Show and Tell: Adam Savage's Custom Welding Cart!
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- In this live stream excerpt, Adam gives us a tour of the oxy acetylene cart he recently built, then answers Tested member Steve W's question, "Is there anything that you built early in your career that gave you that sense of satisfaction and made you want to build more and better?”
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Can i have your old cart? XD Maybe.. just maybe.. Sign it and sell it? To me? lol
Maybe you can make your own welding goggles for your next video. 😁
@@Napster60 NOOOOoooo his googles are out of stock
@@cdurkinz I have goggles. lol I want the big crappy metal cart that he doesn't like.
Mr Savage a quick tip when you are setting up for your jewelers torch, if you set both regulator's at 5 psi output then it makes dialing in your torch far simpler ( 40 years welding experience and that's how We we're taught as Apprentices doing lead burning/ welding) very similar torch, it's far easier to get yourself a hot neutral flame ,👍
The moment you mentioned building stuff off camera just for the sake of doing it for yourself, my first thought was "that's absolutely fair you can't film everything" and then you go and say you feel guilty about it? Listen here Mr Savage, we all respect you more than you know and want you to do whatever brings you happiness. If you want to build something just for the love of it and not for us, you damn well do it! It's not exactly like you don't spoil us enough with everything you do so please, guilt free, build for yourself.
Nice! Only one thing I'd change. Store your goggles with the front of the lens up, so detritus doesn't fall inside them. The outside is easy to clean, the inside is a pain.
Couldn't agree more! You are busy and want to get on with the job and then you have to stop and clean the saw dust, grinding dust and swarf out of the goggles before wiping the lenses.
Seen that one....right after he was complaining about the old cart collecting dirt and stuff in the holder of the cart, it can now collect in the googles.
Better yet, in a closed box. I keep all my ppe in containers because aluminum detritus is impossible to clean out.
I try to store goggles, visors, and similar types of safety gear in slider ziploc bags. The only drawback is if you have a wet sweatband on one, you need to dry that out before putting it back in the bag.
@@marksnyder2232 Maybe try putting some silica packets in the bags? Granted, I'm not sure how well or how quickly they would dry out the headband, but it might be worth experimenting.
Sharing with a show and tell is great. It has a different type of entertainment. Seeing Adam be excited and proud to show his new toys is nice
I just bought my house with the wife , I just got a big for me 3 car garage and I have built the last 6 shop upgrades you did it’s a perfect timing . My favorite so far was the ER 32 collet holder . Thank you Adam .
You bought a house with a wife? Where can you order one of these? My wife attachment became faulty soon after I moved in 😇
@@digitaIgorilla lol that’s to funny man .
@@adatr9410 No it really isn't, more sad !
Hey Adam, just wanted to say when you get around to learning torch welding, you're going to love it. Watching that little nugget of a weld puddle form under the soft swishing sounds of the torch flame, coaxing it gently along to form a bead; it is an experience like no other and I would surmise very much up your alley.
Yes! I've been practicing torch welding from the handful of videos already on CZcams and you've described it perfectly.
oh theres swishing.
surmising the alley
Oxy fuel welding is my all time favourite form of welding. Its so cathartic, I get lost in the process. It breaks my heart they are no longer teaching it in trade schools where I am as I find it is the best way to teach someone what is happening when you weld due to how much it slows the process down.
Dam Adam, that's the nicest welding cart for a torch set up, that I ever seen !!!
That Cart is OFF the HOOK for sure Dude !
Your jovial attitude, especially with your private builds, is that of an excited 4th grader and I absolutely love it
By no means should Adam feel bad about not filming some of the builds. We are joyful to get to see some of it. Thank you for sharing any of it Adam and team!
I agree! He lives between worlds as a maker and presenter, and I am happy when he has private moments to be that maker self without worrying about anything else!
