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No leds to see where you screwing (e.g inside a PC case) no extension to make it longer or ability to remove the stem to make it shorter to reach that screw from above(e.g on a noctua cooler in the 100 other other instances where you need it to be a little longer than the average screw driver) or short so that you can screw something in tight spaces or an flexible extension I rate this 6/10 the perfect clicky noise of the ratchet is like a low priority and you spent years and money for that instead for features that would actually make it more useful than the average screw driver...
I wish more companies in general were this transparent about the production of their products. Maybe they are and I just haven't looked hard enough. Just imagine the quality you'd get over time if companies made videos like this. It's basically a win win for the companies that build great products and consumers that want the truth.
I ended up watching thr 2 hour stream on shortcircuit + this video, so basically a 2.5 hour ad for a screwdriver that I was likely going to buy anyways, haha.
As a manufacturing technician, I'm very happy that you introduced a large amount of people into the manufacturing sciences and processes that go on behind the scenes. We need more youth injected into this space as both technicians and operators are aging work forces! You can make good money in these fields ppl!
Do you know which field one would go into to design factories? I'm really interesting in mass production and how things can be automated, but have had a lot of trouble finding material on how it is done or even college courses on it if I were to go that route.
@@happysmash27 Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering typically. In a well balanced facility Engineering, Quality, and Production departments will combine input to lay out each production line to optimize efficiency, reduce error, and reduce waste. Lean manufacturing principles are taught in almost every one of those fields and are applied on a daily basis.
@@happysmash27 protip work as a technician/electrician in a factory first, and then further educate yourself to design production machinery or be project project manager/designer(these are often some form of engineer thats relevant for the field) for a factory. Otherwise you will hinder your work, and be second in line for those who went that way.
As an engineer myself, I absolutely applaud you for not taking short cuts and sticking to your vision. It is EXTREMELY difficult. I hope this video fully conveys exactly how difficult, and expensive building a quality product is. I will absolutely be buying one, I support this 💯
I used to work in hardened steel tool and die; when linus says it's difficult to machine, picture this: we had ultrahard carbide tooling, as hard as sapphire, with coatings on it to make it shed heat, wear evenly and not pick up chips of metal, that were themselves made up of ultrahard metal composites. The tools were about 50-200 dollars CAD each. They had an expected lifetime of about 10-20 minutes each when cleaning up post-hardening steel. We had specially designed drillbit heads because our carbide supplier considered what we were doing was nuts and didn't support it in their stock lineup. They were good for, if we were extremely careful, about 2-10 holes each depending on the depth. This is steel that is so hard, that you could take the hardest, meanest file you could find, run it down a corner, and kill the file in about three strokes without leaving a mark. This stuff is *evil*, and in a completely different world to aluminum, and is still not the wildest thing we use in the tool and die world; there's a type of steel that is usually found on the bottom edge of grader and snowplow blades. We don't... actually have a way to do detailed machining on it without EDM. Not 'suboptimal', there's literally only a few drills in our arsenal that could touch it. It was used in giant square blocks when it WAS used, for extreme wear points. Superalloys are wild.
The logistics of dealing with material like that is incredibly fascinating, having worked only with metals like silver. I'd love to catch more in-depth videos on that kind of work.
@@thenewelite4628 The video RealEngineering did on Titanium machining was a fascinating watch. Apparently it's such a complicated material to work with, it drove the engineers who worked on the SR-71 nuts as they had to basically invent and document the whole process themselves, when it was new and never used before in large scale manufacturing. It was colloquially described as "gummy" and it kept jamming up the tools constantly.
Extreme application metals are a nightmare. And then the applications require complex geometries, like turbine blades that are even hard to machine under normal circumstances.
I would trust so many other manufacturers of they explained everything and take you to the factory to see how it's made. Big respect Linus and the team
Plus, not to mention, even despite their best efforts, they couldn't make it perfect. Not only did they not try to hide or gloss over them, they highlighted and completely explained them for full transparency.
I spent my entire adult life learning how things are made,---and most are made by communism which this products supports. That was your free market our elected gave to communism son, (starting in 1978), and this is just another junk product from china. Look at the proud hippies, (with nothing more than computer drawing skills), having communism make a junk screwdriver that could have been designed in a week, (3 years man. Cars are developed from scratch in less time). Not much different than a toddler amazed at what he just released into a toilet.
I got mine just a few days ago. It is a WELL designed driver and I'm very pleased with the build quality. Sweating all the little details really shows in the final product. Congrats to the LTT team, Mega Pro, and all the folks involved in the manufacturing process.
Just got mine today, and you're spot on, this is an amazing looking and feeling driver! I thought it was a bit pricey, but now that I see the quality, I almost feel like they could have charged more!
@@torq1116 Not sure how they could charge more, I picked up one from a £1 store yesterday, same size, shape, stores bits in the head... added bonus it also tightens and loosens screws!!! You can buy a top of the range Bosch GO cordless electric for £60, a very good generic electric cordless for £20, a high quality set of multiple specialty drivers for an array of jobs from Stanley, Draper etc, who invest millions in R&D as well as endurance testing, for less than this one jack-of-all-trades non-precision item (whose handle is to big for working in PCs). Some folks have bypassed their logic & critical thinking centres to be a part of the LTT brand and I think it's an undeniable rip-off, and a rather dubious concept. I know they vastly over-spent on its production but that doesn't change the fact the price is completely unhinged in relation to the market. tbh I kind of lost a little respect when I saw how much Linus, a multi-millionaire, is asking regular working folks to shell out, it's madness, I think he's a little out of touch.
@@10aDowningStreet Maybe that's because you live in a world of minimum cost for practicality. I live in a world where I sometimes like nice, although not needed, luxury things. I enjoy the content Linus provides, and I consume it for free. This screwdriver is 100% not needed, but it is a good screwdriver, of high quality. I choose to buy it and enjoy it, and at the same time giving a little money to a channel I like. The money doesn't just benefit Linus, it benefits everyone who works there, as well as the people who manufactured the screwdriver.
@@sirbow2 Beg to differ. It would be easy to make a high quality prototype. Then explain how one went down to something that was 10x cheaper, but retained like 80% of the benefits of the high quality prototype. Now you have something that is actually penny cheap seeming like some "hidden gem luxury" item. Point is, it is all about presentation. Yes, I do sell magic beans, now that you mention it. :D
@@Lobos222 the issue is that products don’t retain 80% of those benefits when companies cut costs, all they’d do is expose how they made a product 80% worse by cutting the cost
Tool and die maker here… Loved the video and appreciation for the work involved! I primarily make molds for automotive and aerospace electrical connectors. Some molds are ~100 “cores” per cavity! Tolerances are as tight as 1 micron, especially where the cavities vent gasses. Anyway, would be cool to have a special edition set that is TiN-coated (titanium nitride). If not, I can always coat my own ;-) I love the attention to detail that went into making the screwdriver. Very impressed.
I interned at a plastic injection molding shop, these molds can get seriously expensive quickly. Or you can ring up China and hope they don't royally screw up your mold 🤦
As a geek squad installer your screwdriver is wonderful. I have used it everyday to help me get mounts on the back of TV's it feels a lot better to use then my powered one because I'm less likely to strip or misthread the screws thank you.
I wish I had more positive things to say about Geek Squad, but I don't. However, I do sincerely like the fact that at least one Geek Squad technician is paying attention to tech channels, and I have no doubt that my past experiences with Geek Squad would have been more positive had you been the technician I worked with. Keep it up.
If you have a repair shop, wouldn't you be better off with an low profile electric screwdriver? They are expensive, but if you use one everyday, it's totally worth it. Not to knock his product, but a manual one dosent make sense for professionals anymore...
@@Eoin-B I see your point. But honestly a manual driver you just have more control over and you start to appreciate the feedback from using a manual over electric
@@Eoin-B Electric screwdrivers are nice, but some people prefer the feel and flexibility of a manual screwdriver. Like me, I know exactly how tight to tighten computer screws by hand and i dont want to have to relearn all that with an electric.
@@Eoin-B we definitely have electric ones too, but sometimes it just feels better to work with a traditional screw driver for certain things, sometimes it's probably a little slower, but you like what you like 🙂
When I was in high school, I needed an Exacto knife set for one of my classes. I bought a basic, USA-made kit and on one of the blades was a fingerprint. Seeing a worker's fingerprint on a new tool, sure helps one realize that manufacturing, is still very much a human endeavor.
Too bad that some of it is made by slaves in China. If you order from China, you have to consider, that a lot of thier production workforce is slavery.
@@gleebeevonkordke2068 I'm under forty, however I feel old knowing that a lot of stuff that was made here when I was a kid, shoot even more recently is now made in China.
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 mass production in china began to massively take off in about 1980 so even when you were a kid migration to production in china was well underway.
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 or isn't a thing anymore not one of my schools had a wood or workshop class closest thing was home ed where they tought them how to use a couple basic hand tools
I’ve been a (mass) production engineer myself (making sure we can make products in mass production, including Injection Molding) and love this video. Everything is very relatable and recognizable from practice. I really hope it inspires and shows people how difficult, tedious and cool mass production actually is! After seeing all this, I’ll definitely buy one!
As a plastic injection quality engineer, this video was fun to watch. The attention to detail and perfect combination of relentlessly pursuing theoretical perfection against the backdrop of what is actually possible in a manufacturing process and making the necessary compromises was especially delightful. He even showed us where the gate and parting lines were, which can be huge issues. Kudos for all the energy you put in making a good product. I didn't even know I needed a driver this bad.
That show is still peak zen while also learning stuff. I utterly adore shows like that because it's one of the rare opportunities to learn about mundane yet interesting production processes that are usually kept behind closed doors and out of public view. Their puns are also perfection.
I'm gonna be honest, I don't plan on buying a screwdriver, but watching this and seeing how many details they looked over to end up with a finished product of that quality.. shows how much effort and passion they have. If I were to buy an expensive screwdriver that lasts my lifetime, I would buy theirs, good job LMG ! :)
@@hobermaas4166 Yes, and no. The ratchet might fail prematurely, and the metal is often of a softer material. A cheap screw driver wouldn't last a week in my tool box.
@@hobermaas4166 They really don't, unless you barely use tools. I keep separate screwdriver kits for hobby and work, and even the hobbyist kit had to be replaced twice.
To be honest, I first started watching this thinking "why on Earth would I need to get a LTT designed screwdriver when I have a lot of screwdrivers that do what I need", and I did also think along the lines of what you said at the end about "not being tool makers". As the video progressed and I could see just how much of a perfectionist approach Linus took to the design of this which promptly changed my thought to "this is going to be a worthy purchase". The one that got me was your Ninja star to allow compatibility with standard sized bits. The fact you aren't just limiting your tool to your own bits says a lot in my opinion.
@@psycronizer TH-cam channel Project Farm tested this and other ratcheting screwdrivers and the LTT screwdriver came in second (#1 is twice as expensive).
Hermann from Megapro is an amazing person and my ears came to attention when I heard "Megapro" and I knew how it was possible for LTT to continue this product. I purchased one of his first Parasol products which was a game changer in the concert lighting industry.
I’m a Moldmaker! All the terminology used in the video is spot on, the prototyping, edm and final production is exactly what I work with each day. Looks like a solid and well executed screwdriver
@@liceafilms that is a question every person has to answer for themselves (via their purchase decision). It's cool that it's not worth it to you but it's a little silly that you seem to need everyone to agree. Or maybe you feel superior because it's not worthwhile for you? Either way, think about the things you enjoy buying and whether you'd want people telling you how stupid it is. Why try to steal someone's joy?
