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...