OMG Adam! That Jeweller's torch does almost EXACTLY what my little old 1980s Microflame dual-cylinder kit did♥
you need NO excuses, let alone guilt... we are all extremely privelaged for the skills, tips and builds that you do share with us.
so thank you Adam, for the knowledge you do share. we get excited either way, to see something you've build that you are proud off.
we get all gritty with you.
a humble bow to the greatest gadget and prop builder in the world.
Evening Mr.Savage! I miss the ol’ mythbusters days! Always a pleasure to watch either way.
in my opinion, the beauty of being a maker, is the joy of custom modifications within my shop. Things I have fabricated, which streamline my work, and allows me to express my creativity.
My favorite OA eye protection is just the #5 shade glasses. Super comfy and light
My first welding project was building a stand for my wood cutting table saw. I used oxygen acetylene and a Smith torch with a 202 203 204 tip for welding. The welds looked great, such a peacefully quiet welding process.
Way to go Savage! Time to take that rig over to San Bruno and see what those cart wheels can do!
I made my welding cart from parts of a broken shopping cart back when I was in high school; still works great. I've never used my rig for welding, just brazing and heat treating.
My cutting torch is on the backside of my 4 foot shop fan. A small table top drill press is on top of the same fan. Double duty is great but same thing for 3 items is even better in a small shop.
I know you must know, oh yes please tell me you do, they make smaller tanks ! I'm a fitter from NY. Thanks for all your time and effort, I look forward everyday to see you and what your up to, thank you so much.
Adam: Watching you do what you do - whatever it is that you are doing - gives me great joy. It reminds me of so many nights watching Mythbusters with my sons.
It also reminds me that we are all still curious and questioning and inventive young ones at heart.
Thank you.
Everyone: I'm gonna get some welding practice in by fabricating a welding cart!
Adam: I'm gonna build a welding cart out of wood!
When I told my wife I was buying a welder, she asked me why. I told her I needed to make a welding cart.
@@SierraLimaOscar Same here, but now she gets it!! The BBQ got crushed by the snow over winter two years ago and it also happenend that we upgraded the kids beds and the old bed frames were headed for the curb... The tub on the BBQ was still good, only the base was mangled. A couple of beers later on a nice sunday afternoon we had a really stout BBQ!!
Last winter we changed the hot water tank... Again, the GF asked how we were going to get rid of the old one. When I told her it was a smoker now, she was all for it!
Remember to put a sign on the cart .
Smoking around the cart is not recommended. You could go boom.
Stick to what you know or you will make something you are not happy with and have to stare at it forever
Same here in Virginia! The weather is spectacular
I'm very new to welding, so I'll leave comments on that to more experienced people. But as a woodworker, that's a very clever design, and I think you did a great job. And Adam - do your personal projects, and know that we all support you doing some off camera. Enjoy your work on your own terms from time to time! :)
As an 80’s kid I love the color.
Buddy, that looks INFINITELY safer than any solution I have seen. The only drawback is you can't drag it across a gravel lot to get to some broken down equipment. That's the only reason the old cart even exists. It's a somewhat happy medium. But in a shop with a proper floor I would probably require something like your setup.
Love the oxy acetylene cart! My mind is just a spinnin!
When you mentioned the problems with the traditional welding cart, my first thought was to build a cart that had the tanks one behind the other, just like you made it! Happy days and model on! 😎
Just finished building my oxy cart, as an IT guy I’m enjoying learning to work with metal.
I too absolutely hate the standards tank cart, what you built is actually really really cool. Now I work in more of a industrial commercial setting, think the only thing I would change is maybe some bigger castors for navigating over small debris and uneven ground, but for at home I’d use the same castors you did. Awesome Adam! Love your videos and I grew up watching every single myth busters episode!
Built of wood and Matthias green … Perfect!
