Robust Dealer Profiles Your Robust lathe will be made the way you want it. With three different lathes and lots of options, talking with a woodturner that knows lathes ensures you’ll get the right lathe for you. That’s why Robust lathes aren’t sold in catalogs. They’re sold by woodturners. Woodturners like Robust President Brent English who designs and builds the lathes. Or woodturning professionals like those listed here who bought the Robust lathe you see them using, use they lathe for their work and teach on it as well.
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David Ellsworth: "It is a pleasure to represent a company that builds custom machines that are the finest quality, best design and most versatile wood lathes made today."
David has purchased five Robust lathes. Four are in his studio/classroom in Quakertown, PA (two American Beauties, one Sweet 16 and one Liberty). The fifth is a Sweet 16 at his family summer home in the mountains of Colorado. The Ellsworth School of Woodturning |
 David Ellsworth |
Trent Bosch: "I have a lot of lathes in my shop and my Robust American Beauty is my favorite, not because I make anything different on it than I would on any of the other lathes, but because of how enjoyable it is to use. The design is so well thought out it just makes it more fun to turn with and at this stage in my woodturning that is really important to me. I am proud to be a Robust distributor because I really believe in the product." Trent Bosch Studios |
 Trent discussing the merits of a Robust tool rest at the 2009 AAW Symposium |
Bill Grumbine: "People often write me to ask me since I have turned on just about every lathe that is out there, why did I buy a Robust? My response has always been that I bought a Robust because I have turned on just about every lathe that is out there. Becoming a dealer was the next step. I can now help people realize their dreams of having the best lathe on the market, which makes the experience of turning all that much more fun." Bill is a entertaining and knowledgeable teacher. He does one-on-one instruction in his studio and is a frequent demonstrator at symposiums and club events. His DVD's are also very popular. Wonderful Wood |
 Bill with Mike Hunter of Hunter Woodturning Tool Systems Bill with student Michael Fontane who went on to buy his own Robust Lathe |
Don Geiger: "I have learned from my 28 years as manufacturer’s rep that product quality and customer support are paramount. I believe Robust meets these standards. As a Robust dealer and an experienced woodturner, I provide customers with knowledgeable guidance and local support." Along with Robust lathes and accessories, Don also sells a line of sharpening tools of his own design. For local customers, Don will delilver the lathe, help set it up and give a turning lesson too.
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 Don Geiger |
JoHannes Michelsen: It has always been my great desire to have and operate with the best tools available for the job at hand, this is why I found it necessary to design and produce my own line of turning tools, HannesTool. It is for this same reason that I was very happy to find my way to the door of Brent English and his fine products and the Robust Lathes. JoHannes is a full time professional woodturner and has been producing wood turned art for over 30 years. JoHannes wears many hats - and is best known for his turned wood hats and the gouges, tool handles and toolrests he uses to make them. He also runs a woodturning school where many beginning and master turners come to learn his turning techniques and catch free tool grind. Hannes Tool |
 JoHannes demonstrating hat turning at the 2011 Totally Turning Symposium in Saratoga Springs, New York. |
| Sam Blasco: Samantics Squared is a small artisan shop and art gallery in beautiful, historic Smithville, Texas, just east of Austin, where the Robust lathe (an early long-bed version of our Liberty) is on permanent, and prominent, display. Sam Blasco, the shop's owner, primarily designs and builds studio furniture, where he uses the lathe for parts needed in the furniture he builds, but he also dabbles in spinning objects just for the sake of making something that stands on its own, functional or not. In this picture you can see one of his sink bowls, which links both worlds. It is a stand alone object, but it is also integral to the final piece of furniture, in this case a vanity. Sam also teaches woodworking and lathe work and can be reached here: Samantics Squared 206 Main Street Smithville, TX 78957 Phone: 512-377-9244 www.samantics2.com |
 Sam Blasco |
Dale Rouleau is a professional woodturner (his turning website can be found here) from Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada. Dale, along with the folks from Bow River Specialty Woods, Courtenay, B.C. recently opened a retail store called: "Wood to Works" that supports turners and carvers. Here's what Dale had to say after purchasing a Robust American Beauty: In 26 years of professional woodturning I have turned on a wide variety of lathes. Dale Rouleau Phone: 250-331-9392 |
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