How are Drills, Taps & End Mills Made? Greenfield Industries Factory Tour

[@FinnoUgricMachining]

This is probably the best factory tour I have seen. When workers take their work seriously and are proud on what they do, this is how the quality is really produced. Thanks Adam sharing this with us.

[@SenecaRailhead]

Hey! Im one of the workers at this exact plant!! Very nice video you made here! It was an absolute pleasure having you visit our plant!

[@GFIICuttingTools]

What an incredible visit and amazing video! It was an honor to have you at HQ. Come back anytime :)

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Adam, thank you for that tour. Greenfield Industries, thank you for allowing Adam to take us on a tour vicariously.

[@sky173]

Nice to see 'Made in America'.

[@RobertGracie]

Always a joy to get a video off you about how specific items of your tooling is made!

[@davidvictorsen]

Great to witness all the Australian Made Anca Grinders in action.

[@izzynutz2000]

Greenfield some of the best I've ever used in the Machining world durable with a lifetime's use if used correctly

[@KS-on9qp]

Great Tour; Great People ! Made in USA / America First ! ..... for 150 years !

[@A7OM1CS]

Awesome tour, lots of different technologies, and it's always a treat to see some of the older automated machines doing what they do. I found that point grinding machine in particular to be very clever. Real slick the way this stuff was engineered.

[@markernineteen2837]

Adam I thoroughly enjoyed this video ! I have used Greenfield and Cleaveland bits for over 40 years they are the best !

[@Abom79]

Great to hear!

[@DouglasRees-c6j]

I worked for Lavallee & Ide in the late 70s flute grinding reamers and making expansion reamer bodies. Some similar operations here. Good to see USA made on this type of tooling. Greenfield quality has always been very good.

[@jameslong3351]

Glade to see that there is still some American industry to be proud of.

[@5x535]

Great tour, Adam! Thanks for taking us along.

[@rileyjordan9072]

speaking country is a real skill

[@DavidJohns91039]

That was interesting, I was amazed at how many variations of cool were used, I did try to count them but my cool counter broke down. David

[@davidmcduffie1398]

Thank you Adam and Abby for making and sharing this video with us, I really enjoyed watching how the drills, taps and mill cutters are made plus the coatings. Very interesting ! ! !

[@FullFrontalNerdity-e3z]

This is some cool stuff. We take for granted that we can just hop on the internet and buy these extremely high-tech tools for the shop.

[@dayofmone]

Hey Adam, thank you so much for making this amazing documentation. Knowing how these tools are ground in theory and actually seeing the machines at work making them are two entirely different things.

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

Enjoyed thanks for sharing

[@daledennis125]

Hi Adam, thank you so much for producing this video. For someone who doesn’t already know all that goes into making these tools it is very helpful to be able to see how much equipment and labor go into each tool. Now when I buy one of their tools I’ll have a much better appreciation of what it takes to get it in my shop. Thanks again.

[@M31glow]

I'll never complain gain about the cost of a drill set... Great post!

[@mfc4591]

very informative, Thank you. Of course you had your best video operator with you, well done Abby

[@Abom79]

I appreciate the shout out! 😉-Abby

[@trainman2860]

What an amazing operation!

[@tonyn3123]

My first disclaimer is I am certainly not a machinist or even mechanic, but a general homeowner and hobbyist that only maintains and repairs my personal items. My family bloodline had the machinist and mechanical qualities. Excellent and impressive tour of Greenfield Industries. I have never seen this process before. I have an old tap and die set of my grandfathers that I still use from time to time. (I am 71 years old) Still excellent quality tooling. And it's housed in the old and worn original wooden box with the original logo/label on the top. I had to go to my shop to look at it again. It is a Little Giant tap and die set made by Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation in Greenfield Mass. Their website said Greenfield originated in Ohio in the late 1800''s and future acquisitions made changes in location. I didn't see anything connected to Greenfield Mass. Did you get any history during the tour? Same company, but only moved operations? Really curious. Thanks.

[@garywoodard5759]

now THAT was interesting

[@CharlesMeyer-x8h]

Yea American Made + Both the tools and you! Well done! thank you and them

[@crownic]

cool video man!! what an impressive facility

[@waynespyker5731]

Thank you Greenfield Industries! I always wondered when they were heat retreated and when the flutes went on.

[@Stefan_Van_pellicom]

That looks like top quality drill bits ! 👍

[@just.some.dud3]

Awesome, Adam. I really love all these tours you do of tool manufacturing facilities. Really awesome stuff man, thanks for what you do brother. :)

[@6NBERLS]

Most excellent. I really enjoyed seeing how cutting tools are made in this day and age.

[@russmilton4491]

So cool to see the mix of new tech, old tech & stuff that real people just do better than any machine. Awesome tour !!! Thanks to Adam & all the Greenfield people who made this happen.

