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...
by Michael Barnes | Apr 10, 2018 | Product Information
Need an eyeball? In the near future, humans will be able to purchase OEM body parts grown in a lab petri dishes from their own cells. Still need to replace your all-seeing orb? No problem. Just activate the chip embedded in your forehead, access the communication...
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 | Feb 15, 2018 | Product Information, Video
Everybody loves new features and accessories. How about augmented reality in Apple’s new iOS. You’ve probably seen the commercial where the dinosaur is on the loose on the iPhone X. Hey, look, we have tyrannosaurus attacking a Customer Service Representative on...
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 | Jan 17, 2018 | Product Information, Video
Over two minutes is an eternity on the internet. Is LeBlond’s “Welcome To Your Machine – RKL Heavy Duty Lathe” video clocking in at 7 minutes and 52 seconds the micro-equivalent of “Sleep,” Andy Warhol’s 1963 “anti-film” of 321 minutes of a dude sleeping? Not really …...
by Michael Barnes | Jan 10, 2018 | Product Information
Don’t confuse us with Geraldo. In examining recent posts (which you can find here and here) on what is ideal for a good gunsmith lathe, we might have teased the subject like Geraldo Rivera did about 20 years ago in his syndicated special on the mystery of Al Capone’s...
by Michael Barnes | Jan 4, 2018 | Product Information
What is the following quote from: “Put a big spider on this to get things perfectly true.” A.) line of dialog from a sci-fi disaster movie where the mad inventor places a giant radioactive arachnid on a bazooka to launch at enemy aliens that have overtaken the Earth...
by Michael Barnes | Dec 18, 2017 | Product Information
If you have ever been to Shake Shack and tried one of their delicious burgers, you’ve sampled “fine casual” dining, according to Founder Danny Meyer in a recent interview on “60 Minutes.” Fine casual blends aspects of fine dining like the quality ingredients with with...
