Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Foamcore House!

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  • čas přidán 20. 04. 2016
  • Today's One Day Build is a homecoming for Adam, in a few ways. Using only one type of material and one cutting tool, Adam builds an architectural scale model of the house he grew up in. It's a walk down memory lane, and a return to modelmaking basics!
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  • @tested
    @tested  Před 5 lety +61

    Find a bonus clip from this week's build here: www.tested.com/premium/568250-one-day-build-bonus-foamcore-memories/

    • @ericcuascut2475
      @ericcuascut2475 Před 5 lety +2

      I would love to see u teach us how to make a small battery fog machine. Very useful for some cosplays

    • @numberjackfiutro7412
      @numberjackfiutro7412 Před 5 lety +1

      That's a great use for a time machine, to go back in time and buy a large house at a bargain price!

    • @user-mb7kk9uf1t
      @user-mb7kk9uf1t Před 5 lety +1

      @@ericcuascut2475 ㄷㅊㅌ ㄷㅊㅌ

    • @druxle
      @druxle Před 4 lety +1

      Would love to see it painted and furnished, maybe with a little Adam at his work bench making a little model like this. 🤔🙂

    • @Kittieslovetacos
      @Kittieslovetacos Před 4 lety +1

      @@ericcuascut2475 dry ice in a thermos maybe?

  • @TalonSei
    @TalonSei Před 8 lety +3615

    YO RICH KID CHECK OUT YOUR BIG HOME!

  • @nedg-m4205
    @nedg-m4205 Před 8 lety +4235

    Me - Oh sweet the house is almost complete!
    Adam - Yeah so that's the basement done.

  • @joseantonioesteveztejeda4902

    As an architecture student, it is highly pleasing when after so many months taking lots of time to even do a third of what he did, you start to notice how to work faster and better. Your awesome dude.

  • @sassysaguaro4906
    @sassysaguaro4906 Před 4 lety +17

    I'm an architecture student and I make with this stuff all day everyday. So fun to see a non-architecture channel make a model with it! House looks great!

  • @foodsstuff
    @foodsstuff Před 6 lety +239

    no insulation, no dry wall, no plumbing or electric. its amazing the code inspectors allowed construction to continue.

    • @mz7315
      @mz7315 Před 5 lety +4

      XD OMG that's genius!

    • @jeremypascall
      @jeremypascall Před 5 lety +6

      Not even a roof!!

    • @BradCozine
      @BradCozine Před 5 lety +14

      Foam core IS insulation... as for the other stuff, well, why do you think it was so affordable?

    • @maddox2329
      @maddox2329 Před 5 lety

      Lolololol

    • @c.a.k.comedy692
      @c.a.k.comedy692 Před 5 lety +11

      And at the end he said his house was big... pfft yeah right my house is literally 24 times the size of that thing

  • @ranwolf76
    @ranwolf76 Před 8 lety +543

    Me: Hmm where's did I put my soda? Oh there it is...
    Adam: NNNNOOOOOOOoooooooo...

  • @NatJediMASTER
    @NatJediMASTER Před 5 lety +53

    This reminds me of my mom when we were building a new house. She made some drawings to show what she wanted to the architect. He said he couldn’t do what she wanted so she rolled her eyes and came back with a model she made out of foam core. Turns out he could do exactly what she wanted

  • @jetekadriu4763
    @jetekadriu4763 Před 6 lety +426

    I would've put magnets on the corners of each floor so the house stays together but it isnt completely shut and is easy to open

    • @WILLYLYNCH.
      @WILLYLYNCH. Před 4 lety +25

      You wouldn't do shit, that's a fact shit bird.

    • @vin3084
      @vin3084 Před 4 lety +47

      @@WILLYLYNCH. the fuck?

    • @jacobdeore8533
      @jacobdeore8533 Před 4 lety +22

      WILLY LYNCH ahahah fuckin idiot, people like you piss me off

    • @pontrex1772
      @pontrex1772 Před 4 lety +9

      @@WILLYLYNCH. You're a terrible person

    • @JenovaDragon
      @JenovaDragon Před 4 lety +6

      @@WILLYLYNCH. LMAO!

  • @daxshell242
    @daxshell242 Před 6 lety +245

    me: "wow, thats a big house!!"
    adam: "and thats the basement!"

    • @drewdebrocke2656
      @drewdebrocke2656 Před 3 lety +1

      yea lol i was like.. damn adam used to be just like me and then he said... HERE GOES TTHE SECOND FLOOR

  • @JurassicCollectables
    @JurassicCollectables Před 8 lety +1585

    You know what I love about Adam - his energy. As much as he is a skilled craftsman, this guy is a brilliant and energetic communicator. What a great guy

  • @marksmithwas12
    @marksmithwas12 Před 5 lety +258

    The 70's sounds like a great era to buy big houses

    • @19seventy97
      @19seventy97 Před 5 lety +15

      It was. The 1970s built some of the biggest commercial homes

    • @FreakyFirestorm
      @FreakyFirestorm Před 4 lety +8

      People that bought houses then and are trying to sell them now are finding it difficult to sell their homes for 4.5 million dollars. Imagine that.

