I appreciate your editor not cutting out some of the machining setup procedures this time vs cutting straight to the machining itself. Not only do I not mind watching it but find it helpful. Cheers!

These timelapse parts where you keep the audio in realtime but the processing in fast forward are a beautiful and great way to edit. It fills my lust for timelapse, and makes me so happy to see the whole processes with a nice audio behind it.

Can we take a moment to appreciate how Adam has created his own language involving whistles, pops, & clicks...that we can all easily understand?

@voldmar

Жыл бұрын

I see the strong Joe Pie influence

@Clynikal

Жыл бұрын

This is native shop language used across many fitting and machining tribes.

@triple16

Жыл бұрын

9:47

@Mitrasmit

Жыл бұрын

I love Adam but I hate it when he whistles/clicks/drums.

@JosephDavies

Жыл бұрын

I believe he mentioned in a Q&A that at least some of those whistles were taught to him by a previous mentor. I can't remember the details.

I'm loving the amount of one day builds as of late, especially shop improvment ones, it's really interesting to see how Adam goes about improving the things he already has. On a side note, I think you should check out inheritance machining. I think it would be a great inspiration for various shop upgrades Adam could make.

@FlashGamer521

Жыл бұрын

Adam has mentioned that channel a number of times.

@rodiona8781

Жыл бұрын

Why do you think he buy tools? So that he can improve what he has 😂

I love the ones where Adam gets in really deep explaining every detail, but I also love when he just gets to work and takes us along. Hope you had a great weekend, Adam!

@GardenGuy1943

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean? Adam was working the whole time

"Oh, no! First we gotta figure out the, uh, yeah..." Glad I'm not the only one. That statement is pretty much me at some point every day in my shop🤪

My two favorite exclamations of my own while watching any of Adam’s video: “That’s not the best way to do it…oh well that works…better for him.” And “Holy shit! That’s so smart!” (This one for this video was how he chucked the round stock in the vice at 4:04) These videos are so addicting even after all of these years. His problem solving is my favorite because it’s so different from my own.

I get great pleasure in seeing how you iteratively improve your workshop, "defrag" your workspaces and upgrade tools and machines. Would not mind seeing more of those videos and if you ever get the mood to do a larger overhaul of any area in your shop that would be great to see in a looong time-lapse video shot from high above so we can see from a birds eye view :). Cheers //B

Nothing in the world like threading metal when it gets so smooth after... bliss :D

When I don't get in enough shop time due to other priorities, it's very satisfying to get little projects like this done with the little time I get. A sense of accomplishment. Thanks Adam.

It was pretty cool and then at the end there, the irony of using a T handle to make a T handle😂

@Games_and_Music

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, i was expecting Adam to make some meta joke comment on it, but i guess he was on auto pilot.

“So that I can **wheet whoo**, and then **wheet whoo**, and get the **tchick tchick** you know what I’m sayin?” - Adam Savage. This man is a national treasure to be protected at all cost.

So, when I was in my machine shop class I was taught to never use gloves when working with a grind wheel (if it gets too hot to hold them it can affect the temper was part of the logic). We also had a quench bucket immediately under the grind wheel. I assume the temper on the Allen wrench isn't something you would be worried about, but the lack of a quench bucket was more intriguing

@bmxscape

Жыл бұрын

@@JETWTF if you can hold the steel in your hand (gloves or not) quenching it will do nothing. the quenching process of steel requires the metal to be heated to its upper critical (A3) temperature which is 910 degrees celsius, before being quickly submerged in water or oil. This will leave the metal in it's hardest possible state, at the expense of brittleness. Tool steel is then tempered around 200 degrees C, with the amount of time determining the resulting hardness of the steel. What the OP had under the grinding wheel isn't a "quench bucket" it's a bucket of water to keep the temperature of the part within a particular range to avoid extra tempering.

@OhHeyTrevorFlowers

Жыл бұрын

I was taught not to use gloves because they can be grabbed by the wheel and that’s a very bad day.

@Bobo-ox7fj

Жыл бұрын

Never use gloves or long-sleeved shirts, ties, dangly bits when working with anything that can pinch, grab or twist those bits.

