Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Mini Chop Saw!

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2020
  • Once Adam finished making his mini bandsaw, he was inspired to try his hand at making more custom tools and developing his own machining skills. The mini machine vise he previously made finds its home in an awesome mini chop saw, which actually takes Adam a whole week to design, sketch, and build piece by piece. After a huge amount of trial and error, Adam is so pleased with the finished build--it might be his favorite One Day Build ever!
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  • @tested
    @tested  Před 3 lety +187

    Watch the making of the machine vise here: czcams.com/video/-xWGRVL-ExA/video.html

    • @bigdaveyjoyce7890
      @bigdaveyjoyce7890 Před 3 lety +6

      With a name like Savage you must defend it. Next time you are in Ireland Adam we will do a bareknuckle.

    • @rootvalue
      @rootvalue Před 3 lety +2

      Still no captions on that video either.

    • @tleg6969
      @tleg6969 Před 3 lety +4

      @Adam Savage's Tested leaving flux dripped all over that beautiful vise will make it not so beautiful.

    • @feelingdandie
      @feelingdandie Před 3 lety +4

      Hey Adam, as a construction student in college with a interest in the safety of work I was interested in why you weren't wearing safety glasses. So I did some digging and saw your video on the Westworld face shield. From there I had a question: why not just wear glasses with safety lenses? And if you already do, why don't you also have the safety flaps that are necessary with them?
      Not judging just interested. Thanks!

    • @dragonracer7383
      @dragonracer7383 Před 3 lety +4

      Next time on tested, Adam miniturizes a table saw, because miniturize all the tools!!!! :P

  • @NE0NHavoc
    @NE0NHavoc Před 3 lety +1161

    It's amazing how much more personal this feels with out a professional film crew

    • @Mad.Man.Marine
      @Mad.Man.Marine Před 3 lety +51

      It really is. It shows is good nature and smarts. And also shows his mistakes. Which is fantastic.

    • @sebastiannolan7071
      @sebastiannolan7071 Před 3 lety +2

      I it ik wuooyl u I you ili ya

    • @Ellehsdee
      @Ellehsdee Před 3 lety +7

      Thats what his sister said when she was eight.

    • @dpearson80808
      @dpearson80808 Před 3 lety +23

      It's true. It feels so much more like you are just chilling in his shop while he's working and chattering on about his process. And then he gets super excited when he remembers that he has the perfect tool for a particular operation lol. BTW I would pay GOOD money to get to just chill and chat with Adam while he makes stuff. That would blow my freakin' mind. But even just having a front row seat through the computer screen is a damn good alternative! Yeah, I kinda like the more personal Adam-operating-the-camera-himself approach better as well.

    • @LiveLo0t
      @LiveLo0t Před 3 lety +16

      Static camera position is what gives it the feel. Even the slightest pan, zoom, or motion gives it a manufactured and polished look whereas vlog culture and the "confidential confession" portions of reality TV shows where the cast recounts how they were feeling or what they were thinking at a particular time as a way to drive the narrative. As Adam would say "This is just a long way of saying... it's the static camera."

  • @briggsbughouses6291
    @briggsbughouses6291 Před 2 lety +7

    Anyone who uses a Bridgeport mill to build a vice for a $4.99 Craigslist Chopsaw gets a thumbs up from me.

  • @LaceLoop
    @LaceLoop Před 3 lety +91

    I love how personal this is. This feels like we are in the shop with Adam watching everything in real time. It almost feels like behind the scenes on Mythbusters.

  • @RavenWolffe77
    @RavenWolffe77 Před 3 lety +16

    Those shots of his notebook/sketchbook were amazing. I hope he publishes them someday, seeing as he’s certainly got many of them (the one he showed was way to thin to have 30-40 years of tinkering in it).
    It would be the absolute be-all-end-all for anyone doing propmaking/machining/anything under the sun.

  • @z_man22
    @z_man22 Před 3 lety +823

    "Welcome to Adam's one day build"
    *two minutes later...*
    "So about five days have passed"

  • @tylerharness281
    @tylerharness281 Před 3 lety +861

    Everyone else is going crazy in lockdown and Adam’s just building a miniature version of his shop

    • @xevira
      @xevira Před 3 lety +92

      Next month: Atom Savage's One Day Builds

    • @FacePalmEXE
      @FacePalmEXE Před 3 lety +45

      What is this? A shop for ants?

    • @nicholassilva8263
      @nicholassilva8263 Před 3 lety +20

      @@FacePalmEXEHow can people learn to make, when they can't even fit inside the building?!

    • @sebastianthor546
      @sebastianthor546 Před 3 lety +41

      Imagine in a month when he realizes all the new tools needs boxes to store them in

    • @SeraphX2
      @SeraphX2 Před 3 lety +5

      Not me. I'm allowed to go out and get my haircut and get a soda from the convenient store. And guess what? We aren't overrun in death and sickness like everyone said there would be. Imagine that.

  • @brett567
    @brett567 Před 3 lety +1

    Taking a tool you love and moding it to make it better has to be one of the most intoxicating and rewarding experiences in my opinion.

  • @tylerbrauer22
    @tylerbrauer22 Před 3 lety +4

    I've been a machinist for 10 years and this is one of the coolest little machines i've ever seen. Great work!

