Simple explanation of a progressive die.

[@user-tx2nv1rb9k]

Amazing video! Always wanted to learn this process! This is very underrated work and I believe requires the kind of mentality from before WWII where mechanics were also engineers and engineers were also mechanics

[@ToolanderEngineering]

I agree with you it is an underrated trade. Thank you for watching.

[@user-tx2nv1rb9k]

@@ToolanderEngineering I am very interested on how these processes were done before EDM by people like your grandfather especially angular holes etc... These are very interesting to us who have no special tooling but do have a lot of patience or no other choice but rough cutting, filing and polishing tight tolerances by hand

[@ToolanderEngineering]

That might be a good video to make explaining how tooling was made before EDM machines were around. That was a skill that all old Tool and Die makers had like my Grandfather and even my Dad did a little form grinding before the EDM machines were around. It was something I never had to learn. They were definitely true Craftsman back in the day.@@user-tx2nv1rb9k

[@douglashank8480]

Yes, please do! I agree with tx2nv1rb9k, and would love to see a detailed build video (or video series?) on the steps & processes of making a die, from raw stock to finished tool. I've hunted around KZbin and your videos are the closest I've seen. I've read a few articles, and posts on machining forums. And, while they've taught me more than I knew before, they paint a very incomplete picture of what's really involved. Actually seeing somebody go through the construction process, while explaining what they're doing - and especially WHY they're doing each thing the way they are, instead of using some other method - would be fascinating! I'm happy to read whatever I can find on the subject, but even text books only go so far. I need something to help bridge the gap between book learning... ...and then building something myself. Watching someone make a die, while hearing them explain what they're doing would help a lot. I'm only a hobbyist, and only need to make a few stamped replacement parts for the pre-WWII toy trains that I collect. While I don't need complex (and extremely expensive!) industrial dies to reliably make millions of parts on high speed machinery, I think the basic elements & functions of your dies are the same as the small single stage dies that I'd probably use with an arbor press or small hydraulic press. I am only a hobbyist - but I'm also a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to make parts to match the detailed appearance of the originals - right down to the texture of the edges, that only come from the metal tearing slightly as the blanking die cuts it to shape. ...I can make parts that will function okay, just by milling and filing them to shape, but they never LOOK quite right because that's not how the originals were made. As others have noted, there aren't a lot of people to learn from personally. (LOL, and those tool & die companys that are still around are in business to make money, not entertain hobbyists who are probably going to be under foot and annoy their employees!) In fact, a lot of the machining equipment I have came from the estates of retired tool & die makers. ...I only wish I'd had the chance to meet and learn from some of them instead. Tools are good, but they're a whole lot better if you know how to make dies with them!

[@ToolanderEngineering]

@@douglashank8480 I could certainly in the future make a video going through the basic process from start to finish. I’m not sure it would help you with what you’re doing because the details of every die are very specific and very different depending on the application. Thank you for watching. What specifically are you trying to do? And maybe I could help

[@joaofelipebiavatti395]

Fantastic, I have been worked with metal stamping in Brazil and now Im studing about the stamping parts in English because the name is not just a translation, it is very differente. That´s why Im looking for videos on youtube about this subject. I have here stamping with around 2,3 meters ant 2 tons, stamping stator and rotor for induction motors.

[@progressivetools9105]

Hi! It’s amazing. Please more!

[@ToolanderEngineering]

I’ll get another video out as soon as possible… Thanks for watching.

[@dmc4936]

That is so cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@ToolanderEngineering]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@mikenewman4078]

The last time I worked along side toolmakers was 1980. The process was blanking can components, somewhat simpler than the multistage process required to manufacture connectors. Rapping the punches, grinding the punch and die and then shearing in the set must be challenging in this application.

[@ToolanderEngineering]

It is quite challenging because there are so many critical dimensions and if one dimension is off, the whole part is bad. thank you for watching.👍

[@bharat1809]

How to do maintance of stamping die

[@robertyouart3982]

What are the splits in the pilot bushings as seen at 4.15 is it just for speed of manufacture not having to re thread a wire cutter or a another reason

[@ToolanderEngineering]

Yes, it was just an easier way to make the bushings. we don’t make them like that anymore.

[@TheScotsalan]

Bruderers are superb. Problem is the cost of spares. 😢

[@ToolanderEngineering]

Yes, very expensive

[@warrenjones744]

So that is how they make those little connector pins and sockets that go in a something like a automotive plug or amphenol connector. as a repairman and one off parts machinists, tool and die work is a mystery to me. Very interesting

[@ToolanderEngineering]

I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching

[@BaborHuq]

Hi Chris

[@ToolanderEngineering]

Hey Bobby.. long time no see… How are you?