About Us:

Thanks for visiting our website.  Our goal is to bring you the finest in woodturning lathes and accessories.  We pride ourselves in listening to you, our customers and non-customers, and incorporating the very best of your ideas into our product line. 

We recognize that when you buy Robust lathe, you buy the lathe of a lifetime, and we pledge to do our best to make that dream come true. Lathes are made to your order, and you can expect a lead time of 6-8 weeks. Lathes can be purchased direct from us or from one of our dealers, all of whom are wood artists, like you.

Toolrests and other accessories can be purchased in our online store or from quality dealers like Woodcraft, Craft Supply or Packard Woodworks.

All Robust lathes and accessories are made in our own machine and fabrication shop in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin. What we do not make ourself is made to our specification by nearby manufacturers. For instance, all of our castings come from Austin Foundry in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, started just after WW II. Many of our CNC machined parts come from Production Machine & Enterprises in Madison, Wisconsin. Laser cut parts come from Laser Dynamics in Allendale Michigan. We certify all Robust products have a domestic content of over 90%. 

Robust was founded January 1, 2004 by Brent and Deb English and is a limited liability corporation.