@bmxscape

Жыл бұрын

@@JETWTF its not called quenching in that scenario. thats called cooling

@bmxscape

Жыл бұрын

@@JETWTF and no, you dont quench work hardened copper to soften it... you anneal it...the complete opposite of quenching. annealing is the slow cooling of metal, quenching is quickly cooling metal. why would you post an entire paragraph if you couldnt even be bothered to do the basic research required to form an opinion

As a Scotsman, your Scottish/Irish accent is one of the few that doesn't leave me enraged. It's still pretty shit granted. Love your work though mate!

“Let’s call it a day. The shop is mostly clean, it’s Friday night, it’s time to go home and dance.” - Adam Savage

The sneaky, suspenseful feeling music at @09:00 is exactly how I feel during every parting operation.. 🤣

The audio production on this piece is really phenomenal, all the clicks and taps and whirs are bright and crisp, a pleasure to listen to

Just like to give props to the Editor for the music choice.

As much as i like seeing different bits of the cave I think at some point we need a full tour :))

Best one of these i've ever seen was in passing on an electrician who installed a new casement for our street transformer a few years back. It was a tooless one, where by pulling hard on the Allen wrench away from the handle would pop the wrench from the handle, probably by disengaging some kind of cam lock. My dude the electrician was popping and gronking the bolts one after another doing this trick in succession. I regret not getting myself "involved" and asking the brand, but that's how things usually are. You never ask and regret it later.

When Adam makes those whistles and we all just auto-magically understand what he is communicating... LOL I love it

@GardenGuy1943

Жыл бұрын

When does he whistle? I mute his videos because I get in trouble for having audio on.

" Savage Tools" ....has a nice ring to it eh? , glad to see your signature stamp and you signing your work.....making us tool collectors very happy :)

I love it when Adam explains with sounds. Always makes sense to me!

16:00 using a T-handle to make a t-handle... tool handle inception. 🤣🐕🐶

Love the videos Adam! You may want to switch up your order of operations though. 1. Counter bore first because your center drill will want to wander on that convex surface. 2. Center/spot drill, your counter bore operation made a flat surface for you to make a true center for your drill. 3. Drill (duh) 4. Chamfer/Countersink so your tap has a good lead in into the hole you drilled. 5. Tap

There’s something so satisfying about hearing a good plan, then watching it be executed.

Really enjoying these videos about making small changes that add up to making a big difference. I've made a few of these T handles for allen keys by turning one end into an incremental broach and pressing it into a round hole in an aluminium handle. The method also works for making 1/8" and 1/4" hex bit screwdriver handles.

@johnwinter9399

Жыл бұрын

I would have done the same, I've made press fit handles in the same manor and they work great, no fixing required

There's something fitting about using a T-handle hex tool when making a T-handle hex tool.

That looked like it was just aching to be knurled.

I love when Adam communicates in sounds not actual words and yet I still know EXACTLY what he means Also would have loved to see Adam either knurl or in some way texture that handle just for better aesthetics and grip if hands are wet. But that's a me thing Adam can do what he'd like with Adam's tools obviously

Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

Could you do an "explainer" on the lathe? How do the hardness of various materials hold up? How do you cut metal with metal? What are the tools made out of? What can't you cut?

Hey I love the video. One tip I can give for the Bridgeport is to set a stop on the quill with just enough room to change tools. Work at that stop to avoid having to come off the part every tool change.

....lol Adam you remind me of me with your querks when working on things, I think it is one of those traits that people who can create stuff from the top of their heads, no drawings required....take care matey!!!

I used to have a plastic wrench handle that came with a set and it was handy and useful and I put it somewhere SAFE 😂

Noticed you make special tools for certain uses, yet still use adjustable wrench on lathe? Make correct size wrenches for different uses and place by lathe like mill uses?

@Frontseat_Driving

Жыл бұрын

Remember regardless of the channel he's an amateur.

I must say, the choice of music while you were parting was so strange, yet it worked perfectly.