For anyone else in the same boat not wanting ecto welding goggles, Have a look at the RX-17004 "flip up welding safety glasses". Comes in a variety of soldering and welding shades. Especially for using the jewelers torch, since the inner, clear lens can be swapped for prescription lenses ( I did some initial testing, and you SHOULD be able to use an executive bifocal in it, as long as the add isn't too high)
The only issue I see is if you end up exchanging for a tank that's too large in diameter for your cart. I also built a wooded welding cart and I sized it for the bottle I had, assuming they were a standard size. When I exchanged it for a full bottle, I found the new bottle was larger and didn't quite fit. Luckily my bottle is secured with a strap, so it's not a huge deal, it's still secure.
Given the wonder woman logo on the acetylene tank, I'm pretty sure Adam owns his tanks and gets them refilled.
@@bluetoes591 ah, I didn't catch that. That would make sense.
Braising isn't hard just get it clean use a good fluxed rod and have fun! My first braising job was on a radiator for a tractor trailer. I'm proud to say it's still sealed to this day and saved us $1500! If i can, you can!
I really like the cart. I too hate moving mine around like you and this looks like a great build and I would like to build one like it. Great job!
No more flammable than all the other flammables in your shop
The only fault with the cart is that it can self travel if bumped, earthquake, pulled on hose while welding. I would definitely make sure the wheels are lockable. Other then that, you should patent the idea!
or you can just leave a ton of crap on the floor, never sweep- thats what i do. my carts are a fight to roll even when i want them too.
Maybe I'm crazy, but I have no concerns about a wooden cart for an oxy-acetylene kit. The four swivel casters at the corners will help keep it upright and in place, most of the time. I agree with John K. that there is some concern that the unit could potentially travel on its own, but that could easily be fixed with locking casters, or a locking attachment to the cart.
For a wooden cart, by the time you worry about it burning, I think you've already had way bigger concerns about the oxy-acetylene tanks exploding.
That said, I would like to see the hoses get better methods of keeping them under control and not twisted or damaged or otherwise in the way.
And I'd love to see what the guy on the Fireball Tools channel would do for a custom oxy welding cart. He does great stuff!
For wheel options, check out the casters that can be lowered and locked into place from this video: czcams.com/video/lHzCgkR9CfM/video.html
Would love to see some kind of base that retracts the casters so it lays flat and can’t move. I’ve used a mobile hydraulic lift for huge tvs that had that kind of mechanism.
Before I could blink the sleep from my eyes I thought this was a custom wedding cart.
...I don't know what a wedding cart would be, but if it had to be built Adam could build it...
I think a wedding cart would just be a rickshaw lol
And no doubt Adam would build the best wedding rickshaw
i love it when Adam says "S**te"
it's a pretty common expletive in the UK and Australia ( which i expect is where Adam picked it up) but it sounds so funny in an American accent
🤣
Love Oxy welding, made my own cart, very basic, but it worked.
Love the ad placement I got at 7:13 “Oh!” And then xeometry “need a part?” Haha
Brilliant job and much needed! It’s a mystery why no one has come up with an alternative to the old carts gobent they are everywhere. Your goggles may not be the best choice; u want a full face mask that has light sensors and protects you from the fumes when u weld
Hoods suck to use with a troch goggle work fine hoods also really dont do jack as far as fumes go
I think for v2 I would add a gate for the acetylene tank as you did for the oxygen tank, and make the push/pull handle removable. I'd also make the width of the cart such that the gauges are inside the edge, so if the bottom clears it while moving the cart, it's far less likely the gauges/hoses will snag. I like very much how the wheels are done. Lowering the center of gravity like that makes it super stable. As another commenter mentioned, wheel brakes are essential.
Straight savage.
The bigger issue I have with a wooden welding cart -- not using the welder to manipulate the metal to MAKE the cart used to move said welder around the shop.
So I actually enjoy the abbreviated videos! Quick and easy to enjoy and the pride and joy on your face showing it to us is...amazing! Perhaps you can edit for both?
The way Adam says “sometimes I build stuff without telling you about it” has the same energy as if he were sneaking out in the middle of the night to get your favourite take away food without you but brought you some to enjoy this time as a surprise, or like he’s in an open poly relationship with you and gleefully ecstatic about disclosing he has multiple casual partners you didn’t know about, but knows you’re an empathetic partner who understands and supports his choices.