    • @joankney8484
      @joankney8484 Před 4 lety +13

      My folks bought a three story brand new house complete with gold shag carpeting and avocado appliances for TWELVE GRAND in 1970. They upgraded a few things like grass, fencing and a completed basement which brought the price up to 16 thousand dollars. My parents sold it for 25K after VN war ended. Today the house has been sold twice for over a half million dollars.

    • @benrichey2593
      @benrichey2593 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah if you wanted a 17% mortgage rate it was awesome.

    • @Hebdomad7
      @Hebdomad7 Před 4 lety +3

      ​@@benrichey2593 Considering your average middle class wage could easily afford such a rate I'd take it!
      The key element is time taken to pay it off.
      But thanks to widening inequality, and property being used by the wealthy to stash their cash, owning a home is becoming more and more out of reach to many people.

  • @LuDaCo93
    @LuDaCo93 Před 5 lety +74

    As an architecture student, when I saw his pencil I was like “Hells yeah! Blackwing!”

  • @astropgn
    @astropgn Před 7 lety +2216

    What I thought it was a big house turned out to be just his basement...

  • @AndreCrema97
    @AndreCrema97 Před 8 lety +12

    I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY "Damn, Adam was LOADED growing up". He fucking read my mind. Nice going, man

    • @nutsandgum
      @nutsandgum Před 8 lety +1

      He always does this. I start to think something about the project and bam, answers it for me.

  • @joshua.snyder
    @joshua.snyder Před 5 lety +5

    I loved this project and completed my own favorite childhood home, foam core model last week! Didn't have the benefit of blueprints, but with old family photos and Google Earth tools, I nailed it. Thanks, Adam!

  • @alexherrera6525
    @alexherrera6525 Před 6 lety +318

    adam:*puts blade in soda can*
    2 hours later
    *drinks soda*

    • @dennisthonhofer184
      @dennisthonhofer184 Před 4 lety +4

      Thanks now i have a image of adam swallowing a whole soda can in my head.

    • @myfinalheaven9590
      @myfinalheaven9590 Před 4 lety +1

      Right. Because Adam doesn't have the common sense to not drink out an empty can he just put an exacto blade in.

    • @MrHendrix17
      @MrHendrix17 Před 4 lety +11

      @@myfinalheaven9590 you're fun

    • @A_Sturdy_Door
      @A_Sturdy_Door Před 3 lety

      It's a different can

    • @briantriplett2455
      @briantriplett2455 Před 3 lety +2

      im more upset that he throws away perfectly useable blades and probably has for a long ass time, just because it wont cut the soft material youre working with well doesnt mean it doesnt have another application

  • @DSMoe
    @DSMoe Před 8 lety +167

    House? You were lucky to have a HOUSE! We used to live in one room, all hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture. Half the floor was missing; we were all huddled together in one corner for fear of FALLING!

    • @MniHaD15
      @MniHaD15 Před 8 lety +7

      wait...what

    • @Riddla26
      @Riddla26 Před 8 lety +38

      +DSMoe You were lucky to have a ROOM! *We* used to have to live in a corridor!

    • @rdouthwaite
      @rdouthwaite Před 8 lety +37

      +Riddla26 Ohhhh we used to DREAM of livin' in a corridor! Woulda' been a palace to us. We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woken up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! House!? Hmph.
      (P.S. I am an actual Yorkshireman)

    • @diebeforeikneel
      @diebeforeikneel Před 8 lety +17

      +rdouthwaite LUXURY

    • @28Pluto
      @28Pluto Před 8 lety +3

      +Nihad go watch 'Deadpool'

  • @lucyx3008
    @lucyx3008 Před 7 lety +190

    My dad has said before that it figures the kid he never talked to in high school was Adam Savage.

    • @N1ko0L
      @N1ko0L Před 7 lety +18

      epic fail

    • @erichu5828
      @erichu5828 Před 7 lety +4

      Liam Arduino ur dad is savage... u get it?

  • @TJtheBee
    @TJtheBee Před 4 lety +3

    I’d love to see more builds like this! You have a whole chapter for cardboard in your book - so I’d love to see your process.

  • @occipita_ca
    @occipita_ca Před 8 lety +1740

    i guess adam grew up without a roof over his head

    • @Avanthera13
      @Avanthera13 Před 8 lety +43

      +Nick Revine Ba-dum-tiss.

    • @jonathan__g
      @jonathan__g Před 8 lety +2

      +Nick Revine I thought the same thing

    • @31415936536
      @31415936536 Před 8 lety +60

      +Nick Revine He did say that they weren't rich. Roofs are expensive and lacking one made the house much more affordable.

