The Cradle of the American TAP & DIE Industry | Museum of our Industrial Heritage

Learn about the rich history of hard work and innovation at @MuseumofOurIndustrialHeritage , where America's industrial heritage comes to life thanks to preservation, collection, and education to the public. Led by passionate old-school machinists, the museum takes you on a rollercoaster ride through history, weaving a spellbinding national narrative filled with incredible people who shaped the machining world.
Their team of dedicated manual machinist experts-James Terapane, Albert Shane, and Jay Stryker- have hidden treasures from back in the day! Showcasing tools from as early as 19th-century machines, this museum is a treasure trove of awe-inspiring artifacts.
But that's not all! The most captivating part-they've got a mind-blowing archive with documents, photos, films, and sound recordings that'll make you feel like you're right there in the past! The best part? They digitize it all and share this historical gold with the world.
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[@6atlantis]

I’m live in Medford MA. I’m currently restoring my great grandfathers tools including Greenfield, Wells bros., Starrett etc.. GTD!

[@wi.dave3812]

my dad was a machinist for Babcock &Wilcox in Milwaukee Wi. for 46 years

[@HappyBonz4109]

Being a retired toolmaker this should be a pilgrimage.

[@djsi38t]

Amazing stuff..Greenfield is the leader in my opinion when it comes to tap and dies and its wonderful to see the american heritage preservation going on here.The textile industry also has its home in Lowell massachusetts where it all began for the united states.My family history goes way back to the 1700's and they all lived in mass...so it makes me proud that my family played there part in the usa's industrial revoulution..

[@frankpitochelli6786]

That extra large tap, we use them at the shipyard I work at, in fact, I've seen even larger taps than the one in this video.. I find machine tools amazing.

[@TheeRocker]

7:46 ,,, "doesn't take much,,, but..." love the honest look... of shock !!!

[@niceguydmm]

I'm one of the guys left that worked for Talon INC in the Tool and Die area. Most of the guys I learned from have passed. I really miss the trade. Most older Tool Makers know who Talon was.

[@zymmer4]

Mass. was the center of precision tools and methods in America back in the day.

[@stevebeck2734]

Mr. Al Shane gave me and a friend a personal tour of the museum on a rainy Sunday afternoon in August of 2024. Being a manufacturing person, having trained at Caterpillar and numerous machine tool builders, this place is a treasure trove of the beginnings of our manufacturing heritage. From cutlery, steel stamps, taps and dies, gages, some wood working tools, proximity fuses for WWII artillery. If you are in the area, stop in and view the displays. Also leave a donation as we cannot loose places like this. Steve Beck

[@monadking2761]

I was born in BPT, CT and remember where many factories were there as a kid. Singer, Remington Arms, where my father worked and remembered where The Bridgeport Milller was made. My father in law was a tool & die maker and 3rd generation engineer at Winchester repeating Arms. I worked in the field of metrology at Sikorsky A/C and both my kids are mechanical engineers in the aviation field. I mentor HS robotics and find this history very interesting and will have to stop up there. CT and Mass has alot of machine histoy and true craftsman.

[@OldsmobileCutlassSupremeConver]

This type of success is what makes America great🇺🇲

[@noellwilson1273]

Agreed but - maybe “made” is the correct term now. Most of this capability has moved overseas now.

[@stevencraig349]

I used to own a home two doors down from that museum. It was still a working shop back in the early 90's. I used to take my kids and dogs for a walk along the river every night. In fact, my garage had a little closet made out of wooden boxes from Greenfield Tap and Die. I love this little town.

[@dlewis9760]

I'm in Springfield area. Never knew this place existed.

[@rudybishop9089]

Incredible History - hard to believe now because that whole area is infested with liberals and I’m in Marin County full of these turds - Hail Labor !

[@mantaszmenskis5619]

Awesome! Thanks for doing this.

[@pt4242]

this is so neat it just makes me cry. thanks to all who have saved this.

[@mxcollin95]

I could watch a video about every single old tool in that museum!

[@iansandusky417]

Man, there were so many cool pieces in there!

[@stringlarson1247]

Right?

[@rsc9520]

Me too !!!