    • @stclairstclair
      @stclairstclair Před 3 lety

      As an old mechanic who can build lots of stuff Ive always wanted your skills,
      We had a machinist friend growing up, we build a legitimate drag car, He builds one that makes ours look like kids made it, Ha ha!

  • @5punkybob
    @5punkybob Před 3 lety +514

    Everyone else: buys a tool
    Adam: makes a tool to make a tool to customise a tool that replaces the original tool.

  • @UndercoverFerret404
    @UndercoverFerret404 Před 3 lety +556

    I actually like these "intimate" episodes better than the ones with camera crew etc.

    • @jasonrackawack9369
      @jasonrackawack9369 Před 3 lety +22

      Camera crew be like "hey my kids gotta eat, keep quite!"

    • @stickywicket3019
      @stickywicket3019 Před 3 lety +32

      Not gonna lie, id watch an 8 hour stream of just Adam doing one of his builds, just him a camera and his tools

    • @iipedro123
      @iipedro123 Před 3 lety +22

      I also really like these more as well, but it must tremendously slow him down in the workshop having to worry about the cameras, its just a level of thought he'd likely be far more productive without

    • @Tondadrd
      @Tondadrd Před 3 lety +9

      And also Adam sometimes positions the camera wrong or doesn't shoot at all.
      I love these too! But the camera crew unloads loats from Adam's table.
      Also I imagine, that the camera crew then passes footage to the editors, so Adam doesn't have to send the files either. It is a small hassle compared to positioning the cam every simgle time, but there is more around the filming that the camera crew does than just pointing the camera. Lighting, focus and other checks as well, ofcourse.

    • @sladekenzig3760
      @sladekenzig3760 Před 3 lety +7

      I like this type more as well, it feels a bit more like I’m the workshop with him while he’s screwing around with some idea that’s just popped into his head

  • @basosz
    @basosz Před 3 lety +65

    Adam: "I don't wanna reinvent the wheel here..."
    Then goes on to basically reinvent this particular wheel.

    • @TheGalacticWest
      @TheGalacticWest Před 3 lety +2

      Man coulda bought a proxxon and had it shipped faster. Good skill building though.

    • @meribor
      @meribor Před 2 lety +2

      The mechanics of the saw, itself, were untouched, which is the wheel he was referring to

  • @shawnbrennan2583
    @shawnbrennan2583 Před 3 lety +23

    Awesome Adam, you're one of us, and by that I mean, the more intense the task the more tongue get shown. Great build nice work.

    • @diggumsmack2
      @diggumsmack2 Před 2 lety +1

      52:26 😛 tongue waiving task. Won't work without the tongue exposed, from Adams days in the illuminati.

  • @MarkChuCarroll
    @MarkChuCarroll Před 3 lety +255

    It's great seeing someone so articulate talking about the joy of making tools.
    Making things is one of the most rewarding things in life. But making things that will be used to make things is special.
    I'm just a hobbyist maker. By my career is being a software engineer who makes tools for other engineers - and it's the same kind of joy. You're making things that make it possible to make more things. And there's nothing else quite like that.

    • @MarkChuCarroll
      @MarkChuCarroll Před 3 lety +2

      If you folks ever want to talk to a math/CS/engineering nerd, please let me know. I'd love to have a chance to chat with Adam!

    • @CrashingThunder
      @CrashingThunder Před 3 lety +1

      Same here. I'm not a physical maker, but I think we're all one in the same. I enjoy creating systems that are efficient and elegant, and programming is where I apply those efforts. It's all about automation and utility for me.

    • @MrGreenAKAguci00
      @MrGreenAKAguci00 Před 3 lety +2

      You are going to love This Old Tony channel

    • @if66was99
      @if66was99 Před 3 lety +1

      Mark Chu-Carroll, I took my machinist apprenticeship at Landis Tool Co. We made grinders for all kinds of industries but mainly for auto manufacturers, crankshaft grinders, cam grinders, piston grinders etc. It was very satisfying to watch one of those big machines get built and plumbed and wired and ran in by the Machine Inspectors and then broke down and put on a truck and sent to Ford or GM or Caterpillar.

    • @x0nor
      @x0nor Před 3 lety

      What about making things that help people make things that help people make things?

  • @robpaly293
    @robpaly293 Před 3 lety +226

    Love this. Keep them up Adam!
    Already mentioned but around 34:00 to 38:00 the scene is repeated.

    • @mattnorman7367
      @mattnorman7367 Před 3 lety +17

      Glad it wasn't a glitch in the matrix lol

    • @johnydl
      @johnydl Před 3 lety +37

      I'm sure that's the second time there's a repeated clip, I think he mills out the arrow twice too

    • @sodorflubbs5000
      @sodorflubbs5000 Před 3 lety +2

      JohnyDL it’s happened in a few of his videos

    • @johnydl
      @johnydl Před 3 lety

      @@sodorflubbs5000 yup but I meant second time in the same video which is usually a lot rarer

    • @GrayRaceCat
      @GrayRaceCat Před 3 lety +1

      @@johnydl, OK I thought something was off, I was thinking he had to make the arrow twice!

  • @justingoodwyn3824
    @justingoodwyn3824 Před 3 lety +45

    It’s amazing watching someone who is able to take that much pride in his work. This is by far one of my favorite channels on CZcams!

