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The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288

Name: The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288
Description: Destin Sandlin tours a progressive metal stamping factory, showing machines that stamp millions of metal parts and the tooling behind them.

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Recommended for factory-process fans and as part of a series on how US manufacturing is losing tooling capability.

Destin Sandlin tours a progressive metal stamping factory, showing machines that stamp millions of metal parts and the tooling behind them.

“SmarterEveryDay has a whole series[1] on manufacturing that covers how the US is losing/lost the ability to create tooling.” (HN, 2025)

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@greggyb Aug 2023 Recommends

on HN thread See How Pencils Are Made in a Japanese Factory

In a similar vein, but for different products, but also with much more focus on the "back end" of the process: [this video]

Metal stamping factory machines, with focus on back end of process

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@Caligatio Aug 2025 Recommends

on HN thread The decline of high-tech manufacturing in the United States

SmarterEveryDay has a whole series[1] on manufacturing that covers how the US is losing/lost the ability to create tooling. I believe the "Smarter Scrubber" episode[2] is the one that explicitly talks about how not only has the US lost manufacturing capacity but it also lost the ability to spin up manufacturing. The tool and die episode also touches on it[3]. [1] [link] [2] [this video] [3] [link]

Part of a series on US manufacturing and lost tooling capability

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@Zren Jun 2025 Cites it

on HN thread I tried to make something in America

It's neat finding out that his earlier video on stamping sheet metal and bending it into shapes was actually him doing research for the handle of this scrubber. [this video]

Metal stamping research later used for a scrubber handle

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