    • @kruleworld
      @kruleworld Před 8 lety +8

      +Nick Revine. I'd hope being a modeler at heart, he will one day finish off the house with a roof and cladding.

    • @VloggingCountry
      @VloggingCountry Před 8 lety +1

      +Nick Revine lol I know this adam had a roof

  • @LTPineapples
    @LTPineapples Před 8 lety +19

    Just seeing Adam again is about to make me cry Mythbusters was my childhood :)

    • @SuperDashRendar
      @SuperDashRendar Před 8 lety +4

      +TMP Productions™ Mythbusters only lasted 2 seasons.Then they got the "others" and the show was never the same or very scientific again.

    • @thetraitor3852
      @thetraitor3852 Před 8 lety +2

      +SuperDashRendar
      doesn't matter.
      i hope it will be replaced by something normal and not by pawn stars or ancient aliens

    •  Před 8 lety +1

      +SuperDashRendar Also, Dash Rendar was never and will never be canon.

  • @TVfridge23
    @TVfridge23 Před 5 lety +218

    Architects would say, "This model is not complete without the roof, ground context and most importantly a figure to show scale."

    • @creedofthemachine9903
      @creedofthemachine9903 Před 4 lety +3

      absolutely

    • @emmaevans888
      @emmaevans888 Před 2 lety

      exactly

    • @feeney4763
      @feeney4763 Před rokem +3

      "Choosing the same foamcore thickness for all walls demonstrates a lack of understanding regarding building construction systems"
      "Where is the North?"
      "Using the same color and texture all aroundbreduces the general understanding of your design choices"
      The list goes on forever,
      - Most Architecture Schools everywhere

  • @billyjennings1523
    @billyjennings1523 Před 5 lety +1

    I was totally going to comment on your HUGE childhood home, but I'll save it because of your very reasonable explanation. Thank you for the excellent video Adam.

  • @jawsykilla
    @jawsykilla Před 8 lety +144

    Adam's childhood basement is bigger than my entire house.

    • @noxabellus
      @noxabellus Před 8 lety

      yuppp

    • @702fk
      @702fk Před 8 lety +4

      +JordyNorm I dream about being able to live someplace as big as his basement.

    • @DamianReloaded
      @DamianReloaded Před 8 lety +2

      It's not the size but how you use it ^_^

    • @noxabellus
      @noxabellus Před 8 lety

      placid renegade I've been waiting for this comment. Nicely done.

  • @michaelsurridge8328
    @michaelsurridge8328 Před 8 lety +100

    imagine a can full of those exact o blades and someone thinking it an empty one and trying to crush it

    • @jade4781
      @jade4781 Před 8 lety +5

      Brutal

    • @FancyCaterpillar
      @FancyCaterpillar Před 8 lety +4

      +Michael Surridge or takes a big gulp of it

    • @user-yk1cw8im4h
      @user-yk1cw8im4h Před 8 lety

      I am the unimaginable.

    • @Leo1239150
      @Leo1239150 Před 8 lety +1

      Reminds me of this: watch?v=J6oaq5FNY7s (it's a "magician" trying to crush the cup without a nail in it but fails and has his hand messed up)

    • @user-yk1cw8im4h
      @user-yk1cw8im4h Před 8 lety +1

      dude stop spreading malware links

  • @ryannegraff2863
    @ryannegraff2863 Před 5 lety +2

    Hey Adam, thank you for this and thank you for taking the time to clear the air about the house size. I think it serves to make you more relatable :)

  • @michaelfarmer537
    @michaelfarmer537 Před rokem

    That was freaking sweet! Thanks for taking us down memory lane Mr. Savage!! 👍

  • @joesmith39472
    @joesmith39472 Před 6 lety +8

    Adam is probably the most dedicated person I've ever seen, his hands are so steady, he's willing to put hours and hours of work into his projects and is so knowledgeable.

  • @Rpodnee
    @Rpodnee Před 7 lety +238

    This inspired me to make a model of my own childhood home! I'm working on a 1:1 scale of the cardboard box I grew up in.

    • @karenvillarosa9261
      @karenvillarosa9261 Před 6 lety +1

      hahaha,,, so how do you plan on keeping the 1:1 home?

    • @iNekizalb
      @iNekizalb Před 6 lety +2

      Karen, he's doing a 1:1 of a cardboard box.

    • @Banoffeenyx
      @Banoffeenyx Před 6 lety

      Lmfao

    • @krazy4940
      @krazy4940 Před 6 lety

      Rpodnee
      I myself am working on the trash can I live in. It’s going great!