  • @ericwosinski9430
    @ericwosinski9430 Před 2 lety +28

    The detail in the drawings and plans for this build was my favorite part. I'm blown away, how did you learn how to do that? I just have so many questions on how your mind works, thank you for making these videos.

  • @SeventhSwell
    @SeventhSwell Před 3 lety +214

    Around 36:00 I figured I was having déjà vu, or maybe a stroke.

    • @Larsvdzeijden
      @Larsvdzeijden Před 3 lety +21

      Had the same thing XD. I thought that I accidentally bumped somthing and rewinded a bit... but hsi happy dance 'It's gettin' kinda luvely!' gave it away XD

    • @Ceejnew
      @Ceejnew Před 3 lety +11

      The editors shit the bed a bit on that one.

    • @sturgeondtd9522
      @sturgeondtd9522 Před 3 lety +13

      Holy cow, same thing. I had to check the comments to make sure I wasn't going crazy

    • @KernsJW
      @KernsJW Před 3 lety +6

      Working from home, no one to check whats in the cup

    • @euclidallglorytotheloglady5500
      @euclidallglorytotheloglady5500 Před 3 lety +3

      Yea... it happened in the vice making video also.

  • @kageofkonoha
    @kageofkonoha Před 3 lety +135

    When Adam said "I dont want to reinvent the wheel here" , I dont know about you guys but I would find it hilarious watching Adam reinvent the wheel.

    • @DaveMcAnulty
      @DaveMcAnulty Před 3 lety +15

      They did, they made them squares.

    • @markeschen
      @markeschen Před 3 lety +4

      Mythbusters, season 10, episode 3. Would love to see him take another shot at it.

  • @kfreerksen1
    @kfreerksen1 Před 2 lety

    I worked for a company a few years ago that needed lots of tiny stainless steel tubes cut up. We could never get a consistent product with hand tools. I decided to buy about 10 of these little harbor freight saws, rip them apart and completely modify them for cutting tubes. This is bringing back memories. And he's my favorite engineer.

  • @Badusername2000
    @Badusername2000 Před 3 lety +2

    One of the things i love about Adam is the fact that no matter how good he's gotten at the things he does, he's always excited and happy when he makes something neat.

  • @MrCoxmic
    @MrCoxmic Před 3 lety +100

    10 years of using a saw and Adam discovers how to change the blade. That's a good blade.

    • @coctordoripol3844
      @coctordoripol3844 Před 3 lety

      it has a lot of professional metal cutting machines ... I don't know what that 2 $ thing is good for...

    • @jaecenwhite2590
      @jaecenwhite2590 Před 3 lety +6

      @@coctordoripol3844 I think he usually uses the wood/plastic blades and recently remembered it has an abrasive wheel too. If you’ve ever had to cut 100 pieces of 1/4”x1/4” spruce to the exact same length for a model airplane wing build with a razor saw, you’d appreciate one of these

  • @infi84
    @infi84 Před 3 lety +117

    "how do you cut an allen wrench?"
    ...idk, some kind of cutoff tool with a vice might help ^^

  • @corvideclectica6931
    @corvideclectica6931 Před 2 lety +3

    It's always a treat to see Adam pull something out from a prior build - so excited to see that portable soldering tower in action!

  • @ronaldclark1178
    @ronaldclark1178 Před 3 lety +6

    Adam, I was born in 1950. I've always been able to fix almost anything within reason, but it has always been a challenge because I cannot always envision the end product from the beginning. Your ability to draft something beginning to end BEFORE you start start is really amazing! Love your videos!!! BTW really miss Myth Busters!!

  • @vizionthing
    @vizionthing Před 3 lety +47

    30:12 Adams drawing of the vise ... would make a great T shirt .......

  • @JohnWehrle
    @JohnWehrle Před 3 lety +50

    Here, at 52:28, we see the emergence of the elusive Savage tongue. Notice how it looks around, checking for the presence of the Hyneman before doing the happy dance of concentration.

  • @AToneForOurSins
    @AToneForOurSins Před 3 lety +4

    Adam has inspired me to be who I am today as an adult since i was like 6 years old. I mean, he has been one of the BIGGEST inspirations for me in my whole life and that is true even today as an adult...

  • @Eztoez
    @Eztoez Před rokem

    That screw vise you made has got to be one of the cutest, best looking, well machined things I've seen.
    You could of course put a new motor in there, machine a new case (something a little more solid, paint it black) and replace all the screws and switches with brass. Orange would look pretty neat too.

  • @WetDoggo
    @WetDoggo Před 3 lety +166

    35:30 you've used this clip 2 times 😁
    And yeah, it's lovely 👌

  • @DaedalusCreative
    @DaedalusCreative Před 3 lety +32

    Find somebody who loves you as much as Adam loves his mini vice. 💜

  • @whitenoise509
    @whitenoise509 Před 3 lety +2

    There's not much more satisfying then building your tools to build your tools to make your projects.

    • @stclairstclair
      @stclairstclair Před 3 lety +1

      I made three nice quality bongs out of tropical drink flasks that my wife brought back from Marti gras,
      That was pretty enjoyable, and this is coming from a guy who makes tools with tools!

  • @linmal2242
    @linmal2242 Před 3 lety +1

    You're a fanatic, Adam and we love you for it !!

  • @toschrama
    @toschrama Před 3 lety +173

    If only Adam had a second chopsaw machine he could use to cut the pin!

