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@RevRaptor898

3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe this channel deleted my comment revealing KiwiCo's cultural appropriation. This company is using our cultural and national identity for their company name and are unashamedly profiteering from it and have been doing so since 2011. My respect for Tested has gone right out the window.

@rioncitylife1917

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, thats a lot of hammers the wood hammer looks like a thor hammer vety cool

@tested

3 жыл бұрын

​@@RevRaptor898 What? We've been filming all day and haven't even looked at comments until now. We don't see it in moderation, either. Where and when did you post it?

@RevRaptor898

3 жыл бұрын

@@tested Like 2 minutes before this post I made. I'm think it might be because the posts had links in them in hindsight. I get pretty mad about this topic because it's really important to us and nobody outside of NZ understands just how wrong this is. I kid you not some parents in NZ have bought these kits and feel like they have been scammed. www.stuff.co.nz/business/109626695/kiwico-not-as-kiwi-as-you-might-think

@87thisguy

3 жыл бұрын

Several years ago I made the mistake of hitting a hammer against another, one head shattered sending metal into my arm, had to have surgery to rejoin severed nerves and remove 4 piece of metal from my arm. About a month later the mythbusters episode about hammers aired lol

"A nail is a way we used to hold shit together" I loved that xD

@thenerdlabofficial

3 жыл бұрын

It also seems like he realized he "accidentally" let that slip because right after that there was a slight pause and then starts to laugh.

@TheWeirdSailorMan

3 жыл бұрын

Also before nails, a good woodworker managed to make items without a single nail and the item was in one piece for ages. Even houses were made like that.

@opheriaux

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWeirdSailorMan flat cut nails were commonly used, unfortunately modern nails are not nearly as good at their job as flat cut nails were

6:45 "The shape of your peen has a specific effect on what you're hammering." Great advice, not only for the workshop.

The mere fact that there are talks (on hammers) being given by hammer experts makes me happy as shit.

Consider adding a dead-blow mallet to your collection. Dead-blow mallet heads contain a chamber full of sand, small lead shot or similar. They are great for transferring energy into the workpiece instead of the tool 'bouncing back'...

@ryzellon

2 жыл бұрын

Here's the video from July 2020 where he talks more about the mallet he showed at 3:57, which is a deadblow: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n32Wj5WAfpWonLg.html (and the earlier portion of that video includes him talking about The Convincer)

@blackoak4978

2 жыл бұрын

I think he has one. He used it to make the new clip for his all in one tool

@mikem5475

2 жыл бұрын

I've never felt the need to use a tool which absorbs energy. I definitely don't care about a hammer bouncing back and being ready for the next swing

@fireballxl-5748

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikem5475 Well, it appears you have no need but for us serious users of the "hammer"...a dead blow comes in very handy. BTW, you do know a dead blow hammer does NOT "bounce" back like an ordinary hammer, right?

@mikem5475

2 жыл бұрын

@@fireballxl-5748 where on earth would you want a hammer that doesn't bounce back? You're shaking a baby rattler that exhausts you

Hi Adam, you have indeed shown "the convincer" before. It might have been in the thwacker video or at some point around that period.

@chrismiller12341

3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say this. And you comment was right there. 👍

@Hell4Gamers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, as soon as he said that I rushed to the comments too. lol

@brandonejem8620

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I'm here to echo the same!

@linuswalden

Жыл бұрын

Ah, the thwacker - the hammer that broke before ever hammering on a thing.

Virtually every house in America is still held together mostly with nails. Ironically, most of those nails are not installed with a hammer.

@Ryan6.022

3 жыл бұрын

Well interestingly enough the component in an air nailer that strikes the top of the nail is indeed called a hammer.

@goodwolf152

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ryan6.022 Touché!

@Jolamprex

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about how the claw hammer was almost certainly designed for framing houses.

@thomashverring9484

3 жыл бұрын

A framing hammer is just a long claw hammer.

