METZ Heavy Duty Jenny Bench SWAGER SWAGING Machine Bead Roller

Generally, I was more than pleased with this item. It is well constructed and weighty, and performs the tasks that it is supposed to quite as well as you would expect for a piece of kit in this price bracket, which i would say is aimed squarely at people like me who are going to use it for occasional jobs, and are serious hobbyists rather than a hardcore workshop.My main gripes are more around the way it is marketed. It is described in the listing as "heavy duty" and usable with materials up to 1.2mm thick. What they are not telling you is that this thickness of material applies only to aluminium, in mild steel, which is what I think most people would be using with it the maximum recommended gauge is only 0.030", or around 0.7mm. Not only is this thinner than most people would be using, for say car bodywork repairs, but it's even quite difficult to get hold of, as I well know having had to make a special order for it recently.My other gripe, is that one of the more common uses of this type of machine is to put a joggle on the edge of sheet materials so you can make a lap weld. This machine did not come with the rollers to do this, although annoyingly it seems that it used to, because the You Tube video that Metz link to on there site shows a guy doing just that with it. It may be that they are separately available from Metz, but you would have to check with them. Generally, it's a good bit of kit, but double check that it will do all the jobs that you have in mind