    • @iandrewc
      @iandrewc Před 3 lety +8

      Yeah I didn't understand why he tore both of them down.

    • @twigiee6019
      @twigiee6019 Před 3 lety +4

      shhhhhhhhh

    • @Leroys_Stuff
      @Leroys_Stuff Před 3 lety +1

      Some day spare parts and a new motor

    • @KevinsDisobedience
      @KevinsDisobedience Před 3 lety

      Or the bandsaw he modified last week. I do believe he had both chop saws in pieces. But it is funny lol.

    • @mattheffron391
      @mattheffron391 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes! When he took them both apart, I said to myself "He's GOING to need one to finish the build." 😄

  • @UltravioletNomad
    @UltravioletNomad Před 3 lety +41

    Adam not .05 seconds into a One Day Build: So its been 5 days.

  • @jacejk2
    @jacejk2 Před 3 lety

    Oh my god. That last bit of humility, showing your do-overs. It really made me feel good, it's not just me. I screw up constantly. I'm working on a HO train layout. It's kicking my butt.

  • @Crusader1089
    @Crusader1089 Před 3 lety +1

    I feel like this is a great example of "with fire you can make tools, with tools you can make complex tools, with complex tools you can make precision tools, with precision tools you can make anything." Making tools with tools!

  • @videogame1291
    @videogame1291 Před 3 lety +186

    When he's milling the part around 20 min, does the same thing play twice? or is it just me

    • @LPNeogetz
      @LPNeogetz Před 3 lety +54

      I've had the milling part and the it's getting kinda lovely ditty twice so far as I watch.

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin Před 3 lety +39

      Theres a couple times where a clip is 100% repeated.

    • @jonjohnson102
      @jonjohnson102 Před 3 lety +5

      videogame1291 thats machining for you lol

    • @westechnerd
      @westechnerd Před 3 lety +11

      Glitches in the Matrix.

    • @advres
      @advres Před 3 lety +7

      You're right. Also, when he was milling the acrylic arrow, he either messed up one piece and started over, or showed the same milling twice.

  • @CaribouKH
    @CaribouKH Před 3 lety +75

    "Blue Dykem" mentioned.. somewhere Alec Steele's head pops up :D

  • @nathanellis3301
    @nathanellis3301 Před 3 lety +4

    Man, I love watching these videos, I am an aspiring mechanical and electrical engineer, and I love everything Adam is doing in these videos and I learn something new in each one that I write down and then I save the video. I don't think Adam will see this, but man, you are one of my engineering heroes and I love watching you work.

  • @davidschmidbauer3609
    @davidschmidbauer3609 Před 3 lety

    Love your One day Builds. Share them with my son (who is a AWS certified Welder) but is now working in the Company he works for in their Fabrication Shop (pulled from field welding) learning new equipment (Break Press, Lathe, Mill, etc). The STUFF you need to know for a successful Metal Business.

  • @orandilu989
    @orandilu989 Před 3 lety +5

    In moments like "dueling screwdrivers" Adam makes me feel like it's okay to be my strange self. All the silliness is so very enjoyable. It often seems as if my brain is at odds with myself, at best a minor annoyance, at worst an internal cacophony of chaos.
    Seeing him organize, thrive, and be exceedingly successful with his chaos is inspiring and motivating. I have an immense amount of gratitude for the entire Tested team for what you do and thank you Adam for taking the initiative to film and the confidence to leave in your mistakes.

  • @TheNiters
    @TheNiters Před 3 lety +52

    I was thinking in the beginning: "Good thing he has two, then if he spends a long time making the improved one, he will still have one to cut things with" ... then he takes them both apart, lol.

    • @mark006868
      @mark006868 Před 3 lety

      Well, "thinking" is not really working out for is it?.....lolololol

    • @OriginalHuchang
      @OriginalHuchang Před 3 lety

      This is why we love him. 😃

  • @JeffDrennen
    @JeffDrennen Před 3 lety

    So as I was listening and kind of watching this as I was takening apart and putting together my Creality Ender 3 3-D printer (working on cable management). When I heard Adam said "it's good to take apart a machine and put it back together you learn a lot about it" Or something to that effect. Really made my day To hear him say that.

  • @thechristiancuber2716
    @thechristiancuber2716 Před 3 lety +1

    I love the quick and hectic but methodical and precise way he works.

  • @VonSchpam
    @VonSchpam Před 3 lety +52

    Is this the beginning of an entire series where Adam miniaturizes his entire shop?

    • @ericstoverink6579
      @ericstoverink6579 Před 3 lety

      Today we're going to make a miniature Tory Belleci, to go with our miniature Jamie Hyneman that we made last week.

    • @toastycarpet9873
      @toastycarpet9873 Před 3 lety

      Nah he's making these mini tools to make a mini shrink ray so he can shrink all his tools

  • @athyeliot8956
    @athyeliot8956 Před 3 lety +32

    Adam's joy at creating things is so wholesome.

