You know they've done the identical intro, one right after another, for all these videos, but don't look at all tired or bored. Their energy and enthusiasm are contagious.
The whole top part of the torch itself is a TIG torch head (black painted ceramic nozzle on the front and short back-cap) shoved into a Hama camera handle, you can even see the still shiny cut end of the copper argon tube when Adam shines a light into the cavity. Type 26 torch head, 13N08 ceramic cup, 4CB subby collet body and 57Y0/300M (medium) Back Cap
"The Propcast, with Adam Savage, Brandon Allenger, and this week's special guest, [guy who's bringing in a cool rare prop...]" i would DEFINITELY add that to my regular watch list.
I wonder if the catalogue authors wish they could have Adam go over everything before they go to print. The wealth of extra information on construction and behind the scenes knowledge of prop making he is able to bring, make these episodes such a joy - if I were able to afford these wonderful things, it would bring me so much joy to have the extra knowledge, like knowing that part of the welder unit is harvested from an actual Tig welder, just adds so much depth!
@@tzxazrael I thought it might have been a prop of Hudson’s hand that Bishop holds down while doing the knife trick in the Sulaco’s mess hall. But I think they really did that with the actors and sped it up later.
I wonder if working with that much brass would be an added challenge or no sweat. Also, could they do some kind of spectroscopic analysis of the original prop paints? Inquiring minds...
@@MightyYaks Reproducing any paint by ingredients or recipe is pretty pointless, most pigments are natural ressources so every batch is an one of kind, if you work with car paints your most important skill is matching paints that should be exact the same.
It looks very likely this is the colour on the pulse rifle as well, it looks greener up close but from afar it looks more brown. If I were to make one I'd definitely use this as a reference.
I did a lot of research when painting my pulse rifle including going to see an original firing hero rifle on display at the Royal Armouries (but that one was painted black for Alien 3 then repainted an incorrect olive green. I learned they pretty much painted everything of the Marines (From the APC to floppy discs but not the armour) in the brownish green grey Brown Bess or a colour very close to it and that was the colour seen here on the welder. Brown Bess was redeveloped by Humbrol several years later into the clay brown colour Adam's rifle is. You can see surviving stunt rifles that have been sold in auction used in filming and they closely match the welder too.
Here is a great idea! In the tip that seems to have an actual welding tip. Modify that and put a light in it. The size light that might go into a pen sized flash light. Then take two things you want to weld, such as two flat pieces of metal sitting at a 90° angle from one another. They can be connected or not as long as you cannot tell.. Then take a sparkler and place it in the joint. On the welder make sure the blast shield is something like a sunglass glass. Then make a video using the prop welder, from the point of view of looking through the shield. Light the sparkler, and the light in the prop at the same time, and you should have what sort of looks like a welder that is really welding.
Learn more about this prop and other pieces from Prop Store's upcoming auction here: propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/info/id/299/ All the props from this collection: propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/299/? Adam's build of Aliens Colonial Marine Armor: th-cam.com/video/NxL4SLzAkao/w-d-xo.html Adam's Colonial Marine shoulder lamp prop build: th-cam.com/video/ijosoNfEBP4/w-d-xo.html
I remember when I used to think that props made for movies, and all the care that went into making them fit into and add to those worlds, felt more real than the things on my own table. We love movies. Or at least, I loved the movies from those decades. Today's movies, not so much. My mental wavelength matched up so well with the effort that went into making movies, from Star Wars in '77 all the way up to Contact in '97. For some reason, after that time, I don't feel that way so much about movies - probably because my adulting took over.
To me the pacing of most modern movies makes a big difference. Rarely will the camera just linger I'd a scene and let something play out. Everything is quick and intense which takes away a lot the realness that existed in older movies.
The pulse-rifles were actually dressed-up Thompson sub-machine guns. And they were fully functional, automatic weapons! They just loaded them with balsa wood blanks which would disintegrate upon firing! The grenade launcher part was a pump shotgun barrel and action. And the larger smartguns were dressed-up German MK42 machine guns from WWII..