[@justin2221]

Awesome, nice to see some quality manufacturing

[@JohnBare747]

Great plant tour Adam and Abby! Thanks for the Greenfield folks for having you in for a visit and video tour. You always talk reverently about Greenfield, especially your coveted Greenfield Tap Handles. Good to see some real American cutters getting made by Americans. The bled of old school and the modern machinery nice to see. You gotta love those old Iron single purpose machines, they are just so cool the way they handle parts and run not for years but just keep cranking out parts for Decades with proper maintenance and an appropriate overhaul now and then. Great Stuff! Right up there with Shaper Porn in terms of a satisfying viewing experience but more interesting.

[@craiglanders6853]

one of your best tour...

[@brucemadden1626]

Really enjoyed the tour, just as I did for the Starrett one--many thanks!

[@cannamay1986]

Nice to see the tools we use how they are created

[@rayp.454]

The best tools are made in USA! Thanks Adam.

[@GFIICuttingTools]

🙌🙌🙌

[@marley589]

@@GFIICuttingTools Are the blanks made in the USA? Considering their critical role in the manufacturing process, the supplier deserves a mention.

[@joewhitney4097]

Great tour Adam, great video. Thanks Greenfield for allowing Abbey and Adam tour and video your plant it was very interesting. I've used a lot of Greenfield taps over the years. Thanks for sharing.

[@GFIICuttingTools]

It was our privilege! Amazing folks to hang with.

[@bcbloc02]

That ships wheel arbor press was cool. I have had excellent luck with Greenfield stuff.

[@campbellmorrison8540]

That roller door opening is a real, wow! Im fascinated by the chuck on that pointing grinder, never seen that before. Really enjoyed that tour thank you

[@jeffskewes2115]

That's a operation there thanks 4 tour adam

[@angelramos-2005]

Excellent video,Adam.Thank you.

[@JoeSmith-wd8ks]

Hey thanks for sharing this with us Adam and Abbey , really enjoyed the tour . Great to see a little bit of how these precision tools are made . Good to see that there’s workers taking good pride in their job . Glad that Quality tools are still being made - I have plenty of Greenfield taps and dies , beautiful tools that last ! From my experience cheap drills just don’t work well in serious work , ( might be okay for the home handyman ) Thank you very much From New Zealand 🇳🇿 👍

[@GFIICuttingTools]

We agree Joe! Long live quality cutting tools, and the proud teams who produce them.

[@JD-hh9io]

That hazy air sure brings back memories. I spent 7 years working for New York Twist Drill in the 80s. Lots of grinding with oil kicking off a nice mist and lots of stinky smoke.

[@tomrogers9467]

That can’t be good for,the worker’s lungs. Oil in your lungs will block the exchange of gasses between the lung tissue and the air.

[@JD-hh9io]

@@tomrogers9467 a lot of people got a lot diseases where I worked. The smoke settles up in the roof beams and coagulated back to oil and drips on your head. Not too mention the floor gets really slippery. I don't miss that environment.

[@pflqr]

I love greenfield tooling

[@GFIICuttingTools]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Brian-L]

Neat-o Adam and Abby! Thanks for the tour!

[@09obione]

Very insightful video. Thank you for sharing

[@billdoodson4232]

Excellent stuff. It's really good to see how these tools are made.

[@nickskulark6318]

This is so cool 😎

[@spidersinspace1099]

Great video, thanks.

[@garychaiken808]

Fascinating. Great job guys. Thank you 😊

[@on_the_tillage5469]

45:20 I ground that shank and barrel. Great video! Thanks for coming out! 🫡👏👏

[@JamesCox-i8w]

I may have been the person who ground the point on that drill. Thank you for visiting Greenfield Industries.

[@robertjospeh1097]

Great video!!

[@russtuff]

Fantastic. As a hobby guy I've made many of my tooling purchases based on info I glean from your vids. Chicago Latrobe are my favorite drills.

[@GFIICuttingTools]

The base material and geometry recipe for CL drills, make for an ideal drill in "hard use" applications. Great selection! We are very proud of the legacy behind Chicago Latrobe. "Hobby guys" like yourself have been relying on CL for a long long time. We love to be a part of that!

[@usaerospace6707]

FANTASTIC!

[@robertross7028]

Awesome tour. Awesome American workers

[@mattrich680]

Great video! Always wondered how these were made. I worked in a big steel stamping shop in Ohio in the late 1980s, then a Mom & Pop sheet metal fabrication shop in Michigan, then (my favorite) I ran two CNCs in Colorado making knife-edge seals for clean rooms. Now, after an enlistment in the USMC, I manage environmental consultants in California, and I like it. But I sure miss the people in those shops, the smell of oil, the sounds, the quality control, and and the satisfaction of making physical things that keep the world running. I salute you and all the men and women at Greenfield.

[@GFIICuttingTools]

Thank you so much for your kind words! We are proud of what we do, and the people we get to do it with. We are also amazed with what folks can do with our tools. Semper Fi to you!