[@metalfabman5477]

Simple Unbelievable where we have come from and most people today don't even realize it, we are so busy pointing and clicking we've forgotten how much work and innovation it took to get us here. Thanks for this Great Reminder!!

[@UniversalEngineer]

In a glimpse…I was impressed that sewing machines were recognized and celebrated as machinery.

[@vincebrown5158]

The Valley of Freedom!!!

[@Brian-rj5rl]

Certainly a place where freedom started, it's sad that many of these innovative companies have been pushed out

[@whocaresidontcare2116]

This was very gratifying to watch. The abilities and creativity of early Americans has always amazed me. Their initial visions have led us to so many amazing advancements that surround us today, we owe them so much. Here I am, at age 85, using computers with graphics software to program LASER engravers and vertical CNC milling machines including a workbench capable of very sophisticated, highly accurate measurements at microwave frequencies. What would our ancestors think of us today?

[@mtnbike4522]

They would think its magic, miracle or witchcraft...

[@mauricepowers8079]

I worked as an Apprentice Tool and Die maker at a shop in Shelton CT. Apex Tool and Cutter Co. Inc. Back in the mid 70's. We made custom Tool Bits and Tool Holders...Milling Cutters...etc. We still had the old overhead Pulley system on a lot of machines. One section had lathes, shaper, Horizontal Miller, Planer...ALL dated to 1860's...we had modern equipment also. Loved working their. Did 3 years there then went to two years of Electronics School and married the two skill sets...best thing I ever did. Can still hear those pulleys and smell the machines from Apex...loved my time there.

[@VitoVeccia]

That's pretty neat. Bridgeport, stamford, and norwalk used to have tons of tool-and-die, and factories back in the day. My mother worked at two factories in south norwalk after getting off the boat in the early 70's. Have some friends that have retired or passed away, that also worked at places like Pitney Bowes, or perkin Elmer, from way back when.

[@mauricepowers8079]

@@VitoVeccia I worked at Perkin-Elmer in 1980 and 81'. Lived in Norwalk at the time.

[@VitoVeccia]

@@mauricepowers8079 my family lived in norwalk too. Then in '87 we moved to wilton.

[@mauricepowers8079]

@@VitoVeccia small world...I got married in 87' and lived in Weston. Then moved to Darien for 2 years then moved to NM.

[@VitoVeccia]

@@mauricepowers8079 wow, small indeed. Especially when it comes to a small town like Weston. You can drive through there in the blink of an eye. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if we might know some of the same people. A friend of mine grew up on Cedar road, and his neighbor many moons ago was Christopher Walkin. It sounds surprising, but it really isn't. Keith Richard's used to love going to the Georgetown Saloon. And James Gandolfini used to live on Catalpa road, right behind wilton highschool. James was a customer of my friends drycleaners business in Ridgefield.

[@davidkimmel5153]

Thanks so much. Very informative and interesting

[@warrior69fox]

This is my old stomping grounds! Born and raised in Berkshire county!

[@warrior69fox]

Cut my teeth in the trade in this area

[@petermagoun7457]

Fascinating!

[@garywemmer9342]

We grew up with " Greenfield", as the standard of quality! And as we progressed in our field, it was, and is, the " go to!!!!!" I am in awe!!!!!

[@lloydprunier4415]

Really nice to see that they are keeping the history of the industry alive! My Dad was a machinist at Reed Roller Bit co. for 43 years. Later I think it was bought by G W Murphy. He taught me a lot about lathe and mill operations. I had opportunities to go to work with him several times, but didn't go. Now I wish I had so I could have had a chance to enter into the field. Now I'm old and have an adult son who is not interested in the field either. Mainly I'm proud I'm not a politician's son or father!

[@hcderksen]

It's these folks that made America great. They were the middle class and the foundation on which this country was built. It's criminal that they are turning out politicians and lawyers instead of real citizens.

[@shanemiller6947]

Nice bud could you Imagine working there back in the day wow love it all ready

[@JosephLance-x9q]

What a great video, my lathe is a 1921 colchester bantam mini, I use it all the time, I love antique machinery

[@mechanictaft4848]

My dad millard taft Jr was a master metallurgy expert many decades he ran a few different places in Massachusetts he invented and designed many special tools to make parts and came up with major piece for blood transfusion machine way back before your day .

