Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Folding Rulers!
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2020
- One of the best places to find beautiful vintage tools is at antique malls, and Adam shares some of his favorite tools he's picked up from his travels. One such tool is an elegant folding ruler--the kind that craftspeople used to carry around all the time. That classic design is renewed with a gorgeous folding ruler from Makers Cabinet, called the Stria. Adam checks out the steel and brass versions of the Stria, as well as the updated Iris drawing compass that improves on its unique design. Thanks to Makers Cabinet for sending these lovely tools to add to Adam's shop collection!
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Find the Stria folding ruler here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stria-ruler-unfolding-creativity#/
Find the new Iris drawing compass here: www.makerscabinet.com/
If you're ever in eastern Ohio on a Friday, South of Youngstown there is a giant Flea Market in a small (very small) town called Rogers. lots of cool old tools.
When and if you try making your own?
Add a rotating square section to the hinge so to be able to cut straight corners without having to lift the work peice when cutting squares!..
Loves playing with my dad's ones. They were what looked like ivory but was bakerlite I think? They also had brass hinges
I'm loving the makers cabinet drawing iris and the folding rule, but the thing is that they are beautiful show pieces and not every day in the back pocket reliable measures. Beautiful things are just that, beautiful things not everyday reliable tools.
@@jollyWSL you know they are still being manufactured right?
@Adam Savage’s Tested
I imagine using the iris tool, and I’m already missing a crucial feature:
A circumferential scale on the lower ring, that is divided into 360 degrees. This will not only enable you to measure or create angles, it will also show you if you have placed the iris centered on a line.
The tool would be SO MUCH more useful with it.
My co-workers father passed away a few years back and stored his dad's stuff at work for a while. He was a carpenter in NYC in the 40's. We were digging through the pile and he had hand saws, rulers, hand planes and a real awesome hand made tool box and some other goodies. My co-worker told me to take them if I will use them. I restored everything and use them regularly :)
My son who lives in Taiwan started collecting antique English hand tools, because he is teaching himself with Paul Sellers on CZcams to do capentry.
I live in the UK and all the tools were sent to me and I then had to send them to Taiwan. Beautiful tools and he is restoring them.
Adam's ruler with the level, so wish I could get one of them for myself, for the beauty, use and leveling my pictures when hanging them.
@@anitaswart. Here is a great website for antique tools. I have bought quite a few tools from them. www.shorthillstudio.com/store.php
@@anitaswart. Oh yeah that ruler is special, I've never seen one like it.
Antique malls and rural estate auction houses.. 12 years ago, I found a Gerstner 11 drawer machinist chest, from 1941 (has a plaque on it, gift to a retiring machinist) CHOCK full of interesting tools (including, among others, a Lufkin folding 12" ruler) Got it for $150..
@Eric E gate-keeping is for insecure egotists
Who just likes that Adam talked about foldable rulers for 8 minutes straight, makes me so happy
seems like a schizo on meth
I collect typewriter tools. Not quite used for making things, but for servicing and keeping typewriters running. They still work wonderfully.
That’s so cool! I dabbled with repairing typewriters and have several in a collection that I put in rotation for journal writing.
I don't collect tools, I only purchase tools that I will actually use. At least that's what I tell my wife ;)
Good one 🤣
LOL, sounds like a great system!
I use the same theory
Thanks funny good one Phil
I tell my hubby the same thing about makeup 😃😃 I collect old tools too. I have my grand dad's folding ruler and my dad's and have collected a few more from antique stores.
Whoever the marketing genius is who decided to send these to Adam, I hope he gets a nice bonus this year. Talk about good advertising.
no amount of advertising will ever make their tools worth the money they ask for them.
@@Edheldui These are not meant to be for the average consumer these are meant for makers that will use them and their construction reflects that. If you need to draw precision circles all day then I would say that it would be a good investment. Good tools are an investment the more you use them and the more you enjoy using them, the higher the return.
