by Michael Barnes | Mar 21, 2015 | Tips
Lubricating the chuck to your engine lathe can be a tricky question. Lubrication like grease can attract chips and jam up your chuck. If you don’t lubricate something like a scroll chuck, chips from running the machine can collect and make turning the chuck wrench...
by Michael Barnes | Apr 20, 2015 | Product Information
It’s back to school for you machinists as today’s post starts off with a quiz …. 1.) What feature of the K.O. Lee High Precision Surface Grinder dates back to the caveman and the Stone Age? A.) A cave man used a scraper as an early tool to help him in his daily life;...
by Michael Barnes | May 14, 2015 | Tips
We at LeBlond are trying to build up our social media profile, so we started tossing around the idea of someone bringing in the family cat, sticking it on a LeBlond lathe, taking a photo and asking our Facebook friends to caption the photo. Thank goodness that gambit...
by Michael Barnes | May 23, 2015 | News
March was a rebound month for the machine tools industry as two industry-wide reports show signs of progress after a dismal start of the year. According to American Machinist, machine tool orders for March totaled $399.83 million, a 30.3% increase from the February...
by Michael Barnes | Jun 16, 2015 | News
April showers … May flowers? U.S. manufacturer machine tool orders of new metal cutting and metal forming equipment were soggy in April, totaling $384.81 million. This is an 8.1% drop from a stronger March and a 1.0% decrease from April 2014, according to American...
by Michael Barnes | Jul 30, 2015 | News
Orders of U.S. machine tools fell again in May … for the third straight month. Orders totaled $336.98 million and fell 13.2% less than April and 6.2% less than May of last year, according to the United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 7, 2015 | Product Information, Video
It’s nearing the end of summer but that doesn’t mean it’s time we stop you from saving big money on smaller LeBlond metal lathes. Check out the video below to get details on our latest promotion on the LeBlond RKL Series manual lathes. Promotion ends...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 24, 2015 | Product Information
You spoke. We listened. Regarding our current Summer promotion on smaller LeBlond RKL manual lathes, you would like to know up to 20% off of what? As much as $4800 off of what? Below you will find a link to a buyer’s guide to our current promotion offering...
by Michael Barnes | Nov 26, 2014 | News
The holidays are a time of generosity and LeBlond Ltd. is in the giving spirit with their huge holiday machine tools promotion where customers can save up to 15% on LeBlond manual lathes and K.O. Lee grinders until December 30, 2014. Customers can visit...
by Michael Barnes | Oct 15, 2014 | News
U.S. orders of machine tools were down in July 2014 but rebounded in August as reported by The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) in their monthly United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report. The July numbers were fairly dismal, as...
