I’ve just spent over 30 minutes watching someone clean and arrange there place and then looked up at my room. Now I’m gonna watch another video.

@slugdaluga

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@pyropenguin

2 жыл бұрын

cheers to that.

@njones420

2 жыл бұрын

haha, agreed, I have my own workshop I should be tidying XD

@johnmchugh8049

2 жыл бұрын

😂

at home we play a game when adam suddenly stops and stares into the distance, we all shout SQUIRREL! ......got at least five squirrels today!

@TheGreatAtario

2 жыл бұрын

Becoming more convinced with time that Adam is actually part cat

@drewhunt9205

2 жыл бұрын

Great game I love it. I came up with two games. One is savage bingo. Adam sings. Adam runs his hands thru his hair. Adam talks with an accent. Adam glues something on backwards. Adam drops something. Etc. BINGO. The second game could Involve a series of pictures of the shop. And based on the item, projects, tools, etc. Put the series of photos in the correct time line. Cheers.

Just had to say that, during the timelapse segments, it was wonderful to see the giant Swiss Army knife working away!

I’ve been a professional seamstress, knitter and crocheter for 35 years, I do exactly the same thing every few months with my 75-100 crates and bins and project bags with patterns included of “stock”, or “collection”, as I refer to it. It’s a zen time for me. A very creative time. I stock my brain with pieces, parts, textures and colors. It’s an amazing time!

Love how humble is about his shop. It‘s probably an achievement of a life-time to have such an amazing shop - well deserved

@9and7

2 жыл бұрын

A forever on-going achievement....

@Dreddy72

2 жыл бұрын

@Cdb Cdb build general shape, drop half a craftstore in it, clear out a walkway. close enough.

Adam's suggestions of where to find "tasty chunks" is spot on but, there are a few retailers that don't require you to buy twenty feet of something. Two good sources are McMaster-Carr and OnlineMetals (and no, I'm not affiliated with either company). Yes, these two retailers are not inexpensive but, when the material is mission critical, then it's nice to just order what you need and have it arrive at your door step! Thank you Adam (and crew) for all you share and do!

@Coderjo.

2 жыл бұрын

Also, some suppliers, like Alro, let you search in their online store for drops and remnants.

@murphsmodels8853

2 жыл бұрын

The company I work for uses McMaster Carr for emergency stock. If you need 2 feet of 1"x 2" stainless steel tomorrow, Get it from McMaster Carr.

Been doing the same thing all week. I find it hard to create when things are so unorganized. It’s insane how much one can accumulate over time. I gave all materials a certain amount of storage space and got rid of the rest. Feels good in the shop now, ready to build

@kruleworld

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was Adam Savage who said a long time ago "if you can't find it, it's as if you don't have it" (in reference to having things visible or at-hand)

@littlekong7685

2 жыл бұрын

I find that the best for little nibs, screws, etc. Have a finite space allocated, anything that doesn't fit in that space, either delete stuff in the space for room, or junk the piece because your space is full, no exceptions.

As someone who once had a complete meltdown in my work/craft room trying to organize my mixed materials, it's oddly comforting to see Adam Savage also having trouble and getting distracted by the cool stuff he forgot he had, and know that it will all be okay.

enough chunks to make the Keebler elves jealous !

The end of the video was my favorite. I related to it so much because the older men at work treat me the same way as you treat the young men at tested. They are always giving me their older tools that to them are junk and useless but to me it's feels like hitting the jackpot. Seriously brings tears to my eyes when they out of nowhere give me a circular saw or another hammer. I'm a 29 soon to be 30 year old maker and I'm constantly saving itsy bitsy pieces of ply or particle board that I get heckled for at work. They always ask what in the world would I use that for. I always say I don't know until I use it lol. But I can't afford to buy 4x8 sheets of this and that. So for me the scraps are priceless and always come in handy wether it's a week or half a year from now. Much Love and respect. Keep crafting!

