9 Causes of Lathe Tooling Wear and How to Minimize Each Wear on lathe tooling is inevitable. Low frequency wear won’t typically cause catastrophic damage. But over time, problems can surmount. Some of the biggest causes of lathe tool wear and failure are due to a wide...
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3 Tips for Hard Turning on Your LeBlond Lathe
3 Tips for Hard Turning on Your LeBlond Lathe Turning hardened metals on a lathe takes additional care than turning standard metals. Taking the proper care while machining hard metals will reduce scrap, improve production, minimize finishing, and decrease maintenance...
Machine Tool Accessories 15% Off at LeBlond
Save 15% off some machine tool accessories for LeBlond and K.O. Lee machinery for a limited time.
Why, When and How to Replace Lathe Oils, Lubricants and Coolants
Why, When and How to Replace Lathe Oils, Lubricants and Coolants The squeaky wheel gets the grease is a common saying that should never apply to your lathe. The slides, apron, chucks, mandrels, bearings and spindles should never get to that point. Any machine shop’s...
LeBlond Lathe: Oil Maintenance
Get tips on maintaining the oil in your LeBlond lathe.
Machine Tools: U.S. Orders Drop to Start New Year
Regarding U.S. machine tool orders, the New Year started off with a whimper, not a roar.
LeBlond’s CNC Mill Is Skynet for Machinists
Check out LeBlond’s CNC Mill. It is manual. It is CNC. It is Skynet!
LeBlond Offers Small Metal Lathe Sale
LeBlond has a sale on the RKL-1332 Series, its smallest and most popular manual lathe.
Hey Machinists, Win the Month During LeBlond’s March Mayhem Sale
Save 10% off LeBlond and K.O. Lee machinery and 40% off Expanding Mandrels during LeBlond’s March Mayhem.