I wanted to share with all my turner friends here the new quick release Glaser Hitec Synergy gouge. Keep in mind this is my opinion of the tool I have in hand and I've only got a short time on it so far. From what I can tell so far though, this has got to be the most advanced line of turning tools ever created. You may see other quick change tools out there but I can assure you, it stops right there. There's so much more than meets they eye. Paulo, the president of Glaser, has spent the last several years developing his proprietary metal known as Cauldron 305. The unique aspect of this metal is that it will stay sharp much like carbide but can still be sharpened on an aluminum oxide wheel. Now you can have the variety of all your turning tools with the ability of carbide like hardness. It doesn't stop there though, the Quick release is the most advanced on the market imho. No problems with dust jamming them up or sticking, no rusty allen heads that only make contact at 2 sharp points. No awkward, uncomfortable handles and no unwanted harmonic vibration. These are a complete package of the finest features you could ask for in every aspect of a turning tool. The handles are dampened, they're shape lends to excellent grip and they won't roll away. Superb finish and the finest materials in every piece of the tool. In addition, for you guys like me in a small space, these can have a rack built to hold every tool head and the handle in less than a couple linear feet. I'll be finishing up a project hopefully this weekend so I'll let you all know how it goes. I have never been this excited about a turning tool, it just feels so amazing when you put it to a piece of wood. I haven't even sharpened it to my standards yet, just out of the box. While I don't have the complete set, I'm including a shot of what I have on order.

I forgot to mention, these are 100% American made.

Those new tools are absolutely gorgeous!

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

Bill it sounds like Glaser makes some nice turning tools and American Made is a big bonus.  I would like to check them out but whenever I go to their website my AntiVirus blocks the site.

I tried to go there a couple of months ago and it picked up two different viruses, now it's only showing one which is called Exploit Blackhat SEO (type 1720).

Don't know what it is but AVG says its a High Threat. Ya might wanna let your friend know about it.

edited: Did a quick google search and here's some info I found on it ... Blackhat SEO

Shane,

I'm running W7 with Microsoft Security Essentials along with Malwarebytes. No detections after visiting the site. Also used on-line scanner from Bit Defender- no detections either.

Lew

Shane Whitlock said:

Bill it sounds like Glaser makes some nice turning tools and American Made is a big bonus.  I would like to check them out but whenever I go to their website my AntiVirus blocks the site.

I tried to go there a couple of months ago and it picked up two different viruses, now it's only showing one which is called Exploit Blackhat SEO (type 1720).

Don't know what it is but AVG says its a High Threat. Ya might wanna let your friend know about it.

edited: Did a quick google search and here's some info I found on it ... Blackhat SEO

Weird .... I'm running AVG on mine and it picks it up every time.

AVG's online link scanner also picks it up ... 1 malware and 16 compromised pages

http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/website-safety-reports/domain/glaserhitec.com/

You can check out his facebook page too. There's a little info there.

I told him about the virus, he's checking it out right now.

That is odd. Just checked it with

https://www.virustotal.com/  and

http://onlinelinkscan.com

Both said it was clean but when I used AVG, I got the same thing you did??

Shane Whitlock said:

Weird .... I'm running AVG on mine and it picks it up every time.

AVG's online link scanner also picks it up ... 1 malware and 16 compromised pages

http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/website-safety-reports/domain/glaserhi...

Paulo just called me, his provider is working on this with extreme diligence, should be fixed today. If you get a chance, try again & let me know if it still exists. He said to tell you guys thank you for bringing this to his attention. 

Bill, Just tried it and got the same thing. It might be cached at AVG and they need to flush their cache to release the data.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

I just sent him a text to address that. That's really a (explitive) thing for someone to do to a business. I'll let you all know the minute I hear that it's cleared up. Again, thanks for the heads up. 

Bill I'm still getting the same thing. My virus protection wont even let me visit the site.
Hope they get it fixed. Thanks for keeping us updated.

Just checked the site a moment ago using http://www.avgthreatlabs.com and it is also showing the virus.

Shane Whitlock said:

Bill I'm still getting the same thing. My virus protection wont even let me visit the site.
Hope they get it fixed. Thanks for keeping us updated.

I just txt him to let him know it's still an issue, thanks for the update.