by Michael Barnes | Oct 16, 2018 | Product Information
In hoops, a basket is worth 2 points, sometime 3 if you’re the Golden State Warriors. A machine, when you need it now, like before the Holidays, is worth your weight in gold. Call it a thousand pointer or a “K Pointer.” INVENTORY AVAILABLE NOW!!! Need to meet your... 
by Michael Barnes | Oct 11, 2018 | Tips
In the days before the arrival of deadly Hurricane Sandy, you crawl up to the top of a mountain junk yard amidst a motley collection of machine tools and 3000 rotting automobiles to claim your prize – a 13” “Roundhead” LeBlond Regal lathe. You drag it home on a... 
by Michael Barnes | Sep 18, 2018 | Product Information
An engine lathe is a 500-arm octopus. I was reminded of this by a newb machinist who asked on Google on where the dial is on a LeBlond for threading on a manual lathe. Here is what the thread dial looks like: If you feel like you are wrestling with the 500-arm octopus... 
by Michael Barnes | Jul 20, 2018 | Product Information, Uncategorized
Riddler: What kind of machines have ears? Batman: A train has engin(ears) … GROAN! You are not Adam West having to face the Prince of Puzzlers and his green suit with a giant question mark on it. You are machinists with questions on LeBlond Regal lathes. Below are... 
by Michael Barnes | Jul 10, 2018 | Product Information
“I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member.” — Groucho Marx Here is why you should prove Groucho wrong and JOIN the LeBlond Insiders Facebook Group, a non-snobby club meant to give LeBlond and K.O. Lee fans the inside scoop on the company,... 
by Michael Barnes | May 30, 2018 | Product Information
Some things that are old and scarce are incredibly valuable. Like comic books. Action Comics No. 1 introducing Superman is hard to find and worth $1.5 million. Some old things are built so well that they continue to run with the right support. With LeBlond Regal... 
by Michael Barnes | May 9, 2018 | Tips
Who said machine shop hiring wasn’t fun? In a recent Practical Machinist thread that we will summarize so you don’t have to read the entire thing, a machine shop owner relays how he hired a motley machinist crew since the 1980’s. The poster suggested hiring from... 
by Michael Barnes | Apr 23, 2018 | Product Information
Does the high cost of razors have you adopting the hipster look and growing a beard as gnarly as James Harden’s? Does the lack of Johnson Press parts have you considering using a circular saw instead of a punch press to create holes in a workpiece? Don’t fret. LeBlond... 
by Michael Barnes | Apr 10, 2018 | Product Information
Need an eyeball? In the near future, humans will be able to purchase OEM body parts grown in a lab petri dishes from their own cells. Still need to replace your all-seeing orb? No problem. Just activate the chip embedded in your forehead, access the communication... 
by Michael Barnes | Apr 4, 2018 | Product Information
The actor Bryan Cranston will forever be known as Walter White, the teacher-turned-drug-kingpin on AMC’s crime drama megahit Breaking Bad. Do you remember hapless Hal? You might have forgotten Cranston’s role as the bumbling dad on Fox’s ‘90’s comedy Malcolm in the...