@blahfasel2000

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Jolamprex It's similar but not the same as what carpenters use. A carpenter's or framing hammer has one of the claw teeth elongated and sharpened to a point. This can be used to move around lumber by using the tip as a hook that gets rammed into the wood (this will leave a deep mark of course, but that doesn't really matter in framing that will be invisible anyway). Also the flat end of the hammer is usually ribbed to give it more grip and make it less likely to slip off a nail head when striking hard.

I believe Adam showed off that hammer in a Q&A before with almost the exact same story

@biduleman6941

3 жыл бұрын

Multiple times, also he designed another hammer based on the little thwacker he loves so much but it was too heavy and the handle broke. He repaired it with twine or leather but even then he didn't find it super comfortable because of the weight.

@PilotPhteven

3 жыл бұрын

Just like the several times he took us all up to the loft for the very first time. And always shows us all the mythbuster bobbleheads for the very first time.

@AdrianEdmundson

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, give Adam a break. He can't possibly know how many times he's taken us into the loft or shown us the bobbleheads. He's a busy person. Just kick back and enjoy his enthusiasm and genuine happiness.

@PeterPetersNL

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone tells things for the first time over and over. Usually things they love talking about. Because of the enthusiasm people don't often tell you they have heard it before a couple of times. 😀

"I can't believe I haven't shown you [the convincer hammer] before!" Because you have. Like 3-4 times. 😅

@Call-me-Al

3 жыл бұрын

It's as fun every time :D

“... Was that too dark?” Not at all, and damn accurate

@dawnqwerty

3 жыл бұрын

I’d rather learn, then keep everything light

I am extremely disappointed you didn't include on the table your book "Every tool's a hammer."

@klo1679

3 жыл бұрын

The book hammer

@MrJruta

3 жыл бұрын

Unless it’s a screwdriver, then it’s a chisel 👍

@TylerFurrison

2 жыл бұрын

If he had the one that someone turned into a hammer, then he definitely would

@klo1679

2 жыл бұрын

@@TylerFurrison he does actually have that hammer. He probably forgot to bring it out

@ecksdeeeXD

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJruta I've used the handle of a screwdriver to whack stuff before by holding it by the bit. It's a hammer lol

After 3.5 years of vocational training I became a certified metalworker in Germany, and I still have the hammer I had to file by hand as one of the first exercises!

Something I learned surprisingly late about hammers: if you don’t have enough thwack, don’t start hitting the thing harder - get a bigger hammer. It really makes a difference.

I remember watching the video when he made his brass twacker. It was so pristine and shiny at that time and it's actually delightful to see it darkened and dinged, and just used. I don't often see it used in the videos, but it sure as hell was.

I always love how enthusiastic Adam is about his tools

If I remember right, the Crown wooden mallet is made of beechwood. One important feature of that design is that the striking faces are NOT parallel. They are angled so that the face naturally strikes the target straight on, spreading the force as much as possible. Used a lot by woodworkers to bring tight joinery together.

He had me at "the shape of the peen, having a specific effect on what you're hammering"

Thanks for the coda, Adam. That image of everyone smashing a car brought such a smile to my face. Thanks for the show & tell, Adam. Thanks for the excellent filming, Gunther, and nice, nice editing, Norm. You all show why this is such a wonderful channel.

Adam, Your favorite ball peen hammer is actually a planishing hammer with a nice custom handle.

I'm a tool junkie also, and I have a plethora of hammers. My favorites are my dead blow hammers. I have probably a dozen or better, large 8 lb. & small 5 oz. One thing I enjoy is making my own handles for my hammers and axes. Thanks for sharing your collection

I love how excited Adam is about Hammer handles... I wish I was excited about anything as much as he's excited about Hammer handles. 😆 It's so entertaining to watch him marvel over such ancient technology.

Love the channel Adam. Even better the image of 30 MB crew beating the crap out of a car at a BBQ. Because Hammer. Bloody marvellous!

Love these story filled videos. Thanks Adam.

