How Millions of Pliers Are Made Every Year

Klein Tool’s 150-year-old recipe for success is to watch how its world-famous pliers get made at its manufacturing headquarters in Mansfield, Texas.
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“The forgings start off as a 20-foot bar of steel,” Matt Marinovic, vice president of manufacturing, hand tools, tells Popular Mechanics. “We heat up the steel until it’s bright orange and then cut it to length.”
Then Klein Tools’ forgers pound the steel until it forms the familiar shape of a plier halves - not dissimilar from the ones Klein forged so many decades ago. Then, workers drill the hole in both halves along with the cutting edges and the knurl, the small teeth-like structures that improve a pliers’ grip. Finally, things come together. The two halves are riveted and welded together and finally, the rivet heads are ground off for a clean finish.
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How Millions of Pliers Are Made Every Year | Made Here | Popular Mechanics

[@drmodestoesq]

Interesting to see the factory that all my Klein pliers were made.
And thanks to all the workers and the hard work and diligence they put in.

[@kwhp1507]

I would love to have some narration especially during the pining or joining process.

[@bishthefish]

Nice to just watch the process happen and enjoy what you are seeing. My big draw for this channel is these videos of just the sights & sounds of the creation process.

[@jenhughes1777]

Yes, no crunchy obnoxious heavy metal elevator music like that other series!

[@kbyrdleroy]

Fascinating.

[@billrobbins8351]

Narration would make it as little more interesting.

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nice

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