by Michael Barnes | Sep 10, 2019 | News
Looking for a small metal lathe sale? LeBlond is offering the RKL-1332 Series at a 15% discount for a limited time. The RKL-1332 Series is our smallest but most popular lathe. Small Metal Lathe Sale Spec’s The machines in this small metal lathe sale come with a 14”...
by Michael Barnes | Jun 8, 2019 | Product Information
Interested in a LeBlond Regal restoration and a smaller manual lathe? Talk to Mike Patnode, a West Coast retired job shop machinist who restored a 1963 Regal and lopped 60” off the end of the bed to fit in his “hobby shop” at home. Mike has provided us with a few...
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 | 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 | 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...