I've adopted your method of tools (and often materials too) being out to get me and its made a world of difference to my shop safety

Love the fact you continue sharing with us

Hehe, Adam. "I haven't seen a nail in years." Despite having videos all up and down the channel where he's using his brad nailer.

@Charok1

3 жыл бұрын

the nails are so small they don't count, haha. I think what he means is everyone uses screws now normally.

@CountDoucheula

3 жыл бұрын

Pins don't count

@smolscale

3 жыл бұрын

@@CountDoucheula brads and pins are different

@p3chv0gel22

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it's done differently in the US, but i was helping to rebuild the roof of the Barbecue hut in my village and we used mostly nails. Even in my small Workshop at home, i use more nails than screws

@PheonixRise666

2 жыл бұрын

@@p3chv0gel22 roofing and pallet/skids are probably the last holdouts for large scale nail usage.

I had a Craftsman and a Proto version of That removable face hammer you showed with the different color screw on faces. Still have both and they are very useful. Love that you chose to make a tool as a crew gift. Such a great idea for a memorable item people will keep.

I got that little replaceable tip thwacker after your tool tip - thank you! It is the perfect carry around hammer, and it also lives in my apron because it is such a little workhorse. Just enough for most jobs I do.

I think it was on one of the History Channel shows at the time, but they featured some hammerwork being done on the exteriors of battleships. In that instance, they were beating out deformities in the steel plating with 2 large sledge hammers. Specifically they were using one of the sledges as a cushion for the other to avoid denting the steel.

My dad had that exact same red claw hammer with the black rubber handle. That brings back a lot of memories. Also a episode about how to go about making sets for cheap would be amazing rn as I am trying to put together a short Film on a shoe string and the set is a big part of concern

In the 90's my dad carried around a miniature ball peen hammer, the ultimate fidget toy

As a relatively new amateur blacksmith, I envy your collection, and I want some!

Wow! My mini sledge is called The Persuader. I love how these names for tools are a shared experience.

I never thought I’d ever say this..but I am jealous of your hammer collection.

Lol of all the tools I’ve got, I love my hammers. Just so simple. None need updates, run out of battery or become obsolete. I’ve got everything from estwing framing to Wilton BASH, to a starrett toolmakers hammer. I love them all 🔨

Finally, a video on the fix-all tool... the hammer.

I got my younger cousins Kiwico kits for xmas, they loved it. I also love the Hammer Time. I once freed a seized Ford motor by having my friend try to turn turn the starter motor and hitting it with a 40lb sledge. Fun times.

Made myself a small brass thwacker recently and its a joy to use!

@1pcfred

3 жыл бұрын

I've made a medium sized brass hammer. I just don't run into brass hammers to pick up very often.

Absolutely love when you show us your tool lineups! Please don't stop!

Wow, in this video, every tool truly is a hammer.

Thanks Adam, now I have something to show my wife when she wonders why I need a tool box full of hammers. Keep the good stuff coming.

Deadblow Hammers are my favorite. Hitting something hard at full force and it barely rebounding at all still feels cool.

My grandfather was a master of all trades, he studied art, then became a silversmith apprentice, and when he couldn't get a place a goldsmith he became an advertising artist, retiring as a newspaper photoshop artist (pre-digital). But he also made his own furniture, made radios and even his first TV was home made. His pride was the silver teapot he made as a proof piece when he was an apprentice. It had a hammered texture that must have taken him an age to make. My grandmother, in later years took it somewhere for cleaning as a surprise for their anniversary, the cleaner polished out his fine hammerwork...

I would love to see more tool tours. I also would like you have to shown the hammer that KZreadr made out of your book because more people need to see that.

Yes, been waiting for ages for this one!

Great video. Thank you. My favorite hammer was probably ones we used around our AvGas refueling equipment at a Coast Guard air base in Port Angeles, WA back in the 70's. Much like your brass hammer, it was sparkless, but in pure Government excess, it was made of Beryllium. I think we were told they cost north of $400 apiece. In 1970's dollars. Not sure what that would be today.

