I really, really need to avoid the Lee Valley catalog and website. The books alone could put me in the poor house, but I saw these

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=44948&cat=1,43326

Has anyone ordered the ones in the aluminum cases? If so, how thick are the cases, and what kind of hinge do they have?
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