@@NetAnon exaclty, and the looks are part of the value as well. These tools are made for people who respect them, as the ”crown jewel” of their collection so to say. There is a reason why they dont make all-included toolboxes, these are ment to be something special :D
@@Edheldui have you ever purchased tools from a top end tool manufacturer? Snap-On, Brown & Sharpe, Starret, Wera, etc. Tools considered by most to be top notch, cost a small fortune, but for those who use them, well worth the costs. Maker's Cabinet seems to be aspiring to that echelon of production quality, and therefore their costs will follow suit.
@@chandlermorris712 yes, I'm an industrial designer, and have purchased a few high quality tools including some really good quality aluminum squares, and i think none of the maker's lab tools are worth as much they cost.
That upgraded Iris looks less like a drafting tool and more like a work of art, seriously beautiful.
I used to watch my grandfather build with a folding ruler. It was magical to watch him manipulate it.
In the 70's I worked with an old timer who still used a 4 fold boxwood rule. He took his apprenticeship in Scotland in the 50's and was an amazing woodworker. He would take the little pins out of his rule so he could flip it out quickly. It was really great working with someone that talented in a trade I was just starting in.
I have been watching Adam on MythBusters since 2011 when I was 6 and even though I started watching it late, I still watched every episode. He is awesome and has inspired me in so many ways. My dream came true and my whole life changed when I saw him in person in Akron, Ohio on Brain Candy. I just have to say Thank You Adam for everything. You may not have known it, but you have been a big part of my life for a long time.
Adam, great to see you received the tools and we are so happy you are enjoying them! We did indeed use some beautiful old rulers for reference when sketching out our design and had a lot of fun along the way weaving our unique Makers Cabinet style into it. We love taking our community’s suggestions into our design process, and it's awesome to see your new Iris is easier to handle. The added stiction from the engraving certainly makes a difference, so thanks for your initial insight. Warm regards from the Makers Cabinet Team.
P.S. See if you can figure out where we usually keep our Stria adjustment thumbscrews 😉
I love your tools, its rare to find new tools that measure up to my antique collection but everything you make is functionally flawless 👍
That brass ruler looks like a work of art. Thinking Jules Vern. Never seen the Iris tool before. Wish I had one just to have one.
My grandfather always had a folding ruler in his back pocket. That video brought back memories.
Why is Adam surprised they knew he loved folding rulers? If they've watched a single Tested video they know Adam loves all of the tools.
Thank you Adam for turning me on to these amazing tools. I create mandalas as a hobby and I have been loving the Iris - so much so I picked up an entire set of their tools for my entire team as holiday presents ( I run a design shop) -the quality is absolutely amazing and as my team is getting them this week they are telling me how much they appreciate the craftsmanship of them - they'll be in all our toolkits for a long time to come!
I'm not a maker, but I my brain needs those tools !
I actually have my grandfathers old drafting kit. It is amazing the difference quality can make for something like a compass. Even after over 50 years they are still in good shape. The box is a bit worse for wear but they are beautiful tools and and just work exactly how you would want them to.
My granny has a folding ruler. Its not nearly as fancy, but it was the coolest thing ever to me as a kid.
Maker's Cabinet Board Meeting: "Our sales are down 10% this month" "Sir, it's because we keep sending our inventory to Adam Savage"
How could we not when we see our design's making Adam so happy!
Probably exactly the opposite. This video has 15,000 views already.
I'm going to guess the 3 things they sent him are money well-spent when he makes a gushing video about them and their products in response haha.
@@CorwynGC i think i can fix it...
"Our sales are down 10% this month" "Sir, it's because we havent sent anything to Adam Savage in a bit."
My grandfather was a carpenter and I could spend hours watching him work and I could spend hours playing with his folding rulers.. They where wood with brass hinges and I can remember them clearly, probably because of the hours I spent playing with them. When you're 5 it amazing how many things a folding ruler can be and can do.
I make and collect woodworking tools and a few years ago the marking gage changed my life. There are 3 main types I use on a regular basis: the scribe the wheel and the knife. They are absolutely my most used marking tool outside of a pencil.
Have you ever used a cutting gage on styrene Adam?
ADAM, I look forward to watching the One Day Build of you making a cabinet to hold and display this amazing gathering of antique and modern measuring tools!
