by TL | Feb 17, 2025 | Product Information
Your K.O. Lee tool & cutter grinder’s workhead is locked up. You’re staring down a bill of around $30k for a new machine that is used to sharpen, shape and recondition cutting tools such as drills, milling cutters, reamers, taps and others. But...
by TL | Feb 10, 2025 | Product Information, Video
Watching the video below causes amnesia. After viewing LeBlond Service Manager Christopher Smith give an overview of our new radial drill press, you will forget everything you thought you knew about LeBlond. This isn’t just another machine. This is a...
by TL | Jan 9, 2025 | Product Information, Video
Get ready for an inside look at how LeBlond handles machine shipping — from protecting every metal surface to their signature “load and protect” method that keeps your investment safe from dock to dock. LeBlond Service Manager Christopher Smith breaks down...
by TL | Dec 18, 2024 | Product Information
What do you put in a machinist’s stocking this holiday season? We at LeBlond don’t advise stuffing the Christmas stocking with small gifts or candy. Put a chuck for a K.O. Lee grinder in the stocking instead! And what specific chuck do you need for surface grinding, a...
by TL | Oct 22, 2024 | News, Product Information
Are you, a machinist or machine tool educator, ready for an end-of-the-year STEAL of STEEL? Steely new LeBlond and K.O. Lee machinery for your machine shop or classroom? What’s the steal, exactly, you ask? Halloween without candy? Thanksgiving without a cooked bird?...
by Scott Hasson | Nov 8, 2024 | News, Product Information, Tips, Uncategorized
Do you have what it takes for efficient machining? A place for everything and everything in its place. Your dad may have beat you over the head with that refrain as a kid. In the machine shop, it couldn’t ring truer. Here are four ways metalworking machinists can...
by TL | Nov 7, 2024 | Tips, Video
Watch step-by-step instructions on how to rebuild the spindle on your K.O. Lee surface grinder. We’ll cover the tools you need and get you past roadblocks that can pop up during the process: If you need assistance with a K.O. Lee spindle rebuild or parts for the...
by TL | Aug 17, 2024 | Product Information
Sometimes brakes are necessary. For example, when you are driving too fast and rocketing into a school-reduced speed zone. Or when operating a Johnson Press punch press with a rated tonnage that ranges from 10 to over 200 tons (depending on the particular model). So,...
by TL | Sep 11, 2024 | Product Information, Video
LeBlond is more than lathes! We also sell mills and amazing accessories and attachments that will make your trusty machine tool exponentially more powerful. This video details new 2024 mill accessories and details an exciting fall sale as well as an upcoming LeBlond...
by TL | Sep 20, 2024 | Product Information, Tips
You want the King of Industrial Drilling Machines, so you scour the aftermarket for a Deka Drill. Your friend’s cousin’s uncle is a tool and die guy and will sell you one for a song, IF you spring it from their facility. With the help of U-Haul, you accomplish that...