Been working at a similar factory as a kid. The engineers who create that kind of molds were looked at as gods. Linus took one of the most expensive approaches for his molds, he really didn't cut any corners there. On the other side...a bit surprised technology hasn't changed a bit in the last 20 years
It has but thats the beauty of injection moulding you can get fantastic repeatable results from old tech processes where super engineered injection moulding would be overkill
As someone who does injection molding for a living this was a great video explaining high level how much work goes into product design all the way to production! Props guys! Never expected to see engel presses on LTT
Injection molding is one thing I've not done before (I've done presses, lathes, another type of CNC that works from the top, and CNC benders). It's always interesting seeing the stuff from afar but I'm sure for the people there it's just 'another day in paradise' (Canada does seem to have better labor laws than we do so maybe better than my experiences).
I remember completing a PO for payment of tooling and it was like $25,000 and that was nothing. people have no idea how much this stuff cost to get up and running...."it's just melted plastic"....rrriiiight.
Your team has accumulated the sort of knowledge/experience that many big companies spend millions for. Make good use of it and be prepared to pay for it. Next up? How about a better sprue clipper?
Two things. First Linus was wearing the earplugs backwards. The round part goes into the ears. Second LTT should sell the dropped screwdrivers as a limited edition certified "Officially dropped by Linus" LTT Screwdriver!
@@SkylineGamingStudios But be real; Paying this or double this for a thing to turn screws (manually) is nothing to be proud of. I get fans wanting to pay towards a brand they love for quality; no hate from me because I've done it too, but there's nothing wrong with saying this price isn't worth it for yourself.
@@NoFro-TL I'm not buying a screwdriver. I'm just saying I respect him for showing the process, the lfaws, and what it's great at. I never said I was going to buy one
I love how Linus sat in for one of the operator and experienced the actual process of the mass production. Engineers would be way more content with their jobs if more corporate bosses were like this.
That's why I love working at a Velux plant. At my plant everyone who has any responsibility regarding a production area has to spend two weeks in production. Manager to planners and schedulers. It gives a lot of advantages such as contacts in both management and production crews, and a much needed insight into the operations that happen. Also humanizes both ends of the operation.
I worked at a plastic pail factory. While it's fast-paced, you get in the rhythm. Some long-time operators can cover the whole machine while one or three goes on their break
It's true for basically any job that is line work, be it warehousing or factory. Especially if there was a rate that had to be met and the higher ups were also expected to reach that rate during their time on the line, and get penalized somehow if they don't. (My job has an aggressive curve to their "now you know the job so make rate" time, you're expected to be about 80% of rate after the first week, including the two days spent just teaching you the basics. It's stupid and wouldn't happen if management got dinged for doing as badly as the people they fire.)
@@LordDeathis It's important that people working at a company understand it's all *one operation*, and everyone appreciate and respect the part each worker plays in the whole for a company to be efficient and maximally successful. I once worked for a company, and the owner used to quiz prospective (and even some old-timers who had forgotten along the way) employees with the question: "What do we make?" The answer he was looking for was "Money". And the more we made, the more we, well, made. Keep an eye on the goal, respect and support each other, and things go well. Don't do that and, well... not so much.
@@MrJest2 ""What do we make?" The answer he was looking for was "Money"" I feel like that mentality is one of the things that's making our society progressively more and more dehumanizing. Sure, it's great for business... in the short term. But if you focus only on money, money, money, that's what leads to cutting corners for short-term profits, which makes the product and the company worse overall over time. And yeah, "if we don't do it, somebody else will and put us out of business", well... If that's the only option, maybe we need to overhaul our system as a whole.
I dont know if im ever gonna buy one of these, but i willingly clicked on and enjoyed a 30 minute ad for a screwdriver. The design process was really cool to see, and i really respect the disclosure of prices and the respect for the people and machines who contributed was refreshing! I really wish more products had this much honesty and integrity in their ads, it was genuinely educational to watch.
For being a field service engineer I can appreciate more people seeing how industrial applications are carried we never take time in the work and design going into products and its awesome you shedding light on it
You mean about the wasteful nature of innovation like Apple? Or the over complications to they pass on to the end user to justify their profit margins?
12 years of pim experience and Paulson training/ school I can say this is my favorite video I’ve geeked out on. Your plastic materials can be thicker without the what you all called sag (it’s called sink) with a very experienced process technician at the wheel but I’m happy the route you all went. That gate hole you all obsessed over could have been solved with a hot runner mold instead of a cold runner molds that you all had bought but you would have been spending A LOT more money on mold design. Gotta say, loved this video the most out of any cause you all got a taste of my field of work and kinda explained a bit more than surface level things. Thank you all for your hard work! Oh, just to ad, they are using the wrong sized nozzle of that injection press… you can tell by the blob of molten plastic at the end of the sprue. (where your mold meets the barrel) inexperience could lead to mold damage over time. But that’s years In the future. And the “auto gate cutter lol” is a sub gate in our field. Other things as well but I’ll stop nit picking ;)
This video show two things that I love about LTT: how honest they are about all their processes and the quality (and effort) in everything they do. That's why I watch the videos and I ordered the screwdriver as soon as I saw the email notification. Please, keep the good work, we really appreciate it.
I bought it, I like, it, and while there are technically better "value" drivers out there, to me it was part merch, part very well made product, so it let me support a channel I have been watching for years and getting something that I use regularly out of it, it's the epitome of a win win.
Gotta say, the attention to detail gives me a lot of confidence in the driver. Everyone involved ought to be very proud. Looking forward to trying it out
Videos like this one is why the internet has completely eaten TV alive. No traditional media outlet would explain a process like this as if it was just talking to a friend. Very interesting, informative, and entertaining. I need me one of these!
Love the transparency of your engineering journey, though manufacturers tend to fluff their specs or the capabilities I always prefer a third party that does excellent test and luckily Project Farm tested your ratcheting screwdriver and did exceptionally well so this is now a definite buy for me as most of the tools I currently have is based on Project Farm.
I was unsure about the price point until I watched the Project Farm video - I know what I'm buying the men in my life for Christmas this year. None of them build computers, but they all do miscellaneous stuff around the house/farm.
he thought the base was magnetic so he didn't design it fully he just sponsored it, be on this video he saids he was there the whole time but i got two of them watch hes live video you'll see.
Never in my entire life, thought I could get so excited over a screwdriver, like literally ! I was over the moon last night, when I got the email, that it was available ! I instantly ordered one ! 3 years was a long wait, I'm sure I can make it 3 more months until I get it. Thanks for everything Linus and crew ! Cheers !
Same. Got the black shaft + black and orange one because it's gonna last forever for me. I would've gotten the black on black too if I had more money lol.
@@M1nat0 Same! Got the black and orange with black. I don't care that it'll strip. Just shows the tool has some character. Not planning to ever sell it, got my Gamersnexus toolkit signed and now my LTT screwdriver. I am over the moon.
for $83 total shipped to me I much rather go down to my local Home Depot and buy FOUR Milwaukee Ratcheting Drivers for the same price (it's just more convenient for me to have 4 items that i can have in different places vs 1)
@@M1nat0 Didn't know there was a pricing difference between models. Anyway, I got the full black model (might have to wait a bit longer to get it, but, it's fine), with tax and shipping it amounted to $105 (USD). I live in Europe, the EU. Anyways, I would have payed double, if that was the case, just as a small token of appreciation for LTT, on my behalf.
@@realifejon well, there's no Home Depot in my country (Costa Rica) and its "equivalents" are literally the same price here due to our shitty currency + insane taxes so... happy u have that option :)
This is honestly amazing. As a mechanic, if a company came through and explained where/how/why, along with their fuckups, and fixes, I'd instantly buy their product. Honestly fully contemplating buying 2 of your drivers, and take the bits out of the second one, as extras for the computer one, and the second driver with full size bits for my mechanic work.
Something to consider for future hardware would be an interface system for usermods. For example the end cap would have been an awesome areas to include a threaded insert or be removeable so someone could 3d print some kind of accessory that is robustly connected to that section.
I love how much of this was done locally. I used to work at the tool store in maple ridge, and I was a megapro dealer. They make an excellent product. And they have a wonderful team!
As someone that's working with and producing high tech military equipment it's really fun to watch someone explain all the intricate details about how damn hard and time consuming it is to produce actual near perfect products!
fun fact, high tech military equipment is almost never getting even close to perfect. the production numbers, scope and timelines don't even allow for "kind of refined" most of the times.
This video tickles my brain. I'm a Machining instructor for a state college and I'm extremely pleased with the ways you guys explain everything. Great work
As an ME with about 10 years of mass manufacturing at a small company, and long time lurker, I really appreciate these videos for a multitude of reasons. I wish you were US based, I'd reach out for an available position in a heartbeat and would've long before your popularity became what it is! 🙏✊️💙✌️ PS - yes I saw this when it came out but looping back to share with a family member who can appreciate quality and transparency from a company, especially a "start-up"/small business. PPS - I sympathize with your struggles PPPS [watching whole video again] - one of my favorite features of a cheapy screwdriver I had, before I lost it 😂, was that it had a built in shaft extension. Would be a killer feature for V2.0 🙂
I was hesitant to purchase on launch day, and the price was steep. Now I know why and I couldn't be happier, can't wait to get mine in my hands. I figured you get what you pay for and I felt that I could count on the team at LMG to deliver, looks like my hunch was right. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to putting out a quality product.
@Jenny Melo it's a good product and Linus and his team are transparent in the designing and no excuses on why they've been so late, I'd say Linus and everyone else at LTT deserve the Fanboying lol
@Jenny Melo the wheel has come a long way since Invented. If the big brains of the world had your mentality, we would have stone wheels pushed by slaves, let that sink in.
I've had mine for about 2 months now. It's seen a ton of use. I love it. I wish I had it years ago. I don't really drop things, so I can't speak to drop durability, but in terms of how it feels in my hand, how convenient the bits are, and nice the ratcheting action feels. I can't see wanting a different screwdriver anytime soon.
As an engineer who's worked a wide range of teams/products I really appreciated this video. I'm working on molded production parts professional right now myself and considering looking into running my own small business and its just cool to see someone else openly discussing their product tip to butt.
Working in the plastic molding field, I had to have a small laugh as Linus was trying to assemble with out gloves. That material can be hot enough to burn you quite easily... I know from personal experience :(. It's amazing tho how small the world really is we use a bigger version of those molding presses. The material ratio and everything is just fascinating to understand from an out side perspective. Will be getting me an LTT screwdriver as soon as I can. Great job guys love the attention to quality and the dedication to customers.
Seeing it's manufacturing process makes me understand why the screwdriver is priced like that. I'm not knowledgeable in this field, but I assume 40 second cycle time is SLOW, and I don't know how many injectors they have there, but if they are churning out 2 screw drivers every 2 minutes (from plastic piece, to assembly, I guess it's around 2 mins?) that's a pretty low volume yield, meaning costs are higher.
@@teebles it is 90 screwdrivers an hour. So 2160 a Day. I assume they built up some of them before official launch. So its around a 100000 in 2 months. I kinda doubt they are gonna sell more than 100000 in first 3 months. And i assume they have at least 2 of those machines so 2 as much. So more than enough.