I've repaired aluminum refrigeration coils and you're right. Brazing aluminum is insanely difficult to get right. It either burns through the aluminum or it's gloppy and looks awful. It take a real expert to braze aluminum well.
WW2 Amy truck paint. Has a heavy brown tint. I have friends that have trucks painted it. In the right light and time of day, it will change from OD to brown. I don't have the paint number now, but can get it next time I talk to them.
@@thomasbecker9676 I believe it's the one called WW2 Khaki, or OD Khaki. I have seen the same truck look OD green, all the way to full blown brown depending on the light. I usually talk to that friend on the weekends, I will have to ask.
@@Danzig5577 The accepted color used by production was Humbrol Brown Bess Enamel, which yes, changes appearance relative to lighting conditions, primer color, etc.
Do you ever take photogrammetry mesh pictures of stuff like this? I've heard newer phones even have lidars in them? Or is it ruining the fun to not measure of old VHS tapes ;-)
nah, i'm sure it's just "another tool to use" for serious replicators, cosplayers, etc. but a lot of the "originals" just aren't available to do anything other than hold a tape measure up to your screen anymore. -shrugs-
@@tzxazrael Bet you're right. However, there are two people I can think of when watching this video that do (and often) have direct access to originals. One of the reasons I'm wondering - given a photogrammetry mesh, I could create a low-poly version to very accurate dimensions pretty darn quickly. 3D printing anyone?
@@R.Daneel i mean yea that would be super cool... but i mean like... when the originals have been destroyed long ago (eg; weren't properly preserved or cared for, etc)
@@thomasbecker9676 Lol, you're overcomplicating the process a LOT. The requirement isn't a museum quality replica. It's an accurate base for a prop-replica hobbyist. Major greebles, accurate measurements, and layout would all be part of the low poly model. Importing the high poly photogrammetry mesh into Blender as a shell that you fill with simple mesh primitives is a huge time saver. And this particular item is a dream for that. It's geometry is very simple. Measurements from calipers would do just as well (and YES I have done this) but that's not the point. Using a new iPhone, a pretty good mesh can be produced in minutes. From a distance. And, perhaps, even behind glass. Ok? Try constructive rather than dismissive comments for a while. For your own sake. You're only convincing yourself not to bother.
Prop color seems to be the sort of 'NATO Green' that we used for patching-up trucks and tanks when I was in the service. Came in tins, was lumpy as hell and spraying was fairly impossible ,so we just slathered it on with broad brushes, meant for wall painting...
I did not know there was such controversy over the colour of the props! Since you have access to actual props, I am curious if you take reference photos of the items with a colour checker chart so you can reproduce the colours accurately when making your own replicas?
Oh you have no idea...For prop collectors the colors are everything. And even when you think you have a match there will always be one or two who will dispute it using the old "lighting" argument.
It's basically an arc blasting setup- maybe a CO2 powerlet would be enough if you can supply voltage to electrode. Depends on what you're cutting with it.
@@davidb.6681 The thing is David, the core values of tested are not advertisement but are to explore the world of makers. If you read what the channel is about you would have noticed that. To find about on the channel click on view channel and scroll all the way to the right and you will find about, click on about and that is where you will find all the details of what the channel is ABOUT. Once you become a tested patreon and earn your self some badges you can have a opinion. Thanks Dave 😊.
I am loving these consistent videos on these amazing pieces of filmmaking. Please keep them going. And Adam, you doing the intros the same, for every single piece that’s presented to you, with the same amount of energy and excitement as the previous, absolutely amazing to see. Keep it up!
at 2:52 you can see a little dink in the metal of the painted nozzle above the hinged joint, i just checked my blue ray and that dink is visable as Vasquez seals the door, so i would guess this is the hero close up version, interestingly going back to look at the shot, it very hard to tell where the spark is coming from and may just be a special effects spark ON the door that she is holding the prop against pretending to weld it as you never actually see it move you just cut back and forth a few times. that thing is so cool, i have always wanted a real one!😁
@@thomasbecker9676 possible i suppose, but in the few frames you can see there are almost no sparks just bright flashy lights and they are actually using TWO of them, hicks has one on the top of the door as Vasquez does the bottom, i certainly wouldnt want to stand near one someone else was using
Question is this guy letting you take some reference photos In case you wanted to build one? Is he allowed to do that that would be cool if they can release or hack maybe even sell reference photos prop makers.
