I suspect you are right, and his rig is the earliest gouge jig design I
am aware of, though I also suspect several folks developed similar
methods independently. Jerry (the Americanized form of his name, and
they spelling he uses) has been the unrecognized source of an awful lot
of woodturning advances we now take for granted. Of course, a lot of
what Jerry brought to woodturning was already established knowledge in
the metal working world.

Lyn


Woodcut tools 2000 Ltd sales wrote:
There appears to be some controversy over the origin of the grinding jig
concept??
I have spent time investigating this and it is my belief that the originator
of this type of jig concept is Gerry Glasser of los Angeles in the USA. I
have visited him and seen his prototypes dating back long before anything
else. Many versions have been made since, including ours although only
myself and Woodfast are prepared to give him any credit. We have made
improvements to the concept and some of our innovation has been patented.
But the credit must go to Gerry for the original concept.