Adam's new Nagra IV-S: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqWgzZiLkam4mtY.html Adam's Nagra recorder collection: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaZrt5prgZbYXag.html Leather briefcase restoration for this recorder: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2Sf2tGKmZfTZbQ.html

Anyone else enjoy the sound of the built-in air chuck as it operates? When I watch these, I feel like I'm a head in a jar that Adam keeps in his shop to have someone to show his skills.

@Shoop83

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't sure if that's a real sound or if the editor was having fun.

@CWHolleman

Жыл бұрын

I grew up around that sound as my father was a mechanic, sounds about like an air ratchet or pneumatic tool.

Surely, you must be kidding! Truly! Measuring the dimensions of a noble Swiss Nagra in inches. That is pure sacrilege!

You're not bad at math. You just have a healthy level of uncertainty. One of your many attributes that makes you so relatable. Thanks to you and your team for such consistent, high quality, content!

17:09 is a classic Adam moment that makes him so entertaining to watch. He has built all kinds of crazy things during his life, but machining one simple slot still brings him so much joy

Honestly I really liked the accidental jog-cut once you put it on the Nagra, it gives a subtle directionality to the handle almost like a slight curve would, which works well with the direction and plane the handle is moving on when carrying and propping up the recorder. IMO an excellent happy accident 😁

@tomhorsley6566

Жыл бұрын

Or he could put the same cut on the other side so it looks deliberate :-).

The machines that securey stitche belt straps are amoung the most dramatic in appearence and functionality! Worthy of any genuine collection..

Nothing makes me happier than two pieces that are slotted to and fit together perfectly.

@JoseMaGM

Жыл бұрын

Apparently, so does Adam 😅

@dagi4321

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High tolerance fitment is one of the best sounds one can create in a workshop.

@joshuaparsons1377

Жыл бұрын

That's what she said...

I can’t believe we as a people are at a point technologically that we have a digit assistant that can answer any question we have…in your house…it’s incredible. Also…Mr Adam….you’re truly a joy to watch…we love you! ❤

Back in my Nagra recording days, we never used a handle. The recorder was either in a bag with a strap for run-n-gun type productions, or it was on our Magliner sound cart. Yes, it's nice to angle up the recorder on a handle, but we would never trust it without a locking mechanism. If someone were to bump the cart during recording and the Nagra were to fall, it could ruin a perfectly good take. Today's digital solid state recorders wouldn't be affected by such a mishap but the Nagra is a precision mechanical device that doesn't take too well to shock. I believe that the actual Nagra handle includes the locking mechanism, which is one of the many reasons why it is expensive. Anyway, almost all of the devices that I have that have a handle that can be used to raise the control panel, include a locking mechanism at the point where it attaches to the device. This is a feature that Adam could have easily built in his shop and incorporated into his design. Otherwise, Adam's handle is beautiful and compliments the aesthetic of the Nagra very nicely.

Very nice job, and impressively close to the original! Here's a tip: True to Nagra engineering attention to useful details, the Nagra 4-series handle/strap lugs mounted on the chassis are assembled with flat springs on the inside, and preloaded so that the lugs will turn, but with an amount of tension that keeps the handle from being completely loose but still allows the handle to be positioned like you mentioned. - Glen Trew Trew Audio Nagra Service

Hey man i met you when i was a kid at the berch aquarium in California. It was shark week and you and Jamie pulled up out of no where in a limo. I was star stuck and you two shook me and my brothers hand. You two were so nice and genuine humans. I gotta say as a builder and fixer myself your videos bring me great joy. Love your personality and what you do, never stop being you!

I have been re-watching "The Wire" with a friend who had never seen it, and he was wondering why I got so excited during the opening credits when I spotted the Nagra portable. I told him it was a Savage thing. 🙂

Your videos are like watching the love child of Octave Chanut and Bob Ross at work. "Well, I screwed that up but, it looks cool and it still works so I like it." That build deserves an ice cold Bundaberg.

i absolutely love these unedited longform videos. i feel like im sitting in the shop just watching stuff happen and its super interesting.

i come from the plastic cover restoration video and i didn't even realize the the handle was custom made! It fits perfectly and looks totally authentic, amazing job!

Adam, love watching you work. I am so envious of your shop. I tinker in my wood shop and relate to your thinking. I share your excitement at the little wins in the shop

See how a mistake turns into a signature design of your own. Nicely done. You passed the Swiss Precision Machinist Test.

The accidental notch looks like it was designed to give clearance for the side ports with the handle used as a stand. Looks great!