@jamesmeader6539

7 ай бұрын

During the pandemic when material prices went through the roof, I spent 2 years making stuff by raiding my scrap piles.

I am glad someone else noticed, that tube of "copper" really looked like bronze to me, with the spiral mill pattern on the outside of it it might even be Oilite or similar bushing material.

@bobbob8229

2 жыл бұрын

Aluminum bronze 😎

@clehrich

2 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it. The whole time I'm going, "bronze, Adam, bronze!"

@DynamicSeq

2 жыл бұрын

Bought a bunch of stock material from a closing machine shop, and there was a bunch of leaded bronze, and it looks just like it...Same swirl marks.... Copper is way more red than that...

Your workshop is heaven on earth!

I went through some of my scraps the other day and was amazed at - 1) All the things I found I didn't know I had 2) How bad it has gotten in that area 3) How much less room it took up and how much nicer it felt after I went through it.

Working in the shop yesterday and was avoiding the 10 mile drive to the local metal supplier, your words in recent video along the lines of “this is the rainy day I’ve been saving this material for!” Definitely resonated and felt accomplishing to continue the fabrication without an interrupted break. Better yet no money was spent out of pocket and fulfilled why I saved the remnants to begin with!

Probably my biggest breakthrough when sorting my own stuff is just simply not being afraid to create a "I have NO idea!" pile and toss things onto that if I have to think about it too hard. That let's me get through the easy-to-middling decisions fairly efficiently. Once I have all those categories sorted, I then find that at least half of the Misc. pile often has a ready home, and what's left is pretty manageable and can often just be left in that pile for next time around.

Adam you should do a challenge where you collect and send Tested contributors and friend an assortment of interesting chunks, scavenged parts and materials and let them build whatever with them. I'd love to see what their creative processes would be to use them

@jakobvanklinken

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good idea, but at the same time most tested contributors aren't all-around-builders the way Adam is. Take Norm for instance, and imagine how specific the materials have to be for him to do something interesting with it. That ends up being not all too different from the usual Norm build, and I don't find those as engaging anyway

You know how there is a 360° virtual tour of the ISS? I’d love to see one of the workshop. I want to look at all of the things! Would be really cool!

@Occult_Orchid

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard that google maps has a secret tour accessible through a manhole somewhere nearby (but not actually) its actual location. Cant remember my info source tho.

Man, i could watch him doing things like this for hourssss. Good one, Adam!

@jackharper24

2 жыл бұрын

very "watching paint dry for me"

@-danR

2 жыл бұрын

taking stock Only Adam Savage could make a video about one of the most boring expressions in the English language.

I am immensely gratified by any of the videos you film from your shop, and even find myself benefitting personally from you getting into your "flow" state while you create. However, I REALLY enjoy the videos where you're basically just puttering around.

I discovered 'lot" as a search term for Legos 15 years back on Ebay. Was able to source approximately 250 pounds of Legos for my kids' collection at dirt cheap prices. (Literally was only paying shipping.) Boxes would arrive and we would take hours sorting. quality time with kids that led to higher quality build times. good times...

@alexythemechanic8056

2 жыл бұрын

Wish I'd known that as a kid. Bet that was awesome.

@nutwiss

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if "Offcut" is a word in USA, but it's an ebay goldmine in UK

@thecorinthianguy

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately people have figured out that Lego holds it's value and finding stuff like that is harder now. Even thrift stores near me have set almost retail prices on Lego now!

At art University I would visit the skip a lot. Particularly just after entrance exams there would be a huge stack of new f15 canvasses being tossed out. Other students sometimes failed at their paintings and would throw out canvases or panels that were lightly painted. So I'd re-prime them and paint over it.

@BabyMakR

2 жыл бұрын

In the future when you've passed on and your works are collectors items, will future art historians do that x-ray thing to your works and find these hidden masterpieces under your paintings? :P

@SleepFaster18

2 жыл бұрын

I did something similar. Someone in my neighborhood threw out all their ex husband's paintings. I was interested in art at the time, so I asked if I could have them. I found them very vulgar and lacking in talent, so I painted over a couple of them and broke the rest of the canvases down, pulled out the staples from the frame and used the wood in other projects. It wasn't the best quality, but it was free and straight so I used it for all it was worth.