I'm sure people have spoken to as many of the prop people that can be found-- certainly the auction house as well as the forums. Has anyone considered using "Adam" to invite some of the actors in? Michael Biehn or Jenette Goldstein, for example? Maybe even Sigourney Weaver? Seeing the actual props again might be an additional draw-- meeting Adam too, of course. This concept is for Aliens and, ahem, is a little late, I know. Perhaps an upcoming show.
Hi Adam: Number 155, of this set; "it's hot in here".... Get an air conditioner, one of the one's, you put a pipe out the window. all the heat, and moisture goes out the pipe!! I have a heat pump; and I suspected that it had no fluid in it...so I didn't turn it on. When the technition arrived, the house was hot, 80 degrees; that's hot up here in B.C. Canada!! He showed me how to tell that there's fluid in the system! I ha fluid...about three pounds down...a twelve pound system.... I turned on the AC; a while later the house was suddenly cool! Looking at the thermostat...it was still at 80 degrees...( but it was a dry 80 degrees ).... Place the machine up on the mezzanine; and plow the stuff up, and out that vent. hatch in the corner. make sure it cycles. And you will have a dry shop...and seemingly cool.... Cheap, like borscht!! How do you tell.... When it is cooling; the pipe that comes back to the compressor, insulated, will have condensate on it!! If there are drops of water on the pipe; there is fluid in the system!! If not; shut off system, running it without fluid will damage the compressor....
i preordered the pulse rifle nerf gun theyre putting out next year i cant wait to get it so i can paint it lol. i know adam will get one the coloring is so good to know! this is an awesome prop i wish i could afford but these are going for thousands of dollars and rightfully so.
I guess Adam should revisit the color of his rifle to match the one of the welder prop and stop thinking about the color being messed up by the color balancing.
Well I may have had a Seniors Moment I thought this Video was going to be about a Aliens hand, as a Prop, but once again Adam has clarified my delusions ...However, A Working version of Welder could be handy bit of kit !!,very showy prop. On the subject of "Hands", Adam you got the gear & Gizmo's to build a Radio-controlled "Thing" from the Adamms Family, having it running on servo's in fingers, in a Latex glove, also you might teach it to crawl, it could be the crawling Hand from the 1963 film of same Name, your Prop collection seems lacking with Props to go with Mercury Spacesuits .. ;)
Have you ever thought about doing cutaways to pictures or clips that you are referencing? Would save me having to then search for a whole bunch of things during/after the video 😂
Especially not having seem the original colour I could talk myself into thinking your rifle was green and depending on how lit up it is the colour shifts quite a bit on both props and sometimes the colours do look almost the same. Of only the prop builder would spill their secrets from their paint rack xD
Yea he smokes this guy in knowledge! Haha I’ve met Savage twice and was lucky enough to hang around and listen to him talking with people and the guy is truly a Know it All. I mean that in a great way because he has just exposed and thrown himself into so much in life that he is an incredible hub of knowledge! Also, truly a great guy that devotes time to his fans…
Extremely cool geek content here. Just curious though (and it makes no difference to the production), is is not a touch off to have a very futuristic device featuring ordinary slotted-head screw fasteners? Not meant as a put down.
@@evanlindsey1100 I don’t think for a modern repro Thompson. It’s semi auto only, has a barrel over 16”. All he would have to do is make sure it’s “Cali compliant” and it wouldn’t be a big deal. Plus gun props can be specifically licensed: and I’m sure this legend would have no issue achieving that.