  • @annalisestott8252
    @annalisestott8252 Před 3 lety

    Watching Adam Savage work, and describe his work, is like watching a wild animal in its natural habitat. It's beautiful and just feels right

  • @stevenpaige2005
    @stevenpaige2005 Před 3 lety +1

    I think he could have an entire seasons worth of just his tools.
    I'm so jealous

  • @Clickspring
    @Clickspring Před 3 lety +378

    Beautiful work mate :)

    • @ZenZooZoo
      @ZenZooZoo Před 3 lety +20

      What’s up Chris!! Idk why your comment isn’t flooded with likes but you’re a damn legend in my eyes! Keep up the amazing work!

    • @theherobrine6217
      @theherobrine6217 Před 3 lety +6

      I thought of you immediately when I saw the vice at the beginning of the video.

    • @christ938
      @christ938 Před 3 lety +8

      Who do I blame for the mini lathe collecting dist in my garage? Me or me thinking I had the patients to make a clock. Just wanted to say that you inspire people.

    • @Jrez
      @Jrez Před 3 lety +3

      @@christ938 If you're looking to sell...

    • @wobbs1745
      @wobbs1745 Před 3 lety +4

      What are the odds I was about to check your channel for new videos for the first time in six months I love your vids on the Antikythera mechanism

  • @jimjenkins673
    @jimjenkins673 Před 3 lety +27

    The way it “tore” through that butter soft brass, I don’t think my dremmel has to worry about being replaced any time soon.

    • @talyrath
      @talyrath Před 3 lety +5

      It just kinda worried the brass into submission.

    • @gregfoster8914
      @gregfoster8914 Před 3 lety +3

      I'm with Dan. I was thinking I would go to HF and get one of those until I watched how slowly it cut something so small and soft. I will wait till Adam figures out
      how to put a more robust motor in it before buying it. Meanwhile, the Dremmel will have to do.

    • @Skinflaps_Meatslapper
      @Skinflaps_Meatslapper Před 3 lety

      @@gregfoster8914 Adam should've made a dual groove pulley to give the cutoff wheel more torque for metals. Run the original groove for plastics and wood.

  • @shelleyking8450
    @shelleyking8450 Před rokem

    As in all things, Adam will gladly put thousands of dollars worth of time and experience (and material) into making something he uses into something that is beautiful and more functional. The juice is DEFINITELY worth the squeeze. His shop is truly tailored to him, because he can.

  • @david-1775
    @david-1775 Před 3 lety

    What is best in life? Making wonderful and unique things with your own hands .... and blowing stuff up from time to time.

  • @goblinry
    @goblinry Před 3 lety +245

    This is for anyone: when you make a tiny vise and bring it home do you put it in your pocket or let it ride in the passenger seat?

    • @abinashadhikari1641
      @abinashadhikari1641 Před 3 lety +26

      with seatbelts

    • @vizionthing
      @vizionthing Před 3 lety +7

      pocket ... he's on a one wheel

    • @BudgetBuiltDiesel
      @BudgetBuiltDiesel Před 3 lety +11

      Well I don’t know what I would do with a tiny vise on the way home..... but I know what I do with my French fries. I buckle them up.

    • @danielabrams555
      @danielabrams555 Před 3 lety +19

      The next one day built might be a mini vice carrying case.

    • @machinate
      @machinate Před 3 lety +17

      Pocket. We all have vises, but they're a private subject...

  • @tucsondog
    @tucsondog Před 3 lety +50

    Adam, I don’t know if you’ll see this but I hope you do!
    When the day comes to replace the motor in the saw, consider building from aluminium a new upper section to replace the plastic. When you had the saw apart, it appeared to be quite simple in design and would be relatively easy to fabricate. A perfect set up for another one day build! You could consider adding different sized pulleys similar to a drill press so you could change the speed of the cutting disc if you needed slower or faster speeds. An auto tensioner could be done up easy enough as well.. so many ideas! Thank you for your videos and inspiring all of us to take on new projects and always learn new skills.

    • @onesadtech
      @onesadtech Před 2 lety +1

      I was thinking near the end of the video, an upper rebuild with an air powered mini die grinder as the core could be really cool.

    • @littlekong7685
      @littlekong7685 Před 2 lety +1

      I was just thinking the middle positioned handle is annoying, a side mounted L handle (on the load side, not the cut side) would give you much more clearance for light to see what you are cutting (as the handle could be completely removed and replaced with a shorter clear guard), more angles to grab and lower the blade from, and give you more control or more power depending on where you use the handle from.
      This of course would then open up room for more attachments by giving you a flat front to build onto.

    • @maximumwoof8662
      @maximumwoof8662 Před 2 lety +1

      that cutter motor is a commodity 5,000 rpm sewing machine motor.

  • @noodldoodl1970
    @noodldoodl1970 Před 3 lety

    So, I watched this because I like the idea of the tool Adam modifies to begin with, because I’m a novice maker of useless-to-everyone-but-myself things. But the joy of making super-accurate cuts that enable the parts to fit so tightly and perfectly is not lost on me, even though I am still striving for that perfect setup in my own workshop.
    So, thank you Adam and thank you CZcams feed algorithm, now I think I need a milling machine!

  • @cullenbrant2524
    @cullenbrant2524 Před 3 lety

    Watching these shop videos of Adam remind me of Anton Brown's Covid Cooking videos. Just guys with decades of experience doin their thing with no crew around. It's kind of awesome.

  • @linnhuman
    @linnhuman Před 3 lety +108

    loving the editing on this one, mainly where Adam is adjusting the camera or lighting lol and also the snapshot at 7:52

    • @tested
      @tested  Před 3 lety +36

      Joey edited this! We'll let him know! Thanks for your comment.