[@rambladesmanmoe6291]

I’m a retired Caterpillar engine mechanic who spends a couple hours most mornings on KZbin. This is the most interesting video I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you so much for doing this for us out here. I plan to visit this museum if I ever get to that part of our country. New subscriber here.

[@iansandusky417]

Thank you very much for checking it out!

[@Sgt_Bill_T_Co]

That was way too short, I could watch this for hours.Great video guys, we have similar museums in the UK, nice to see how it was done elsewhere!

[@billohara383]

If you are ever in the Finger Lakes region of central NY. The Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport at the south end of Kueka Lake is a worth while stop.

[@Helm-w1q]

I was a machinist for 45 year. It was my life and I enjoyed it. I learn to set up and operate some, (by today's standards) pretty old machine. The oldest a 1870s vintage Pratt&Whitney turret lathe. Mind you this wasn't in a museum. I had to make useable parts with it. The story of the Industrial Revolution quite of glazed over how important Eli Whitney's screw cutting machine, the first machine was . There was no standard screw thread and no way to make them. I you had a contraption and it was put together with screws and you lost one,,,you were screwed. There wasn't another. The other inventer worth reading about is Sam Colt. Ya the revolver guy. Only that was the easy part. He had to invent all kinds of machines like multiple spindle drill presses. Even tooling. There was none before him. Colt invent the assembly line. He was the first person to ever send an electronic message and the gave his invention to his friend Samuel Morse.

[@yellowdog2181]

Check out Bethlehem Steel museum, it’s not very big but it’s damn impressive what we used to build, and sad that we don’t do it anymore

[@georgef1176]

This place will be getting many more visitors. I live 2 hours away never even heard of it. I’m an auto tech/metal fabricator gotta check it out!

[@treepop1550]

Thanks to all you folks do to preserve our industrial history!!!

[@toddavis8603]

Fascinating machine shop.

[@danarbuckle6640]

Great video! Thank you for sharing.

[@whereswaldo5740]

My grandfather was a blacksmith. And a Ferrier. And a teamster. Also worked oil wells and coal mines. I was a machinist. And it’s funny you mentioned the box. Think about how prevalent the card board box is. Everything came in a wooden box. Everything. From Chalk to cheese. Machinery to cigars. My uncle had a gunshop and later did antiques. Amazing how many things came in a little wooden box. Of course wood was much more available and cheap because of that back then. Rivers caught fire because spontaneous combustion of the sawdust from the saw mills had choked the rivers off. Like a logjam but covered in sawdust. History is fascinating. My grandpa said he cried when he saw how they cleared the land in West Virginia and burned the trees just to get rid of them when he was a kid. Trees so big three and four men touching finger tip to finger tip across. Say six feet each times three. Is 18 feet around makes them 6 feet in diameter.

[@janetcohen9190]

Interesting glimpse of a machine and tool museum. Thank you for introduction. Obviously, the roots and accumulation of knowledge to do what was presented are thousands of years old. Most of metalworks, woodworking, stomeworking, knowledge, skills, in North and South America arrived with people from Europe. And, later added to by people with their related knowledge, skills from other continents. First Nations people in North & South America each had their regional technologies also devising, making, using tools, agriculture, hunting, fishing, building with wood, stone, mud, etc long before 1000 AD when Vikings arrived in vineland/ Newfoundland, and 500 years later Columbus. Blend-in the control, take-over of the foregoing by financiers, politicians, bankers, bureaucrats ... leads to exploitation, decimation, profiteering, and ultimate demise; along with forcing flight to friendlier/ healthier playgrounds. What may remain are museums.... thanks to locals that worked in industries.

[@jbarner13]

I have a small shaper and one of the funniest lines I've heard in machining is "You can make anything with a shaper -- except money."

[@ShainAndrews]

Yeah I saw the short burst of youtube "creators" buying them. Telling the inexperienced what great machines they are. Meanwhile the experienced individuals know there is good reason the industry left them behind. They are neat, but I can achieve far better tolerance, surface finish, in less time.

[@drscopeify]

What fantastic history! Thank you for sharing.