I have exactly the same crown mallet, it's served me well for years, and my father before me for even longer!

You can tell a good mechanic by his assortment of hammers. True fact. Also, we sometimes call them precision percussion alignment tools, or in extreme cases, a "swing press." Thanks, Adam!!

@qwadratix

3 жыл бұрын

A Brummagem screw-driver is the usual term in the UK.

@Ddabig40mac

3 жыл бұрын

Thumb detctor.

these videos are really informative and super helpful.

Awesome video Adam!

Savage Hammer! The name for my next rock band

"I see!" said the blind man, as he picked up the hammer and saw.

@1pcfred

3 жыл бұрын

It's blind carpenter you nitwit! Why would a random person possess a hammer and a saw?

@padoco73

3 жыл бұрын

It was said to their deaf apprentice, so who really knows what was said?

@hamonthecob

3 жыл бұрын

@@1pcfred Very much approaching 100% of the people who possess hammers and saws are not carpenters.

@1pcfred

3 жыл бұрын

@@hamonthecob perhaps they possess them but they're not picking them up on anywhere near approaching 100% of the time.

@hamonthecob

3 жыл бұрын

​@@1pcfred Just take your L bud.

For anyone that is interested. Crown Tools mallet is made from beechwood from beech trees. I have a love for what Germany area calls engineering hammers. I have a few sizes of them made by Gedore. I think they’re a very sexy hammer and use them for everything. Halder makes Simplex hammers that are great too if you’re into the German made stuff. Cannot forget about the Vaughan NT150 that all fans of Paul Sellers admire. It’s a fantastic hammer and the most ideal for chisels for woodwork. I also consider it the most useful all around hammer. Barry King makes my favorite mauls and mallets for leatherwork like hitting pricking irons, punches, and stamps. Adam wrote a book called Everything is a Hammer and didn’t put a random irregular item that is not really a hammer on the table. Nothing but love. :)

How we haven't seen an Adam Savage special tool line yet is beyond me. I would absolutely love a savage designed armor hammer!

Love these type of videos!!!

"A nail is used to hold shit together" - Adam Savage 2021

Great story Adam!

I got 3 types-a masonry hammer for rockhounding, a wooden hammer for woodworking, and several size steel hammers for everything else. And of course the meat mallet.

I cant believe you didnt show the AVE copper hammer. I was waiting for it with glee. I adore my favorite technical youtubers referencing each other. Alas I know you have one. Knowing AVE made you one and sent it to you is joy enough.

Mr Savage, as a metal fabricator of 40 years I have some experience with hammers. One thing I will say is that almost all of my metal shaping hammers are highly polished with all the edges of them rounded over, this does a couple of things, one is that if you have dings and dents in your hammer face it will imprint that onto the material you are hitting the other is because we are not machines the polished radius of the edges makes it less likely to leave a mark by a errant blow. I do however have hammers that are just for….as you put it “Thwacking!” Things! Keep cool carry on!

@halwk6797

2 жыл бұрын

I'm an instrument repairer and i was waiting for someone to mention this

Love this guy!

Been down the hammer rabbit hole. It's really amazing how many kinds of (real) hammers there are...

My favorite hammer - Dead Blow. I was hoping thats what the Convincer at the end of the table was going to be (but thats a cooler story). usually made of or have HDPE striking faces, but hollow and filled with lead shot. on the down-stroke, the lead is at the back of the hammer, but on impact, the lead flys forward and its momentum follows through. such a solid, satisfying thing to thwack things with.

Adam's guide to getting hammered would have been a fun title for this.

I'm very surprised that I didn't see any dead blow hammers of any kind! Such a lovely thunk they all make when striking. So satisfying.

My dad works for garland and they make hand made raw hide mallets and acrylic mallets just like the ones you showed!