Why knows Adam more of all the props then the propstore when they are going to him. This isn’t the first time that he has learnt propstore something. Adam knows almost everything 😉
I remember when I toured Prop Store in LA years ago with a few friends; we wound up identifying a fair number of pieces they either had mislabeled or didn't know what they were.
Looks like it was being clutched by someone on another planet, while being chased by aliens, during his last moments. Then it was returned to Earth 35 years later.
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I wish there was a video just like this for every item in the Prop Store Catalogue. I'd watch every single video.
I wholeheartedly agree with your comment. It would be amazing :-)
Makes me wish I’d been successful at life so I could afford some pieces…alas…..I was not, and cannot!
You know they've done the identical intro, one right after another, for all these videos, but don't look at all tired or bored. Their energy and enthusiasm are contagious.
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
@@thomasbecker9676 ouch
That's TV experience
The whole top part of the torch itself is a TIG torch head (black painted ceramic nozzle on the front and short back-cap) shoved into a Hama camera handle, you can even see the still shiny cut end of the copper argon tube when Adam shines a light into the cavity.
Type 26 torch head, 13N08 ceramic cup, 4CB subby collet body and 57Y0/300M (medium) Back Cap
Your childlike joy is always so wonderful! It is great to see history like this preserved.
Adam has literally everything!! Anything you talk about,
Adam: "Ahh yes! wait right here, I have that." 😆
@Bazil no one needs your cult!
I bet he has the immortal snail in his cave
@Bazil Oh give it a rest. This is about movies and science, not bible thumping.
Please no god squad 🙏 it's props not religion
You guys seriously need this to be a regular thing, even a stand alone series, maybe even a props podcast with the two of you.
Excellent premise
"The Propcast, with Adam Savage, Brandon Allenger, and this week's special guest, [guy who's bringing in a cool rare prop...]"
i would DEFINITELY add that to my regular watch list.
Adam Reacts to props is a show I could watch weekly
Love these videos with Prop Store.
Just recently finished scratch building my own. Can't wait to watch the full video to see how it compares. 😁
I wonder if the catalogue authors wish they could have Adam go over everything before they go to print. The wealth of extra information on construction and behind the scenes knowledge of prop making he is able to bring, make these episodes such a joy - if I were able to afford these wonderful things, it would bring me so much joy to have the extra knowledge, like knowing that part of the welder unit is harvested from an actual Tig welder, just adds so much depth!
Haha, I kept waiting to see the prop hand!
Now I know the difference between a “hand prop” and a “prop hand”.
lmao right? "huh, i don't remember a scene featuring 'just a hand'... OHHHHHH 'hand prop', not 'prop hand' " lol xD
@@tzxazrael I thought it might have been a prop of Hudson’s hand that Bishop holds down while doing the knife trick in the Sulaco’s mess hall. But I think they really did that with the actors and sped it up later.
Adam: " I might have to make one now".
Also Adam: I just so happen to have several of the required parts "hanging around"
I wonder if working with that much brass would be an added challenge or no sweat. Also, could they do some kind of spectroscopic analysis of the original prop paints? Inquiring minds...
His shoulder lamp build was pretty inaccurate though, even having used the found parts.
@@MightyYaks Reproducing any paint by ingredients or recipe is pretty pointless, most pigments are natural ressources so every batch is an one of kind, if you work with car paints your most important skill is matching paints that should be exact the same.
It looks very likely this is the colour on the pulse rifle as well, it looks greener up close but from afar it looks more brown.
If I were to make one I'd definitely use this as a reference.
Yeah, Brown Bess or w/e you want to call it.
I did a lot of research when painting my pulse rifle including going to see an original firing hero rifle on display at the Royal Armouries (but that one was painted black for Alien 3 then repainted an incorrect olive green. I learned they pretty much painted everything of the Marines (From the APC to floppy discs but not the armour) in the brownish green grey Brown Bess or a colour very close to it and that was the colour seen here on the welder. Brown Bess was redeveloped by Humbrol several years later into the clay brown colour Adam's rifle is. You can see surviving stunt rifles that have been sold in auction used in filming and they closely match the welder too.
