Glasser bowl gouge

Re: Glasser bowl gouge

Darryl

had the same situation. The Thompson stuff is good. You can heat the Glasser handle and replace the gouge in the handle. Check with Thompson they asked for some measurements so that the new gouge will fit.the Glasser handle.

Yup, Thompson  *LINK*


http://thompsonlathetools.com

Re: Glaser bowl gouge - they still make them

Joe Fleming

Not knocking Thompson Tools in the least.............

Before Jerry Glaser died, he sold the product line to another manufacturer in California. The new guy partnered with Stuart Batty for a short time and they slightly modified some of the designs - I think. I believe the steel is the same. Anyway, here is the link.

http://www.glaserhitec.com/shop/

The Glaser tools are not their main product line, so they do not depend on Glaser sales for their livelihood. Not sure how they keep going when the don't go to shows, nor are they selling through any distributors about which I know.

Also, I don't know if they sell them unhandled.

Joe

Re: Glaser bowl gouge - they still make them

Dick Hines

Gouge tools are half the price for twice to tool.

Re: Glaser bowl gouge - they still make them

Dick Hines

Doug. I need bigger buttons on these phone.😣

Re: Glaser bowl gouge - they still make them

Bill Blasic

I don't know if Dick meant Doug's tools are half the price but twice the tool but that is how I feel. Doug can get you replacement steel for your Glaser handle.

Re: Glaser bowl gouge - they still make them

Dick Hines

I am useing my phone to replay to the message. Little buttons and big fingers send strange messages.

In short Doug'so tools are the best. My thoughts only.

Re: Glaser bowl gouge - they still make them

Joe Fleming

I agree with you guys about Thompson tools.

I use my Glasers sparingly - mostly for shear scraping and for deep bowls. I like the original V flutes for those operations. Knowing how old Jerry was, I bought two replacement gouges for my shop: one 1/2" and one 5/8" back in 2004. They are still in the drawer, but the 1/2" will be coming out soon. I also have the Glaser Stockdale spindle gouge and the 3/8" bowl gouge. Neither gets used much.

Joe

Makes me smile.....

Dick Coers

how we have guarded tools or wood that gets set back during our lifetimes, for that special use. I'd wager a very high percentage of those items end up on estate sales, brand new in the box/never used! I have some Australian burl that haunts me with that thought all the time!

Yep.....

Barry Irby

My cancer scare focused things for me. If I don't use it, my sons will inherit a pile of wood and some tools and it will get sold off for pennies on the dollar. OTOH, I have adopted something of a different attitude, decided if I want some Festools or maybe a SawStop or some other upscale tool, I'm getting it. And I am building furniture for my grand daughter's as fast as I can go. (Actually VERY slowly while I recover. Hope to pick up speed.)

turning tools are consumables.

john lucas

That was a revelation that really helped me. I was one of those that was afraid to sharpen because I would shorten the tool life. When I decided they were consumables like sandpaper I sharpened them as often as needed. Guess what, I got better at sharpening and now the tools last a very long time.

So the short answer is, I don't have any tools laying around. They all get used at one time or another.

Just like us!   

Re: Makes me smile.....

John K Jordan

>>>...how we have guarded tools or wood that gets set back during our lifetimes, for that special use. I'd wager a very high percentage of those items end up on estate sales, brand new in the box/never used! I have some Australian burl that haunts me with that thought all the time!

I have some big blocks of exotics I've been saving for over a decade until I get "good enough" to do them justice. Like you, I finally realized that if I didn't get to it they might even end up as firewood.

OTOH, I've turned and given away a bunch of amazing wood that came to me for dirt cheap or free after someone else saved it too long.

And it hurts me to see you haunted. Send the Australian burl this way and live in peace. :-)

JKJ

Re: Makes me smile.....

Joe Fleming

I'm not allowed to bring any more wood home. I store most of my wood in the shop. It's piled high and deep. I bring wood home it if it is relatively small and I can sneak it into the shop, or if I have a commission and need to buy a specific wood.

As I was turning last night, I scanned my tool rack and made mental notes of all of the tools I just had to have at the time, but that have not touched wood in years. Time for a trip to the club's swap meet.

It's very typical that turners collect ......

JamieDonaldson

... many new tools as we venture deeper into the turning abyss. After years of experience we discover that we own 50 tools but are now only using about 5! Don't ask me how I know this!

When I took a class with John Jordan

Dick Coers

This was eons ago, seems like it anyway, but John said the same thing. Oddly, I could see racks and drawers full of tools around his shop. I know it becomes common knowledge that we don't need all those tools, but somewhere in there it was a matter of want. I'm pretty sure that the carvers have us beat though. They have tool rolls that have 20 slots or more in them.