@@teebles Hmm, 40 seconds. Depends on what you comparing that to. Bottle caps yes its slow (approx. 2-3 sec to 24-96 pieces), Car bumpers...maybe (depends on size but it´s around 60-100 sec a piece). But more on the technical side of that... it depends on the technological process, how long is the real cooling time, injection speed and holding preasure and so on. It is a lot to learn to "make the machine go" as you like it. So to conclude that, 40 seconds is kinda average. 😀
@@KrolPawi I'm like 90% sure they only have one machine (well 2, 1 for each different part), as they "only" paid 200k for the injection molds. You need one set for the shaft and another set for the bit holder parts (other shape and material). And while 40 sec for 2 shafts is quite slow, it should be more than enough for them in the long run.
As an industrial designer this was great entertainment, as well as a fantastic bit of consumer education on the decisions made for most products out there. Everything from avoiding undercuts, and shrink marks, flash etc, and the nuances of tooling for mass production, while trying to make things as ergonomic, aesthetic, and structurally integral as possible for the life of the product was really in easy to digest manner.
So a year later of hemming and hawing I bought the LTT screwdriver and I am legitimately surprised. The knurling is VERY aggressive and feels amazing. The selector ring being modified to TURN IT THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO is a game changer to me. I have a Megapro and Craftsman and the LTT is still notably better for small tasks like 3-D printer maintenance. The handle ergonomics are great, build quality is up there with the best and it has the strength to do a much most people's grip will allow. Overall, Great Job LTT!!
This is not just a screwdriver. It's LTTs morals, heart, dedication and drive in a product. This is what I call an ADD man! Youre an inspiration, for all the "wrong" reasons. Everything you guys do should just be standard when it comes to production and vending. Yall know why commercials make no sense now a dayts? Its because the products barely do and it helps cover up the plethora of problems it wouldve costed them too much to fix. Congrats on the launch everyone, cant wait for my new piece of LTT :D
The development process of the LTT screwdriver really demonstrates the power of 3D print prototyping to me. If we are stuck with only handcrafting, this could cost even more to develop.
Modern day engeneering in general man... everything from material science, to 3d molding, printing, laser cuting, softwere development etc... we really have come a long way as a species.
Additive manufacturing and prototyping is so much more efficient, but cnc milling could also have been employed. The body of knowledge accumulated in these fields is astounding.
You should sell the ones with minor visual defects at a discount, that'd reduce waste and be a cool move for the people that don't have that much money to spend.
They'll likely use the blemished ones around the office. That's the standard procedure for merchandise with a functional pass, but damaged finish. It reduces waste AND internal cost.
@@AvoCattoTV I'd assume there'd be quite a bit of blemished ones, like way too much for just the office. Like even assuming a percentage as low as 1 or 2% which I think would be quite low if you take the production numbers he mentioned when talking about manufacturing the molds, that's a whole lot of screwdrivers.
You have spoiled me. Now I want a video like this for essentially every product I buy. Kudos to you for the (near?) Steve Jobs-level attention to detail. Definitely makes me want to buy one.
Yeah isn't it interesting how those of us who know anything about tools or just use/abuse them at work are excited for a good quality screwdriver like this? Like sure I bet I can put way more torque on my Wera than this ltt one but they are different use cases.
So much valuable lessons for startups in this video. I just love how open you guys are about this whole process - and how you always made 'the right choice' instead of 'the easy way'. Best of luck with this very cool product! That ninja star thingy looks so simple, but shows how much reflection and thoughts went into this design.
So much respect for going through with this and changing every tiny issue. Even pointed out small flaws it still has. Not to mention it looks like a ideal/perfect screwdriver.
@@hhaste the flaws are unavoidable cosmetic defects due to the molding process. Even then they did everything they could to minimize it. As far as the price, $70 is not a ton considering the hundreds of thousands they put into everything. The quality is far better or at the minimum on par with anything near that range. Design is likely better too.
@@staceyfunk9689 You're paying for quality materials, thus the higher price. Most don't use that quality of steel or even that grade of plastic. You get what you pay for.
@@labrikorn_3299 You're paying for quality materials, thus the higher price. Most don't use that quality of steel or even that grade of plastic. You get what you pay for.
Man, watching Kyle's eyes light up when he starts talking about the HOW of manufacturing these screwdrivers, is AWESOME..... That's how you know he has a real passion for it.
I have been a watcher of your videos for years, and I also make furniture. I have used many ratcheting screwdrivers, and I recently purchased yours and I love it. it is definitley the best screwdriver I have ever used. Thank you for making this. It is awesome
Congratulations! I was a day one order, and am excited to get mine delivered. and THANK YOU for putting in the CARE and holding to your ideals to make a great product. I hope this becomes the example for more manufactures, make good products and your customers will respond.
@New Moon Unless you have one of the LTT screwdrivers in hand, how can you say this? You'd need one of each to compare them which is exactly what the LTT group did. They compared them to many other screwdrivers with the intention of making a screwdriver that fits the needs of those that tend to do a lot of computer teardowns and builds. Oh and the LTT screwdriver can hold twice the amount of bits that the MAC tools one can.
Lol I just have my set from Aliexpress with like 50 bits. It's soo handy for any type of work and when I do electronics, I never needed to have bits in the back, there is always bunch on a table. This is just fanboying. You need only multiple screwdrivers when you are working watches. For electronics, you need a ton of bits. For normal stuff, you need aku anyway if you work daily.
Well, three years ago I thought Linus was being ever so slightly anal about building a perfect screwdriver. 18 months ago I thought that the obsession was ever so slightly insane. I have now watched a 30 minute video on designing the perfect screwdriver and thoroughly enjoyed every second. Perhaps Linus having these high level demands for perfection hasn't been such a bad thing after all. Congratulations to everyone involved for bringing Linus' dream to life.
Dude after 3 years you still have to ‘hack’ the screw driver in order to use non-proprietary bits???? This screwdriver goes against everything Linus accuses other companies of doing. He literally suggests grinding store bought driver bits so they fit. How does he sleep at night honestly suggesting that??? It’s not evil it’s just the silliest thing I’ve heard him say by far.
@@meangreen99 goes to show that no matter how hard people work, not everyone in the world can be satisfied. You are one of the everyone who are not satisfied after years of hardwork, R&D, and money spent on a project.
As a production engineer, I can appreciate every little detail that your team had to work through with this project. It is crazy just how long it takes to perfect plastics processes.
This was the tipping point for me. I haven't seen any one or company this excited and honest about this and that personal dedication, enjoyment and sheer analism is attractive. See you on the store!
Yeah, same here. I don't exactly need a screwdriver every day, but if you guys are passionate about this project, I'm happy to overpay (considering my use case, not quality) for this in order to support you. Now, if only I could have had the backpack shipped in the same order. Guess that one will have to wait :(
@@cyber2526 not really, when it is completely impossible to see that level of discrepancy visually. So if a machine doesn't report the issue there is no way to know it is off. Unless of course you manually measure each and every party by hand, which isn't feasible in a manufacturing environment.
what i love abt LTT is no matter what you can always count on linus to care about the quality of their products. ESPECIALLY when it comes to products for consumers, his fans and community.
Bought one about 15 minutes after they dropped. Wound up at the beginning of wave 2 with solid black handle with black shaft. Total blackout coloration. Been meaning to replace my Stanley driver thats gotten me through 8 years of PC building that i got at walmart for 20 bucks. Watching LTT while I was younger got me to the point where i am now, where I have a salaried job, home, and living a comfortable life by pushing me to chase after IT as career. Funny thing, the screw driver will probably ship on the day I get married (the 31st of October). So this will be quite a comical wedding present for myself. Funny how things all workout....
I bought 2, and even if I don't necessarily need them (as one will just be held in packaging with black shaft on LTT orange/black handle) I highly appreciate the passion, time, and energy you all (as a team) poured into the project. It's my first merch purchase to date, and I am certain I will be floored at the quality when my wave 3 screwdrivers arrive.
I am working for a pretty huge intl. technological company and 2 years for introducing the new product from proposal phase thru design and engineering (various thermal, structural calculations) phase, protos, sourcing, validation etc...is pretty much OK, so I would say you've done a great job :))
Linus I just have to say, after years of watching you since 2013, I finally visited the LTT store and purchased this screwdriver immediately. I'm not a full-time Pc builder, however, I am a full-time Aircraft Technician, and boy do I have to say, without even having my hands on this, this screwdriver will become my new daily (even over all my snap-on ones but keep that on the DL)! Great work on the project thus far and wish you the best in not only future tools but profits from all your hard work and dedication!
@@maxking3 if they want to buy it - let them buy it. I’m sure you have not used LTT screwdriver yet so you’re just trying to post shit without evidences
@@maxking3 As someone who uses tools everyday, and as hard as I do for a living. Only a few manufactures keep up with my demand. The screw driver you told me to get is extremely good if you need to keep static discharge to a minimum, however, in my experience on Aircraft, Diesel trucks, Cars, and computers it is rare. I've owned Wera screwdrivers and feel that they are cheaply made and not the most quality, therefore in my opinion I'm still very excited to receive my LTT screwdriver!
@@RakanA Nice meeting you as well! Keep up the hard work and make sure you have a solid level of integrity, and patience! Hope to see you at a hanger one day!
Plastic injection molder here. I loved hearing you mention the complexity and challenges in my field. Just the other day even I was involved in a function modification in a mold for a medical component. I am pleased to say my idea for how we decided to change it actually worked, and was inexpensive. My point here is that if it didn't work, the cost would have been extremely high. And that's just for a modification, let alone building the whole tool. Plastic injection molded parts are seen as "cheap" only due to volume of production. The mold for something as simple as a soda bottle cap can cost a million dollars or more, if it's large and complex enough.
I have to say I love this level of customer care , the fact that they managed to think not just from a production point of view but also from customer's point of view is amazing.
Fantastic Job! Came here after watching Project Farm's video featuring your screwdriver. I am an engineer that has some experience making prototypes for a company. You knew exactly what you wanted and achieved it. It is incredible how many established companies make a product that seems like nobody who designed it has ever used it. You really channeled the Kaizen concept.
I’ve been wearing in the stubby daily for some months now, and I’m impressed by the quality. The only thing I wasn’t sure about was the ninja star bit holder, and I’ve been wondering about the long-term durability of the little bit holder nubbins. Learning that it’s made of Delrin cleared all my doubts - that stuff can handle years of abuse and then simply pop back, good as new, every time. A wholehearted thanks to your entire team for being obsessive about the details on this thing. 💜 I really, really like it.
I work at an injection molding factory, so this part was extra fascinating to me. I should point out one error there by the way. The piston you pointed to at and said "you can actually see the piston right here that is driving molten plastic into the mold". That piston does not inject the plastic. It moves the whole injection back and forth, and holds the tip of the injection to the mold to it makes a tight seal to the mold. If that wasn't there, a lot of your plastic would fail to go into the mold, and you'd get a short shot - where the mold doesn't fill up all the way and the handle becomes scrap. Including the information of the materials, temperatures, and mold design was really interesting. Thanks!
Although I'm still a senior in high school, I work at an American manufacturing plant where I am an injection molding operator. I do everything from running parts that need a human aspect per shot, to swapping whole molds. So it's great to see you guys displaying my field so well (Including Linus failing to keep up with the shot time). Everything you talked about was on point with me audibly agreeing with every statement made. Great video, hope you make more about injection molding and precision machining as a whole.
