Welcome to Oliphant Tool Company
Manufacturer of carbide pins & punches for cold forming
Supplying the world leaders in fastener technology for over 25 years
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Made in Huntington Beach, California
Oliphant Tool Company is a modern 90+ machine carbide punch manufacturing facility in Huntington Beach. Located on the sunny Southern California coast mid-way between Los Angeles and San Diego, Huntington Beach with its mild climate, miles of beaches, great schools and family atmosphere, is a wonderful place to live and work.
Three Generations of Tool & Die Craftsmen
Horace Oliphant spent his career as a machinist with the famed Skunk Works at Lockheed in Burbank, California. Throughout the height of the Cold War he worked on many secret projects including the U-2 and Article 121, the precursor to the legendary SR-71 “Blackbird”, garnering multiple awards from top Lockheed executives including C.L. “Kelly” Johnson.
After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army where he served in the 6th Missile Battalion, 52d Artillery, the first HAWK missile battery in Germany during the building of the Berlin Wall, Bill Oliphant got his start in tool and cutter grinding at the same Lockheed plant his father worked. After managing a tool & die shop in the early 1970’s and partnering in a tool & die shop later in the decade, Bill founded Oliphant Tool Company in 1983. Enjoying programming as a hobby he combined his journeyman tool and cutter grinding expertise and computer programming experience with the electronics skills gained in the military to create our first prototype CNC centerless grinding machine tool. This forever changed how small tool and die shops would make pins.
Now with the third generation, General Manager and Chief Software Architect Chris Oliphant brings over 20 years of multi-discipline experience to Oliphant Tool Company including tool and cutter grinding, carbide metallurgy, electronics, mechanical & software engineering and advanced mathematics.
Customer Service and Technical Support
With decades of experience in not only tool manufacturing but also the cold forming process we can provide tool life extension support and helpful technical assistance for any challenges our customers face.
For customer service and technical support please contact us.
Oliphant Tool Company
15652 Chemical Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Customer Service
Phone 714-903-6336
Fax 714-903-6321
custservice@oliphanttool.com
Technical Support
Phone (714) 903-6346
Fax (714) 903-6321
techsupp@oliphanttool.com
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Oliphant Tool Company
15652 Chemical Lane
Huntington Beach, California
Phone: +01 (714) 903-6336 Fax +01 (714) 903-6321
Customer Service: custservice@oliphanttool.com
Technical Support: techsupp@oliphanttool.com
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