by Michael Barnes | Feb 18, 2015 | News
From what I was told, two men with drawls marking them of Southern (United States) descent asked if the lathe had a “buckable chuck.” The Sales Manager explained that he wasn’t familiar with this machine tools expression. After some conversation with the customers,...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 19, 2015 | Product Information
The Regal is LeBlond’s Model T, a gamechanging product that served as the bedrock of the company’s fortunes. To continue a Ford motor analogy, LeBlond’s current metal lathe – the RKL – can be seen as the company’s Mustang, a model that adds flair and style to the...
by Michael Barnes | Apr 1, 2015 | News, Product Information
LeBlond wants to give machinists all the metallic brainpower necessary to muscle and manage all their precision grinding needs. The legendary machine tool manufacturer is pleased to announce a promotion where customers can receive a free two-axis Newall DP700 Digital...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 20, 2014 | News
United States manufacturing technology orders for June 2014 totaled $405.73 million, up 12.6% from May but down 2.1% from the same period in 2013, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) as reported by manufacturing.net recently. The...
by Michael Barnes | Mar 4, 2015 | News
The United States machine tools industry rallied in December 2014 as new orders grew 3.1% from a November decline. American Machinist details the positive growth: The December orders totaled $506.89 million, an increase of 32.7% over November and 4.7% over the...
by Michael Barnes | Apr 30, 2015 | Product Information
In our last post, we tied the blacksmith’s art of hand scraping that can be found on the ways of K.O. Lee surface grinders back to hand scraping tools that prehistoric man used in the Stone Age. In today’s post, we discuss why hand scraped ways improve the...
by Michael Barnes | Nov 3, 2015 | News, Product Information
It is logistically difficult to park a manual machine tool weighing over 4,500 pounds under your holiday tree; but nevertheless, LeBlond Ltd. is in a generous spirit at the end of the year with their holiday promotion. Customers can save up to 15% off or as much as...
by Michael Barnes | Nov 18, 2015 | Product Information
In previous post, we discussed LeBlond’s machine tool parts support for LeBlond lathes and mills, K.O. Lee equipment as well as Standard Modern, Deka Drill, Johnson Press and W.F. & John Barnes machinery. Now we get specific with a case study of the cross feed...
by Michael Barnes | Dec 1, 2015 | News
It’s been a rough year for orders of machine tools in the United States, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report issued monthly by the trade group Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). For example, orders dropped 10.2% in...
by Michael Barnes | Apr 10, 2016 | Product Information
With wintery snow in the rearview mirror, LeBlond charges into spring by announcing a sale on vertical knee mills. Customers can save up to 15% off or as much as $1,665 off list price on the LVM0948EV until May 31, 2016. LeBlond’s vertical knees mills have innovative...