If Adam (or anyone reading this) should ever find themselves in midcoast Maine, A trip to Liberty Tool in Liberty Maine is a must. He would be in paradise. A former antique Mobil Station and former general store across the street packed like a hoarder's paradise of nothing but antique tools and parts and pieces arranged in a vaguely organized manner. It's like grandpa's 'old garage/barn times a zillion.
The thing I love the most about these videos, aside from seeing some amazing craftsmanship or tools I’ve never seen before, is Adam’s childlike excitement over... well, everything he does. It is such a breath of fresh air in these turbulent times.
I hope to see Adam Savage at the round top antique festival. We go there every now and then
Arms break and sign shatters, gasping for air......18 seconds! And 25 plus years. But meh, we get there. Thanks Adam for all the entertaining platforms.
I love folding rulers because a ruler is probably the most used tool in the workshop and it's just satisfying to have something that is so useful but so compact.
The angle finding built in is genius. I've never seen anything like that before.
the iris update looks great!
Thanks :)
😃 I *love* these rulers and have a bunch from the mid and late '80s when I was hitting swap meets, estate sales, and yard sales with regularity. My favorite of these folding rulers is a tiny one that opens to twelve inches. It is small and as clean as the day someone bought it from a retailer. I love the warm wood and brass tones of them.
😏 Even though I enjoy my "perfect" 12" - I also enjoy ones that have obviously been daily users, one that look as if they've bounced around in a tool box all their lives. Every dent and scratch gives evidence that they were used to *build* *things.* I also have several wonderful wooden tool boxes to go along with the wood and brass rulers. I enjoy collecting old woodworking tools, and tools that have wooden handles.
😊 Ohhh, I love my old tools... My dad was a carpenter, 30 years in a union that treated him well. I got a scholarship from them when I went to college. Now my dad wasn't old enough to have used tools like the ones I collected, but I am pretty sure his father used them. I love my family connection to crafting. 💕
My tool collecting started with an HD Smith Perfect Handle screwdriver set from my Grandad 👍
@@barneymiller7894 😃 Awesome!
These tools you buy with your head and heart. Beautiful things that will last forever. On my Christmas list,
I have a few antique items from my grandfathers old shop: a draw-knife, a divider, an outside caliper, and an old hand-drill. I keep them on display in my office right by my workbench
Adam. Buddy. Please, I beg you, quit selling me on new/old tools. Its bad enough that you do one per "favorite tool" episode, but doing two here?????? Be still my heart. LOL
Keep up the good work. I thoroughly enjoy your channel content.
antique malls are EXTREMELY underrated!
a video of you strolling through an antique mall would be heaven
What a find of a folding ruler that was also designed as a fairly decent angle finder. One would think they would still be made today,
Your delight in the availability of inexpensive old tools delights me, Mister Savage :)
I'm not a maker/builder nor a tool collector, and even I want these. Really cool!
Hi Adam. Just stumbled upon this favorite tools show & tell. Immediately had to acquire the Maker’s Cabinet Iris. Insanely beautiful instrument.
Hey Adam... please keep up the good work! You would always fill our living room with joy!
Your Enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you
What a coincidence! Just the other day I was watching as a realtor was inspecting my uncle's apartment, and used a foldable ruler he kept in his back pocket. And it got me thinking of measuring tools of the past, how they didn't use to have these roll up tape measures, and how common folding rules probably were back in the day. Cool to see you cover them now Adam!
I am going to have purchase both these beautiful tools to add to my working collection
Adam! We need a comprehensive video of all the ways a folding rule can be used. Finding and transferring angles, offsets and the like. I'm 25 years in the plumbing trade and have just discovered this dying tool and its a shame that they've almost been forgotten.
Really beautiful tools, Adam! They look fantastic! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Very Cool Folding Ruler , Adam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I now need a sorting cabinet”
ODB incoming.
I didn't know 16-year-dead rapper ghosts were concerned with carpentry...
@@tymmezinni Not gonna lie, I laughed at this harder than I probably should have.
I can’t wait till he makes a box for those!
These are amazing. Thank you!
Interesting rulers and circle rulers Thumb up Cheer!
