by Michael Barnes | Mar 7, 2019 | News, Product Information
“Win the game” In the throes of college basketball tourney time do or die, a simple, but effective message that a power forward from my favorite college team wrote on a whiteboard during a timeout a few years back. Is this the message of March, a time for brackets and... 
by Michael Barnes | Feb 1, 2019 | News, Product Information
Want to save $1000 off K.O. Lee Expanding Mandrels? Then look out for our February drawing where LeBlond customers who sign up for the drawing will be eligible for one of three prizes – first place being $1k off an order of our Expanding Mandrels. Look for the ad on... 
by Michael Barnes | Mar 12, 2018 | News
Recently, we featured Whittier Regional Vocational Tech High School outside Boston in a blog post. The school bought several LeBlond educational manual lathes for their Advanced Manufacturing Program. We shipped the students some LeBlond T’s and, as you can see,... 
by Michael Barnes | Jan 26, 2018 | News
Surges are frequently thought of in military terms as in the 2007 increase of troops in Iraq. Surges can also happen in the economy. Just ask anybody in the stock market about the momentum there. Presently, there is a surge in U.S. manufacturing as noted by Bloomberg... 
by Michael Barnes | Aug 21, 2017 | News
Toothpicks, anyone? You thought these items were reserved for cleaning your teeth or spearing a hunk of pepperoni and dunking it in spicy mustard as part of your hors d’ oeuvres spread to feed your buddies before the big game. Well, be assured, toothpicks are no... 
by Michael Barnes | Nov 21, 2016 | News, Product Information
I was shopping for supplies to begin my pre-emptive assault on my neighbor’s holiday light show when I noticed Lowe’s was offering an 11% off coupon. I immediately recalled annoying Menard’s TV jingles offering a similar 11% rebate. As sure is turkey reigns this... 
by Michael Barnes | Sep 6, 2016 | News
Now that summer is coming to a close, isn’t it time for a little you? You spent a fortune on back-to-school clothes and supplies for the kids. You’ve shelled out for mountains of food for barbecues to entertain friends and families. What about the cost of all that gas... 
by Michael Barnes | Jul 27, 2016 | News, Video
LeBlond uses Old Dominion Freight Line for shipping of your newly purchased LeBlond or K.O. Lee machine tools. Old Dominion features Security Divider Service, “locked-in security for nose-loaded, special or uncrated, non-containerized freight,” according... 
by Michael Barnes | Jan 4, 2016 | News
I am Prophet, a warrior in 2047 out to avenge the evil CELL Corporation in post-apocalyptic New York City. I am wearing a body suit of energy-infusing armor called a Nanosuit. I enter the rail yard equipped with my weapon, when, boom, right in front of me is an... 
by Michael Barnes | Dec 1, 2015 | News
It’s been a rough year for orders of machine tools in the United States, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report issued monthly by the trade group Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). For example, orders dropped 10.2% in...
