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Quality Tungsten Inserts

elical cutting heads for electric planes, jointers and thicknessers have changed the game here in Australia. The geometry of a helical cutting head has each insert overlap the next, slicing in a guillotine fashion and producing small shavings that are easily swept away by an exhaust fan. I have been

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