    • @melvinsandberg70
      @melvinsandberg70 Před 6 lety

      ★MineOrbit★ You still can’t keep a cardboard box inside a cardboard box

  • @sciencinessfeeling6366

    Adam, you have brought so much fun and entertaining reality and science to so many of us...it is fun to watch you enjoying the fruits of your labor in a shop of your own, exploring the things that made you the artist that you are. Thank you. Sorry if I got a bit too wrapped up in sounding profound.

  • @araleh06
    @araleh06 Před 2 lety

    I truly enjoyed watching this video. Years ago I made a 1/12 foam board model of the apartment I grew up in. It was fun 😊

  • @soulofalbedo
    @soulofalbedo Před 8 lety +18

    Ahh, a one day build... the only reason I sub to this channel :)

    • @EthanfromEngland-
      @EthanfromEngland- Před 8 lety +1

      +Max Klein not my only reason but a HUGE part of me subscribing xD

  • @Bleats_Sinodai
    @Bleats_Sinodai Před 6 lety +136

    If you want to control a standard hot glue gun, you can use a ceiling fan dimmer circuit. Also works for soldering irons!

    • @EdgedPixie
      @EdgedPixie Před 5 lety +1

      This ^

    • @TheDrewker
      @TheDrewker Před 4 lety +4

      Nice! I have a lamp dimmer that I'm not using, I'm gonna try that.
      Another thing I did was plug my gun into a socket with a remote, like the kind that people hook up xmas lights to. Works great for turning it off and on without reaching for the plug.... a remote with a dimmer would be amazing

    • @dsww496
      @dsww496 Před 3 lety

      What's the best glue for using poster foam board strips as a border against each other. I'm making 5ft mosiac letters to put balloons inside. People use hot glue but the Hot glue isn't working for me.

  • @llaneelyort5599
    @llaneelyort5599 Před 6 lety

    This is an excellent idea to build a physical model for a virtual memory palace. To get it in your head, so to speak. Thanks.

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 Před 5 lety +19

    That size a house was gotten on a middle class one-year's salary in the 70's?!
    How freaking far we've fallen...

    • @mossadon
      @mossadon Před 4 lety +3

      It's a big pit and we're still falling.. . ... .. . .. . . .. . .

    • @TheWaggishAmerican
      @TheWaggishAmerican Před 3 lety +2

      Boomers are on the way out and when they go housing is going to collapse. Great to buy, gonna suck if you already own.

  • @superkaboose1066
    @superkaboose1066 Před 8 lety +150

    a one year salary in 2016 will buy you a 1 bedroom foamcore apartment at 1:24th scale in some shady neighborhood

    • @CrashPilot1000
      @CrashPilot1000 Před 8 lety +1

      +superkaboose1066 Yeah, and the question is: Why is that so?

    • @Snooooozel
      @Snooooozel Před 8 lety

      +superkaboose1066 In Germany you are paying 30 years salary for a small house... growing strongly.

    • @danielsperling3686
      @danielsperling3686 Před 8 lety +1

      +Snooooozel yeah... Our 125 square meter house was pretty expensive... More so cause we live in Hamburg.

    • @Vilhelm3989
      @Vilhelm3989 Před 7 lety +8

      omg, at the time 1:24 in the video, he says 1/24 scale. hahaha

    • @wellarmedwife166
      @wellarmedwife166 Před 6 lety +1

      Depends where you buy...just paid 80k for 3400 sf, 5 /4 on and acre ...110 years old needing nothing more than time (stripping paint off woodwork etc)...in south Georgia...

  • @newvictim
    @newvictim Před 8 lety +29

    I love Adam being "retired". A lot of content.

  • @churchboymedia8030
    @churchboymedia8030 Před 5 lety +1

    That was pretty cool! One day I will attempt a home. Always admired them

  • @gpalmerify
    @gpalmerify Před 5 lety

    My dad and I built a client's custom home (dad was an architectural designer) with this method. Dad used magic markers and glued cut out exteriors and interior walls for colors as well. Thanks for posting this Adam.

  • @TheMrFloozies
    @TheMrFloozies Před 8 lety +11

    I love watching these one day builds. I need more

  • @blueminty100
    @blueminty100 Před 8 lety +5

    This is the best series on this channel.

  • @cliffBMRC
    @cliffBMRC Před 6 lety

    Nice build and valuable time spent. Thank you.

  • @ragnarocking
    @ragnarocking Před 5 lety

    This brought back so many memories of my early childhood and my first attempts at designing and building a home. Though my only tools were styrofoam (looted from empty electronics boxes) and tape.

  • @genin69
    @genin69 Před 7 lety +459

    Thats a huge house you lived in! oh wait thats just the basement and first floor.. oh wait.. two more floors coming.. and only a years salary! what happened to our lives

    • @MTGeomancer
      @MTGeomancer Před 6 lety +25

      He doesn't say what that salary was... Homes were indeed more affordable in that time, but one that size wasn't to many.

