Comments on: Welcome to HannesTool.com

By: JoHannes

JoHannes — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:58:30 +0000

Hi Tom,
Thanx for the kind summation of the time we spent together. Your son was a joy to share knowledge with, I always take great pleasure in share with young turners–passing on the joy of turning!!!
Happy to know that he is using the tools, many of my customers use the terms “my go to tool” and so it seems to be with your son “Christian”?
Please tell hime happy turning for me and you are both welcome back any time.

joHannes

By: Thomas Barnard

Thomas Barnard — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:33:51 +0000

JoHannes,

It was a pleasure meeting you and your family this morning. It was a real treat to visit your studio, and my son was thrilled to be able to see you at work. Spending more than two hours answering the questions of an inquisitive adolescent turner and his father was more than generous; the personal lesson was something that we could never have ever imagined.

I have purchased a few turning tools for my son online and from a woodworking store, and until today I believed they were all he would need to develop his talents in wood turning. Having watched him in your studio cut and shape a blank with the 3/8” and ½” HannesTools, I now know that they will be the only tools he will use. The gouges cut through the hardwood as if it was butter, and the precision cuts are going to reduce the amount of sanding required to finish his bowls. As soon as we got back to New Jersey he was in the garage turning with his new tools.

Thank you for the positive influence, and I hope he will be able to attend one of your three day workshops in the future.

Tom Barnard

By: JoHannes

JoHannes — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:48:19 +0000

Hi Marc, thank you for your comment. Yes my tools are similar to the Glaser Gouges in that they have lead shot filled handles but are a "step-up" with my custom designed ergonomic rubber grip over aluminium for comfort and lightweight. The cutting steel is the same CPM10V from Crucible. To read more view the full description on this website http://hannestool.com/products-overview/hannestool-gouge The price list is available on this website as well as the ability to make purchase online, here is a link direct to the product catalog http://hannestool.com/products-page

By: Marc Block

Marc Block — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:46:51 +0000

Sir:
As a relatively new turner, I have been unsuccessfully searching for a 5/8″ deep U & 3/4″ set of Glaser U15 gouges (which Stuart Batty introduced me to) and came upon your name. Do you Manufacture the same type of gouge? (Powder cold forged with shot-filled handle)
Please send me a description of your gouges and the jobs they perform and necessary grinds along with your price list.

By: Eduardo sarmiento

Eduardo sarmiento — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:05:21 +0000

sure thing ,ill be waiting for the chance to meet you and the wife too,we will have a ball here for sure eduardo

By: JoHannes

JoHannes — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:19:28 +0000

Hey ED,
OK, i have spoken with my wife about it and she loves the idea so maybe this coming January works for us, is that good for you?
joHannes

By: JoHannes

JoHannes — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:16:25 +0000

Hi Gilles,
You are right I would rather roll beads in wood but I need those new handle sizes so turn rubber I must!!!

Hope you have a good time in France with your group and that they love my tools as much as we do.

Have not pursued any European dealers yet have been too busy taking care of biz here. If you would have your friend that you recommended contact me maybe that is the best way to get the process started.
joHannes

By: Gilles

Gilles — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:15:54 +0000

Hi Johannes,
Turning bead in rubber is surely less fun than in wood but can bring some interesting handle shape too
I’m going, in two weeks time, to our annual reunion/expo/demo week with the group I’m part of in France and I will show off with my “green” handles, and let some friends to whom I spoke about it work with it too (if anyone drool when working I send you a photo).
Did you find a reseller in Europe?
Gilles

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:41:48 +0000

Well hannes you know any time it will be fine, ill take care of you and help in any way i can,had ellis here from woodcentral too,and some others turners as well,so just find a free time and come down, ed

By: JoHannes

JoHannes — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:29:25 +0000

Hey Gilles,
Great to hear from you and to hear that you like the handles you have. I’m sure loving mine, I keep finding new things I like about the grip, form full palm to finger tips this grip has just got it.

I am hoping to get time soon to photograph to shorter handles. We are having them injection molded now in the two original sizes and then I chop some on the chop saw and rework the ends of the rubber on the wood lathe with my skew, I’m getting pretty good at rolling a “BEAD IN THE RUBBER”
I’ll get the pix up as soon as I can.
Thanx joHannes