Adam, you’re amazing. Your living the life the rest of us dream of and you encourage us to reach farther in our own. Eight hours a day, five days a week, working to make someone else’s dreams come true at the cost of less time to make our possible. Than there you are, showing us how to get by with less. Thank you for all of your help in empowering us. You make me feel like I’m more.

@ebenbildable

2 жыл бұрын

you're

@ebenbildable

2 жыл бұрын

*NOT* trying to be a gate keeper

Watching all of the time lapse in this video I had a realization that that must be what it's like in your head. Your thoughts going everywhere as fast as possible and all of them leading back to the same place.

lol as soon as he picked up the copper hollow cylinder i knew he was gonna go find a magnet next

Give this a try. I am a 72 year old garage technician that does a lot of the stuff you do. I have to “clean up” on a regular basis. One of the best things I ever did was to create a section called the “MUST USE NOW” section. I then tailor all non-important shop time to use the materials in the section. It has two benefits: First- it makes me use old materials that would normally be overlooked or forgotten. Second- it really increases my creativity. Nothing makes me feel better than walking into the shop and seeing this section getting smaller! Steve

Thanks for cleaning up your shop, Adam. It will be good for your health. Also I have been looking for tidying up videos on KZread because I am trying to be inspired by some of the dirty work that needs to be done around my life too. Our spaces that we live in need care just like we do ourselves.

The idea of 'paying it forward' is an idea I absolutely love! I came across it first while I was doing a voluntary service after finishing school. One of the older volunteers was earning a lot more and was often inviting us. He said it wasn't a problem, he would like us to participate, and that when we would eventually end up in the same position, we should do the same. Loved the concept and have been doing it since!

At 6:45 into the vid when Doc Brown, er Adam, picked up the copper tube I knew immediately he would be hunting for a powerful magnet!

@harbl99

2 жыл бұрын

There's a 'Doc Savage, Man of Bronze Precursor Material' joke in there somewhere.

I just love these 'stream of consciousness' talks where we get a rare glimse inside Adam's mind. I love organizing stuff too, so I love these kinds of videos. It's like real-life practical puzzles trying to figure out where things go. I have no idea how Adam stays sane with this many items though. I have trouble with my relatively small stash of craftables (but then, it's limited due to not owning my own home too, which could be a blessing in it's own right for my wallet). My dad is a farmer & he taught me to be handy so my entire tool box (with the exception of like 3 tools that were just better to buy new) is filled with random tools from him. Now every time I grab a wrench or a random drill bit, I smile & think of him. Makes the time when I'm making/fixing things a lot more meaningful.

I’ve found a great place to get very cheep plexiglass as well as electronics that can be repurposed… in most town there are Amazon return auctions, our is nellis auction. Lately there has been large batches of plexiglass sneeze guards being returned and now up for auction.. managed to get a batch of three 24” x 36” x 3/8” for 3$… and plenty of non working electronics that are great for parts on other projects… hope this helps

dumps and landfills are always good for finding stuff if you don't wanna risk getting in trouble for dumpster diving, especially ones near industrial areas. you can find absolutely massive chunks that people don't want to bother recycling or put in the wrong bin.

Great video! Thanks for sharing your experiences with materials stock. Much appreciated!

Adam, have you ever considered melting down some of the stuff and recasting it? Specifically with something like Aluminum, just melting it all down and casting a large, new block or something, so you can make larger stock out of all the small, scrap stuff.

16:09 I remember sorting through my fabric stock and coming up with the terms “significant scraps” and “insignificant scraps”. If it was large enough to use on my small embroidery hoop it was significant, if it was smaller it was an insignificant scrap an I threw it out.

@PKDoesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

I like this. I just organized my leather supplies over the weekend and did something very similar, finally letting go of the smallest subset of offcuts. Felt a lot better when it was done.