@@DualReaver11 idk bro, him mentioning that to me seems like he's trying to say he is very fresh to this and doesn't know everything yet, instead of trying to "act cool"
I've spent most of my career as an electrician looking for the perfect screwdriver. I'm glad LTT has spent a few years of that time building it for me. Looking forward to it coming in in a couple weeks. Kyle and Linus on the floor with the mold are great.
When are product keynotes gonna be like this. I would love if apple, amd, or really any company would show us the design process. I feel if it takes 3 years for a screw driver to be perfected then the amount of time it takes for some very big products to be released it seems like they wouldn't have the time to perfect every aspect of the design like your team did. Granted they might have more people but still this opens my eyes to the behind the scenes of the mass production and manufacturing process Great Work!
The answer is simple, the produced video of how their products are made itself doesn't generate revenue for them. It's just a huge expense that you get nothing out of as a company other than user entertainment. Bear in mind you need a ton of work to put in to produce a single high quality video.
The big companies have been doing this for years and have solid connections within the manufacturing industry as well as billions spent on r&d + operations management to continuously develop and hit timelines. Their size and scale allows them to function differently to LTT. The detail of the manufacturing process that LTT have gone into is elite levels of greatness though, highly appreciated!
LOL at wanting Apple to be transplant with their product releases... They spend 50% of their budget figuring out how to screw you out of your money v.s. how to deliver something that'll last forever. Let's not kid ourselves here, the only reason why Apple is a trillion dollar company is because they figured out how to prey on emotional weaklings with money to throw on a so called status symbol. That's all.
I used to love how 5 or so years ago it was all about the tech and innovations in keynotes. Now it's a race to how woke they can be and it's as if the keynotes are made for Dummies, no specs, no engineering. This video sold me and I didn't even want a screwdriver!
A couple years ago I was astounded at how hard it was to simply find a good screwdriver and bit set, I got bits where the metal bent when trying to unscrew something for the first time! Like, really?? Needless to say, I will absolutely be getting this, it seems like the thing that will work for life
you need to be living in a very weird privileged planet. One where the 50+ top notch hardware companies dont produce the over 400 competitive products priced at a small fraction of this. A planet where the same exact screwdriver that I received for christmas (and costed 29 USD) is now worth 120 USD from your bank account because of a slightly different LTT handle. Oh, my christmas gift actually had 2 screwdrivers. One like this and one smaller. both with the same exact features including the compartment with bits in the handle. you could buy 2 of those sets, 2 bits sets from Ifixit and take your gf out for dinner with ltt screwdriver money.
Best way to sell this product biggest selling point was the strong magnet, no more magnetizing my little shitty drivers, and yeah the price is a lil steep but being as to how much knowledge this mans bestowed upon us on youtube with 0 guarantee of a cash flow from it i figure its worth spending the extra bucks, pay this money so they can continue making the best products on the market and not just buy someone elses garbage and slap their name on it, the people appreciate a good product, and it shows, already 70,000 units sold and not shipping those last 10k til november, and at $70 they pulled in 5 million which i presume has already covered their initial investment 5x. Not just paying for a great product but a great teacher aswell
I just watched Project Farms review of your driver. It looked like the best option IMO out of the ones he tested. Some up to 140$. He even detailed how your mechanism differed from the mega pro version.
Project Farm is one of the best channels on TH-cam for testing tools and many other implements. Todd is the best in my opinion. th-cam.com/video/845HUaWYSQA/w-d-xo.html
@@marcsimmler6176 Here on TH-cam. You can type "Project Farm Screwdriver" in the search bar and it should pop up. He reviews a bunch of different drivers and compares them all at once.
I don't even need a screw driver. Ima buy 2 though. This is just amazing transparency into the whole process and just owning something you've seen a group of people put so much time, passion and love into makes it worth owning to me. Even if it sits on my shelf. Also, the project farm video dropped today and the driver performed very well. Bravo all around guys, you deserve it.
Insane how honesty will gets you…. Making a really good screwdriver telling honest tiny flaws and then get tested by the only channel I know that do honest reviews (projectfarms) and coming out on top! Well done !
Got one of the black ones from my boss fore Christmas. One of the best hings I've gotten this year. Already used it to service a coulple customer PCs and it feels so good in hand.
I've worked in injection molding, and it's cool to see the process explained to the public. It's valuable knowledge to know how many of our consumer goods are made.
The Memphis Zoo of all places had a small little injection molding vending machine with glass so you could see the process that made giraffes and hippo's probably 40 years ago. I've remembered that all these years because it was so cool.
I severely underestimated the level of ingenuity required to create a product that surprisingly seems simple and effective on the outside, but required over years of meticulous effort. Congratulations on your launch!
I absolutely adore the transparency. I love to know what my tools are made of and it is almost always nearly impossible to figure out. I also thoroughly appreciate the insight into the design and mass manufacturing process.
oh yeah theres only snap on, sk, pb swiss, wiha, wera, hazet, gedore, wright, chapman, mac, vessel, ktc, and the dozens of other non slave labor brands telling you metal specs and costing a fraction but ok.
Oh basic metal specs for single material items sure, they will tell you what the pliers and hammers are made out of. What I want is a full schematic of even large complex items like power drills that show exactly what material each individually. For most mechanical tools and virtually any non-industrial power tools it is nearly impossible to find out what the internal parts are made of without tearing it down to check part stamps, if they are present.
Just got mine today and I am positively impressed. Especially with the honest marketing. A lot if times I will buy things and find tiny errors in them after time. (I don't complain about it but it's always sad to not be able to forget about them afterwards) This is the first product I feel like I won't be surprised by any flaws because you openly admit the teeny-tiny ones that are left. And these are certainly so small that I can easily get over it. GREAT JOB 👍
Gotta say I love the lighting and image quality from the first 10 seconds of this video, even going just a year back it amazes me how the production quality of LTT keeps going up! Love the screwdriver, too, I'll be picking one up to keep in my hobby/makerspace!
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Sounds good 👍
linus you better continue selling these for DECADES
No leds to see where you screwing (e.g inside a PC case) no extension to make it longer or ability to remove the stem to make it shorter to reach that screw from above(e.g on a noctua cooler in the 100 other other instances where you need it to be a little longer than the average screw driver) or short so that you can screw something in tight spaces or an flexible extension I rate this 6/10 the perfect clicky noise of the ratchet is like a low priority and you spent years and money for that instead for features that would actually make it more useful than the average screw driver...
You guys are madlads 🎉
Will there be a yearly model? Lmao
I wish more companies in general were this transparent about the production of their products. Maybe they are and I just haven't looked hard enough. Just imagine the quality you'd get over time if companies made videos like this. It's basically a win win for the companies that build great products and consumers that want the truth.
Most companies are producing overseas and obviously don't want to show that. The fact that they're making it here in Canada is absolutely amazing.
@@Stevieboy7 Exactly. Obfuscation is by design.
Yo It's been ages since YT last recommended me a video from you, weird to find you in YT comments lol. Have a great day toast.
@@PoppyPoppa You too!!
Hes a youtuber what else would you expect him to do. Its another well deserved revenue stream for LMG
Never would I have imagined that I would spend 30 minutes of my life watching a video about a screwdriver, and actually enjoy myself lol
Haha those minutes flew past
I could watch Linus talk about just about anything and be entertained lol
I ended up watching thr 2 hour stream on shortcircuit + this video, so basically a 2.5 hour ad for a screwdriver that I was likely going to buy anyways, haha.
KAIROS!!!!!!!
KairosTime watching ltt?
As a mechanical engineer I think it’s great that you are introducing so many people to the product development process, really great stuff
You might notice it's $70 for a $10 screwdriver, so this is not "an intro to blah blah" it's marketing bs. Really bad stuff.
As a mechanic engineering student id really like a Linus vídeo about injection moulding. I'm already learning it but would still be fun watching.
@@johnsmith1474 businesses do things to make money. I don't understand your point; are you expecting that all TH-cam creators operate as nonprofits?
Sorry it's 69 likes(NICE). I can't like this. Reply to me when it changes.
@@nourmuhsen it changes
As a manufacturing technician, I'm very happy that you introduced a large amount of people into the manufacturing sciences and processes that go on behind the scenes. We need more youth injected into this space as both technicians and operators are aging work forces! You can make good money in these fields ppl!
Do you know which field one would go into to design factories? I'm really interesting in mass production and how things can be automated, but have had a lot of trouble finding material on how it is done or even college courses on it if I were to go that route.
@@happysmash27 Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering typically. In a well balanced facility Engineering, Quality, and Production departments will combine input to lay out each production line to optimize efficiency, reduce error, and reduce waste. Lean manufacturing principles are taught in almost every one of those fields and are applied on a daily basis.
i agree, i just wish he made this tool a good tool for those who work with machinery, production and general technicians/operators
@@happysmash27 protip work as a technician/electrician in a factory first, and then further educate yourself to design production machinery or be project project manager/designer(these are often some form of engineer thats relevant for the field) for a factory. Otherwise you will hinder your work, and be second in line for those who went that way.
Ha... Injected.
As an engineer myself, I absolutely applaud you for not taking short cuts and sticking to your vision. It is EXTREMELY difficult. I hope this video fully conveys exactly how difficult, and expensive building a quality product is.
I will absolutely be buying one, I support this 💯
I used to work in hardened steel tool and die; when linus says it's difficult to machine, picture this: we had ultrahard carbide tooling, as hard as sapphire, with coatings on it to make it shed heat, wear evenly and not pick up chips of metal, that were themselves made up of ultrahard metal composites. The tools were about 50-200 dollars CAD each.
They had an expected lifetime of about 10-20 minutes each when cleaning up post-hardening steel.
We had specially designed drillbit heads because our carbide supplier considered what we were doing was nuts and didn't support it in their stock lineup. They were good for, if we were extremely careful, about 2-10 holes each depending on the depth.
This is steel that is so hard, that you could take the hardest, meanest file you could find, run it down a corner, and kill the file in about three strokes without leaving a mark. This stuff is *evil*, and in a completely different world to aluminum, and is still not the wildest thing we use in the tool and die world; there's a type of steel that is usually found on the bottom edge of grader and snowplow blades. We don't... actually have a way to do detailed machining on it without EDM. Not 'suboptimal', there's literally only a few drills in our arsenal that could touch it. It was used in giant square blocks when it WAS used, for extreme wear points.
Superalloys are wild.
The logistics of dealing with material like that is incredibly fascinating, having worked only with metals like silver. I'd love to catch more in-depth videos on that kind of work.
Wow thanks for the insight
@@thenewelite4628 The video RealEngineering did on Titanium machining was a fascinating watch. Apparently it's such a complicated material to work with, it drove the engineers who worked on the SR-71 nuts as they had to basically invent and document the whole process themselves, when it was new and never used before in large scale manufacturing. It was colloquially described as "gummy" and it kept jamming up the tools constantly.
If you don't mind me asking, why not harden the steel AFTER the machining is done?
Extreme application metals are a nightmare. And then the applications require complex geometries, like turbine blades that are even hard to machine under normal circumstances.
I would trust so many other manufacturers of they explained everything and take you to the factory to see how it's made. Big respect Linus and the team
Plus, not to mention, even despite their best efforts, they couldn't make it perfect. Not only did they not try to hide or gloss over them, they highlighted and completely explained them for full transparency.
@@BlightningBrightling i was looking at those and being like .. thats ... not .. perfect???
@@ilenastarbreeze4978 Yeah, but black shaft would have looked cooler.