@@repletereplete8002 I've seen a stunt rifle close up, as well as had the opportunity to put on screen-used armor and handle a screen-used helmet.
@@thomasbecker9676 Colour me a nice shade of envious. Whose armour was it?
@@repletereplete8002 I can't remember. One of the secondary marines. Fit nicely though, so I had Terry English make me up a set.
Best movie line EVER! That's IT GAME OVER MAN, Game over! Still a favorite!
Why don't you put her in charge !!!
Here is a great idea! In the tip that seems to have an actual welding tip. Modify that and put a light in it. The size light that might go into a pen sized flash light. Then take two things you want to weld, such as two flat pieces of metal sitting at a 90° angle from one another. They can be connected or not as long as you cannot tell.. Then take a sparkler and place it in the joint. On the welder make sure the blast shield is something like a sunglass glass. Then make a video using the prop welder, from the point of view of looking through the shield. Light the sparkler, and the light in the prop at the same time, and you should have what sort of looks like a welder that is really welding.
It would need to be glacier glass (like Julbos), but other than that I think your idea would work quite well.
Aliens had so great production deisgn everything from the Weapons , the vehicles, and gadgets like this and the motion tracker all iconic.
This is the best teleshopping channel around
Learn more about this prop and other pieces from Prop Store's upcoming auction here: propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/info/id/299/
All the props from this collection: propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/299/?
Adam's build of Aliens Colonial Marine Armor: th-cam.com/video/NxL4SLzAkao/w-d-xo.html
Adam's Colonial Marine shoulder lamp prop build: th-cam.com/video/ijosoNfEBP4/w-d-xo.html
It looks like they caught the moment that Adam first saw the prop and he immediately got so excited that he forgot he had an intro to do
I remember when I used to think that props made for movies, and all the care that went into making them fit into and add to those worlds, felt more real than the things on my own table.
We love movies.
Or at least, I loved the movies from those decades. Today's movies, not so much.
My mental wavelength matched up so well with the effort that went into making movies, from Star Wars in '77 all the way up to Contact in '97. For some reason, after that time, I don't feel that way so much about movies - probably because my adulting took over.
To me the pacing of most modern movies makes a big difference.
Rarely will the camera just linger I'd a scene and let something play out. Everything is quick and intense which takes away a lot the realness that existed in older movies.
cant wait for that someday build ! ;D
The pulse-rifles were actually dressed-up Thompson sub-machine guns. And they were fully functional, automatic weapons! They just loaded them with balsa wood blanks which would disintegrate upon firing!
The grenade launcher part was a pump shotgun barrel and action. And the larger smartguns were dressed-up German MK42 machine guns from WWII..
I've repaired aluminum refrigeration coils and you're right. Brazing aluminum is insanely difficult to get right. It either burns through the aluminum or it's gloppy and looks awful. It take a real expert to braze aluminum well.
I like it as a "Someday Build"…
WW2 Amy truck paint. Has a heavy brown tint. I have friends that have trucks painted it. In the right light and time of day, it will change from OD to brown. I don't have the paint number now, but can get it next time I talk to them.
Brown Bess?
@@thomasbecker9676 I believe it's the one called WW2 Khaki, or OD Khaki. I have seen the same truck look OD green, all the way to full blown brown depending on the light. I usually talk to that friend on the weekends, I will have to ask.
@@Danzig5577 The accepted color used by production was Humbrol Brown Bess Enamel, which yes, changes appearance relative to lighting conditions, primer color, etc.
Do you ever take photogrammetry mesh pictures of stuff like this? I've heard newer phones even have lidars in them? Or is it ruining the fun to not measure of old VHS tapes ;-)
nah, i'm sure it's just "another tool to use" for serious replicators, cosplayers, etc. but a lot of the "originals" just aren't available to do anything other than hold a tape measure up to your screen anymore. -shrugs-
@@tzxazrael Bet you're right. However, there are two people I can think of when watching this video that do (and often) have direct access to originals.
One of the reasons I'm wondering - given a photogrammetry mesh, I could create a low-poly version to very accurate dimensions pretty darn quickly. 3D printing anyone?