MR.SAVAGE! long time fan first time commenter. i love your show and grew up watching mythbusters lol i even have my four year old daughter hooked on reruns of the show. i just wanted to reach out to you and tell you that my family has owned a machine shop called Stillion Industries located in Dexter Michigan since the early 70s. we recently boughtout a company called electro arc that builds machines called tap disintegrators. we would love to have you come visit our shop and take a full tour

If there ever was a KZread video I wish my father could’ve seen it’s this one. He had a thing for hammers. I inherited a vast collection. Everything from tiny jewelers’ hammers to 20 lbs sledges.

I also made a shaping hammer out of a nitrogen bottle top, just welded a piece of 1” steel tubing on it then I put the rounded end on my 2” scotch brite wheel to polish it up a bit and I had and still have a great metal shaping hammer!

"They're out to get me." Love it.

@davidmaurice2074

3 жыл бұрын

Hey

@petercharles6462

2 жыл бұрын

As a woodworker, Victorian home restorer, and general tinkerer, every time I grab the trigger on a power tool my brain says "where are my hands, where is the (blade, bit, belt, etc...) going?" Still have all my digits.

@davidmaurice2074

2 жыл бұрын

@@petercharles6462 what digit dear?

Another good place to find cool old tools are estate sales. Often people are just looking to get rid of things and you can pick things up cheaply. And you get to pick through an old tool collection. So much fun.

This gives me an idea. Adam I'm gonna send you something. Watch for it!

@kobiemaitland6263

3 жыл бұрын

Hi.

@marioramos4935

2 жыл бұрын

It's been 7 months, weres the update ?!?!

@DavidGuyton

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioramos4935 I wish I knew. Package got there. Never heard a word about it from him or his team. It's a shame too. Would have been a cool project for him in my opinion

Did anyone else shiver a bit when ex-mythbuster Adam Savage, mister "Failure Is Always An Option", mentioned doing gunsmithing? :D

7:30 you said you didn't know what these hammers are called so I felt obliged to share since I'm actually trained in the field they originate from. These are called "Crown Hammers" after the crown of a body panel on a car, they're designed to match a specific radius to help smooth the metal during dent repair on "Crowned"/curved panels. I personally love using them to roll the edges of panel seams because they provide a better finish and aren't as likely to scar the metal as a flat faced hammer.

I’ve been waiting for this video since reading every tool’s a hammer 😆

That two piece wooden mallet is a great one day build.

one of my favorite ways to drive punches is with a 4lb engineers hammer, but held at the head. it gives me lots of porce, but at very low speed, and thus, very controllable

As a Carpenter that I am , nothing compares to hand driving 16 penny nails with my long handle 22 oz Estwing Hammer. It's meditative.

I didn't know that about smacking hammers together. Yet another useful tidbit of wisdom gleaned from your show. Thanks, as always, @donttrythis

@bearschmidt3180

3 жыл бұрын

Never strike case hard steel together. I have the head of a case hard concrete nail, in my left leg from 20+ years ago.

You forgot to mention one class of hammer that I cannot live without... good lead-shot loaded *large* dead-blow... Non-marring persuader. :)

@scotttorres7984

3 жыл бұрын

I named my deadblow. I call her Deadpool. Yes, Deadpool is a girl.

@1pcfred

3 жыл бұрын

I always wreck those. But they are fun to use before they blow out.

@nixhixx

3 жыл бұрын

@@scotttorres7984 Gender Fluid

@scotttorres7984

3 жыл бұрын

@@nixhixx you absolutely get it.

Adam have you made a video about chisels yet? I want to learn how to make a sculpture from a block of wood and would like your option on which chisels to use.

Someone needs to get Adam one of AvE's CNC-machined brass persuaders.

The small hammer with the plastic ends is a fav of mine. I knew a machinest that had a few unexpected fav hammers. One had leather in a 2in roll held on by two iron plates. He said it was the least marking but still... persuasive hammer he had. His other was a brass shaft 6in across and about 12in long. You used two hands with it but it was going to move things. I am surprised a dead blow hammer wasn't mentioned.

I have a hammer that has proven itself to be quite handy. It is a 1-1/2 foot pipe with the end cast into a barrel shaped lead head. It makes an effective short throw mallet. I bought 2 from a person who had them made. They were cast with the name "Porky" on the head.