Well Adam. It’s all your fault!!!!!!! I just went and bought the new Iris and the Stria. Look what you made me go and do. Can’t wait for them to arrive. I’ll just sit and play with the Iris until the Stria gets here in December. Thanks much for the wonderful video.
They do a lovely sheath for them too! For the ruler I love makers cabinet and I ain't even a maker.
My dad was a civil engineer. I have his slide and folding rulers.. I really enjoy the feel and look of them aaand can even use them....a bit. Thanks Adam.
This is surprisingly similar to the Swedish Tumstock, widely used all over Sweden and in the Nordic countries!
If I can remember it tomorrow, I will send you some of mine!
Absolutely LOVE your tool tips and favorite tools videos! They’re incredibly helpful and have helped me acquire tools before I even realized I needed them. Thank you for helping us makers who are just getting started! ♥️
Good luck getting started Eric :)
Beautiful tools, heirloom tools. Cheers
I love my antique tools. I have a hand drill that has two power settings and a resizable wood bit that can go from 1/2 inch up to 3 inch. It feels like future-tech from the past.. I also own some chistles that look like they could have been used for boat building 100 years ago and are still excellent.
Another great Favorite Tool video. Thanks for showing the Stria ruler. Wasn't sure if I wanted the brass or steel. Seeing them in the video I agree I want the steel. Keep up the great work. Proud to be a patron member.
Fantastic idea
I cant wait for Adam to make some beautiful hopefully a little vintage cabinet for tools like this
Adam, we share the same aesthetic when it comes to well designed, engineered, and manufactured tools... I think the reason it jumps out is that most of the time we live in a disposable world where things are made to a cost and not expected to last. So whenever we handle something of quality... we notice and appreciate! The tools you shown us, I especially liked the old folding ruler is a beauty... but they're all beautiful!
I have a wonderful antique mall in town where I live. I recently picked up a Kodak Brownie No. 2 Model D, a Zeiss pocket Ikon, a bankers lamp made in 1916, and a 2 1/2 foot tall cast iron boot last.
There are a lot of antique stores around here and I love to go to them. It's like stepping into the past. You can find great tools that are still very useful.
Eggbeater drills, braces, and hand planes are some of my favorites
He should do a video series of tools he doesn’t like at all.
Anything with the word Torx in it :P
If a maker doesnt like a tool, he/she would create a better one.
I would love to see this
This is so useful for me
I enjoy collecting old pocket watch tools.
In the netherlands a folding ruler or as we say: a thumbstick (duimstok), is in any workers kit.
in sweden as well, Thou we might have gotten the idea from you guys, since you built our 2nd largest city =)
That would be a good project to see on tested, making a cabinet for your drafting tools.
Drool tools! Wouldn’t be without my old Lufkin red end folding rules.
I would like to add 'Midori' a brushed aluminium 30cm folding rule which folds together with an exquisite action. It's hinge is marked with the important angles too and it just makes me happy to have to hand whenever I need it.
Yes!!! As long time friend of science and the mythbusters realm. Youve really shown how interesting it is to build
ohh my.. the iris .... 😍😍
My modest stash includes 2 John Rabones and a Stanley originally belonging to my foundryman grandfather. One of the Rabones has the retailer's stamp: John Hall Tools, Cardiff. They traded from 1894 to 1976. I can just about remember them as a kid.
Cool project.
I have this one ratchet that’s controlled by squeezing your hands rather than twisting it, haven’t ever been able to find another like it, old tools never seem to fail to amaze me haha
I had given up on folding rulers after the rubbish plastic ones I had kept breaking at the hinge. Seeing that there is not only still a market for this kind of tool but far better versions than mine, I think I'll look into getting a metal one!
cool tool, especially i liked changing the diameter, similar to a lens with changing aperture👍😯
Cheers!
Look out for sponsored scam ads on Facebook using Maker's Cabinet and even videos here from Tested with Adam Savage. I haven't seen any in a while, but there were a lot a couple of months ago. I wrote Maker's Cabinet to notify them and I suppose they did what they could.
