by Michael Barnes | Nov 8, 2016 | Company Profile
Yes, K.O. Lee is a subsidiary of LeBlond Ltd., and LeBlond acquired it in June 2008. Knute Oscar “K.O.” Lee founded the firm in 1887 as a farm machinery sales business. See this post and this post on the history of K.O. Lee. K.O. Lee grinders and mandrels complement... 
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 | 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 | 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 | Dec 19, 2014 | News
A post-IMTS hangover had orders of U.S. machine tools drop sharply in October 2014, but a nice increase in domestic cutting tool consumption validates that U.S. machine tools and manufacturing, in general, is creeping along at a healthy pace. First, let’s look at... 
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... 
by Michael Barnes | Oct 9, 2014 | News, Product Information
LeBlond Ltd. has a big promotion on K.O. Lee Mandrels this month! You can save up to 50% off on K.O. Lee Expanding Mandrels and up to 20% off on K.O. Lee Economy Mandrels. Check out this video: Instead of filling out a form, call Aaron at (888) 532-5663 Ext.... 
by Michael Barnes | Sep 10, 2014 | Product Information
This rant for quality all starts with cheap underwear. I was shopping at a low-cost box store with my wife and stumbled upon a three-pack of boxers for under $5. I couldn’t resist. I didn’t consider the brand or where it was manufactured … all I knew was they had my... 
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...