😂Building our house, I saved all the circles the trades cut out…drywall by electricians, plywood for toilet holes etc etc. They make great diorama bases. I also organized and stored all the lumber extras and cut offs in the open unfinished garage and it allowed trades to find dry ready to go lumber for what they needed and use it without extra costs to me.

LOVE shop reorganisation/improvement videos!

Yeah, sorting things out ... it's a problem, uhm: process. However, you could treat your metal like you sort different types of wood. Or you take a different approach and don't think about the material but about what you build and put stuff together you need together for specific tasks or builds or projects. don't think from the start but from the end product. Storage has to serve your way of working and sometimes too much thinking about sorting things out just costs (time or space) and doesn't offer a corresponding benefit. But, great for us. Always nice to see someone going through his workshop. Reminds me that I should do the same.

Is there a list somewhere of Adam’s collections and what’s in them? For example, number of space suits and their names, or number of cosplay costumes, swords, etc.? After seeing the prop handgun trunk build, it made me think about his other collections.

I sooo know that feeling, that one you did get at the start of the video :D I have small garage for metal- and woodworking and small room for leathercraft and I realy have to do some kind of cleaning and inventory for everything...

The shop I have worked at for the past 20+ years has two tiers of bins where all the cut-offs go, under the main workbench. There's something like 30 bins, plus the floor under them. Sorted by thickness, shape, solid/tube, materials... There are two bins of the odd aluminum chunks, "scraps without holes" and "scraps with holes" and everything that *could still be used* goes in them. Sometimes, I find a chunk with just the hole I need, ready-made, and I no longer get duped by a "tasty chunk" that turns out to have a bite taken out of it! Those two bins get a heavy-handed culling yearly! I also like to write the current length/size on odd chunks, and especially on heavy bars, to save hauling them out to check. Fat marker that can be read easily.

I have a small basement shop where I do mostly small woodworking, fishing lure making etc. and about 6 months ago I had gotten tired of the shit fight with all my excess materials. I decided in a blind fury to just trash everything that wasn't new and start over, I cannot stress enough how much of a bad idea that was! 6 months later I still go to what used to be my messy bin of "tasty chunks" only to remember "purge day" and have my heart broken. Enough can't be said for keeping things you will never need because you will inevitably need them very soon!

Good video Adam, keep up the good work. I watch all your videos at 1.2 speed, you com off as a mad genius at that speed.

Desert peoples have several words for the different types of sand in their environment. Nordic peoples have the same for different types of ice. Peoples in windy places have all manner of terms for the movement of air. Adam Savage has almost unlimited qualifiers for the types of Chunks he has. Small chunks, large chunks, TASTY chunks, even CHUNKY chunks. Amazing!

I'm completely mesmerized by the Swiss Army Knife...It's like a Savage metronome.

The demonstration of eddy currents slowing the fall of a magnet is a fun trick. A few feet of copper water pipe or aluminum conduit and a good magnet is all you need. Now, back to the clean up and re-org.

Adam, you're absolutely right about the circles. Also I was recently introduced to a place in the Kansas City area called "Scraps" and it's a used art supplies donation place. I manages to find a few decent pieces of off cut leather to play with.

Adam reminds me of the dog in "Up" who would shout, "SQUIRREL!" and then say something nice.

This hits close to home. Great ideas for storage. Also I saw my ole friend………. your giant Swiss Army Knife.

Adam, it's refreshing to know that I'm not the only one getting overwhelmed with trying to sort stuff. I couldn't help but laugh as you admitted that, because it's one of the hardest things to admit. I have done that frequently myself because I deal in different hobbies to an extent than you but it's the same sort of problems.

Fledgling Machinist here, I probably have stock for the rest of my life. Won an auction on a machine shops scrap metal, and most of it was unused bar stock, and tons of chunks of steel and aluminum. Won the auction for $600, and recycled 2 large bins of spent EDM wire for $700.