Hey Thomas, too right, thanks so much for your help and support with this! Scam sites have been using our videos and even some of Adam's to sell a fake version of Iris. So be sure to be purchasing from reputable sources! Keep well :)
Yes, super infuriating.
the coolest of these I have ever seen, on the back, one of the arms had a slide rule
Love your drafting tool collection, would love to see more, and a customized storage space would be a great video. I loved drafting and model making in college a lifetime ago, but still appreciate it today. As for old tools, my husband's grandfather and father were in the oil biz here in Texas, and Larry loves those old massive oilfield tools. Crescent wrenches that 48"long and weigh a ton! I can't imagine what the purpose is for him other than memories of his predecessors. Anyway, different kinds of tool collectors but all appreciate the history.
I'm interested in those vintage egg beater hand drills.
Got a nice set of 3 matching antique hand planners in my apartment. Were passed down the family. Never considered getting more! Don't put these thoughts in my head.
"This ruler will make a fine addition to my collection"
I cant wait for mine, thought of you when I saw the kickstarter Stria project. I went for brass
The folding ruler is definitely more practical for what I would use it for, but that iris is absolutely incredible looking
My dad served his apprenticeship as a joiner way, way back in the day. He's still got a load of his original tools left, including his folding ruler, which was always in his back pocket when he was working on stuff.
Nice!! This is called a duimstok in Dutch, thumb stick
In Swedish it's "tumstock". Can also be translated to thumbstick/thumb-log.
Probably because we “on the continent” used to measure stuff in thumbs (which is just inches).
On thicker “duimstokken” the inches are still printed on the side.
I love these
That was satisfying
Nice vids, I have work in a carpentry workshop and a metal workshop, I would use the brass ruler for when I'm doing any woodworking project and the steel ruler for when I'm doing any metal work project, that's just me, brass feels great when your working with wood!
I follow Makers Cabinet on a few platforms I've been avoiding their videos on the stria because I can't afford it nor convince my wife I need it. I already have the iris now I need the stria
One of the tools my grandpa finally broke a few year back was a circle drawer of over 150 years old.
The fantastic thing about it was that it was very precise yet super simple.
It was basically a triangle with 2 ropes to a base. But the ropes ad small knots in them and the triangle had small nudges where you could put the knots behind. with the spacings of the knots and nudges he could make near perfect circles in 4 mm increments like how a calliper works.
I believe the wood and brass ones for decorating but I love the local market on antique day because there's always like 5 stalls of just tools and the odd few dotted around the rest and you can find a pretty clean old plane for £12-£20 depending on the length
My grandfather had several of those. Sadly I lost track of them years ago when my parents died.
Folding rulers rule ! The old craftsman’s like the one you showed here also has a 12” rule that also included a slide mic on its end in 32nds ! Would love to post a pick
Those folding rulers were always laying around my high school shop class and I thought they were a bit archaic. Now I wish I could find one with the quality of those old wood and brass rulers that I didn't appreciate at the time.
I have a carpenter's profile copying scribe that was my father's, it's about 30cm long, has a tiny wheel to run along the surface I am copying and a scribe pin in a slot I can set anywhere along it's length, or it will take a 2mm pencil lead instead of the pin. My father worked in construction all his life starting in the '30s, he had never seen one like this before and bought it from a antique dealer. I still use it.
My favourite tools to collect are: Specialty pliers, tiny drill bit's and drivers for them (the absolutely tiny chucks are my favourite pieces of engineering), and one of my most used tools are specialty torches. I love the chef torches for a number of reasons and I use them almost every day around electronics (focus heating precisely something, shrink tubing, etc) and around 3d printing. I also use it for opening stuff and what not. Adam if you read this get a chef torch, I am 100% sure you will find good use for it!
Och and one thing worth mentioning that I do not have at home but wish: cable tying machine. These are used for quickly tightening zipties and automatically cutting the end. They have a number of variants and setting but boy do we use them at work. It would be extremely useful for prototyping and I am sure it would also be nice for cosplay applications :)
My non-folding ruler also has angle-finding capabilities built into it. It is perfect at detecting a 180 degree angle!
Tools of Our Forefathers, next; the Stanley Plane #7. I have my great-grandfather's #7, it is a masterpiece of design efficiency.