I love the total rethink on the oxy as a front-back setup rather than a side by side apparatus.
Of course, in industry the carts usually have large pneumatic tires for the fact that they're often wheeled around in literal dirt and mud, but that fact aside, there's no reason a shop cart can't be on 4 large castors like this.
Further, oxy carts often have fork tine slots in the bottom and an engineered lifting point that extends above the cylinders so that they can be lifted via crane. Perhaps not super super useful in a workshop oxy, but mandatory on site in the mines and power plants.
This front-back design could easily be tweaked and manufactured with steel and as is obvious, there's a bucket load of real estate either side of the cylinders. One could easily have 2 boxes on one side, to store PPE in one (gloves, jacket, hood) and consumables such as various tip sizes and the few tools required in another box. Then the other side could have a rack to store a few different oxy handsets, a 1.5m straight edge for a cutting guide, and a couple of jigs such as a hole cutting jig.
In the industrial sector oxy sets are neglected and abused and only really used for rough cutting a narrow range of steel thickness, predominantly. However, that's not how they're used in a shop and it makes sense to have a cart with virtually all the tools you need for pretty much any oxy task so that you just grab it and go, rather having to rummage through a disorganized toolbox for the specifics of what you need.
Hey, with this form factor you could easily put some Milwaukee packout mounts on the things to slap a clear lid parts sorter on one side and a couple stacking boxes on the other. That would definitely appeal to a certain kind of crowd.
nothing more impressive than an bottle going though a brickwall, a roof and then returning the same way to leave an crater in concrete
Hey Adam. Just wanted to say how much I love the videos you put out. Videos like this give me a lot of great tips for my shop. Plus it’s nice to come home and unwind with your videos. I’d maintenance on the nuclear arsenal so my job has become a bit busy with recent events. (I promise we have no intention of launching them. Just a precaution). It has been so nice to come home and see your videos posted. Your personality and your voice just brings me back to my childhood. I grew up on the myth busters. Other kids watched dexter and SpongeBob while I watched the discovery channel all day. You can say I’m a bit of a nerd. But the mix of the show and this channel spawned my love for building. And maybe shooting guns and making things blow up but hey, how can you not love that. Love your stuff man. Keep up the always great videos and keep inspiring people the way you inspired me
Boy I want to show this to my boss. Our cart is falling apart, and I think we would benefit from a new one inspired by this! I think wood isn't a problem since you're aware of what you're doing around it.
here in the UK you can get 1/2 size gas bottles , very handy for a small workshop , or when you only need oxy to burn off bolts
Always move these with the caps on" preach that welding edicate my good sir.
Surprisingly the cart looks only a little less wide. The cart does not need to tilt to move makes it better to manoeuvre. I realise this from my suitcase. I love this video and I never welded myself.
More details on the jewelers torch set please!
Now that's a good Color!
My unnecessary .02 would be a hook to hang a striker that has a Carabiner clip for your belt loop when using the torch setup
Thats a good idea for a cart. 👍
you are so much of a maker, i'm waiting to see when you discover the art of Black Smithing. till then keep having fun!
Instead of goggles I went with a clear faceshield with a flip down welding lens. The welding lens is blue rather than green (they call it "cobalt") and it works really well for me for making the flame and weld puddle stand out. The face shield means you get decent protection if you're grinding/cutting as part of your welding process. After a quick search, it looks like it's a Sellstrom S32161B.