This recorder is SOOO COOL. Vintage precision technology. Love it.

@the_arcanum

Жыл бұрын

Try carrying it all day for field recording! Nagra were the bee's knees but I know many a reporter / sound guy of old whose back and shoulders are so thankful we entered the digital era :D

Those recorders look like they are right of of NASA. Just a Beautiful pice of engineering. Thanks for sharing 👍.

Can hear that vexation about the surprise notch in his voice at the end there, looks great!

"I know parameters" and all of us just fall over. 🤣🤣🤣 I have loved watching being a machinist. That's my trade and believe or not I have learned a thing or two. Keep building

LOVE your videos, long time fan. I grew up in a manual machine shop, Ca. coast not far from you, started off cleaning the machines age 12 - bidding small batch short run products age 21, age 45 now. Lets just say I can relate to watching you think it up and make it a reality. Keep em comming!

"Green Acres" theme at 0:00. Nice!

Alexa’ s all over the world responding to Adam’s questions……mine sure did,lol.

I'm not even a machinist but when he put that tube in the slot, lemme tell you what that was satisfying as all hell!

While I love your builds where you're just making something for the sake of making it or getting an experience from an item, boy do I love functionality. It's cool to see you doing essentially the same thing you do for replicating a prop but to make something that is both a replica and a functional piece of equipment.

I wish you would have used the same little finger screws you used for the canvas strap for the hard handle... they look more "factory" to me than the regular screws. Absolutely love your work and channel and have been a fan for what seems like forever ! Since the "am I missing an eyebrow?" days 😆

The handle feels good in the hand!

I enjoyed the music on today's video, very upbeat.

I recently visited a local historical village and found a whole exhibit called wireless. I took a whole bunch of photos of early radios, record players, TVs and typewriters if Adam and co are interested to see them.

A demo of how it works with a audio sample(s) would be great!

Dammit, not gonna get the Green Acres theme outa my head for weeks now. THANKS, ADAM! ¬_¬

Hard to be that level of satisfaction.

Watching Adam work is pretty impressive. However what's more impressive is how quickly his alexa responds to him, my lady must be getting old cuz she takes like 5 minutes to even realize I've said her name🤣

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

She's just sick of your shit

@BobDoesReviews

Жыл бұрын

mine works great. Is yours an older model?

@morsecodereviews1553

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@@BobDoesReviews oh most definitely, Gen 2 hockey puck😆 I haven't been able to delete routines from years ago, they're just floating around, ingrained in cyberspace somewheres. Forever haunted by old alarms and inconvenient light shows.

Just a beautiful, beautiful thing

Love the Green Acres theme song opening!! Lol ... had me rolling, wondering how many people got that.

Looking forward to seeing Adam clear up that plastic next.

I love the enthusiasm and my sons love the desire to make things ... it's a great show to bond with them... thank you savage

Greeeeeeen Acres is the place to be.

nice Clickspring moment at 17:08. good snaps!

Beautiful work! It has been so fun watching you 'chase zeroes' over the past few years and spread your wings with your machining and desire to make things look profesh, clean, straight, and Swiss. Awesome job!

Man I love those little palm screwdrivers, so nice in the hand and so much torque from the extra diameter.

A fun project. I'm not a metric pusher (I work in an imperial metal shop) but it's still weird to me when Adam works in imperial while making parts for a Swiss machine. Regardless, it's neat work.

I'm sure those Swiss engineers would be proud of you, Adam.

I wonder how fast you would have been with the measurement part if you would use metric. Great video! I love how much thought and attention to detail you bring into a project like this.

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

It is astonishingly hard to find a really good metric tape measure in the US.

I watch your videos because it's always random stuff, sometimes I have no idea what it is but I learn, that's the point.

Thanks.

I've mistakenly thought that watching a few one day builds would be alright to fall asleep to. Not so, Adam makes the slow process of measuring and machining stuff too interesting to eventually doze off.

18:38 You can put a name of a project as an invoice number when ordering parts, or even say it is a gift and the gift is for your project name- then your parts tell you what they are for!

That 17:04 moment. Priceless.

Absolutely love your videos and all that you do - Mythbusters was such a defining series for me

I've always laughed when most KZreadrs point down, because 9/10 times they look like they're pointing to their crotch-especially when they use both hands, the more enthusiastically, the better. 😆 At this point, "down in the description" should be a euphemism.

@williegillie5712

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy seeing your enthusiasm Adam. Great music collage Adam.