    • @blazecall
      @blazecall Před 3 lety +42

      Also the "it's getting lovely" doubled up. 😂

    • @Dont6x9Panic
      @Dont6x9Panic Před 3 lety +23

      @@tested There are a couple scenes that were doubled up.. literally watched the same thing twice. You should check that out.

    • @1BigBen
      @1BigBen Před 3 lety

      @@Dont6x9Panic not doubled in the first one he had the black based in the second one he had the silver based

    • @GrayRaceCat
      @GrayRaceCat Před 3 lety +6

      @@1BigBen, It's the same base in both clips, 35:08 & 37:01. Admit it, like the rest of us, you didn't mind watching it twice!

  • @DamienWise
    @DamienWise Před 3 lety +5

    The attention to detail here is brilliant, and it's so good to see Adam Savage be inspired by Clickspring once again.

  • @danielreddington9305
    @danielreddington9305 Před 3 lety +3

    This has to be my favourite one day build. You can feel the enthusiasm!

  • @YoChocoTube
    @YoChocoTube Před 3 lety +2

    Wish I had just a fraction of your energy, skill set and insight.
    Can't imaging what it's like to be able to build or re-build about anything you can think of or see.
    Love watching this. Thanks for sharing!

  • @lindamuvic8110
    @lindamuvic8110 Před 3 lety +16

    Felt like I should give Mr. Savage a few moments with his new Vice.

  • @matty1195
    @matty1195 Před 3 lety +161

    I can see no one's talking about the elephant in the room...
    It's time for adam to recreate a working mechanical watch...
    Obviously the tools will need to be made as well..
    looking forward to the five disc Blu-ray set....
    good work Adam..

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus Před 3 lety +4

      Clicksavage

    • @dpearson80808
      @dpearson80808 Před 3 lety +6

      Let's be honest; we know Adam is capable of making a better version of his $8000 Omega Seamaster. 160 years of Swiss watchmaking expertise got nothin' on our boi!

    • @Loebane
      @Loebane Před 3 lety

      @Gear Jammer yeah that's more of a clickspring thing and even then, that's probably still to specialized.

    • @knezivan1
      @knezivan1 Před 3 lety

      @Gear Jammer you just need the parts dimension rest is assembly soo he could make it with time .professionals would probably make it 10 times faster but he can do it i think

    • @robertbrowne7880
      @robertbrowne7880 Před 3 lety

      I'm still waiting for a mini C&C that has the accuracy to maintain proper gear depth for a mechanical movement.

  • @1414141x
    @1414141x Před 3 lety

    Steel, aluminium, (i'm English) ,brass and bronze together. Somehow they make a functional thing into a work of art ! Bravo !

  • @JakeThomasCreative
    @JakeThomasCreative Před 3 lety

    I had no idea this video would be so enjoyable! Especially the teardown and rebuild at the end. Watching Adam take it from Knolled parts to working saw was SO satisfying.

  • @davebenhart4611
    @davebenhart4611 Před 3 lety +62

    Mini chop saw from Harbor Freight: $40
    Custom vice and stand: Priceless.

  • @Tezunegari
    @Tezunegari Před 3 lety +59

    Me: I'm bored...
    YT: Adam Savage's Tested has uploaded a video.
    Me: Perfection

  • @RonWylie-gk5lc
    @RonWylie-gk5lc Před 3 lety

    In the event of a neclear war you really want to be living next door to Adam, what a pleasure that was to watch

  • @TonersR6
    @TonersR6 Před 8 měsíci

    Adam, I love these videos. I don't know if it's because I grew up watching you on Mythbusters, or if it's just the genuine joy/wonderment you get from creating stuff, but when I watch your videos it's like I'm hanging out with my goofy, mad scientist uncle. I hope someday I have the opportunity to do what you do, not only because you get to create these amazing things, but because you're such a wholesome, positive influence in this world. Please never stop.

  • @dflosounds
    @dflosounds Před 3 lety +6

    5:39 as a tinkerer, there's something about that tiny little pop you hear after dislodging a factory-installed screw that brings me joy.

  • @BakerGlare
    @BakerGlare Před 3 lety +56

    32:40 Come on, you have a lathe! Get in touch with This Old Tony, he might be able to help you with using the time travel function on it.

    • @NicholasMarshall
      @NicholasMarshall Před 3 lety +11

      That feature is only available on English Lathes made before 1978. By 1981 as a cost saving measure needed gearing was replaced.

    • @ProfessorH
      @ProfessorH Před 3 lety +7

      When he mentioned cutting it to size I automatically thought of the lathe first. Probably watching too much my mechanics in my case.

    • @kibibu
      @kibibu Před 3 lety +1

      It's hardened though, maybe doesn't want to blunt his lathe tools

    • @sergarlantyrell7847
      @sergarlantyrell7847 Před 3 lety +11

      And while he's at it, talk to AVE about using cameras, I've learned a sure way to get it to focus on what you want is to yell "Focus you f***!"

    • @smartgorilla
      @smartgorilla Před 3 lety +1

      @@sergarlantyrell7847 hmmm someone watches the same as me

  • @Blowinshiddup
    @Blowinshiddup Před 3 lety

    How many other viewers took stuff apart when we were younger, because we wanted to see how it worked... this takes it up at least a few levels. I learned early that it helps to have that second piece for reference.

