How it's made...Leatherman

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I just watched How it's Made featuring the leatherman tool.
Everything seemed pretty normal, but the knife blade for the Leatherman is sharpened by a robot arm on two rotating stones. Yeah, the kind you shouldn't use. However, they only touched the stones for a second or two on each side, so no temper burn. And with the bevel angles as perfect as possible. I just thought it was cool. :)
 
Im always fascinated by how people engineer such elaborate machines, to make such simple stuff sometimes.

sometimes I wish there was a show ''how the machines in 'how its made' work/made''.
 
I remember watching that awhile back, he tested it by stepping on it or something, don't quite remember. Would love to see how they make those machines, and the machines that made those machines to make those machines.
 
heavyfoldersarebest said:
I remember watching that awhile back, he tested it by stepping on it or something, don't quite remember. Would love to see how they make those machines, and the machines that made those machines to make those machines.
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The machines that make machines aren't usually as advanced as the original machines in question. You can do a whole lot with a mill and a lathe!
 
SWISS ARMY KNIFE Victorinox Factory - See How Its Made FULL HQ EPISODE Megafactories

[video=youtube_share;rHhn6gNLHxc]http://youtu.be/rHhn6gNLHxc[/video]


How A Leatherman Multi Tool Is Made

[video=youtube_share;XB-Ppu9RCq4]http://youtu.be/XB-Ppu9RCq4 [/video]
 
southernknives said:
I just watched How it's Made featuring the leatherman tool.
Everything seemed pretty normal, but the knife blade for the Leatherman is sharpened by a robot arm on two rotating stones. Yeah, the kind you shouldn't use. However, they only touched the stones for a second or two on each side, so no temper burn. And with the bevel angles as perfect as possible. I just thought it was cool. :)
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I find Leatherman blades and edges to be perfect, one of the many reason I am a Leatherman Fan!
 
HwangJino said:
Im always fascinated by how people engineer such elaborate machines, to make such simple stuff sometimes.

sometimes I wish there was a show ''how the machines in 'how its made' work/made''.
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Exactly! I'd love to see how they make heavy machinery like waterjets and lasers. I think those are more interesting.
 
I have a friend who works for a place that manufactures machines for the pharmaceutical industry and others like it. These are large machines shipped in multiple sections on flatbed semi's. They are manufactured in a sterile environment and are to tolerances that would blow the mind.

When they build the machines, they build them in pairs because one will not meet the quality standards guaranteed. Even the nuts and other fittings are made in house because the steel must be x rayed and examined with an electron microscope to make sure there are no inclusions that could harbor rust on a molecular level. If a screw must be removed or backed out, both the screw and what it fits into are tossed because they will no longer meet the necessary tolerances.

Just the CAD files take a team of a dozen engineers months to create.

Another interesting note, the job is so high stress due to constantly reworking the same parts and things over and over that all the employees must attend stress counseling monthly and are given a random drug screen once per week.
 
Skimo said:
Not very random if its once a week.
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Random enough. Could be two days I'm a row, could be 10 days apart. And that's only if they aren't suspicious. But you have guys making $100per hour who may have to sit on theirs hands for two weeks. Money + idle hands = cocaine. Fact.
 
HwangJino said:
Im always fascinated by how people engineer such elaborate machines, to make such simple stuff sometimes.

sometimes I wish there was a show ''how the machines in 'how its made' work/made''.
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Mechanical engineering and computer engineering working in concert. Fairly boring stuff, unless you like math or just want to see them put those robots together.
 
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