@@zekrinealfa1113 that's what she said
I spent my entire adult life learning how things are made,---and most are made by communism which this products supports.
That was your free market our elected gave to communism son, (starting in 1978), and this is just another junk product from china.
Look at the proud hippies, (with nothing more than computer drawing skills), having communism make a junk screwdriver that could have been designed in a week, (3 years man. Cars are developed from scratch in less time). Not much different than a toddler amazed at what he just released into a toilet.
I got mine just a few days ago. It is a WELL designed driver and I'm very pleased with the build quality. Sweating all the little details really shows in the final product. Congrats to the LTT team, Mega Pro, and all the folks involved in the manufacturing process.
did you get the one that linus lobbed across the factory floor
@@thecakeThief 😂😂
Just got mine today, and you're spot on, this is an amazing looking and feeling driver! I thought it was a bit pricey, but now that I see the quality, I almost feel like they could have charged more!
@@torq1116 Not sure how they could charge more, I picked up one from a £1 store yesterday, same size, shape, stores bits in the head... added bonus it also tightens and loosens screws!!!
You can buy a top of the range Bosch GO cordless electric for £60, a very good generic electric cordless for £20, a high quality set of multiple specialty drivers for an array of jobs from Stanley, Draper etc, who invest millions in R&D as well as endurance testing, for less than this one jack-of-all-trades non-precision item (whose handle is to big for working in PCs).
Some folks have bypassed their logic & critical thinking centres to be a part of the LTT brand and I think it's an undeniable rip-off, and a rather dubious concept. I know they vastly over-spent on its production but that doesn't change the fact the price is completely unhinged in relation to the market.
tbh I kind of lost a little respect when I saw how much Linus, a multi-millionaire, is asking regular working folks to shell out, it's madness, I think he's a little out of touch.
@@10aDowningStreet Maybe that's because you live in a world of minimum cost for practicality. I live in a world where I sometimes like nice, although not needed, luxury things. I enjoy the content Linus provides, and I consume it for free. This screwdriver is 100% not needed, but it is a good screwdriver, of high quality. I choose to buy it and enjoy it, and at the same time giving a little money to a channel I like. The money doesn't just benefit Linus, it benefits everyone who works there, as well as the people who manufactured the screwdriver.
You forget to mention the ratchet is so satisfying to turn around that the screwdriver doubles as a fidget toy 😌
I mean, he kind of did…?
The shape of the handle and vibrations from the ratchet could also be used as a lady's toy.
holy crap it doubles as a toy?
thats it i gotta buy this
That's literally like 6 mins of the video
@@thedreamleader Can also be used as a sex toy...just sayin
I gotta say this is basically an *extremely* effective advertisement; I wish approaches like this were common in marketing
They can't because they make it as cheap as possible. It would be embarrassing
This style of advertising is only viable when you have a somewhat dedicated fan base and actually care about making a good product
@@sirbow2 Beg to differ. It would be easy to make a high quality prototype. Then explain how one went down to something that was 10x cheaper, but retained like 80% of the benefits of the high quality prototype. Now you have something that is actually penny cheap seeming like some "hidden gem luxury" item. Point is, it is all about presentation. Yes, I do sell magic beans, now that you mention it. :D
@@Lobos222 and you are why we can't have nice things
@@Lobos222 the issue is that products don’t retain 80% of those benefits when companies cut costs, all they’d do is expose how they made a product 80% worse by cutting the cost
Tool and die maker here…
Loved the video and appreciation for the work involved! I primarily make molds for automotive and aerospace electrical connectors. Some molds are ~100 “cores” per cavity! Tolerances are as tight as 1 micron, especially where the cavities vent gasses. Anyway, would be cool to have a special edition set that is TiN-coated (titanium nitride). If not, I can always coat my own ;-)
I love the attention to detail that went into making the screwdriver. Very impressed.
But how much would you charge to coat me a screwdriver?..
I interned at a plastic injection molding shop, these molds can get seriously expensive quickly. Or you can ring up China and hope they don't royally screw up your mold 🤦
As a geek squad installer your screwdriver is wonderful. I have used it everyday to help me get mounts on the back of TV's it feels a lot better to use then my powered one because I'm less likely to strip or misthread the screws thank you.
I wish I had more positive things to say about Geek Squad, but I don't. However, I do sincerely like the fact that at least one Geek Squad technician is paying attention to tech channels, and I have no doubt that my past experiences with Geek Squad would have been more positive had you been the technician I worked with. Keep it up.
Pure scam
I work at a computer repair shop and we'll all gladly be buying one, and writing it off as a work expense!
If you have a repair shop, wouldn't you be better off with an low profile electric screwdriver? They are expensive, but if you use one everyday, it's totally worth it. Not to knock his product, but a manual one dosent make sense for professionals anymore...
Buying one myself
@@Eoin-B I see your point. But honestly a manual driver you just have more control over and you start to appreciate the feedback from using a manual over electric
@@Eoin-B Electric screwdrivers are nice, but some people prefer the feel and flexibility of a manual screwdriver. Like me, I know exactly how tight to tighten computer screws by hand and i dont want to have to relearn all that with an electric.
@@Eoin-B we definitely have electric ones too, but sometimes it just feels better to work with a traditional screw driver for certain things, sometimes it's probably a little slower, but you like what you like 🙂
When I was in high school, I needed an Exacto knife set for one of my classes. I bought a basic, USA-made kit and on one of the blades was a fingerprint.
Seeing a worker's fingerprint on a new tool, sure helps one realize that manufacturing, is still very much a human endeavor.
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Too bad that some of it is made by slaves in China. If you order from China, you have to consider, that a lot of thier production workforce is slavery.
@@gleebeevonkordke2068 I'm under forty, however I feel old knowing that a lot of stuff that was made here when I was a kid, shoot even more recently is now made in China.
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 mass production in china began to massively take off in about 1980 so even when you were a kid migration to production in china was well underway.
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 or isn't a thing anymore not one of my schools had a wood or workshop class closest thing was home ed where they tought them how to use a couple basic hand tools
I’ve been a (mass) production engineer myself (making sure we can make products in mass production, including Injection Molding) and love this video. Everything is very relatable and recognizable from practice. I really hope it inspires and shows people how difficult, tedious and cool mass production actually is! After seeing all this, I’ll definitely buy one!
Everything, including suppliers shafting you for the deposit?
As a plastic injection quality engineer, this video was fun to watch. The attention to detail and perfect combination of relentlessly pursuing theoretical perfection against the backdrop of what is actually possible in a manufacturing process and making the necessary compromises was especially delightful. He even showed us where the gate and parting lines were, which can be huge issues.
Kudos for all the energy you put in making a good product. I didn't even know I needed a driver this bad.
I used to love staying up late watching How It's Made. This episode gave me that feeling mixed with some LTT goodness. Great job!
That show is still peak zen while also learning stuff. I utterly adore shows like that because it's one of the rare opportunities to learn about mundane yet interesting production processes that are usually kept behind closed doors and out of public view. Their puns are also perfection.
They have episodes on youtube!
Linus is just good at PR. They are overcharging for it.
@@Phatnaru0002 This is literally a video explaining why they're so expensive lmfao
@@HilbertXVI No, it's not. It's a video about why it took so long. That says nothing of cost.
I'm gonna be honest, I don't plan on buying a screwdriver, but watching this and seeing how many details they looked over to end up with a finished product of that quality.. shows how much effort and passion they have.
If I were to buy an expensive screwdriver that lasts my lifetime, I would buy theirs, good job LMG ! :)
To be fair, cheap screwdrivers also tend to last a lifetime.
@@choahjinhuay yup. Pittsburg drivers from 20 years ago from HoboFrieght
@@hobermaas4166 Yes, and no. The ratchet might fail prematurely, and the metal is often of a softer material.
A cheap screw driver wouldn't last a week in my tool box.
Just but a Klein for like 1/3 the price. The rubber jacket over the tool handle is a dream in one's hand.
@@hobermaas4166 They really don't, unless you barely use tools. I keep separate screwdriver kits for hobby and work, and even the hobbyist kit had to be replaced twice.
To be honest, I first started watching this thinking "why on Earth would I need to get a LTT designed screwdriver when I have a lot of screwdrivers that do what I need", and I did also think along the lines of what you said at the end about "not being tool makers". As the video progressed and I could see just how much of a perfectionist approach Linus took to the design of this which promptly changed my thought to "this is going to be a worthy purchase". The one that got me was your Ninja star to allow compatibility with standard sized bits. The fact you aren't just limiting your tool to your own bits says a lot in my opinion.
Thanks for saving me the time to write a post. Well said!
there's better options out there at half the price..so, nope..
@@psycronizer TH-cam channel Project Farm tested this and other ratcheting screwdrivers and the LTT screwdriver came in second (#1 is twice as expensive).
@@psycronizer so what brand is a better option in your opinion?
@@Dan-mu5oy megapro its literally their partner and is really good for half the price way more bang for you buck
Hermann from Megapro is an amazing person and my ears came to attention when I heard "Megapro" and I knew how it was possible for LTT to continue this product. I purchased one of his first Parasol products which was a game changer in the concert lighting industry.
I’m a Moldmaker! All the terminology used in the video is spot on, the prototyping, edm and final production is exactly what I work with each day. Looks like a solid and well executed screwdriver
Worth the price though?
@@liceafilms hell nah 😂
@@liceafilms that is a question every person has to answer for themselves (via their purchase decision). It's cool that it's not worth it to you but it's a little silly that you seem to need everyone to agree. Or maybe you feel superior because it's not worthwhile for you? Either way, think about the things you enjoy buying and whether you'd want people telling you how stupid it is. Why try to steal someone's joy?
@Mitch-Suchiu:
We certainly aren't getting screwed (ie. Stiffed ie. Scammed) with this screwdriver!
@@DanKaschel because it's a damn screwdriver.
Been working at a similar factory as a kid. The engineers who create that kind of molds were looked at as gods. Linus took one of the most expensive approaches for his molds, he really didn't cut any corners there. On the other side...a bit surprised technology hasn't changed a bit in the last 20 years
It has but thats the beauty of injection moulding you can get fantastic repeatable results from old tech processes where super engineered injection moulding would be overkill
As someone who does injection molding for a living this was a great video explaining high level how much work goes into product design all the way to production! Props guys! Never expected to see engel presses on LTT
Injection molding is one thing I've not done before (I've done presses, lathes, another type of CNC that works from the top, and CNC benders). It's always interesting seeing the stuff from afar but I'm sure for the people there it's just 'another day in paradise' (Canada does seem to have better labor laws than we do so maybe better than my experiences).
I remember completing a PO for payment of tooling and it was like $25,000 and that was nothing. people have no idea how much this stuff cost to get up and running...."it's just melted plastic"....rrriiiight.
Your team has accumulated the sort of knowledge/experience that many big companies spend millions for. Make good use of it and be prepared to pay for it. Next up? How about a better sprue clipper?
Two things. First Linus was wearing the earplugs backwards. The round part goes into the ears. Second LTT should sell the dropped screwdrivers as a limited edition certified "Officially dropped by Linus" LTT Screwdriver!
Any Screwdriver dropped in published video should be designed "signature edition" with engraved serial numbers.
That’s what I was thinking. Linus should sign the box too. Hmm, why not auction it/them for charity?
@@allnicksweretaken Great idea!
@@MikkoRantalainen how about the serial number is the link of the video and add a time stamp in the moment the screwdriver was dropped?