[@ZingaraJoe]

No mention of Collins brothers, who were up the road in Connecticut making axes, and Its first machetes were sold in 1845. So popular were the widely exported machetes that they are to this day referred to as Collins pronounced colenes [with a long "e" after the l] in Latin American countries.

[@patrickmuraszewski3606]

That was great .

[@SHAD0WZOMBIE]

I am fortunate enough to have some pieces in my greenfield collection that came from someone directly associated with the Museum. Much history. Much love!

[@Buck1954]

Another place to see.

[@garbo8962]

My dad gave me some Greenfield taps after he retired in the 1970's. Came in a little box and the 3 taps laid in a wooden block. Still have most of them. Appeared to be best in class back then.

[@brucemiller8109]

Amazing tour thanks. I worked at Indian Head Navy 3rd station at the Metrology lab. We inspected and calabrated the tooling that made the Navy's Ordinance. I used a 4 foot super micrometer all analog DOM 1941 read to 1/100000 of a inch..amazing stuff.

[@hcderksen]

I have worked in metal manufacturing most of my life. I am so impressed.

[@johngayder9249]

Great video! Nicely composed and shot. The artifacts are awesome but it is the “big picture” geopolitical history provided by people like Jim that is the real treasure. Thank you for keeping history alive - we forget it at our peril.

[@rickfearn3663]

Exceptional interview to learn about the history of tool and die, and how it contributed to the ascendency of the USA.

[@riverraisin1]

Very cool. As a retired machinist I found this fascinating. I've used Greenfield, Vermont, and probably other tool brands made right in that location. All great quality i might add.

[@davidm4160]

I need that shaper. We had two shapers in our shop, I used them back in the 80's. Scraped them out a long time ago, wish I kept one.

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

Was ltl freight man been to all these machine shops in mass . Brought stock in and hauled finished product out. Lotta stuff is for the firearms industry and military. Lotta the old places shutting down. New tech is taking over with cnc machines

[@wdmm94]

I have an old greenfield tap and die set. It's probably pre WW2 and is all big size - 1/2 inch to 1 inch. Added 8-21-23 It's in a big wooden box.

[@privatepilot4064]

Starrett country! Johnson Gage too!

[@JonnyHolms]

Thanks, this is great.

[@Reggyontheroad]

Hi, I am over here in the United Kingdom and I am a collector of taps and dies of allsorts and all makes. I currently have about 68 boxes in my collection and I am about to make a film of them all because as a collector they grow each year as things come in, I hope you will find it interesting. I would be interested to see if I have got something. Truly unusual. I specialise in finding stuff that you cannot find. I have lots of films of everything arriving way in my past KZbin as you can see I’ve been going quite sometime and I’ve got lots and lots of films Does poteen taps and dies in my film search and you might find some of the old ones but I’m about to make a film of the whole collection. I hope you enjoy it

[@dougdileo4727]

that is awesome, preserve the history of tool and die and machining of what it took to build this country..i was fortunate to go to a high school -Irvington technical and vocational h.s. in N.J. where young men learned serious trades such as machine shop, tool & die. metallurgy , drafting,hvac..and many more..many of those institutions are gone now that taught many people these skills...

[@uhadme]

Strasburg railroad opened for business in 1832. Trains running down miles of metal train tracks. I've always wondered how that is possible without tools or shops.

[@dougscott9524]

Thank you for you're tour. Very interesting.

[@gregwarner3753]

If you like this video please check out the American Precision Museum in Winsor, Vermont. It is in an old, really old, gun factory on Main Street. While there walk across the Winsor/Cornish bridge. It is one of the longest wood covered bridges in the world. I just put the Greenfield museum on my to do list. I have a couple of tap and die kits in my basement that look nearly the same a the one you showed. I was a machines/machine builder many years ago. Like many of my generation I became an scientist because I could not make a living in the trade.

[@PracticalMachinist]

That's another great museum to visit! We were lucky to go there and shoot a two-part video tour. In case you missed it, here's the link to that video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqQpHSPdpmgedU

[@gregwarner3753]

@@PracticalMachinist Thanks.