4:00 this channel is just full of great suggestions for the random stuff I do.

I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO see you bang out a bit of armour with just a claw hammer. Not a whole suit... not even a proper size. But what an accomplishment. And maybe a new finesse learned.

When I was machinist / toolmaker a copper and hide Malet is one the best for setting up

Another great kind of hammer is a deadblow hammer. I have like 3 sizes and a work has a couple deadblow sledge hammers.

My favorite hammer is one that I made, out of 7/8" 4130 tubing for both the handle and the head, and a tig welded fishmouth joint. One face is a replaceable plastic piece intended for some other manufactured hammer, and the entire head is filled with poured lead that protrudes to make the other face. A couple inches of the handle at the head is also filled with poured lead. Bicycle grip on the handle. It used to ride around in my line box working on Boeings but these days it gets used for setups on my mill and lathe. It looks like total ass after 20 years of use and the paint is long since eaten up by skydrol.

There's the classic shot-filled plastic dead blow, for when you need a ton of momentum and almost no impact. I've only ever used one to shift retail shelving that's stuck because someone tapped the gondola with a forklift one morning.

Never thought about non sparking hammers. Wow thanks been many times on a job sight were we ask ourselves am I going to get blown up 🤯

So. You gonna share a link for the all encompassing hammer video? Essential craftsman had 3 really good hammer videos, but I’m super down for a masterclass on thwacky things!

the hammer you made is awesome

i never thought i would be entertained by a video all about hammers LOL

That's a lot of hammers...and not one dead blow hammer in the collection.

@graven2002

3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering the same thing. Turns out his "daily driver" around the 4 min mark *is* a deadblow, he just didn't mention that feature.

@chrisosh9574

3 жыл бұрын

I find deadblows to be one of the most useful hammer types there are, I have half a dozen starting from 6 Oz up to 10lb. If you want to move something big or small, one of those will do it.

@thefaboo

3 жыл бұрын

He did a tool video specifically on dead blow hammers... maybe two months ago? That might be why he didn't mention them here.

@UnivegaSuperSport

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisosh9574 I used them all the time as a bike mechanic. They're great for generating a lot of force when you don't want to take a big, long swing. Especially great when you don't want the hammer bouncing back.

@assassinlexx1993

3 жыл бұрын

They are so much quieter too. So the swearing is so much clearer. When you smack your finger

The cross peen in woodworking are used to start small nails like a finishing nail held between your fingers. You would smash your fingers with the wide side (and probably not hit the nail at all). It's pretty simple and brilliant when you realise it :^) But a cross peen in woodworking tend to look more like the ball peen hammer you have (not the one with the long and narrow head, but the shorter one), just with a straight peen instead. I would call the cross peen you have an engineers' hammer (although that can cover several different types apparently). For smithing it's another form to stretch metal (and probably a lot more). You can get angled cross peen hammers, where one side is 90° to the handle, and the other side is 45° to the handle. I've seen one on Black Bear Forge. Excellent channel, by the way! I love hammers and have quite a few. But I need more. Just about all of them. Every last one of them!😵

The one hammer that I don't see is Tom Lipton's favorite: a Garland rawhide split-head hammer. Great for safely whacking machine tools!

Given the title of Adam's book I half expected this episode to be a catalogue of every tool in his collection.

As a retired violin maker, a nail is not something I held in stock much, though seemingly Stradivari used three of them to hold necks in place. However, I now have a number of horses enclosed in wooden fences and horses, being horses, like to scratch themselves on the fence rails. The rails are prone to being worked loose. So, after decades of smelly glue and carefully matched joints (not those joints), I now head to the fields with a Warrington hammer, or perhaps a claw hammer when it gets serious, and a pocket full of four inch round or oval nails. It's great! New found freedom! Unfortunately, I really desired a shoe and the nails were lost.

5:30 best noise in the video. I want that as my text notification sound.