Abstract: An impact tool for machining workpieces has an impact mechanism which is arranged in a housing and is suitable for transmitting an oscillating movement to a machining tip arranged in an axial direction, wherein the impact mechanism can be displaced against the housing between a lower stop point and an upper stop point in the axial direction, wherein a device for generating a constant or variable contact pressure of the machining tip is arranged between the housing and the impact mechanism, such that after a prestressing path of the impact mechanism from the lower stop point, the machining tip is additionally subjected to the contact pressure.