@@ilyassekharbouch Yeah, TH-cam link to drop with correct "start" parameter encoded as a QR code would be nice.
Man put a ton of money into a screw driver. Points out all its great features. The design process. And even the flaws. You got my respect man.
mad respect for convincing his followers to pay this much for a screw driver.
@@NoFro-TL just say youre poor lmao. Several brands cost double this
@@SkylineGamingStudios But be real; Paying this or double this for a thing to turn screws (manually) is nothing to be proud of. I get fans wanting to pay towards a brand they love for quality; no hate from me because I've done it too, but there's nothing wrong with saying this price isn't worth it for yourself.
@@SkylineGamingStudios You’re right man. This is a screwdriver exclusively for wealthy people. Although It does absolutely nothing different
@@NoFro-TL I'm not buying a screwdriver. I'm just saying I respect him for showing the process, the lfaws, and what it's great at. I never said I was going to buy one
I love how Linus sat in for one of the operator and experienced the actual process of the mass production. Engineers would be way more content with their jobs if more corporate bosses were like this.
That's why I love working at a Velux plant. At my plant everyone who has any responsibility regarding a production area has to spend two weeks in production. Manager to planners and schedulers.
It gives a lot of advantages such as contacts in both management and production crews, and a much needed insight into the operations that happen. Also humanizes both ends of the operation.
I worked at a plastic pail factory. While it's fast-paced, you get in the rhythm. Some long-time operators can cover the whole machine while one or three goes on their break
It's true for basically any job that is line work, be it warehousing or factory. Especially if there was a rate that had to be met and the higher ups were also expected to reach that rate during their time on the line, and get penalized somehow if they don't. (My job has an aggressive curve to their "now you know the job so make rate" time, you're expected to be about 80% of rate after the first week, including the two days spent just teaching you the basics. It's stupid and wouldn't happen if management got dinged for doing as badly as the people they fire.)
@@LordDeathis It's important that people working at a company understand it's all *one operation*, and everyone appreciate and respect the part each worker plays in the whole for a company to be efficient and maximally successful. I once worked for a company, and the owner used to quiz prospective (and even some old-timers who had forgotten along the way) employees with the question: "What do we make?" The answer he was looking for was "Money". And the more we made, the more we, well, made. Keep an eye on the goal, respect and support each other, and things go well. Don't do that and, well... not so much.
@@MrJest2 ""What do we make?" The answer he was looking for was "Money""
I feel like that mentality is one of the things that's making our society progressively more and more dehumanizing. Sure, it's great for business... in the short term. But if you focus only on money, money, money, that's what leads to cutting corners for short-term profits, which makes the product and the company worse overall over time.
And yeah, "if we don't do it, somebody else will and put us out of business", well... If that's the only option, maybe we need to overhaul our system as a whole.
I dont know if im ever gonna buy one of these, but i willingly clicked on and enjoyed a 30 minute ad for a screwdriver. The design process was really cool to see, and i really respect the disclosure of prices and the respect for the people and machines who contributed was refreshing! I really wish more products had this much honesty and integrity in their ads, it was genuinely educational to watch.
For being a field service engineer I can appreciate more people seeing how industrial applications are carried we never take time in the work and design going into products and its awesome you shedding light on it
You mean about the wasteful nature of innovation like Apple? Or the over complications to they pass on to the end user to justify their profit margins?
12 years of pim experience and Paulson training/ school I can say this is my favorite video I’ve geeked out on. Your plastic materials can be thicker without the what you all called sag (it’s called sink) with a very experienced process technician at the wheel but I’m happy the route you all went. That gate hole you all obsessed over could have been solved with a hot runner mold instead of a cold runner molds that you all had bought but you would have been spending A LOT more money on mold design.
Gotta say, loved this video the most out of any cause you all got a taste of my field of work and kinda explained a bit more than surface level things. Thank you all for your hard work! Oh, just to ad, they are using the wrong sized nozzle of that injection press… you can tell by the blob of molten plastic at the end of the sprue. (where your mold meets the barrel) inexperience could lead to mold damage over time. But that’s years In the future. And the “auto gate cutter lol” is a sub gate in our field. Other things as well but I’ll stop nit picking ;)
This video show two things that I love about LTT: how honest they are about all their processes and the quality (and effort) in everything they do.
That's why I watch the videos and I ordered the screwdriver as soon as I saw the email notification. Please, keep the good work, we really appreciate it.
I bought it, I like, it, and while there are technically better "value" drivers out there, to me it was part merch, part very well made product, so it let me support a channel I have been watching for years and getting something that I use regularly out of it, it's the epitome of a win win.
Gotta say, the attention to detail gives me a lot of confidence in the driver. Everyone involved ought to be very proud. Looking forward to trying it out
i used mine to stab someone
Looks like a great product... tbh it's so hard now to find tools to buy where you can trust that the metal is high quality
I work at a computer repair shop and we'll all gladly be buying one, and writing it off as a work expense!
Looks generic asf.
@@filds1 What? Did you want your screw driver to have "Supreme" all over it?
yeah no. it looks lame as shoot
@@jemaritube Magnets and computers with spinning disks. No way. :)
As someone working as an injection molding technician for over 10 years I got to say…. Well done 👍
Videos like this one is why the internet has completely eaten TV alive. No traditional media outlet would explain a process like this as if it was just talking to a friend. Very interesting, informative, and entertaining. I need me one of these!
Love the transparency of your engineering journey, though manufacturers tend to fluff their specs or the capabilities I always prefer a third party that does excellent test and luckily Project Farm tested your ratcheting screwdriver and did exceptionally well so this is now a definite buy for me as most of the tools I currently have is based on Project Farm.
I was unsure about the price point until I watched the Project Farm video - I know what I'm buying the men in my life for Christmas this year. None of them build computers, but they all do miscellaneous stuff around the house/farm.
Project Farm is an awesome resource! I was surprised how well LTT did, until I watched this video. I'm definitely considering this purchase.
he thought the base was magnetic so he didn't design it fully he just sponsored it, be on this video he saids he was there the whole time but i got two of them watch hes live video you'll see.
Yeah especially in Mexico
Never in my entire life, thought I could get so excited over a screwdriver, like literally ! I was over the moon last night, when I got the email, that it was available ! I instantly ordered one ! 3 years was a long wait, I'm sure I can make it 3 more months until I get it. Thanks for everything Linus and crew ! Cheers !
Same. Got the black shaft + black and orange one because it's gonna last forever for me. I would've gotten the black on black too if I had more money lol.
@@M1nat0 Same! Got the black and orange with black. I don't care that it'll strip. Just shows the tool has some character. Not planning to ever sell it, got my Gamersnexus toolkit signed and now my LTT screwdriver. I am over the moon.
for $83 total shipped to me I much rather go down to my local Home Depot and buy FOUR Milwaukee Ratcheting Drivers for the same price (it's just more convenient for me to have 4 items that i can have in different places vs 1)
@@M1nat0 Didn't know there was a pricing difference between models. Anyway, I got the full black model (might have to wait a bit longer to get it, but, it's fine), with tax and shipping it amounted to $105 (USD). I live in Europe, the EU. Anyways, I would have payed double, if that was the case, just as a small token of appreciation for LTT, on my behalf.
@@realifejon well, there's no Home Depot in my country (Costa Rica) and its "equivalents" are literally the same price here due to our shitty currency + insane taxes so... happy u have that option :)
This is honestly amazing. As a mechanic, if a company came through and explained where/how/why, along with their fuckups, and fixes, I'd instantly buy their product. Honestly fully contemplating buying 2 of your drivers, and take the bits out of the second one, as extras for the computer one, and the second driver with full size bits for my mechanic work.
Something to consider for future hardware would be an interface system for usermods. For example the end cap would have been an awesome areas to include a threaded insert or be removeable so someone could 3d print some kind of accessory that is robustly connected to that section.
Perhaps an order by order system. This video is basically a statement that they're proud of this finished product. Not meant to be customizable.
I love how much of this was done locally.
I used to work at the tool store in maple ridge, and I was a megapro dealer. They make an excellent product.
And they have a wonderful team!
As someone that's working with and producing high tech military equipment it's really fun to watch someone explain all the intricate details about how damn hard and time consuming it is to produce actual near perfect products!
@Central Based Agency nope, not making weapons.
Maybe a tiny little helicopter?
fun fact, high tech military equipment is almost never getting even close to perfect. the production numbers, scope and timelines don't even allow for "kind of refined" most of the times.
I doubt these are near perfect products. Let's see some independent reviews first.
@@MicroageHD Project farm has a video out comparing it against others. It ranked favorably.
This video tickles my brain. I'm a Machining instructor for a state college and I'm extremely pleased with the ways you guys explain everything. Great work
As an ME with about 10 years of mass manufacturing at a small company, and long time lurker, I really appreciate these videos for a multitude of reasons. I wish you were US based, I'd reach out for an available position in a heartbeat and would've long before your popularity became what it is! 🙏✊️💙✌️
PS - yes I saw this when it came out but looping back to share with a family member who can appreciate quality and transparency from a company, especially a "start-up"/small business.
PPS - I sympathize with your struggles
PPPS [watching whole video again] - one of my favorite features of a cheapy screwdriver I had, before I lost it 😂, was that it had a built in shaft extension. Would be a killer feature for V2.0 🙂
It was too cool seeing the whole process. Gonna have to go ahead and make my first LTT store purchase.
hi meme guy
My first LTT Store purchase was the limited edition fucking eggshell tshirt from the paint rant
The screwdriver was my second
I was hesitant to purchase on launch day, and the price was steep. Now I know why and I couldn't be happier, can't wait to get mine in my hands. I figured you get what you pay for and I felt that I could count on the team at LMG to deliver, looks like my hunch was right. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to putting out a quality product.
lolollolololo. a fanboy and his screwdriver! hahahahah
@Jenny Melo it's a good product and Linus and his team are transparent in the designing and no excuses on why they've been so late, I'd say Linus and everyone else at LTT deserve the Fanboying lol
@@MaritimesNB No Way! that's like 4 million USD! I gotta get one for kicks
@@doommarine8103 bro you can get a near identical screwdriver for $20 instead of the $70 this dude is charging
@Jenny Melo the wheel has come a long way since Invented. If the big brains of the world had your mentality, we would have stone wheels pushed by slaves, let that sink in.
11:35 it’s reassuring to know that preventing pull out catastrophes is a high priority for you and your team, Linus
@@92kosta that’s a beautiful thing, really happy for him and a little envious. Time to get some of my own :)
I am confused
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@@vcommandarv5916 Pull up
@@92kosta Was about to make the same joke.
I've had mine for about 2 months now. It's seen a ton of use. I love it. I wish I had it years ago. I don't really drop things, so I can't speak to drop durability, but in terms of how it feels in my hand, how convenient the bits are, and nice the ratcheting action feels. I can't see wanting a different screwdriver anytime soon.
As an engineer who's worked a wide range of teams/products I really appreciated this video. I'm working on molded production parts professional right now myself and considering looking into running my own small business and its just cool to see someone else openly discussing their product tip to butt.
me! me! me! MEEEEE! Did someone say something that ME relates to? ME! ME! ME!!
@@francopanigaia2425 what was the point of this comment?
Working in the plastic molding field, I had to have a small laugh as Linus was trying to assemble with out gloves. That material can be hot enough to burn you quite easily... I know from personal experience :(. It's amazing tho how small the world really is we use a bigger version of those molding presses. The material ratio and everything is just fascinating to understand from an out side perspective. Will be getting me an LTT screwdriver as soon as I can. Great job guys love the attention to quality and the dedication to customers.