    • @connorrobertson7257
      @connorrobertson7257 Před 5 lety +10

      Where I live, the cost of housing has risen so much in the past 30 years, and the neighbourhoods have too. So my uncle bought a house in a kinda undesirable part of the city in 1970 for like $50 k. Now, the neighbourhood is a very affluent one and his house is worth about $2.4 million. This guy is so awesome that he refuses to sell his house to leave it for his kids.

    • @KuraIthys
      @KuraIthys Před 5 lety +2

      Well, different country, but where I am house prices have become 10-15x more expensive in 20 years.
      About a 10% (sometimes more) increase per year.
      When you consider that wages often don't even keep up with inflation, that is one SERIOUS price increase.
      For the US in particular I've seen stats that show that inflation-adjusted wages have actually been going down since the 1970's...
      In other words, while your bank balance might be larger, your income in real terms (the stuff you can buy) has actually gone down, not up.
      Prior to the 70's it was definitely increasing consistently, but after that point it's basically been stagnant/decreasing.
      Depressing huh.

    • @forgivemenot1
      @forgivemenot1 Před 5 lety +2

      ZodiacProd, What happened was people bought into trickle down economics and income not keeping place with inflation and basically corrupt politicians not fixing the problem.

  • @repalmore
    @repalmore Před 7 lety +25

    Great build. Now take pictures of textures like wood flooring, door trim etc. and print on card stock. Use post it note glue (comes in a glue stick at the office and art supply) so it's prepositional and isn't going to drive you crazy getting it down. Do the interior and exterior and it really will be an architectural model.

    • @jackdeerboi3549
      @jackdeerboi3549 Před 7 lety +24

      Broken Wave what has he done to deserve that? Maybe you should shut the fuck up

  • @rvkit2873
    @rvkit2873 Před 4 lety +32

    were going to be using 1 tool: the exactoknife.. *pulls out table saw*

  • @briesingr2258
    @briesingr2258 Před 5 lety +4

    I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!
    I just find this video to be extremely amazing. Thank you.

  • @phreapersoonlijk
    @phreapersoonlijk Před 8 lety +6

    If this was 4 hours long, I'd still watch every second of it.
    This is too short !

  • @xK9000x
    @xK9000x Před 6 lety +37

    This brought back so many memories of being in Architecture school

  • @hyperspazz8082
    @hyperspazz8082 Před 5 lety

    I am doing the same kind of project with a house I grew up in as well. Takes you down memory lane for sure. With both parents now gone, I thought it would be the best way to show tribute to them. My siblings love the idea.. I will be watching for some tips :)

  • @Problimatic
    @Problimatic Před 7 lety +683

    One dry scorchingly hot day, Adam Savage was on his way to work sees a young man who looks to be dishevelled and disorientated, Adam pulls up to this strange man and asks if he needs help, the man replies "Please sir, I have been lost in the desert for 2 and a half days, I'm hungry and very thirsty", unfortunately Adam has no food or water in his Prius. Adam being a great man takes this clearly distressed person to his workplace, on arrival Adam seats the mysterious guy in his workshop whilst he goes to get food and water. In Adams absence, the man sees a soda can sitting on a work bench, in his desperation to feel a liquid of any kind trickle across his lips, he lunges at the can of soda picks it up without thinking and presses the cold aluminium to his dry cracked lips, tips his head back and swallows what very little soda remained, suddenly...he realizes...he just swallowed 29 very sharp but not that sharp xacto blades; shredding his insides within moments, a splutter is heard and then a thud.
    Adam returns gleefully with a hop in his step thinking he has just saved somebodies life, but oh boy, was he wrong.

    • @gnarlyvision852
      @gnarlyvision852 Před 7 lety +53

      This needs to be a movie.

    • @whatfireflies
      @whatfireflies Před 7 lety +33

      I had the same thought. Storing those blades in a soda can will prove fatal one day or another. You don't even need a desperate man, just your regular moronic teenager.

    • @whatfireflies
      @whatfireflies Před 7 lety +31

      *****
      You are grossly underestimating what a regular moronic teenager is capable of.

    • @moonman57
      @moonman57 Před 7 lety +8

      besides, having one of those blades in your mouth is enough to cut you up REAL bad. it wouldn't be fatal, but it'd be very painful and very uncomfortable. in fact, trying to "spit it out" (which is what a regular person would reasonably do in that situation) would probably just put you at greater risk.

    • @Ms.strange
      @Ms.strange Před 7 lety +18

      Great storytelling skills 😮😄👏

  • @EvLmongoose
    @EvLmongoose Před 8 lety +7

    I love this project. So simple and so personal. As a model builder foam core and xacto knife are like canvas and brush.

