Wow, over 140 attendees, the most we've ever had!  Many thanks to Rudy Lopez, our guest turner and extra special thanks to our door prize sponsors.  Looking forward to another great event in 2019.  Hope to see you there.

We know crate pictures can be kind of boring but this is our first lathe shipped to South Korea.  It's a long bed American Beauty with all the fun options, like a Tilt-Away, Outboard Turning Attachment and Steady Rest.  Ocean freight is surprisingly inexpensive, especially if the customer can pick it up at that port.

We were quite happy to help the Boys and Girls Club in Wausau, Wisconsin procure a brand new American Beauty.  It's hiding under that green tarp behind Bob, Dale and Mike from Wisconsin Valley Woodturners.  This woodturning group, an American Association of Woodturners local chapter,  pitches in at the B&G club and gives turning lessons…

6th Annual Robust Tools Open House Saturday, October 6, 2018  -  9AM to 4PM Woodturning Demonstration by Guest Turner: Rudy Lopez www.rudolphlopez.com Door prizes and in-house specials on all Robust products Free Refreshments 101 Business ID, Barneveld, Wisconsin 53507 T: 608-924-1133  • www.turnrobust.com • info@turnrobust.com  

Georgia Wood, from Mechanicsville, Virginia is our latest Scout owner.  Georgia and her husband, Royal, are proprietors of  Royal Wood Creations.  They make and sell fine turned gifts from their website and at art and craft fairs in their region.  Georgia confides with us that Royal, who turns on a mustard colored lathe, is just…

I had the pleasure of visiting Carl Jacobson, YouTube woodturner and maker extraordinaire at his shop while I was in Portland a few weeks ago.  Carl shot and edited this video of us interviewing each other and doing a little turning.  Enjoy ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EVdfImIisQ&t=2 s

Hi Folks, check out our new Toolrest video.  You'll learn all about our straight and curved toorests and the advantage of topping them off with a hardened rod.  Info on our new Box Rests as well.  You'll find it here on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWMmFl3mrt4

If you're going to the 2018 AAW Symposium in Portland, please stop by and see me, Brent English (on the left) and Woodworkers Emporium proprietor, Christian Brispierre (on the right).  Ask me about that gnarly old piece of wood laying on the ground behind us, as well as about the show specials we'll have on…

Check out our new tool handle video for our popular collet based system and kits: https://youtu.be/02MLleJcNBs

We've switched from ash to hard maple for our Collet Tool Handles.  These are turned for us in Pennsylvania and finished with a coat of wipe-on polyurethane. With  this posting you'll also see two customer turned examples from Rick Auge and Eric Godwin.   Rick had this to say:  "Excellent combo.  I put them into…

Chuck Gilbert bought his lathe from one of our longest serving dealers, David Ellsworth.  Here's what Chuck had to say after he received it: The lathe was delivered yesterday right on schedule and in perfect condition. I followed the un-crating process in Don Geiger’s video on YouTube and everything went well.... The setup process in…