Seeing it's manufacturing process makes me understand why the screwdriver is priced like that. I'm not knowledgeable in this field, but I assume 40 second cycle time is SLOW, and I don't know how many injectors they have there, but if they are churning out 2 screw drivers every 2 minutes (from plastic piece, to assembly, I guess it's around 2 mins?) that's a pretty low volume yield, meaning costs are higher.
@@teebles it is 90 screwdrivers an hour. So 2160 a Day. I assume they built up some of them before official launch.
So its around a 100000 in 2 months.
I kinda doubt they are gonna sell more than 100000 in first 3 months. And i assume they have at least 2 of those machines so 2 as much. So more than enough.
@Taistelu_pelto I'm including assembly while it's hot... Screwdriver finishes assembly in around 2 mins...
@@teebles Hmm, 40 seconds. Depends on what you comparing that to. Bottle caps yes its slow (approx. 2-3 sec to 24-96 pieces), Car bumpers...maybe (depends on size but it´s around 60-100 sec a piece). But more on the technical side of that... it depends on the technological process, how long is the real cooling time, injection speed and holding preasure and so on. It is a lot to learn to "make the machine go" as you like it. So to conclude that, 40 seconds is kinda average. 😀
@@KrolPawi I'm like 90% sure they only have one machine (well 2, 1 for each different part), as they "only" paid 200k for the injection molds. You need one set for the shaft and another set for the bit holder parts (other shape and material). And while 40 sec for 2 shafts is quite slow, it should be more than enough for them in the long run.
As an industrial designer this was great entertainment, as well as a fantastic bit of consumer education on the decisions made for most products out there. Everything from avoiding undercuts, and shrink marks, flash etc, and the nuances of tooling for mass production, while trying to make things as ergonomic, aesthetic, and structurally integral as possible for the life of the product was really in easy to digest manner.
So a year later of hemming and hawing I bought the LTT screwdriver and I am legitimately surprised. The knurling is VERY aggressive and feels amazing. The selector ring being modified to TURN IT THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO is a game changer to me. I have a Megapro and Craftsman and the LTT is still notably better for small tasks like 3-D printer maintenance. The handle ergonomics are great, build quality is up there with the best and it has the strength to do a much most people's grip will allow. Overall, Great Job LTT!!
This is not just a screwdriver. It's LTTs morals, heart, dedication and drive in a product. This is what I call an ADD man! Youre an inspiration, for all the "wrong" reasons. Everything you guys do should just be standard when it comes to production and vending. Yall know why commercials make no sense now a dayts? Its because the products barely do and it helps cover up the plethora of problems it wouldve costed them too much to fix. Congrats on the launch everyone, cant wait for my new piece of LTT :D
The development process of the LTT screwdriver really demonstrates the power of 3D print prototyping to me. If we are stuck with only handcrafting, this could cost even more to develop.
Modern day engeneering in general man... everything from material science, to 3d molding, printing, laser cuting, softwere development etc... we really have come a long way as a species.
Additive manufacturing and prototyping is so much more efficient, but cnc milling could also have been employed. The body of knowledge accumulated in these fields is astounding.
You should sell the ones with minor visual defects at a discount, that'd reduce waste and be a cool move for the people that don't have that much money to spend.
Would not be worth the hassle of management
They'll likely use the blemished ones around the office. That's the standard procedure for merchandise with a functional pass, but damaged finish. It reduces waste AND internal cost.
@@AvoCattoTV I'd assume there'd be quite a bit of blemished ones, like way too much for just the office.
Like even assuming a percentage as low as 1 or 2% which I think would be quite low if you take the production numbers he mentioned when talking about manufacturing the molds, that's a whole lot of screwdrivers.
Factory seconds have been a thing at most factories my dad managed. A lot were given away but some were sold in stores as seconds.
Sell them as “Dropped by Linus!” Edition, for twice the price. With a certificate of authenticity.
You have spoiled me. Now I want a video like this for essentially every product I buy.
Kudos to you for the (near?) Steve Jobs-level attention to detail. Definitely makes me want to buy one.
But they’re *70 dollars*? I was hoping for half that. Oh well.
As a manufacturing/industrial engineer, this video of the entire design and manufacturing process is a great summary to show in the classroom.
Yeah isn't it interesting how those of us who know anything about tools or just use/abuse them at work are excited for a good quality screwdriver like this? Like sure I bet I can put way more torque on my Wera than this ltt one but they are different use cases.
@@GameTimeWhy it's also interesting how many people seem to be upset that we're excited. No! Stop that! Put that smile down!
@@DanKaschel NO you can't stop me :)
Honestly I would pay double for a certified “Linus dropped this screwdriver” with scratches and all.
You shouldn't. If it was dropped on the metal part that part would be brittle - possibly such that it could fracture when used.
@@TobiasHJohansen he'd probably frame it up and hang it on his wall rather than use it...
Spolier: It cant survive many falls. And probably not even 1 fall over 10 feet.
@@HeartMarksman says who?
@@arsenhere7020 Your mom
Man the workshop transformed into a filming set is amazing!
I honestly forgot that it was the workshop till you mentioned it.
Damn true!!!
It looked so cousy with the orange lighting like a christmas morning
Only LTT could make a production line this much fun and educative. 🎉 Thank you LTT TEAM!
So much valuable lessons for startups in this video. I just love how open you guys are about this whole process - and how you always made 'the right choice' instead of 'the easy way'. Best of luck with this very cool product! That ninja star thingy looks so simple, but shows how much reflection and thoughts went into this design.
So much respect for going through with this and changing every tiny issue. Even pointed out small flaws it still has. Not to mention it looks like a ideal/perfect screwdriver.
Really.. it's a $70 screwdriver and it *still* has small flaws? No thanks..
@@hhaste the flaws are unavoidable cosmetic defects due to the molding process. Even then they did everything they could to minimize it. As far as the price, $70 is not a ton considering the hundreds of thousands they put into everything. The quality is far better or at the minimum on par with anything near that range. Design is likely better too.
@@thebaum64 I think the point is that a simple screwdriver should never approach that price, regardless of who’s brand is on the handle.
@@staceyfunk9689 You're paying for quality materials, thus the higher price. Most don't use that quality of steel or even that grade of plastic. You get what you pay for.
@@labrikorn_3299 You're paying for quality materials, thus the higher price. Most don't use that quality of steel or even that grade of plastic. You get what you pay for.
Man, watching Kyle's eyes light up when he starts talking about the HOW of manufacturing these screwdrivers, is AWESOME..... That's how you know he has a real passion for it.
I have been a watcher of your videos for years, and I also make furniture. I have used many ratcheting screwdrivers, and I recently purchased yours and I love it. it is definitley the best screwdriver I have ever used. Thank you for making this. It is awesome
Congratulations! I was a day one order, and am excited to get mine delivered. and THANK YOU for putting in the CARE and holding to your ideals to make a great product. I hope this becomes the example for more manufactures, make good products and your customers will respond.
@New Moon I just looked it up and it's garbage. Pretty sure you just like it because it's American made.
@New Moon Unless you have one of the LTT screwdrivers in hand, how can you say this? You'd need one of each to compare them which is exactly what the LTT group did. They compared them to many other screwdrivers with the intention of making a screwdriver that fits the needs of those that tend to do a lot of computer teardowns and builds. Oh and the LTT screwdriver can hold twice the amount of bits that the MAC tools one can.
Lol I just have my set from Aliexpress with like 50 bits. It's soo handy for any type of work and when I do electronics, I never needed to have bits in the back, there is always bunch on a table. This is just fanboying. You need only multiple screwdrivers when you are working watches. For electronics, you need a ton of bits. For normal stuff, you need aku anyway if you work daily.
sheep
@@niuchajianfa6222 Ah yes, the good old intelligent reply when you don't know what to say. Bravo.
Well, three years ago I thought Linus was being ever so slightly anal about building a perfect screwdriver.
18 months ago I thought that the obsession was ever so slightly insane.
I have now watched a 30 minute video on designing the perfect screwdriver and thoroughly enjoyed every second.
Perhaps Linus having these high level demands for perfection hasn't been such a bad thing after all.
Congratulations to everyone involved for bringing Linus' dream to life.
i just hope they sell well, cause I'm sure this was a huge and costly investment on his end
to be fair, he's still insane
Dude after 3 years you still have to ‘hack’ the screw driver in order to use non-proprietary bits???? This screwdriver goes against everything Linus accuses other companies of doing. He literally suggests grinding store bought driver bits so they fit. How does he sleep at night honestly suggesting that??? It’s not evil it’s just the silliest thing I’ve heard him say by far.
@@meangreen99 goes to show that no matter how hard people work, not everyone in the world can be satisfied. You are one of the everyone who are not satisfied after years of hardwork, R&D, and money spent on a project.
@@meangreen99 I thought the size only mattered for storage in the handle. Any length bit should work in the tip.
As a production engineer, I can appreciate every little detail that your team had to work through with this project. It is crazy just how long it takes to perfect plastics processes.
it was VERY fascinating to see the whole process, especially seeing how the individual pieces changed during it's development
This was the tipping point for me. I haven't seen any one or company this excited and honest about this and that personal dedication, enjoyment and sheer analism is attractive. See you on the store!
I just ordered one to say thank you back for the years of entertainment, commitment, and staying authentic in the tech TH-camr space!
Yeah, same here. I don't exactly need a screwdriver every day, but if you guys are passionate about this project, I'm happy to overpay (considering my use case, not quality) for this in order to support you.
Now, if only I could have had the backpack shipped in the same order. Guess that one will have to wait :(
Interesting fact: GM ignition switches failing in the early 2000's were also caused by a part being out of spec by around five thousandths of an inch.
Had to do some conversion to figure out what that is in metric. 0,127 mm is quite a lot when it comes to manufacturing (source: I'm a CNC operator)
Is that why the key got stuck in my Pontiac?
@@MrM45teri'm also a cnc machinist, and yea, when ur tolerance is like .05 or even .02 mm. .12 mm is a lot
Damn
@@cyber2526 not really, when it is completely impossible to see that level of discrepancy visually. So if a machine doesn't report the issue there is no way to know it is off. Unless of course you manually measure each and every party by hand, which isn't feasible in a manufacturing environment.
what i love abt LTT is no matter what you can always count on linus to care about the quality of their products. ESPECIALLY when it comes to products for consumers, his fans and community.
Bought one about 15 minutes after they dropped. Wound up at the beginning of wave 2 with solid black handle with black shaft. Total blackout coloration. Been meaning to replace my Stanley driver thats gotten me through 8 years of PC building that i got at walmart for 20 bucks. Watching LTT while I was younger got me to the point where i am now, where I have a salaried job, home, and living a comfortable life by pushing me to chase after IT as career. Funny thing, the screw driver will probably ship on the day I get married (the 31st of October). So this will be quite a comical wedding present for myself. Funny how things all workout....
remember black shaft screwdrivers don't necessarily ship in the wave you saw, as there's limited amount of them
Congratulations on all your blessings!
Yeah, there's nothing like a solid black handle with a black shaft to satisfy your needs. I hope it'll fit in your holes.
Congratulations bro!🥳
Keep the blackout somewhere safe, get another one. It may appreciate in value as it is a limited production item.