  • @tylerhanley1409
    @tylerhanley1409 Před 3 lety +2

    I love the fact that Adam has a lil dog that just wanders the shop while he's working.

    • @alexythemechanic8056
      @alexythemechanic8056 Před 3 lety

      While I respect Adam and the team and enjoy the videos, Maggie the dog is the best thing about Tested.

  • @jochenwuerfel
    @jochenwuerfel Před 3 lety +27

    'Savage' would make a great brand for tools ❤
    "What drill do you use?" "I use the savage one 😁"

    • @GrayRaceCat
      @GrayRaceCat Před 3 lety

      @Jochen Würfel, I agree, however, someone got there first. www.swansontoolco.com/savage-products/

    • @JasonZakrajsek
      @JasonZakrajsek Před 3 lety

      GrayRaceCat Ron Fuckin’ Swanson...

  • @dolphin64575
    @dolphin64575 Před 3 lety +52

    Wonder if Alec Steele knows you can get spray-on Blue Daikom

    • @CiaranGallagher77
      @CiaranGallagher77 Před 3 lety +5

      Literally had the same thought 🤣

    • @ChewieBonez
      @ChewieBonez Před 3 lety +5

      I also had the same thought. I miss UK Alec Steele but I respect the hustle.

    • @Palerider1942
      @Palerider1942 Před 3 lety +6

      I would love for someone to replace the label of a Red daikom spray can with one of a blue one and send it to him...

    • @dolphin64575
      @dolphin64575 Před 3 lety +2

      Palerider you chaos agent! XD

    • @vincenttoffoli9209
      @vincenttoffoli9209 Před 3 lety +1

      A collaboration between him and Adam would be legendary.

  • @carlubambi5541
    @carlubambi5541 Před 3 lety

    I build big machines for the baking industry. That Mini Chop Saw is way better than using a die grinder do so many applications. Not just model building but working on small parts on big machines. Adam keep up the motherhood of invention. There is always a necessity!

  • @dpearson80808
    @dpearson80808 Před 3 lety +1

    I completely agree with the taking apart your machines thing. For me it's more my tech gear, but the principle stands. Taking apart and re-assembling anything is an intimate act that familiarizes you with the thing in so many ways. It can simply make using it feel better, since you know how its working, it makes fixing and maintaining it better and easier for the same reasons. It's something that makes me appreciate the thing more, especially when I can change or modify something about it to make it work better for me. Even something as simple as taking apart a console, or a MacBook, that is put together very well and getting to its motherboard to remove the heatsink and replace the thermal paste. It's a small modification that will likely increase the longevity of the machine, if not allow it to perform better. And the act of fully disassembling it and re-assembling it really makes it feel like its YOUR machine, and not just something that you came to possess. I strongly recommend taking apart anything that you have the capacity to. Even if just to clean it. ESPECIALLY to clean it!

  • @The_Tsar_Chasm
    @The_Tsar_Chasm Před 3 lety +88

    “Half of 75 is 35. Plus 4 is 37.” Solid engineering math 😂

    • @snepNL
      @snepNL Před 3 lety +4

      Checks out:p
      you need to half the 4 too but...yknow

    • @TheTacCom
      @TheTacCom Před 3 lety

      @@snepNL half of 75 isn't 35...

    • @MrMekinex
      @MrMekinex Před 3 lety +10

      TacCom which is why you add the 4 70/2 is 35 so 74/2 is 37 that’s what he means it’s a common practice in machinist or engineering fields for quick calculations.

    • @GrayRaceCat
      @GrayRaceCat Před 3 lety

      @@MrMekinex, except he's halving 75!

    • @Cr4igpeterson
      @Cr4igpeterson Před 3 lety +1

      It ain’t 37 either... missing .5

  • @achuck4321
    @achuck4321 Před 3 lety +12

    I love seeing Chris’ influences on Adam. I consider Adam to be a master model builder and yet he has learned to much from Chris. Adam is a life-long learner and it’s inspiring.

    • @cbecht
      @cbecht Před 3 lety +2

      @@timothycoffen You want the CZcams channel 'Clickspring'. czcams.com/channels/worsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA.html
      You're gonna lose some time to this one.

    • @canobenitez
      @canobenitez Před 9 měsíci

      wtf is chris

  • @davework4400
    @davework4400 Před 3 lety +2

    Adam, I LOVE your one day builds!! they really inspire me to do a lot of the fun things it does and especially improving tools I have or need!! My first concern was when you pulled out the Harbor Freight cutoffs, but I hung in there with you! I lost it over the 2mins and 10 seconds to cut thru the brass flat stock!! As Tim "The Toolman" says "More POWER!!!" I immediately started thinking as to how I would mount Milwaulkees cutoff saw tool!! I'm working it into a design now!! thanks for the cool ideas!! And it would be cordless!! thanks!!

  • @rennkay3291
    @rennkay3291 Před 3 lety +1

    love the close-ups, the quiet progress of the saw, so satisfying somehow, thanks

  • @erdub84
    @erdub84 Před 3 lety +4

    I LOVE this episode. I’m a tinkerer and one dream of mine is to have a ship of my own to give life to my mind’s coolest creations. ✌🏼😎

  • @brunoherranz7195
    @brunoherranz7195 Před 3 lety +4

    23:24 loved that dueling bajos reference. I love it!!