@@R.Daneel i mean yea that would be super cool... but i mean like... when the originals have been destroyed long ago (eg; weren't properly preserved or cared for, etc)
@@R.Daneel Lol, you're oversimplifying the process a LOT.
@@thomasbecker9676 Lol, you're overcomplicating the process a LOT.
The requirement isn't a museum quality replica. It's an accurate base for a prop-replica hobbyist. Major greebles, accurate measurements, and layout would all be part of the low poly model. Importing the high poly photogrammetry mesh into Blender as a shell that you fill with simple mesh primitives is a huge time saver. And this particular item is a dream for that. It's geometry is very simple.
Measurements from calipers would do just as well (and YES I have done this) but that's not the point. Using a new iPhone, a pretty good mesh can be produced in minutes. From a distance. And, perhaps, even behind glass.
Ok? Try constructive rather than dismissive comments for a while. For your own sake. You're only convincing yourself not to bother.
Is there a video of your pulse rifle - build, show, reference or anything?
Probably still a work in progress
Prop color seems to be the sort of 'NATO Green' that we used for patching-up trucks and tanks when I was in the service. Came in tins, was lumpy as hell and spraying was fairly impossible ,so we just slathered it on with broad brushes, meant for wall painting...
treated myself to the blu-ray a few Saturdays ... jaysus its glorious ... still !!! never looked better ...
mental that it stands up better than Covenant
Props to the props store
Make it! Make it! PLEASE MAKE IT! #onedaybuild
10/10 masterful segway from R2 back to aliens. What a pro
Great video, but would love to see all these props in the context of the films via short clips or images.
please do a one day build of this adam... love everything aliens... :D
Casually pulls out apollo flashlight
Shocking turn of events: Adam‘s pulse rifle is non-firing…!
Give him time.
@@SeanVedell i feel like it probably does have full capabilities but he has to play it cool.
Adam, what led light panel are you using in this video?
Hope Adam does a photo record of its dimensions
Will/Did Adam take detailed measurements and reference pics and make them available to the community?
Quick we need to reference check with the royal armouries pulse rifle!
We're in some real pretty shit now man!
And we know that as soon as they were done filming, Adam took a few hundred photos of all the props...
Some of them may even be useful (unlike all the ALICE frame/strap photos from the Phoebe pack).
I did not know there was such controversy over the colour of the props! Since you have access to actual props, I am curious if you take reference photos of the items with a colour checker chart so you can reproduce the colours accurately when making your own replicas?
Oh you have no idea...For prop collectors the colors are everything. And even when you think you have a match there will always be one or two who will dispute it using the old "lighting" argument.
3:50 / 4:20 iirc , they had a person with a real welder on the other side of the door/ object being welded for at least one scene.
I have vasqueses screen used grips too
Nice
It's basically an arc blasting setup- maybe a CO2 powerlet would be enough if you can supply voltage to electrode. Depends on what you're cutting with it.
Can we get more one day builds. I loved you Adam, but I can only take so many advertisements for the prop store.
If you're not interested then simply don't watch them. Nobody forces you to watch these videos so blame only yourself for that.
@@davidb.6681 The thing is David, the core values of tested are not advertisement but are to explore the world of makers. If you read what the channel is about you would have noticed that. To find about on the channel click on view channel and scroll all the way to the right and you will find about, click on about and that is where you will find all the details of what the channel is ABOUT. Once you become a tested patreon and earn your self some badges you can have a opinion.
Thanks Dave 😊.
Adam have a look at the nikon ORIGINAL NIKON F PISTOL GRIP TYPE 1 NIPPON SHUTTER RELEASE For you Alien welder
Why? The real one was built from a Hama camera grip.
I am loving these consistent videos on these amazing pieces of filmmaking. Please keep them going. And Adam, you doing the intros the same, for every single piece that’s presented to you, with the same amount of energy and excitement as the previous, absolutely amazing to see. Keep it up!