I bought 2, and even if I don't necessarily need them (as one will just be held in packaging with black shaft on LTT orange/black handle) I highly appreciate the passion, time, and energy you all (as a team) poured into the project. It's my first merch purchase to date, and I am certain I will be floored at the quality when my wave 3 screwdrivers arrive.
I am working for a pretty huge intl. technological company and 2 years for introducing the new product from proposal phase thru design and engineering (various thermal, structural calculations) phase, protos, sourcing, validation etc...is pretty much OK, so I would say you've done a great job :))
Prototypes are easy, production is hard. Love this type of content and I want to see more!
Yeah should try prototyping something that dont exist yet
@@andrikurniawan531 ok
I know this one, it's a classic
I never thought I'd watch a whole half hour video about a screw driver, yet here we are.
Ayyyyyy, you taking a break while benchmarks run? Hahaha
@@KC-bg1th It's how I watch so much TH-cam
Linus I just have to say, after years of watching you since 2013, I finally visited the LTT store and purchased this screwdriver immediately. I'm not a full-time Pc builder, however, I am a full-time Aircraft Technician, and boy do I have to say, without even having my hands on this, this screwdriver will become my new daily (even over all my snap-on ones but keep that on the DL)! Great work on the project thus far and wish you the best in not only future tools but profits from all your hard work and dedication!
I aspire to be an aircraft technician, Nice meeting you!
Better get a proper WERA Set with an insulated shaft, instead of that LTT crap. (Wera Kraftform Kompakt VDE 7 Imperial 1)
@@maxking3 if they want to buy it - let them buy it. I’m sure you have not used LTT screwdriver yet so you’re just trying to post shit without evidences
@@maxking3 As someone who uses tools everyday, and as hard as I do for a living. Only a few manufactures keep up with my demand. The screw driver you told me to get is extremely good if you need to keep static discharge to a minimum, however, in my experience on Aircraft, Diesel trucks, Cars, and computers it is rare. I've owned Wera screwdrivers and feel that they are cheaply made and not the most quality, therefore in my opinion I'm still very excited to receive my LTT screwdriver!
@@RakanA Nice meeting you as well! Keep up the hard work and make sure you have a solid level of integrity, and patience! Hope to see you at a hanger one day!
I've worked in Molding for a few months and I honestly quite enjoyed it. Thanks for this video, takes me back a bit :)
Plastic injection molder here. I loved hearing you mention the complexity and challenges in my field.
Just the other day even I was involved in a function modification in a mold for a medical component. I am pleased to say my idea for how we decided to change it actually worked, and was inexpensive.
My point here is that if it didn't work, the cost would have been extremely high. And that's just for a modification, let alone building the whole tool.
Plastic injection molded parts are seen as "cheap" only due to volume of production.
The mold for something as simple as a soda bottle cap can cost a million dollars or more, if it's large and complex enough.
I have to say I love this level of customer care , the fact that they managed to think not just from a production point of view but also from customer's point of view is amazing.
Fantastic Job! Came here after watching Project Farm's video featuring your screwdriver. I am an engineer that has some experience making prototypes for a company. You knew exactly what you wanted and achieved it. It is incredible how many established companies make a product that seems like nobody who designed it has ever used it. You really channeled the Kaizen concept.
I’ve been wearing in the stubby daily for some months now, and I’m impressed by the quality. The only thing I wasn’t sure about was the ninja star bit holder, and I’ve been wondering about the long-term durability of the little bit holder nubbins. Learning that it’s made of Delrin cleared all my doubts - that stuff can handle years of abuse and then simply pop back, good as new, every time.
A wholehearted thanks to your entire team for being obsessive about the details on this thing. 💜 I really, really like it.
I work at an injection molding factory, so this part was extra fascinating to me. I should point out one error there by the way. The piston you pointed to at and said "you can actually see the piston right here that is driving molten plastic into the mold". That piston does not inject the plastic. It moves the whole injection back and forth, and holds the tip of the injection to the mold to it makes a tight seal to the mold. If that wasn't there, a lot of your plastic would fail to go into the mold, and you'd get a short shot - where the mold doesn't fill up all the way and the handle becomes scrap.
Including the information of the materials, temperatures, and mold design was really interesting. Thanks!
Although I'm still a senior in high school, I work at an American manufacturing plant where I am an injection molding operator. I do everything from running parts that need a human aspect per shot, to swapping whole molds. So it's great to see you guys displaying my field so well (Including Linus failing to keep up with the shot time). Everything you talked about was on point with me audibly agreeing with every statement made. Great video, hope you make more about injection molding and precision machining as a whole.
You just had to get in that "Although I'm still a senior in high school" lmaoo do you feel better about yourself??
@@DualReaver11 nah. I just said that to illustrate my ignorance on the actual science/math behind plastic molding.
Cool story
@@DualReaver11 idk bro, him mentioning that to me seems like he's trying to say he is very fresh to this and doesn't know everything yet, instead of trying to "act cool"
As an Austrian guy, living only 15km away from "Engel" it makes me excited to see the injection-molding machine from Engel in a LTT-Video
Agreed, i was slightly excited too. Been working for them for exactly 7 years today.
I've spent most of my career as an electrician looking for the perfect screwdriver. I'm glad LTT has spent a few years of that time building it for me. Looking forward to it coming in in a couple weeks. Kyle and Linus on the floor with the mold are great.
When are product keynotes gonna be like this. I would love if apple, amd, or really any company would show us the design process. I feel if it takes 3 years for a screw driver to be perfected then the amount of time it takes for some very big products to be released it seems like they wouldn't have the time to perfect every aspect of the design like your team did. Granted they might have more people but still this opens my eyes to the behind the scenes of the mass production and manufacturing process
Great Work!
The answer is simple, the produced video of how their products are made itself doesn't generate revenue for them. It's just a huge expense that you get nothing out of as a company other than user entertainment. Bear in mind you need a ton of work to put in to produce a single high quality video.
Are you joking Apple always does videos like this that’s how that were made so popular to begin with remember Johnny Ives????
The big companies have been doing this for years and have solid connections within the manufacturing industry as well as billions spent on r&d + operations management to continuously develop and hit timelines. Their size and scale allows them to function differently to LTT.
The detail of the manufacturing process that LTT have gone into is elite levels of greatness though, highly appreciated!
LOL at wanting Apple to be transplant with their product releases... They spend 50% of their budget figuring out how to screw you out of your money v.s. how to deliver something that'll last forever. Let's not kid ourselves here, the only reason why Apple is a trillion dollar company is because they figured out how to prey on emotional weaklings with money to throw on a so called status symbol. That's all.
I used to love how 5 or so years ago it was all about the tech and innovations in keynotes. Now it's a race to how woke they can be and it's as if the keynotes are made for Dummies, no specs, no engineering. This video sold me and I didn't even want a screwdriver!
A couple years ago I was astounded at how hard it was to simply find a good screwdriver and bit set, I got bits where the metal bent when trying to unscrew something for the first time! Like, really?? Needless to say, I will absolutely be getting this, it seems like the thing that will work for life
you need to be living in a very weird privileged planet. One where the 50+ top notch hardware companies dont produce the over 400 competitive products priced at a small fraction of this. A planet where the same exact screwdriver that I received for christmas (and costed 29 USD) is now worth 120 USD from your bank account because of a slightly different LTT handle. Oh, my christmas gift actually had 2 screwdrivers. One like this and one smaller. both with the same exact features including the compartment with bits in the handle. you could buy 2 of those sets, 2 bits sets from Ifixit and take your gf out for dinner with ltt screwdriver money.
Best way to sell this product biggest selling point was the strong magnet, no more magnetizing my little shitty drivers, and yeah the price is a lil steep but being as to how much knowledge this mans bestowed upon us on youtube with 0 guarantee of a cash flow from it i figure its worth spending the extra bucks, pay this money so they can continue making the best products on the market and not just buy someone elses garbage and slap their name on it, the people appreciate a good product, and it shows, already 70,000 units sold and not shipping those last 10k til november, and at $70 they pulled in 5 million which i presume has already covered their initial investment 5x. Not just paying for a great product but a great teacher aswell
I gave up years ago and now only buy Wiha precision screwdrivers and have never had that happen again.
I just watched Project Farms review of your driver. It looked like the best option IMO out of the ones he tested. Some up to 140$. He even detailed how your mechanism differed from the mega pro version.
Project Farm is one of the best channels on TH-cam for testing tools and many other implements. Todd is the best in my opinion.
th-cam.com/video/845HUaWYSQA/w-d-xo.html
Where is this review
@@marcsimmler6176 Here on TH-cam. You can type "Project Farm Screwdriver" in the search bar and it should pop up. He reviews a bunch of different drivers and compares them all at once.
Project Farms is great.
@@ChromeOkra Taking a bit less cocaine before the voiceover wouldn’t hurt his videos.
I don't even need a screw driver. Ima buy 2 though. This is just amazing transparency into the whole process and just owning something you've seen a group of people put so much time, passion and love into makes it worth owning to me. Even if it sits on my shelf. Also, the project farm video dropped today and the driver performed very well. Bravo all around guys, you deserve it.
Insane how honesty will gets you…. Making a really good screwdriver telling honest tiny flaws and then get tested by the only channel I know that do honest reviews (projectfarms) and coming out on top! Well done !
The dedication it requires to make such a product... If I were assigned with such a task, I would have left and gone "Screw This!"
leave
Nice pun
good thing you're not a designer then eh?
Get out
But with what tool would you have skrewed it???
Got one of the black ones from my boss fore Christmas. One of the best hings I've gotten this year. Already used it to service a coulple customer PCs and it feels so good in hand.
I've worked in injection molding, and it's cool to see the process explained to the public. It's valuable knowledge to know how many of our consumer goods are made.
Me to, work nightshift at such a factory handling between 10-25 machines alone. It`s fun to see them explain "our" work in detail :)
The Memphis Zoo of all places had a small little injection molding vending machine with glass so you could see the process that made giraffes and hippo's probably 40 years ago. I've remembered that all these years because it was so cool.
I severely underestimated the level of ingenuity required to create a product that surprisingly seems simple and effective on the outside, but required over years of meticulous effort. Congratulations on your launch!
I absolutely adore the transparency. I love to know what my tools are made of and it is almost always nearly impossible to figure out. I also thoroughly appreciate the insight into the design and mass manufacturing process.
oh yeah theres only snap on, sk, pb swiss, wiha, wera, hazet, gedore, wright, chapman, mac, vessel, ktc, and the dozens of other non slave labor brands telling you metal specs and costing a fraction but ok.
Oh basic metal specs for single material items sure, they will tell you what the pliers and hammers are made out of. What I want is a full schematic of even large complex items like power drills that show exactly what material each individually. For most mechanical tools and virtually any non-industrial power tools it is nearly impossible to find out what the internal parts are made of without tearing it down to check part stamps, if they are present.
Just got mine today and I am positively impressed. Especially with the honest marketing.
A lot if times I will buy things and find tiny errors in them after time. (I don't complain about it but it's always sad to not be able to forget about them afterwards)
This is the first product I feel like I won't be surprised by any flaws because you openly admit the teeny-tiny ones that are left. And these are certainly so small that I can easily get over it.
GREAT JOB 👍
Gotta say I love the lighting and image quality from the first 10 seconds of this video, even going just a year back it amazes me how the production quality of LTT keeps going up! Love the screwdriver, too, I'll be picking one up to keep in my hobby/makerspace!