I totally agree that a T handle is better than an Allen wrench with a 90° bend. I don't have the machines to make it so I'd buy one. My mechanic friend (started in the 60s, recently passed away) was incredibly good at fixing stuff and he often used a T handle and extensions for working on cars. Great tool. When I worked in a machine shop I used a vice with a cam action for tightening it but it was flat and the same as the one in the video other than the cam. It was kinda dangerous because it could loosen either way and if you pushed it you could slip and hit stuff with the back of your fingers. I learned to pull it instead pretty quickly. It was easy to mount on the Bridgeport CNC mills I used and easy to get straight with the dial indicator. But I liked the regular vices more for most jobs.

a good handle on the world ....nice build

Great video, loved the close up shots!

You handle this job very well

Great work Adam sir

I wish you knurled the handle. That process is cool to watch happen!

This sprung to mind after seeing how much grinding and cutting was done, but have you ever considered having an air quality test done in your shop? We had one done in my shop class growing up but that was a welding/grinding/forging area so it made sense

@messylaura

Жыл бұрын

i think the poor quality of air in the workshops i used as apanel beater and sprayer linned my lungs with enough crp covid never stood a chance getting through (53 now)

Wow hindsight. It never occurred to me using v-blocks in a vice horizontally. Sweet.

Great project video! Praise to the video editor. 👏🎬

Congrats on your new surface grinder!

Dang as always your skill is amazing to me coming from a model car builder. Thanks for the content.

Wow impressive build

Loving all this content, still miss the podcast though

@Games_and_Music

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same, i initially got here when Jamie was there as well, and once i started tuning into the This Is Only A Test podcast, i eventually found it more entertaining than Adam's Still Untitled ones, because lots of that was rehashed or rushed. Having Adam's build videos and trips separately were entertaining enough, and i'm surely not complaining about the increase of these kinds of videos. But the podcasts were just a nice hang with a couple of geeks, and even though i didn't really participate in like 80% of the stuff they were talking about (Apple gadgets, VR, Disney rides, most of the special figures and Marvel stuff etc.), i do kinda miss that hour a week. Although Adam's live shows are great as well, but it's less varied in content and i'm too lazy to look for a replacement show like it, is what it basically comes down to, because i am not _really_ complaining.

Queue the milling music! 😎

I dig the tunes!

great handmade tool, cool, very cool

@JOHNB15426378

Жыл бұрын

@@jackhammer- totally agree with you

Love the handle. Hate that style of clamp :P I’ve been wanting a Kurt vice forever!

That vise looks beautiful.👀

Adam, if you find yourself wanting to do this more reversibly I've got some wrenches with a plastic handle that may be a good inspiration. They use a slot like you've got and then also have a bore down the length of the handle. It's offset so you just put the short end of the wrench into the slot and then slide it axially to engage the center bore. No screws needed. The model I have is plastic with a set of rotating barrels so you can use all the included wrenches. It's a cheap handle, but the design seems sound. Google image search is failing me, but usually these seem to be like a 23 piece set or something else with an odd number. Identical numbers of metric and sae wrenches + a large plastic handle that fits all of them

Home built punch dagger!! Ever see one Adam , nice size handle fits your hand.

using mill to start tap and finish by hand was interesting to see. I get that method would pretty much guarantee a perpendicular tap, but it was still an interesting method to see. Having only done taps by hand/cordless drill, maybe this is a common machine shop practice, but my first exposure

@klo1679

Жыл бұрын

When I used to tap parts in round or square stock I would put it into a lathe and manually turn the chuck to start taps where we couldn’t make a thread using autofeed. Mill works the same way, so long as you do it manually, or match your feed and drive you could never break a tap

@rj45t568

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was interesting as well. If I tried that it would snap for sure.

@Frontseat_Driving

Жыл бұрын

Usually the tap is held in the mill but turned by hand. I've never seen this done like Adam did it. And I cringed both times. Done REALLY slowly and carefully only putting the tip in (just for second to see how it feels) I suppose there is no problem but too fast or too deep and it's done... There really is no way to write this response that isn't laden with innuendo LOL.

I have never seen an almond shaped like that!

Adam's masses of T-handled allen wrench sets: "Am I a joke to you?"

Getting the right allen size on the first try is a great feeling.