How Adam isn’t just throwing money at him to buy it is the most amazing part!
Future one day build?
The welder and the motion sensor would be awesome builds. Especially to have the welder produce some type of flame, and the motion sensor screen work.
at 2:52 you can see a little dink in the metal of the painted nozzle above the hinged joint, i just checked my blue ray and that dink is visable as Vasquez seals the door, so i would guess this is the hero close up version, interestingly going back to look at the shot, it very hard to tell where the spark is coming from and may just be a special effects spark ON the door that she is holding the prop against pretending to weld it as you never actually see it move you just cut back and forth a few times. that thing is so cool, i have always wanted a real one!😁
I believe the working theory is that production built up a shell from the Hama grip, molded, and cast them to fit an actual torch inside.
@@thomasbecker9676 possible i suppose, but in the few frames you can see there are almost no sparks just bright flashy lights and they are actually using TWO of them, hicks has one on the top of the door as Vasquez does the bottom, i certainly wouldnt want to stand near one someone else was using
But will he build a replica of it, using rare parts, but based on a random inaccurate fan-build he found online?
Question is this guy letting you take some reference photos In case you wanted to build one? Is he allowed to do that that would be cool if they can release or hack maybe even sell reference photos prop makers.
I bet they are considering the free publicity they are getting for the up coming auction
I'm sure people have spoken to as many of the prop people that can be found-- certainly the auction house as well as the forums. Has anyone considered using "Adam" to invite some of the actors in? Michael Biehn or Jenette Goldstein, for example? Maybe even Sigourney Weaver? Seeing the actual props again might be an additional draw-- meeting Adam too, of course. This concept is for Aliens and, ahem, is a little late, I know. Perhaps an upcoming show.
Hi Adam:
Number 155, of this set; "it's hot in here"....
Get an air conditioner, one of the one's, you put a pipe out the window.
all the heat, and moisture goes out the pipe!!
I have a heat pump; and I suspected that it had no fluid in it...so I didn't turn it on.
When the technition arrived, the house was hot, 80 degrees; that's hot up here in B.C. Canada!!
He showed me how to tell that there's fluid in the system!
I ha fluid...about three pounds down...a twelve pound system....
I turned on the AC; a while later the house was suddenly cool!
Looking at the thermostat...it was still at 80 degrees...( but it was a dry 80 degrees )....
Place the machine up on the mezzanine; and plow the stuff up, and out that vent. hatch in the corner.
make sure it cycles.
And you will have a dry shop...and seemingly cool....
Cheap, like borscht!!
How do you tell....
When it is cooling; the pipe that comes back to the compressor, insulated, will have condensate on it!!
If there are drops of water on the pipe; there is fluid in the system!!
If not; shut off system, running it without fluid will damage the compressor....
We know you know how to braze, Adam. Gonna hold you to a 1 Day Build for this prop!
I'm seeing a Aliens welder One Day Build in the future!
Aliens was always my favorite movie. This is an awesome piece.
i want that book, just for its cover...
i preordered the pulse rifle nerf gun theyre putting out next year i cant wait to get it so i can paint it lol. i know adam will get one the coloring is so good to know! this is an awesome prop i wish i could afford but these are going for thousands of dollars and rightfully so.
hmm background is a picture of Adams shop, shooo what are we not suposed to see? ;)
I guess Adam should revisit the color of his rifle to match the one of the welder prop and stop thinking about the color being messed up by the color balancing.
Well I may have had a Seniors Moment I thought this Video was going to be about a Aliens hand, as a Prop, but once again Adam has clarified my delusions ...However, A Working version of Welder could be handy bit of kit !!,very showy prop. On the subject of "Hands", Adam you got the gear & Gizmo's to build a Radio-controlled "Thing" from the Adamms Family, having it running on servo's in fingers, in a Latex glove, also you might teach it to crawl, it could be the crawling Hand from the 1963 film of same Name, your Prop collection seems lacking with Props to go with Mercury Spacesuits .. ;)
just a small question does anyone know what happend to the cloudmachine from Kate Bush Cloudbusting
Adam, you should drive Hacksmith's power loader.
