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Little Bender

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Metal Bender

This little hobby metal bender from Groz can shape hinges, brackets, wrought iron, chain links, hooks, clamps, and much more. It handles flat bar up to 40mm wide and 4mm thick, thin-walled tubing up to 10mm in diameter, and solid bar stock up to 6mm thick.

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Groz Hardwood-Handled Wood Plane

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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Hand planes can get pricey in a hurry. The Groz planes I’ve run across look sturdy and well-designed, but the feature that really grabs me is the handles. Ok, it’s not exactly the greatest reason to dig a plane — in fact it has nothing to do with the actual function of the tool at all — but sometimes you can get suckered by a pretty face.

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