Don’t Get Haunted by Flawed Lathe Practices Even the most experienced machinist can be haunted by ghosts of poor performance — chatter marks that refuse to vanish, overheated tools that wear out too soon, or parts that just won’t meet spec. In the spirit of Halloween,...
LeBlond has a 12% off in-stock machinery sale to close out 2025. Why twelve? Because twelve is perfect. Literally. It's one of only two perfect numbers in mathematics under 30. It's divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. Twelve apostles. Twelve tribes of Israel. Twelve...
You fire up your lathe. Load your workpiece. Make the cut. And it looks like someone dragged a jackhammer across the surface. Welcome to chatter marks. The universal sign that your gibs are shot. Most machinists don't think about gibs until it's too late. They blame...
Large lathes are engineered to tackle the most demanding machining tasks, making them indispensable for industries that require the handling of oversized and heavy duty jobs. Big bore lathes, in particular, are designed with the power and precision needed to machine...
LeBlond engineers made one catastrophic material choice in the 1960s. Nylon seemed perfect for servo shift components. They were dead wrong. Every machine owner has been paying for it ever since. That clicking sound coming from your Regal? It's nylon disintegrating at...
"The teeth start to mash a little bit." That's how Christopher Smith, LeBlond's Service Manager, describes what happens when operators slam their lathe feeds too hard. Those expensive gears you depend on? They're getting destroyed one careless engagement at a...
Your K.O. Lee tool and cutter grinder is a precise monster of a machine. It's built to sharpen end mills, cut gears and handle demanding tooling work day after day. But like any workhorse, it needs the right parts to keep performing. When critical components...
Complex machined parts often require multiple steps for turning, boring, facing and finishing for final part production or assembly. Thankfully, lathes can handle many of the different cutting processes from start to finish.
An in-stock LeBlond machine is the best card for Phil to play, even if he doesn’t realize he is gambling. Phil is a machinist who supplies parts for the automotive industry. Uptick in Business? He expects business to pick up with a flurry of recent trade deals,...