Have you ever thought about doing cutaways to pictures or clips that you are referencing? Would save me having to then search for a whole bunch of things during/after the video 😂
Adam is so cool mane😀🍪
Does anyone know how much it went for?
Especially not having seem the original colour I could talk myself into thinking your rifle was green and depending on how lit up it is the colour shifts quite a bit on both props and sometimes the colours do look almost the same. Of only the prop builder would spill their secrets from their paint rack xD
LOVE BRADNDON!!!
It’s Fantastic that Adam knows a lot that the prop guy dosent lmao
Yea he smokes this guy in knowledge! Haha
I’ve met Savage twice and was lucky enough to hang around and listen to him talking with people and the guy is truly a Know it All. I mean that in a great way because he has just exposed and thrown himself into so much in life that he is an incredible hub of knowledge!
Also, truly a great guy that devotes time to his fans…
Adam knows his shit
Brandon has to know a little about a LOT, including stuff that Adam wouldn't know or care about.
Go to the Legacy boards. People there have forgotten more about Aliens props than most people will ever know.
@@thomasbecker9676 I’ve still got my Alien toy from when I was a kid. Even my granddaughter loves Alien especially the one with Newt! Haha
Wow,I read the description wrong. I was expecting a creepy anamatronic Alien hand.
"you had a pulse rifle within five feet there!!" :D
Can anyone link me to the photo of r2 Adam was talking about
_"One-Day WELD"_
😊😊😊
Extremely cool geek content here. Just curious though (and it makes no difference to the production), is is not a touch off to have a very futuristic device featuring ordinary slotted-head screw fasteners? Not meant as a put down.
Need to get Jim Cameron on Tested.
How many reference photos and measurements do you think Adam took of this? 😁
Wow!! Awesome 👍
*casually introduces screen accurate pulse rifle like that's a thing you just have lying about*
Mightn't the color of the paint also have changed just from aging for 35 years?
I’m just trying to imagine the number of photos Adam will be taking of this prop.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it spent some time on a grid mat and possibly being videoed at high resolution on a turntable for 3D modeling
and now there's hundreds of them being made
Every one-day-build is a some-day-build.
why do these pocket welders not exist yet?
The Alien welder: Next one day build.
DID YOU GET REFERENCE PHOTOS AND A COLOR MATCH!?😍😮
OK, Downloaded from the Auction page.
Moar Aliens stuff pleeeeeease
Should have built that pulse rifle with a rifle firing Thompson reproduction. Then it would be a really legit prop.
Gun control laws might prevent that in California.
@@evanlindsey1100 I don’t think for a modern repro Thompson. It’s semi auto only, has a barrel over 16”. All he would have to do is make sure it’s “Cali compliant” and it wouldn’t be a big deal. Plus gun props can be specifically licensed: and I’m sure this legend would have no issue achieving that.
Why knows Adam more of all the props then the propstore when they are going to him. This isn’t the first time that he has learnt propstore something.
Adam knows almost everything 😉
I remember when I toured Prop Store in LA years ago with a few friends; we wound up identifying a fair number of pieces they either had mislabeled or didn't know what they were.
Aliens is one of my favorite prop movies! Please do a video Adam on your pulse rifle !!
Well now I have to go watch the movie again….
Great... now I'll be on ebay for the rest of the day to buy parts to build THIS prop too.
Good luck, lol. Those Hama parts are like hen's teeth.
Brown Bess. Tins are like Unicorn poop.
I was lucky enough to have a sample from Nickatron and got a quart pretty well color-matched.
Seems like a very odd choice of thing to equip a soldier/marine with! Handy though :)
@@Feroce yeah good point!
Ok…FINE, I will watch Alien again! Sheesh, lay off.
I've build a live fire pulse rifle if yall ever want to test it lol
Only on Tested can you get a title card that says "Non-Working Model".
Looks like it was being clutched by someone on another planet, while being chased by aliens, during his last moments. Then it was returned to Earth 35 years later.