[@yota4004]

I have tons of old Cleaveland Twist Drill bits. my favorites. also have 2 of their old cast bronze drill bit holders.

[@NahNoThankYou]

That must be such an amazing smelling place. ❤

[@Abom79]

It was!

[@dennistennyson4540]

Adam, thank you for the tour. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@stevenclaeys6252]

Thank you for another Great video. Cheers

[@TheWalterNetwork]

Great one, Adam!

[@prodoverjeff2876]

I am a rhode island guy, retired after 50 plus years making chips. While working in Mass many years ago, just by chance I drove by a Greenfield shop. the next day an old timer who had worked there told me they made tons of taps and chasers including thousands of the tools we had on hand in the shop. The name GREENFIELD marked on a tap saved me hours of troubleshooting time. Whatever the trouble, it NEVER was a poorly made tool!

[@bobbendt1698]

Wow. That is a cool tour. Impressive.

[@garygentry583]

Awesome vid!! Loved hearing a robot can't compare the human touch!

[@martin_mue]

I can smell that grinding floor even through KZbin.

[@iain3411]

That was very cool.

[@jt9498]

Amazing and most interesting on how taps and dies and drills are actually made! Hope you got some freebies out of that tour! :)

[@KnowArt]

awesome stuff! Hope to do some factory tours too sometime

[@mrlithium69]

looks like a cool place to work, I would do it.

[@duroxkilo]

this was nice, thanks :)

[@valentinvalivali7470]

Super treabă ❤

[@boriskolnestrov9957]

Nice tour 👍

[@linkdude64]

Super great video! Those drills and taps are keeping the country moving - salute to all the blue collar workers! Go USA!

[@GFIICuttingTools]

Drill in the sky.... keep on turning! 🙏

[@scottjones7279]

I see the CleLine drills at HD or Lowe's and so happy to see American made bits at a big box store. Maybe they will add the threading tools

[@Cromwell648]

Very well organised operation . Very interesting to watch . As a retired machinist i appreciate the hard work and production techniques as advertised . Thank you very much Adam,and Greenfield Industries ,for the easy to understand advice . On what is, a complicated process . 👍👍😢

[@bennypersson4118]

It's was fun to see a Universal Robot, I worked on programming such robot.

[@davidmitchell7791]

Just brilliant

[@ray-ew7tp]

All very clever but who designed and made the machines to make the tools,some clever people about. 🇬🇧

[@repn63]

Like butter

[@C-M-E]

One of these days I'm going to get around to knocking out some custom end mills. Yep, I'm here for insight. 😁

[@denniss5512]

I swear by my set of Cle-Line cutters and taps. High quality tools made by real Amarcans.

[@ipadize]

whats Amarcans?

[@romanvarcolac2238]

@@ipadizeThey are similar to toucans.

[@carlyleworkman1928]

Great time

[@Garth2011]

Certainly not your plain jane Home Depot drill bits. The factory had to have a sweet smell of lubricant oils in the air. So sweet to see a USA factory in operation these days ! "The older machines" keeping things above water ! Not all needs to be high tech unless you have unskilled labor !!

[@SimonPEdwards63]

Quite a few Australian made Anca grinders.

[@MrJohnnaz]

I have an Australian made CNC Lathe that has an ANCA control on it. Odd thing is, the servo motors and some of the electronics are made in the U.S.A.

[@frankerceg4349]

Thank you Adam!

[@arkiefyler]

I'm surprised to see #80 (and their ever so tiny cousins) are actually manufactured! I thought they just hired a bunch of magicians to make those things! 🤫 I know there is no trick to breaking those size bits, all I have to do is think about using one and it breaks!! 😱😳🤭🤣

[@Beldoras]

7:30 Abom with the Abang's u love to see it, cheers Adam!

[@antoniomortinho1099]

thats amazing great stuff,your time spending its super useful,keep that energy (Y)

[@Rez441]

Cool video!

[@mwortsman834]

Old and new methods of making cutting tools!

[@maggs131]

Adam, you ever make one of those old school diamond shaped drill index holders ill buy one. Take my money

[@johnperkins7179]

Did Adam hint at a ABOM drill index? Yes Please.

[@ypaulbrown]

Adam and Ammie, sure glad you shared this visit with us, I have always been curious and interested in drill and mill making, my father worked for Morse Twist Drill in New Bedford, Massachusetts before WWII......and Cleveland Twist Drill is my favorite brand.......

[@anthony1-178]

Back when NB had factories, the good ol days...

[@jorafter]

Thank you so much! Great tour, excellent camera/editing work. Made for a very interesting and enjoyable Saturday afternoon.

[@bobscott9253]

I love how the techs running the machine talks about their specific machines process

[@Abom79]

That’s always our favorite too!

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Very nice video sir. Very interesting

[@Imagineering100]

You see the ANCA cnc machine and the RODE microphones they are all made in Australia.