing a planer every three years — you're living with the choice for a decade. Getting the specification wrong at the start, or when you're scaling up, is an expensive mistake.

We've been specifying joinery workshop machinery for British workshops since 1974. We carry a wide range specifically because every workshop's needs are different — and we'd rather take longer to find the right fit than move a machine quickly.

Our Joinery Workshop Range

Technos Flex 3075 CNC router machine with a large blue frame, grid cutting bed, and gantry-mounted spindle unit

/ Why IW Machines

Why joinery workshops keep coming back.

Specifying a workshop is a once-in-a-decade decision. We treat it like one.

- 01

Fifty years on the workshop floor.

Three generations of specifying machinery for British joinery. We've seen the trends pass; we know which manufacturers still build to last and which ones look better in a brochure than they do after two years.

- 02

UK-wide delivery and commissioning.

Our engineers install, calibrate and train your team on-site. Anywhere in the UK, typically within four weeks of order confirmation.

- 03

A range that covers the full workshop.

From bandsaws and panel saws to spindle moulders, planers, and tenoners — we can specify an entire workshop or a single replacement machine. Direct relationships with manufacturers across the range.

- 04

Consultative, not commission-driven.

We will recommend the smaller machine if it's the right one. We will tell you to wait. The relationship matters more than the order.

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What our customers say

A track record measured in twenty-year machines.

5.0

Google · 14 reviews

"First class customer service, Ian and Henry know the equipment they sell inside out. Recently purchased a Falach 50 press and couldn't be more pleased, looking forward to installing under the extractor."

Philip Harding

IWM Client

"I have purchased a number of machines from International Woodworking Machinery over the years. They have always been a fantastic company to deal with from start to finish. Aftercare is exceptional, they really make you feel like a valued customer."

Freddie Armstrong

IWM Client

"We have purchased a wide belt sander, four sided planer and briquette press from IWM, each machine has been fantastic. Customer service is probably the best part about this company."

Freddie

Traditional Beams

"Highly recommend this company to any joinery or woodworking company requiring good quality woodworking machinery, Excellent service with good knowledge and advice readily available. fast and friendly service."

Harris & Son Joinery

IWM Client

"Excellent quality machine and excellent service. delivery was very quick and the machine was very well packaged. I would highly recommend IWM Ltd and I will definitely buy from them again."

Mark Saban

IWM Client

"The Soukup Crossline 650 is an unbelievable piece of equipment. Since its installation quality and productivity have both increased massively. The support has been excellent and IWM were great throughout the process. Highly recommend!"

Chris Duckworth

IWM Client

"Excellent experience dealing with IWM for our recent purchase of a Falach 50 Briquette machine. Henry spent a lot of time with me, at fairly short-notice, and I came away fully understanding the pros and cons of each machine and the type of briquettes they produce."

Chris Ashwin

IWM Client

"The Soukup Crossline 650 is an unbelievable piece of equipment. Since its installation quality and productivity have both increased massively. The support has been excellent and IWM were great throughout the process. Highly recommend!"