  • @gabikas6963
    @gabikas6963 Před 3 lety

    Oh my God! I'm looking in to this to build a house that I grew up in too! ❤

  • @KarlEBrand
    @KarlEBrand Před 2 lety +1

    Wow! This is INCREDIBLE! I’m going to practice a bit w cardboard before I do the foam core, but we’ve recently retired and I’ll try this for a plan for a stone cabin I hope to build one day! (If not-I can dream about it!) Thanks!!

  • @jackduffy8286
    @jackduffy8286 Před 7 lety +524

    I wasn't wondering why it was so big, I was wondering why the fuck did it look so weird

    • @MouthyKnight
      @MouthyKnight Před 7 lety +47

      jack duffy I was wondering the same thing, then I realized that it is probably because he didn't build the landscape around the house, and the first floor is a basement, so that probably attributes to the weird shape.

    • @emilyc8958
      @emilyc8958 Před 7 lety +1

      what looks weird about it?

    • @mattlisettekubacki1740
      @mattlisettekubacki1740 Před 7 lety +21

      jack duffy it looks odd because those are interior walls. there is no exterior skeleton that makes the house look comolete

    • @zerosurvs6949
      @zerosurvs6949 Před 7 lety +72

      That's what she said.

    • @YOGGaming
      @YOGGaming Před 7 lety +15

      same reason, the 70's

  • @StopaskingformynameYouTube
    @StopaskingformynameYouTube Před 7 lety +20

    Next you should add some neat smd white leds in every room with small wires and some furniture!

  • @gatorscoops3861
    @gatorscoops3861 Před 5 lety

    man i love adam soo much he just gives a humble vibe

  • @luminapvcpsfoamboard4841

    So great design of this foam board!

  • @AdonisAmarante
    @AdonisAmarante Před 7 lety +14

    Holy crap. I think two of those boards would more than enough to build mine.

  • @standepain
    @standepain Před 7 lety +227

    Adams basement was bigger than my house! lol XD

  • @Godrocks1998
    @Godrocks1998 Před 5 lety

    Wow that's amazing. I'd love to do something like this. Of course I'd go a step further and paint it and everything.

  • @zulemaflores8796
    @zulemaflores8796 Před 3 lety

    WOW! So much work. Thank you for educating us.

  • @pappinr
    @pappinr Před 6 lety +3

    Everyone should have a 1/24 scale drawing (detailed) of the house they grew up in! Great video!

  • @WadWizard
    @WadWizard Před 7 lety +654

    You can tell he wasnt rich because his house didnt have a roof.

    • @afrahendriks29
      @afrahendriks29 Před 6 lety +5

      LOL

    • @JasonJBrunet
      @JasonJBrunet Před 6 lety +34

      They couldn't afford paint or furniture either. So sad.

    • @micsss_
      @micsss_ Před 6 lety +18

      And his house was just made out of foamcore hahhaha

    • @CraftedKingdom
      @CraftedKingdom Před 6 lety +5

      Wadwizard ZOL not even windows or doors.

    • @cypresswillow2591
      @cypresswillow2591 Před 6 lety +3

      I know all these strungles...after Ken divorce me I live like a pauper...- Barbie

  • @TheDisabledGamersChannel

    Excellent build Adam, well done.

  • @Wondering_Ghoul
    @Wondering_Ghoul Před 2 lety

    I would love to see an Adam Savage Masterclass!! That would be amazing.

  • @TheFancyUmbreon
    @TheFancyUmbreon Před 8 lety +51

    I recently designed the house I'd like to own in Sketchup, and I kinda wanna try making it out of foamcore now.

    • @InsufficientFare
      @InsufficientFare Před 8 lety +1

      +TheFancyUmbreon do it and come back and share it with us!

    • @OlavSchneider
      @OlavSchneider Před 8 lety +3

      +TheFancyUmbreon 3D print it!

    • @johnw3443
      @johnw3443 Před 8 lety +8

      Mmm Sketchup

    • @watahyahknow
      @watahyahknow Před 8 lety

      +TheFancyUmbreon you could have the design printed on A1 paper complete with the wallcoverings brick structure and stuff like that and stick those prints on the foamcore before cutting it out and glueing it together , if you make colourprints you could allmost end up with a dollshouse
      when doing it this way youre prolly need to take the thicknes of the foamcore in accound if you buttjoin them together , then again you could make slantcuts and whont see any foamcore sticking out
      you prolly need to stick the outside on cut it and then stick the inside up to have them alighn

    • @anonmiss2112
      @anonmiss2112 Před 8 lety

      +Olav Schneider that would be hella expensive. A much better route is laser cutting the parts out of cardboard/paper. I honestly love the laser cutter so much more than the 3d printer.
      Im lucky to have them available to me in university, but if you do not have that try googling it. a lot of cities do have places that offer laser cutting that is priced per minute.
      For me I get it for 1$ a minute, but the local shop does it for 1.5$ so a little bit more. if you are cutting paper or cardboard it won't be too much money. Foam core does not laser cut well though, the core shrinks under the paper making it not very structurally sounds. Another option would be to use a very thin wood.