I've always wondered why you don't have a loc-line setup to your air compressor with a ball valve on the head of the mill. Then you can dial in the air pressure and it will consistently and automatically blow the chips away

@Games_and_Music

Жыл бұрын

Good point, i used to work at a factory that made airplane interior parts out of delrin and plastic casts, and i operated the mill that was programmed to make all the specific cuts and holes on every part. Well, i basically pressed Start while i placed new blocks into the machine and took the finished ones out and put those together with other parts to make switches, some blocks with gears in them, and arm rests. But without that automatic air coming in, it would've been impossible to do and i remember having to mess around with the loc-line a couple of times to get the best air flow going to get everything out of the way properly. I remember filling giant bags of the wiggly bits that filled up the mill cabin after all the drilling. Damn, i had almost forgotten about this job if i hadn't read your comment, haha.

you should be a presenter for best visual effects at the oscars someday!

I always find it interesting to watch how differently Adam works through something compared to how I would. I 100% would have just welded the allen wrench into the handle 🤣

@charlessmarr7107

Жыл бұрын

I would have tried a press fit on a hex socket. Then stake the key to maintain it in the socket.

@Jolclark

Жыл бұрын

I would have just purchased a $9 T handle

@snafu2350

Жыл бұрын

I'd have turned the handle by hand from wood, if a suitably-sized ready-made T-handle wasn't convenient to buy. Its purpose is single-use after all, so no special treatment should be necessary to make it (eg) oil/greaseproof, just resistant should be enough

@GpgRocker

Жыл бұрын

I'd probably have gone with the same handle, but drilled a hole through the center instead with a similar housing groove as Adam did, letting the wrench primarily be held in place by gravity and a nice tight fit, maybe with something to seal off the housing after. Definitely wouldn't have done the screws though, they're... ugly

@snafu2350

Жыл бұрын

@@GpgRocker While I agree with your aesthetics, unnecessary play in any sort of torsion tool is a real problem (& makes the tool unappealing to work with too). Hence the screws.. tho having gone that far I'd have simply welded it (metal paste epoxy fillers disintegrate under stress etc over time, hence no JB Weld or similar, which would be simpler) :)

Hi Adam, love your vids. Your video about the brass nut and bolt inspired me to get into a machining career and i have learned lots since then. This includes safety and i had noticed that at 2:56 you put on gloves at the grinder. Thats a big NONO! Never wear gloves or jewelry or anything that can be pulled in when working with a spinning tool. This could mean the difference between skin damage and a new hand. Also i know you space is restricted but having stuff on top of your lathe that can fall into it really isnt ideal either.

@Games_and_Music

Жыл бұрын

Last year he cut his finger in the lathe when trying to clean it with a cloth while it was rotating. He's perfectly capable of being a danger to himself as it is.

My first thought when Adam started grinding the allen wrench down was that he’s going to want gloves due to how hot it’s going to get, sure enough a few seconds of timelapse later and he grabs some work gloves.

@plaid11

Жыл бұрын

I came here to say the same thing. I’ve learned that the hard way. Takes only one time. Allen wrenches get very hot very fast when grinding like that

@Engitainment

Жыл бұрын

Same here, I kept thinking "gloves, Adam, gloves!"

@adam-xl9ft

Жыл бұрын

He shouldn’t be wearing gloves while using rotating equipment.. a cup of quench water would have been better..

@threegreencharms

Жыл бұрын

Don't wear gloves when wheel grinding or drilling. Have you ever seen what happens to someone when their gloves catch? It's called de-gloving, and it is not pretty. This is why machinists don't wear gloves most of the time.

@Bobo-ox7fj

Жыл бұрын

@@threegreencharms Degloving refers to skin tearing free of the flesh it contains, not the large variety of injuries (including degloving) that can be had from having a hand bound up in industrial equipment

13:55 tapping ASMR. I didn't realize how much a part of my brain missed that sound.

As a bonus that would also make for a fine light weight hammer

@klo1679

Жыл бұрын

Another thwacker, every tool is a hammer if you want it to be

I personally enjoy the machining videos the most and wish you'd have more of them. I am curious as to what you do with the chips, do you toss them or do you collect them to be melted down later?

@Games_and_Music

Жыл бұрын

He sells his death confetti to Jamie, he seems to have a purpose for them.

Adam! I thought you were going to power tap that when I saw you chuck up that tap. Perfectly acceptable if you had!