I was actually in California for 24 hours and that happened to be the day I was there, it was a very perfect day for weather
Adam , Hi iv watched quite a few of your videos your man cave, WOW man have you gathered some really nice tools, lathe, Milling machine assoatied tooling, sockets, screwdrivers pliers, grips, i could go on an on, The BUT here is you have to stop gathering, and at some point have a clear out otherwise you will end up in the SAME position as i now find myself in, i am a tool aholic and a prolific purchaser of more tools from ebay. I have a large shed workshop in my back garden and a covered area in front of the double doors to this shed, it takes me 35 mins to clear stuff out of the way so I can get access into my shed, all because of the stuff i have gathered over the years. I recall the video of you having to shift tons of stuff to get your old mill out and your New mill in, do you see where I am heading with this first comment from me to you, I think your more than capable of doing, making, building anything that comes along, please don't hem yourself in to the point where you can't freely move about your workshop. I have a lovely big old lathe I can't get near because of all the stuff I've been gathering over several years. So my plan this yr is to de clutter and get my life back Stan in Scotland.
That's amazing, good job Adam 👍
Ok I’ll be the buzzkill. If you’re storing Oxygen and Acetylene tanks when stored and not in use, need to be stored 3 meters apart or if stored on the same cart, needs to have a firewall barrier rated at 5’ high and fire-resistance rating of at least 1.5hrs. But hey, cool cart!
Yup, Needs a barrier between the tanks and that paint isn't going to keep slag from burning through wood=Fuel.
But the standard cart does not have any barrier between the tubes? (Not what I could see in the clip). So please explain more?
I wanted to comment about the firewall too. We had to add a divider on several oxy fuel carts where I’m employed as well as the Taylor-Dunn carts that we have oxy fuel tanks installed on. I also agree with the need for flash back arresters and a way to lock it in place.
I'd love a video on glasses friendly goggles of various sorts
and any lefty tools you may know of
Its green so you can see it and wont accidentally walk into it
the casters are a great idea
The best welding goggles aren't goggles at all. They are a shade 5 face shield (from Fibremetal, in particular).
That cart has some nice aspects to it, but I see one issue that I worry about. That is that the casters are small and hard. They will have trouble with a finishing nail lying on the floor. The big wheels on the old cart are much more capable of dealing with that particular issue.
i have seen ppl take a spare screw on cap for those tanks and weld a loop on to them, then screw that on the tank and use it with a shop crane to swap out there tanks and move them in to a truck to take them to get refilled
Hello!!!!! Adam from Argentina !!!!
Adam you’ve probably seen them but they make caps that are on pins you leave them on the tank all the time pull a pin the lid slides up and open instal you gauges it slides over the fitting that screws into the value from gauges re pin it and your good to go can’t brake the main valve off
Way to go Adam, that design is Great!, needs to be mass produced in aluminum
Didn’t try is video come out about a week ago. I remember watching it.
This is from a live stream a few weeks ago. Likely you caught a live stream, which is made members-only after it streams.
Maybe add a little co2 fire extinguisher? Seems like an easy way to make sure the wood is never a problem
That is a good looking cart. A little lift kit and big pneumatic tires it would be fit for farm shop duties because we often have to weld out of the shop because things are already in the shop and priorities being what they are lol.
Better yet get tires that are semi solid so that you don't find the cart has a flat when you are focused on fixing something more important.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
That's a fantastic cart, but you know you don't need to get full size tanks. They do come in different sizes. Oxy propane is another option for gobs of heat!
He might use enough at a time that smaller ones are too small, I can't remember the details but you can't use too much% bottle of acetylene at once cause the conditions in the bottle can become unsafe.
I was the 420 like for this video. To celebrate that I should have a brownie.
Thanks for your content.
I think you would like my OXY Acetalene cart. It's still wide but it has 2 large 24" wheels, and leans back at an angle with a specially designed extra set of wheels that allow it to be rolled around in a stable angled configuration.
Read wedding cart and didn't even blink.
I'm surprised you don't have a half-sized Oxy-Acetylene rig. So much easier to move around in small spaces, we keep one in our garage and it comes right out no problem.
The only problems with those is they don't last long at all. Especially the oxygen. Full size tanks are better unless you need true portability. We have a 10CF acetylene bottle for soldering on job sites and it runs out fast. Its so useless we quit soldering copper a long time ago and just use a high quality urethane caulk.
