MT factory tours

[Andreas]

These videos should be familiar to many here (one was posted just days ago) but I thought it would be a good idea to post them all in one place (there are probably more from other manufacturers too, if you know any just post them).

How it's made: Swiss Army Knife (Victorinox):


Victorinox factory tour (by Victorinox):


Leatherman factory tour 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6KU75sC-A&feature=PlayList&p=F91D4AF9F8F44CC3&index=0&playnext=1

Leatherman factory tour 2:


Wenger factory tour:

[Andreas]

Bumping this one because I can't believe no one has anything to say about these awesome videos (none of them are mine so i can say that )

[Mr. Whippy]

For Leatherman,

I've been there a coupla times.  It's basically on the way to my Mom's house when I fly back to Portland. (Actually, it's on the way to ANYWHERE, if you fly into PDX... )

[Pacu]

mmm  five finger discount samples

[specgrade]

 I want that knife sharping machine in the Leatherman Factory Tour 1  

[J-sews]

I love all those factory tour videos. There are so many cool operations being done. I'm sure the work itself must be mind-numblingly repetitious for the folks that do it every day, but I find it fascinating.

[lovenhim]

Thanks for posting the links in one spot.  This very good stuff indeed. 

[cerbera147]

When I first saw the Leatherman one I was genuinely surprised that there was so much 'human contact' 

Must go and check out the others now

[Pacu]

so Leatherman got their money out of the pst machines and robots
wonder if they broken even on the Flair R and D...minitool?

[Andreas]

Reinier posted this one in another thread:

Victorinox SAK assembly, convention booth (HD!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3QBBwufpk&feature=player_embedded

[evil510]

Thank you for posting those videos. In a recent postings, I modified an ST300 awl to fit a Wave that then got traded to another member here. He commented on the tight fit of the locking notch that I had made and I replied.....

I like all of my tools to lock up tight with no play. I fabricate my notches to a .001" tolerance whereas I am guessing Leatherman goes with something more along the lines of .005"

At the time I posted that, .005" of a tolerance was just my educated guess of Leatherman standards. After having seen the LM factory tour videos, it just validated what I thought to be true. In one of the videos they specifically mention that measurement.....