@bwiegs2008

Жыл бұрын

Stupid comment

You should machine your own 10-32 handle screws with a flat head instead of the dome heads. It would match better with the shoulder screws that hold the handle to to the case.

Loved the handle, but also your tool rack for the mill , a great place to store everything!!

So simple yet so Beautiful.

What a pleasing incidental ASMR section starting around 8:40 :)

If you want a bit tube handle. Melt resin into the tube. Same stuff musically instruments use. To get a clean smooth bends. Third time a charm ;)

Beautifully crafted.

beautiful design!

Always so comfortable to watch these one day build

I did the Indie film thing in the 90’s, Nagra love!

Thank you......

23:58 When we were going over, I must been watching too intently because I thought I was literally going over lol I had to catch myself

"Play my head, monkey!" -Grandma's Boy. I love the stomach slap! I do this same thing lol love it!

Watching Adam measure the distance between the two handles, I was astonished by the use of inches... This is exactly what millimetres is for! Precision!

Measure in metric Adam! Lol. You said you would practice with it. And the Naga recorder was built in Switzerland as you know… who used metric dimensions to define the thing in the first place :-)

Hey Adam, I was wondering if you’re ever going to make Gandalf’s staff with the glowing crystal from The Fellowship of the Ring when they go into the mines of Moria. Probably a pretty easy build for you, but still would be pretty cool.

Gorgeous! And functional!

Maybe adding 2 silicone washers that will add some friction - in order to keep the handle in the desired position ?

I have a Nagra 3 & Nagra 4.2 so loved this!

God I absolutely adore the retro look of their products. My dream is to own a Nagra HiFi based system!

Design and 3D print a suitable case for function and transport. That would make a great video!

Adam: "Deburring noises". That's full circle on that golden bit!

Bravo.

The handle looks good, Adam. The extra notch looks "technical" :-) I saw the brown leather case you have. That's a little different to the black leather cases I used on 4.2 recorders for many years, (with the webbing straps with nylon end pieces with metal inserts). They are generally similar but the 4.2 style didn't have any zippers, just press studs. I don't know if they would fit the IV-S. I found those black cases to be robust and offered good protection. They also allowed easy access to the controls whilst the recorder was being carried on the shoulder for field work.

The jog cut looks great.

Those oval bars are used in custom closets. I’ve ordered them for remodeling, they’re also very strong.

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

...Strong enough to hold a 40-lb, 50-year-old sewing machine? Say supports at each end of a 20-inch (490mm+/-) span?

Love this. I still have my III In storage along with my Moviola.

amazing video. yet, a pro tip: @4:50 you try to see through magnifying glass and a flash light, use your phone instead, take a picture, and zoom in. it works very well in these situations.

Just a heads up @adamsavage. The rail is called wardrobe rail in the uk. U can buy it polished, mat, steal, aluminium etc.

Nice work!

Nice opening.... Oddly enough I was just watching Green Acres a few days ago. 😂 23:55 - Adam: I know my parameters... Camera: Are you sure¿? 🤣

Precision machinist! Woo!

man i have some original tape drives (PC) and i just love the looks of them that reminds me of them so much. Such beauty. theres just something about old hardware maybe thats why we're seeing a resurgence is vacuum tubes and LPs lol.

'you are ugly,.....but useful'. love it.

You should record the audio for one of your one day builds (like one related to the nagra) with your nagra recorder, although I don't know how that would work with wireless lapel mics or whatever... It's spy gear, there has to be a way to do it, you could do a whole james bond thing or something, or the conversation or sneakers or whatever.

The icing on the cake was when the room turned upside down.

You know, you set my Alexa off at the same time and she answered in unison with yours when you asked the subtraction problem, LOL.🤓

What a relic. It's beautiful xD

Anytime I see someone mill something and it snaps into place with that click, I get chills.

What I wouldn't give to spend a day in that work shop with Adam.

Now I want this handle bar. I have two Nagra IV-S.

Ok, I’m watching your video and you asked Alexa for math, well my echo dot decided to chime in too😂

I'd love to have a Nagra.

12:50 My Alexa responded in exact unison with the video lol

Now you just need a nice wooden box for it with red/green felt inlay, with that olden-feel.

At 13:17 Adam has the classic look on his face of the "100 yard/meter stare" as he cogitates and thinks through what he is about to do. Been there, done that - MANY times!

"Today, I am going to augment this piece of equipment to make it slightly more useful." Taps on a 51 year old piece of tech. That said, being an audio engineer myself, I love old recording tech like this. Maybe not the most practical thing, but incredibly vibey.