@@oldscratch3535 I was more talking about situations like Adam's, where he doesn't use it anywhere near as often as a dedicated fabrication shop might. The half size tanks would be just fine for his situation.
Love the ideas but one quick question-- if I can’t use my pick up or car to haul my tanks HTF am I supposed to do it?
The first way I learned to weld was with oxy- acetylene. if your parts are tight, you don't even need filler metal.
"Thursday afternoon" for a second i was like hold up, its only 11am on the east coast so its defiantly not afternoon in San Francisco. then i realized this was recorded on a previous Thursday lol
A little surprised adam didn't just get smaller bottles. There is a few smaller sizes, commonly used by plumbers hvac guys etc.
I hauled a 330 home today in the Malibu 😂
Gotta do what you gotta do.
Love it! Would have bben cool to see it painted and weathered to match the bottles
It's pretty here in Wisconsin but no surprise it's very cold lol
Those goggles would make a nice base for a new version of ecto goggles :D
Check out the hvac/r mini torches game changer in that field
The cart I have has bike wheels on it and moves easy over gravel.
If you aren’t familiar with how to use an Oxy Acetylene torch please don’t touch it.
If you mess up the Acetylenes pressure you will blow up the area you’re in!
P.S
A small truck crane that attaches to your tow package can lift the tanks out with relative ease and don’t cost very much.
"Don't put them in your car." Jeez, I remember as a teenager having my fast food manager making me shuttle some of these tanks between stores in my dinky hatchback. Amazing how businesses take advantage of their naïve teen employees.
Those were probably CO2 tanks. A little less scary.
@@tedfort1698 Yeah...unless it leaks and slowly suffocates you as you drive down the road. Totally less scary. You should never store those in an enclosed area where people are and they should never, ever be put into an enclosed passenger vehicle. Ever notice that most fast food places store their tanks in a separate room with a separate outside door? Or, they have them stored outside in a service yard?
Just b/c it doesn't explode or burn doesn't make it any less dangerous.
But its green!! Thanks for sharing
I don't have a problem with it, it's your shop. It likely meets your current need.
I will say a few things though that seem odd.
You build a cart for a welding rig out of wood. If you can't weld why do you need a welding rig? (yea I know you also use it to heat stuff up, but you do say you plan to learn to weld), missed or postpones opportunity?
BTW the design of the cart looks really solid at a glance.
You said you want to be able to work on cars in a shop someday. That could require welding, depending on that specific project.
As a maker the lack of welding skill seems like an obvious fundamental gap, especially with the focus on machining lately. This would seem like a whole area for you to dive into to expand your skill set and tool box. It would likely put additional strain on space, and to some degree budget. That said, I realize metal work in general is a pretty deep and broad rabbit hold to venture down when you already have a solid base for the project you focus on, so you'd likely need some real reasons to add it.
I'm pretty sure the full face shield does more than protect your eyes, as molten metal can hit your face. It can also hit the rest of you too. Dress for success (and safety).
The combination of metal, wood, and other materials in the implementation of a design is very powerful.
I expect the road to being a metal worker would provide for good content for the channel.
In any event. The content has been really good lately.
I must say having a E size oxy bottle is pretty handy around a big metal fab shop but they are way to big. We use D size bottles on sites and it’s so much better. way lighter and way safer.
sweet! it is clearly easier to get it around.
i miss my trips to SF. :)
While watching jewelry-making, I saw a weird torch-head. Just like yours, but without oxy in a bottle. the jewler supplied the oxygen by blowing into a hose. With that he could regulate the heat very finely. I had never seen that.
Does anyone know, if this is standard-equipment?
You can grab a smaller portable handheld set of tanks for your jewelers torch.
Good work
0:05 - I BITE MY THUMB at you Adam, I live in Wisconsin and I forgot the sky was blue! ITS BLUE! Cabin fever is real. Oh wait, yeah, you proved that once.
0:11 stop
0:16 AAH!