[@jbarner13]

The APM not only has some of the oldest machine tools in the US, they also have an extensive miniature machine shop made by a retired machinist with dozens of working models only a few inches tall. It is absolutely amazing.

[@DeWoodyard]

Is there such a thing as a packaged tour of industrial New England that takes place during the autumn leaf color change? I'm talking Starrett, Snap-On, ChanneLock… whatever I can amplify with my skill set!

[@gregwarner3753]

I do not know but it sounds like a great idea for a automotive club. I'll suggest it to the guy that runs the mid NH corvette club. @@DeWoodyard

[@halfabee]

You should visit the Engineering museum in Birmingham UK. It is fascinating. They have the original screw threads cut by hand into wooden rounds.

[@vicscott7872]

Maudsley ??

[@bigchrisrogers]

Where is the engineering museum in Birmingham?

[@boblewis5558]

Hmm! "Original" wooden screw threads by all accounts go back to 400 BC!! Bit earlier than Brumagem! 🤔🙄😲🤣🤣🤣

[@johnbattista9519]

@@boblewis5558, he’s talking about the museum has the originals as made, not that they invented them.

[@joshschneider9766]

​@@vicscott7872Harold's definitely represented there but so are a good few others. It's basically a British equivalent of this place. If you're ever around it I second the suggestion, that place is amazing too

[@Twilightzoneisreal]

As a machinist myself, i could geek out there all day.

[@bobjohnson6743]

In the 1960s I worked at Vermont Tap nd Die. We were the Pacific Division, we the 'Special' taps Westcoast industry. The biggest tap I ever made was an 8 inch diameter. It weighed 85 pounds at first, 55 pounds after. Good place to work.

[@MrThisIsMeToo]

During WWII did they not employ 4000 people at one point?

[@Look_What_I_Did]

@@MrThisIsMeToo You still here negative Nancy? Told you to piss off.

[@bigmurr725]

amazing video , thank you .

[@55chevytruck]

I had my own little shop and I love this stuff. Had a 1.5 brown and sharp horizontal with a Bridgeport head and 17 inch lebron lathe and some other stuff. Sold it when I retired and now miss it.

[@nathanarnold8802]

There's a museum like this in Windsor Vermont you might enjoy.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Before electricity says it all. Damn impressive. Vert cool museum.

[@rancidpitts8243]

I had no idea of how recent this actually took place. Thank you.

[@ME-pb2gf]

Those Green River knives are amazing cutters. Have two of them that 4 generations of my family has used.

[@markbernier8434]

if you want to see some of the old machinery still working go see Kieth Rucker in Tifton Ga.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Loved this Video ! my family has many ties to the MetalmIndustry including a Machinist and a Tool and Die Maker that. got along for family functions with a lot of mutual Respect for each other and Yes! i’ve heard all the jokes of those two Trades over and over when the Whiskey came out of the Shops Refridgerator Freezer compartment ! and got passed around with a shot Glass

[@charlieromeo7663]

Great video. I will visit that museum next time I’m in Mass.

[@iansandusky417]

Most definitely worth a visit!

[@nathantodd7433]

Thanks for sharing.

[@curtislowe4577]

The museum director really should include an overview of the economic and geopolitics in the early 1800s. This was the backdrop in which these industries developed. The Brits began dumping metal products at low prices in America because of there was no European market during the Napoleonic Wars. This continued after Napoleon's final defeat and culminated in the 1828 Tariff of Abominations which precipitated the Nullification Crises of 1832/33. After which large parts of the Tariff were deleted. The director doesn't seem to have a good understanding of how powerful water power can be. Water power put Minneapolis on the map doing nothing but milling most of the midwest's grain with water power. He also doesn't mention steam power. Steam was the bridging technology that removed the bottle neck of water power before electricity.

[@Mtlmshr]

Utterly amazing!

[@richardsurber8226]

Thanks for your video

[@ejharrop1416]

GT&D was so impressive. Thankfully I remember it from my youth. Greenfield and Turners falls were leaders in mfg back in the dax. Thank you.

[@noellwilson1273]

6:10 - I wonder, how much did a Green River Knife cost in the 1840’s? How long would a factory worker have to work to buy one?