  • @natewalpole
    @natewalpole Před 2 lety

    The energy you radiate from the fabrication of your vise is the energy everyone deserves to find in themselves. Fantastic and inspiring -- and all born from a cheap saw.

  • @jameshakola3603
    @jameshakola3603 Před 3 lety +5

    Second time watching this vid, and it's still so impressive. I own this saw myself, and did a much simpler mod just to add a stop (like you'd find on a lumber chop saw) and also a catcher for the tinier cut parts. But this is so beyond next-level, exactly the kind of stuff we come here to see

  • @ConnorTierney
    @ConnorTierney Před 3 lety +420

    I feel like the saw itself isn’t worthy of the stand/vice

    • @nighthawk9264
      @nighthawk9264 Před 3 lety +40

      Yup, the vice is an absolute overkill for the saw. He replaced everything except the shittiest part that introduces most imprecision while also being hopelessly underpowered.
      The base and vise are great though, I give him that

    • @gcar5214
      @gcar5214 Před 3 lety +9

      The saw doesnt look bad but its super underpowered

    • @dalewright7908
      @dalewright7908 Před 3 lety +3

      @@gcar5214 He should make new gears for it ... could increase the speed a little ... lol

    • @hypnocracy6102
      @hypnocracy6102 Před 3 lety +11

      His band saw started out with a quality tool...I feel he should take the base and modify a Angle Grinder to pivot and spring back up. And that pivot point, on the current tool has to be a point of variation on cut angle.

    • @joer8854
      @joer8854 Před 3 lety +1

      I think he realises that. I would personally want a casing that is made of fibreglass reinforced plastic and have the part that holds the blade more precise but I don't know how you would do that from home. Replace the motor with just a better, slightly more powerful motor. Also a better quality switch and probably wiring.

  • @Nemozoli
    @Nemozoli Před 3 lety +27

    42:06 - tongue-out accuracy activated!

    • @cykablyat5910
      @cykablyat5910 Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao I thought I was only one who did this

    • @leonardspadaveccchia2764
      @leonardspadaveccchia2764 Před 3 lety +1

      I found the tongue activation at 52:24 to be quite something.

    • @danielchmiel7787
      @danielchmiel7787 Před 3 lety

      that's rather disorienting for me

    • @DaveM2
      @DaveM2 Před 3 lety

      If that's how he kisses women, we may have just discovered why it took so long for him to get a wife.

  • @GeekHotfix
    @GeekHotfix Před 3 lety

    not only impressed with the final product but impressed about the taking apart and not losing any parts!!!

  • @azashukri5322
    @azashukri5322 Před 3 lety

    When cutting with a 0 angle, the vice pinches the piece and the waste just flies off! Beautiful build, now I want one of those.

  • @i_shoot_stuff
    @i_shoot_stuff Před 3 lety +41

    my takeaway: ILM and I use harbor freight tools, I'm basically a Hollywood special effects genius too

    • @horstrj
      @horstrj Před 3 lety +8

      All the tool snobs on the internet are idiots. Watch any channel where a working pro makes top of the line stuff and you'll see plenty of import tools.

    • @i_shoot_stuff
      @i_shoot_stuff Před 3 lety +6

      @@horstrj if creativity is the mother of invention, I think budget it the mother of creativity

    • @WayneWerner
      @WayneWerner Před 3 lety

      So does Gotham Garage, and they build museum quality stuff.

  • @IneptOrange
    @IneptOrange Před 3 lety +9

    I really hope the trend of making really tiny tools continues.

  • @xati5135
    @xati5135 Před 3 lety

    the best feeling in the world is watching someone make a screw and threads for the first time and watching them see it work... god that thats such a good feeling

  • @philiprowney
    @philiprowney Před 3 lety

    'Tool maker' is the ultimate skill. It's what we do, some to a very high standard. I love the idea of a change in ethos.

  • @moseszero3281
    @moseszero3281 Před 3 lety +22

    Adam - I've had these for years.
    Also Adam - I just learned how to change the blade.

  • @justpassinbyy
    @justpassinbyy Před 3 lety +32

    adam: i want to utilize this structure i dont want to reinvent the wheel
    me: awww damn

  • @BrassMtn
    @BrassMtn Před 3 lety

    Also his drafting book would be an amazing piece of display for any home. And a great read

  • @Iionios
    @Iionios Před 3 lety

    Can we just appreciate the fact that this video has less than 2.5% dislikes 5 months after it was posted? Thanks for all the hard work Adam and Tested staff. You do amazing work and everyone knows it.

  • @RCInMotion
    @RCInMotion Před 3 lety +6

    Who stayed the whole hr & 8 mins 🙋🏻‍♂️ I did !!! Has anyone noticed that Adam always has his tongue out when focusing on a small piece. Lol awesome build I think I’m going to buy this tiny chop saw too and mod it.

  • @MB-bt9km
    @MB-bt9km Před 3 lety +23

    "the little thwacker!!!" ~me, every time I see the little thwacker

  • @raykampwerth3928
    @raykampwerth3928 Před 2 lety

    Would love to just spend a day in the shop learning from this legend. You made my childhood interest grow substantially. Worlds happy to have Adam