  • @Patrick94GSR
    @Patrick94GSR Před 8 lety +14

    I built models like this in high school and in college in architecture school. I always just spray-mounted the floor plan directly to the base foam core, and cut out the floor footprint directly using a straightedge and the printed lines of the plan. That would have saved a lot of time.

    • @TheDarkOne508
      @TheDarkOne508 Před 8 lety

      +Patrick94GSR i dont know why the great adam savage didnt do that either.

  • @naomitoljagic1405
    @naomitoljagic1405 Před 5 lety

    Your craftsmanship is needed in my projects.

  • @teriwhit2283
    @teriwhit2283 Před 3 lety

    Love this! Getting ready to build dollhouse...very helpful-thanks soo much!!

  • @Razyre
    @Razyre Před 8 lety +13

    Everything is your favourite thing of all time Adam ;)

    • @jospi2
      @jospi2 Před 8 lety

      +Ross Bishop And he has a lot of friends.

    • @wwaxwork
      @wwaxwork Před 8 lety

      +Ross Bishop Gotta love people that are enthusiastic.

  • @cakeboss921
    @cakeboss921 Před 8 lety +3

    I need to build a foam house for school in a couple of weeks. This video could not have been timed better for me!

  • @ayenaing7490
    @ayenaing7490 Před rokem

    What a pleasure to remodel your childhood place!!

  • @tanger-wb8ro
    @tanger-wb8ro Před 4 lety

    Beautiful work

  • @evil1knight
    @evil1knight Před 8 lety +7

    that is a huge house but! wish we could have seen a photo of it

  • @opsimathics
    @opsimathics Před 8 lety +2635

    yo check out rich kid over here

    • @CaniHaveTheRedPill
      @CaniHaveTheRedPill Před 8 lety +6

      +opsimathics lmfao

    • @gaz2188
      @gaz2188 Před 8 lety +41

      +opsimathics 13:10

    • @DesignJunkie58
      @DesignJunkie58 Před 8 lety +2

      Haha, yeah, sure :0

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 Před 7 lety +26

      a year's salary was STILL a lot of cash to us poor folks...

    • @braydenb.7816
      @braydenb.7816 Před 7 lety +18

      +bob rew yeah, i don't even make 10k a year!
      then again, i'm still a minor...

  • @calebjc
    @calebjc Před 3 lety

    Thanks Adam! My 8-year old son is totally into drawing floor plans and architecture. He LOVED this and want's to visit your workshop and have one like it someday.

  • @jeffroe5524
    @jeffroe5524 Před 5 lety +1

    You and Jamie are the reason I majored in engineering... thank you so much for my childhood. Can't believe it took me so long to find you on CZcams thanks to 3am vsauce videos!

  • @calvinscheuerman
    @calvinscheuerman Před 8 lety +4

    The time-lapse music is funky as hell.

  • @PANCAKECRAB1
    @PANCAKECRAB1 Před 8 lety +62

    Yo rich kid! check out your big home!

  • @YouTry2FuqOnMee
    @YouTry2FuqOnMee Před 5 lety

    I love this channel so much! Keep up the great content!

  • @chanelle5889
    @chanelle5889 Před 10 měsíci

    My mom has made a few of these. She's mostly retired from building homes these days, but was a custom home builder and always drew the plans herself from scratch (she had an architect turn her drawings into real plans she could turn in for permits, but she originally drew them all by hand, not using a computer). On several of the really nice ones, including the house I grew up in, she put together foam core builds that were a similar (the same??) scale to this.

  • @coolst0rybruh
    @coolst0rybruh Před 8 lety +255

    That was a mansion...not a house.

    • @himcfly4339
      @himcfly4339 Před 8 lety +19

      It's really not that big considering the bottom floor was the basement

    • @slapshotandgaming1965
      @slapshotandgaming1965 Před 8 lety

      It's a little small

    • @MetaalMeerkat
      @MetaalMeerkat Před 7 lety +1

      Growing up we only had one floor....

    • @slapshotandgaming1965
      @slapshotandgaming1965 Před 7 lety

      +Endseeker I grew up with 4

    • @Insertchillnamehere
      @Insertchillnamehere Před 7 lety +1

      +epic xbox one controller you don't look at the amount of floors to determine the size of a house, typically you look at the number of rooms/ square footage. Typically highshools only have 2-3 floors, those things are huge lol

  • @shawntannehill
    @shawntannehill Před 8 lety +21

    Funny first thing I thought was damn that house is huge. Even as a model its huge.

  • @Believermike
    @Believermike Před 5 lety +1

    So inspiring to go create! You should add lighting! That would really make this project shine even more! Lol keep creating brother! Love the channel.