[@SimonHollandfilms]

fascinating...love industrial history. as a historic film maker, two tips, get people to look at the presenter not the camera and shoot more b roll of close up details....but jolly interesting..thanks

[@ypaulbrown]

well said Prof.......Paul, another film maker/machinist

[@BrassLock]

Yes, I was very disappointed that there were no shots of anything close up. Particularly unfortunate that the photo enlarger was glossed over by the camera, and also the proximity fuse. It's not Radio we're listening to, with simple Audio Descriptions, it's supposed to be Video that we are WATCHING.

[@pafurnace]

Ian, while you're in CT, you should check out the old clock manufacturers: Seth Thomas, New Haven, Ingraham, Waterbury, etc. All through the 1800s they mass produced literally millions of clocks. The clock industry is also often credited with inventing the production line (not Henry Ford). The American Watch and Clock Museum is in Bristol.

[@savage22bolt32]

The clock museum in Bristol is really nice. They do not show how they were made, but have 3 floors of clocks on display, many of which are ticking. They even have a couple of "Hickory Dickory Clocks" where the mouse runs up the clock every 12 hours! Also in Bristol is a military museum, a carousel horse museum and I remember a lock museum up the road in Terryville, but not sure if it's still going.

[@ulyssees30y]

I drive right by that olace all the time. I had no idea that it is a museum.

[@Ronsonic]

Great stories. Love this stuff.

[@Comm0ut]

I hope it has a good fire suppression system because historic wooden structures are firetraps and the contents are immensely important to machining history.

[@echan275]

I was in Greenfield last year. I went to UMass Amherst and worked in Greenfield for a while, never knew this museum exist until now.

[@Blobby_Hill]

Tour Starretts. Its 20 minutes east from Greenfield.

[@iansandusky417]

That would be a fantastic tour, I agree!

[@MrThisIsMeToo]

20 minutes? You drive slow on Rt2. :)

[@Blobby_Hill]

@@MrThisIsMeToo I like to stop and watch sad people commit on the French King Bridge.

[@MrThisIsMeToo]

@@Blobby_Hill LOL

[@jpr2177]

@@Blobby_Hillcan you please post a video of the route you’re talking about? I’d love to see where and what it look like. 👍

[@jbc2cbj147]

Amazing museum, thank you for finding that gem of knowledge.

[@Kendallian132]

I've just put this on my short list of places to see the next time I'm out in Greenfield. I've been out there a bunch of times chasing trains since the 70s and have actually driven right by this place a bunch of times having NO IDEA of its significance. Thank you for this great post!

[@1gordon4u]

lovely

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

Another retired Machinist getting goosebumps lol, nice video!

[@TheDevonblacksmith]

Amazing to see what we would call secondhand tools here are given such reverence in the new country , I use machines and tools of those ages daily and others much older , Whitworth invented the standard pitch threads adopted by many engineering works before they where superseded by those you use now , fascinating that the mechanised factory's established in the 15, 16 and 1700s here in Briton are not know of to the North American history tellers

[@ypaulbrown]

just give me a Colchester, and I will be happy, Paul I Florida, USA

[@TheDevonblacksmith]

@@ypaulbrown I have one a round top

[@togowack]

We didn't invent any of it, it was already here

[@jaapkiev]

Thank you for this video, love this very much! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@the-btc-tradingfloor2808]

Thanks good show

[@anymancandoitwiththerightools]

I was there! It's super cool museum in a quint NE town.

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

Wanna see a cool old company that should be a museum go to montello heel in Brockton mass. It’s an old mill and the wheel pull system suspended from the ceiling still used. They make high quality shoes

[@74KU]

Tap and Die.. These dudes owe me some royalties for the name, I say that to my kid's b/f all the time..

[@rawbacon]

Fantastic.

[@silverXnoise]

I’m right up the road in New Hampshire right now, I need to go check it out.

[@andrewfischer8564]

i happen to pass by greenfield all the time never once thought to stop, i will make it a point now. ive used their products my whole professional life and never knew,, funny every time id drive by for 30 years i would make a mental joke about the tools never realizing the connection.

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

I love to see a documentary on “Tool City”, which was located in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

[@keithlincoln1309]

Awesome! Thanks for making this.