Madness of cleaning, even when not throwing away anything, at the end of it you end up with more empty space than before. It baffles me every time that rethinking categories and use of space can have such big results.

In the past, as a graphic designer, I had "everything" at home. Different types of paper and cardboard, for different applications. Sheets with rubbing letters. Pantone markers. Drawing pins, brushes, glue.. That was delicious! Now you have a computer🤣☠️

Man Adam... I WISH i had a shop the size of yours. Hell... I wish i just had my own shop! id love to be able to do stuff in such an amazing space.

Well I’ll be damned, Adam, I’m trying to build a certain prop for a show RIGHT NOW and I’m in need of a circle! And I live in your area.

I love the Swiss giant army knife dancing to the beat in the Timelapse!

Adam I think I speak for all makers and TESTED viewers when I say PLEASE HAVE A GARAGE SALE!

I couldn't stop staring at that giant Swiss Army Knife animated store display.

It’s amazing how much better your ability to create and tinker and work becomes when you’ve got organized tools and materials. I have severe ADHD, so that means I do *not* have good object permanence. If I don’t see it (or see where it lives), it may as well have vanished from existence.

6:52 Adam finally puts camera down, my nausea stops. "Pure coincidence"

I moved from the East Bay to Oregon six months ago, and I had to give away/toss almost all my wood, lumber, and metal stock, along with paints and other consumables. Years of "yeah, that's enough to be worth saving" became "that isn't worth packing into the pod, I need the space for something else." Every piece that went into the discard took a gram of my heart's deepest core with it. *sigh*

I’ve just taken over a workshop at a school and there was no organisation at all. I’m now on week 2 of sorting draws, cupboards and shelves of stationary and materials whilst trying to juggle my jobs and teachers dumping tools in the room. This couldn’t have come at a better time.

Tellement d'accord : "ranger, permet de savoir ce qu'on a." Car on a tendance à oublier ce qu'on a (encore) et un objet oublié est un objet qu'on utilisera plus jamais. C'est pour ça aussi que j'ai plein de truc sur mon établi : pour les réparer rapidement... mais souvent je les accumule et j'oublie de m'en occuper (le pire ce sont les objets démontés pour les réparer mais que j'ai oublié où sont toutes les pièces...).

My local branch of Industrial Metal Supply has a set of bins of nice chunks. Of course, you have to pay for them, but it's relatively cheap and the pieces are manageable lengths. My shop is actually the shop for one of the floats in the Rose Parade. I've just finished organizing fasteners and other assorted hardware, which is very gratifying. Next week, we'll be tackling wood, and then probably our 10 foot steel rack (the 20 foot rack is already in pretty good shape, though we need to restock). Maybe 90% of what we do is either steel, wood, or carving foam, so we don't have nearly the variety of materials Adam does.

Here in CT we have the Logan Steel Bargain Barn. They have lots of cutoffs and other stuff they sell by the pound.

Great tour to your scrap "gold" pieces thanks for show .🇵🇹

I love the slow fade-in of the organizing music

My local makerspace has an entire wall dedicated to project scraps. Everything from scrap cloth to 8'x2'x1" thick oak slabs that were donated. I would highly recommend anyone who has the opportunity to check out your local makerspace do so!

Oh man!! I feel you. "OVERWHELMED"

I really expected “Where do you find pieces of copper like this?” To be follow up with “Steal it!” In a very enthusiastic Adam voice

That big round chunk of aluminum (at 25:45ish) looks like a butt-end of an aluminum log used in an extrusion press. I work for an aluminum extruder, and part of my job is to hand-measure samples of shapes customers need and then make a CAD file for the extrusion die maker. All of those piled-up aluminum bits reminds me of a cube in our office where all these samples would end up on their way to the scrap hopper.

Nice job Adam you have done well making me very jealous! I think we are all envious of your cave. 🇦🇺👍🏼😂🥂

I'm amused to see through many videos including this one, that your table saw gets more use as a table than as a saw! Mine is just the same! Marion

In a few cities in Australia, there's an organisation called Reverse Garbage that collects all manner of leftovers and scraps from industry and makes them available to crafters and makers. Worth looking for something similar in your locale.

