Planning for maintenance and repair saves time & money What comes to mind when you think about maintenance for your machine shop’s machines? Whether it happens to be a lathe, band saw, mill, grinder, drill press or other machine, maintenance and repair can be an...
4 Tips to Improve Heavy Turning When turning large or heavy parts on a lathe you should consider some additional factors versus when you machine small- to medium-sized parts. Lathe Stability is Vital It’s important to make sure your lathe is large enough to handle the...
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...
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...
Need LeBlond lathe parts for your legacy equipment? Get our OES parts that are affordable and built to original specifications.
Debating whether to go with a LeBlond variable speed or gearhead lathe? Check out this video that spells out the differences.
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...
You want to buy a metal lathe: gearhead or EVS?
Learn how to do a LeBond lathe spindle removal in this vlog. Discover the exact tools and personnel needed for the procedure.