I feel like you went from English to Irish to Canadian to Swedish. It’s like We took a world tour lol😂😂😂

I’m loving the vibes of it all but in my ignorance need some closed caption subtitles to explain what’s going on with each step 😂

Somehow I figured it would be an interchangable handle for a set of hex wrenches. But it is very nice just the same.

you should build one of those blacksmith stands for hammering on .

I'm familiar with this style as a grinding vise.

16:04 using a t-handle tool to assemble a t-handle tool

Maybe chamfer the edges on that slot so you don’t catch the sharp edge on the underside of the handle, so fun to you machine stuff!!

Looks like a vice that could work quite nicely in a CNC mill.

Time to go home & Dance. Nice!

I have to say my favorite screwdriver is the old Husky T-handle with multiple bits. I wish they still made them. I would love to know if they can be found anywhere.

@WoLpH

Жыл бұрын

Wera makes something similar. The Wera 416 is a T-handle ratchet that takes regular 1/4" hex bits. Can't say I've tried it but it might be a good option for you :)

Nice

I would like to see you sculpt and cast a grip on an Allen wrench

Oh man i would have been so tempted to make plugs for at least the screw holes.... ya know for grip comfort :)

This is some good ASMR

My thought was cut the small part, and weld a piece to make the T. I wish my brain worked like Adam's.

Adam's latest One day builds are just him finding excuses to practice machining lol, That's so amazing

@17:56 mark, I spotted what looks to be Adams new bowie knife...Show ad tell I says!

The grinding vise means you found a surface grinder? 😊

I have the same style of ice and I did the same thing, except I 3D printed my handle. Now I have to make one out of aluminum.lol

Muy interesante de verdad

Dear editors: why'd you cut out/short the points where the indicator is operational (e.g. 11:35, 11:44)? (Or am I misunderstanding how this tool gets used? But then, that's why I want it to not be cut out! So I can see how it gets used... and there are clearly cuts there, even if they're not cutting out as much as I think they are.) Could y'all please leave this bit in in the future? Thanks!

@egghead1218

Жыл бұрын

He has a video explaining exactly how it’s used, look up: Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Haimer 3D Edge Finder! But essentially it’s to help him set up his digital read out to find center

@DavidLindes

Жыл бұрын

@@egghead1218 Yeah, I know, I've watched that. Still, it's nice to just see it used, and... the exact moment that's critical to that is the moment that's cut. 😕

Doesn't Adam already have like a thousand T-handled allen wrenches in the First Order of Retrievability rack?

@markday3145

Жыл бұрын

I'll bet he wants to keep one dedicated to that new tool. But it did seem surprising to make one rather than just buy a new one of the correct size.

I don't have a mill or lathe so I would prob just cut off the top and welded a handle on there🙂

I probably would have just flooded the milled cavity with jb weld after putting the Allen wrench in lol

whats your thoughts on fractal vices?

Since there appears to be adequate length, I think I would have drilled through the handle at the center end of the milled slot and passed the long leg of the allen key through it for a bit of additional stability.

@danbaucom

Жыл бұрын

I think Husky makes a universe hex key head exactly as you just described. It fits most if not all size hex. Furthermore I think it is also the holder/case for all the hex keys I believe.

I was convinced Adam was going to turn some details to make it look like a mini lightsaber handle, until he didn't.

I don't think I've ever seen Adam silver solder or braze anything. For this kind of tool modification or toolmaking in general it would be a very useful skill for him to have.

@rasmusvedel

Жыл бұрын

See his watering can video

@treborrrrr

Жыл бұрын

He has done those types of projects a few times. I think he did some silver soldering on the sceptre he made fairly recently.

@1pcfred

Жыл бұрын

Yeah to turn an L handle to a T handle you just usually weld a rod on top of the bend. Good enough.

@rohrertech8882

Жыл бұрын

Brazing and silver soldering are hot enough to destroy the temper on an allen wrench. It would lose a lot of strength and probably fail if used hard.

@warrantyvoid100

Жыл бұрын

Tom Lipton says otherwise

Adam, the handles on your tap-wrench were knurled. You should've knurled your handle when you had it in your lathe 😃

Adam, never part-off whilst running a live center! Can be very dangerous with the pressure on the part from the live center on the tailstock.