Adam: there's a gadget you can get called "Feel Flux" designed around that copper/magnet principle. Very thick, beautifully machined copper tube; *absurdly* powerful spherical magnet; it takes about 1.2 seconds to fall 60mm through the tube. It's amazing.

Hey Adam! Always appreciate the great organizing tips you share with the world of makers! Question: Have you ever thought about using the French Cleat System of organizing tools in your shop? What are your thoughts on that system? Appreciate you taking the time to read this if you get to it, keep on making!

As a carver, I thoroughly understand your frustration with organizing your stock

Tasty chunks!

My favorite place to pick through the drop and cut offs of steel and non ferrous material is J Milano in Stockton, Ca. Their selection of bolts and screws is amazing as well.

@robertreynolds6725

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh I lived in Stockton for some time.

You didn’t use the well worn phrase “taking stock” once! Well done Adam.

i just love workshop infrastructure.

You’re a maniac and I love you for it !

The best place I have found for finding stock is my local metal recycler. They are wonderful they set aside all the good chunks in the corner.

Metal by the pound at an industrial metal supply shop is the way to go for cheap stock material. In Los Angeles BOBCO METAL is my fav. IMS, industrial metal supply in San Diego is a pristine, beautiful,, expensive supply shop, but they have a cutoffs section where things are sold by the pound as well. Ive picked up some Chunks of steel and aluminum in the 2"x6"x10" shape size (or thereabouts) for very reasonable amounts..

Im just looking at that brass nubbin (experiment scrap) and just seeing an amazing handle opportunity! or a sweet hammer handle accent.

Metal Supermarkets, great source of chunks, sheets, bars, rods and circles.

You made a Leatherman holster out of that notebook aluminum and I reeeally wish I had one!

For The Ginger With The Beard In The Video, you should make an electronic catalog of your stock. Each day set aside a bin store data then lable the bin with a qr or bar code. You should also make a forge for alunium.

OMG "LOT"! my hobby is a small machine shop. i just hit ebay using your 'lot' trick, and yea i find aluminum 5/8 end bar end drops 5 bucks! Thank you Adam :D

Usual way to find chunks is non-ferrous metal cut-to-size shops. I recently needed right angle aluminium, so cut the square tube I had in half. I ended up using an end mill in a router at slow speed, because I don't have a milling machine. A router bit didn't work well.

The swiss army knife thing looks dangerous when time lapsed

LOL When I saw him pick up the "copper" tube, I had the same idea! I knew he was going to look for a magnet! Too bad it was bronze.

Full chaotic good energy

Hi Adam, You made a Leatherman holster out of that notebook aluminum and I reeeally wish I had one! :)

Adam, your not the only regarding stock levels. Whilst I'm not a maker, I would love to be but the cost of setup isnt viable for me, however I do paint miniature models and I've got tons of paints, tools, brushes etc which I have every intention of using but I have enough to last me a very long time! Yet I'm still buying more paints 😂

@1pcfred

2 жыл бұрын

That's the way it goes with things. We head down slopes and pick up momentum.

One of the greatest feelings is when you find the purpose for that tasty chunk you’ve been holding on to for years.

Would have loved that brass piece that „went wrong“ - would make a nice head for a walking stick, or some kind of wand. 😻

Love the shelf labelled 'WOOD' which is clearly NOT wood! I mean, unless he's painted all that round stock in aluminum paint!

Not to much for chucks of raw material but I have picked up a lot of handles, hinges, paints, hand tools, etc from Habitat for Humanity Restore locations in my area. Also they usually have a lot of cheap cabinets and furniture for building your shop.

What were you doing all day? Adam:"hurling chunks. "

A great video. But I am not sure if I am going to end up with less stuff or a LOT more! ;) Either way it's a great discussion! Thanks again.