  • @shaunshaunk9297
    @shaunshaunk9297 Před 4 lety

    I just found this I'm making a 1/10 scale garage for my hobby room to display my 1/10 RC cars and trucks. And this is so much easier then thin plywood . Awesome video thanks for the ideas.

  • @malkavian5
    @malkavian5 Před 8 lety +11

    That's a very different layout, would love to see some pictures.

  • @nathanwilliams4554
    @nathanwilliams4554 Před 8 lety +33

    He had a giant house, if I had to do this for my house I would be done in like 10 minutes

  • @exoticat
    @exoticat Před 2 lety +1

    You have incredible patience! I'm thinking about making a Halloween display that requires cutting some foam core boards which brought me here. I wish I had one of those foam core houses of my childhood Ranch style MCM home (built around 1960 by our family). It had a full-sized basement and upper level. We once had the original blueprints, but who knows where they went.

  • @kalebnolen1616
    @kalebnolen1616 Před 5 lety

    More Foam core builds please Mr Savage!

  • @jonano12
    @jonano12 Před 8 lety +14

    Foamcore is the lightest of the Metal sub genres .

    • @ConnorEtch
      @ConnorEtch Před 8 lety

      +Jonano 12 It's also usefull when making aluminium stuff, just melts away! Oh yeah, I watch Grant Thomson! :)

  • @Dingdongtime
    @Dingdongtime Před 8 lety +6

    Oh this was awesome, I hope they'll do another video going through the details of the house!

    • @DamianReloaded
      @DamianReloaded Před 8 lety

      You know what would be cool? A stop motion animation about some chapter of Adams childhood in it.

  • @elliejohnson2786
    @elliejohnson2786 Před 5 lety

    Glad you put in that explanation of the size. I was going to comment on how massive it looked.

  • @jamesnickel4748
    @jamesnickel4748 Před 4 lety

    VERY nice man! Beautifully done and quick too! I'm doing a model of a home I want to put on a hillside overlooking the Mediterranean in Cyprus and got a lot of good tips from you....thank you! 😄

  • @ChiseledDiamond
    @ChiseledDiamond Před 6 lety +879

    Thank you Adam for considering the safety of garbage men and women everywhere! 🧡

    • @joenormanmusic
      @joenormanmusic Před 5 lety +5

      I found the garbageman or woman.

    • @Nightenstaff
      @Nightenstaff Před 5 lety +24

      As someone who works with foamcore and exacto blades on a daily basis at work, the first rule we were taught (and teach) is to packing tape old blades onto scrap foamcore and then tape some extra scrap on top. Takes 30 seconds and could save someone thousands of dollars in doctor bills, not to mention the pain of an injury.

    • @Ddalgiichigo
      @Ddalgiichigo Před 5 lety +21

      I thought it was common sense not to throw blades into a trash bag with no kind of protection

    • @KyleDaSloth
      @KyleDaSloth Před 5 lety +9

      unicorns yeah, well common sense is at an all time low these days so......

    • @andrewkaminskas7721
      @andrewkaminskas7721 Před 5 lety +2

      Trashmen get paid fucking bank and their health insurance policies are locked in if you are working for the township. i like to hide sharp objects in my trash cans, give the guys a reason to collect some workman's compensation!

  • @Nyllet1221
    @Nyllet1221 Před 8 lety +17

    meanwhile a one room apartment where i live costs much more than that did in the seventies. good shit, thanks previous generations for calling me lazy.

    • @unconcernedperson87
      @unconcernedperson87 Před 8 lety

      Depends on where you live, naturally city life will cost a considerable amount more than rural/suburban houses

    • @francescosirotti8178
      @francescosirotti8178 Před 8 lety

      Yes. Here in Italy the house my parents bought was 2 years of salary. Now for the same amount you get compassionate looks. Capitalism fuck yeah

    • @unconcernedperson87
      @unconcernedperson87 Před 8 lety

      *****
      Fair enough

  • @SheryllQuesta
    @SheryllQuesta Před 5 lety +1

    This is amazing! I actually did a video making a creepy castle for my son's train table. We are beginners, but it was fun. Your build is awesome!

  • @Pelaeztv
    @Pelaeztv Před 3 lety

    Tarrytown NY.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. I worked at Washington Irving MS and Sleepy Hollow HS. Exit 9...right before the Tappan Zee Bridge....
    I miss NY...😭😭😭

  • @ScottRuggels
    @ScottRuggels Před 8 lety +3

    There is a whole CZcams channel devoted to Foam core construction techniques, though mostly for super inexpensive flying RC models, called "Flite Test". a Lying models would be nice to see as a one day build.
    Also Please, as some point, finish the model with an exterior. We built minature barracks for a movie using Cold bress, and used 2 ply bristol Board strips for the clap board covering and looked great at 1/24th scale (Had to match some large Tamiya tanks for this project).