Friday, October 31, 2008

Here is an example of how NOT to make a promotional video, unless you're trying to satirize yourself.



Overlong, cheesy, and boring. It's like those Drivers Ed videos they made you watch in high school. Once again, I'd point you to the promo video for the Mexican metal stamping company, Border Metal Stamping, to see an example of how to do it right (click here to view). It gets across the same information in half the time, and doesn't make you feel embarrassed for the metal stamping industry.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Book on Metal Stamping

Check out The Metal Stamping Process by Jim Szumera. It's not the most thorough book out there, but it does give a decent overview of metal stamping industry practices, and gets you thinking about some basic and essential things.

Monday, October 13, 2008

What is Tool and Die?

Here is a pretty good (but cheesy) video explaining what it is we do:





More later!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Crazy Working Conditions in China

I love unfettered capitalism as much as the next person, but isn't there some point where you go, Wait, hold on just a minute? Maybe we should think about some fettering?

I'd say that point is reached in the following video:


Tuesday, October 7, 2008

LA Tool and Die

This site has nothing to do with tool and die-- it's really a band-- but it does have a neat splash page and good art work:

LA Tool & Die

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Border Metal Stamping video

The first link is to a short video of factory life, taken in a factory in Nogales, Mexico-- kind of a maquiladora operation. There are huge punch presses (including a 300 ton Komatsu and a 220 ton Niagra) and a lot of other equipment for metal stamping you can see. The name of the company is Border Metal Stamping (and this is their website).



Back soon with more sites I like!