The first thing I noticed was the box labeled NASA and after that I could not pay any attention to the video as I was distracted wondering "WHAT's IN THAT BOX?!"
I don't know who is more awesome: Nate for sending the stuff to Adam or Adam for appreciating this so much he dedicates a whole video to this. I actually wonder if it is a good thing I found this video so … … touching!
A number of years ago I heard a related story about tiny screws. A US company had been buying small screws for their product from Switcherland. When their production needs increased they decided to invest into capabilities of making those small screws themselves. When they had the machine and developed some skills, they sent a sample of their new smallest screw (something like a 00 size) to the source of their previous screws. After a week or two they got their screw back from Switcherland -- drilled and tapped ACROSS the threaded part. Talk about a slap to their pride! The guy who told this story had been a toolmaker before joining our company.
"Ah... I can dill sideways through that thing!" I laughed out loud because I know people in my industry that are so good at what they do, they make the rest of us look like amatures.
Adam, I absolutely adore seeing the inner child in you come out when you are looking at these screws and the gear. Your passion shines through and its inspiring. Thank you for sharing your heart with the world.
Adam has enough hand injuries without adding another sharp object while his eyes are looking down the scope (unless he owns the special zip tie snipping tool which cuts below the surface). 🤔
The sheer amount and breadth of video coming from Adam has been one of the best things to come out of lockdown. Thank you, Adam, your videos are hugely enjoyable and I appreciate them immensely.
Impressive! I had no idea they even made anything that small... so now I wonder what else I'm missing out on... Nate, Adam: Thank you for sharing these very tiny things
I used to use an refrigerator egg holder to keep the screws and parts while repairing camcorders. Or other units a whole lot of tiny parts. Each egg compartment would label where on the unit the part was taken. The curved bottom made it easy to pull one tiny screw out. Everything went back where it came from. Every time.
Fantastic tiny pieces, I'll not dispute, but ARGH tiny boxes in tiny boxes!!! Containers are one of my absolute favourite things, and I can swear I have something very similar _somewhere_ - like a bunch of other things... Thanks for sharing these glimpses into the rarely visited corners of your world. I, and I'm sure many, many others are eternally grateful.
I just had thoughts of the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage ! the Ultra tiny experience from Nate was a great experience !! Thank you so much to Nate and Adam for sharing !!
Hi Adam, just want to give a shout out to how much I appreciate your videos. I love these little tidbits that might be a little light for some huge full production, but together convey a lifetime of neat little snippets of knowledge.
I keep and use my old round bite sinker dispensers with tape over the opening that we all use for fishing. I also use round clear screw cap jewelry cases too but I glued them all together lids to bottoms making 4 -12 inch long rod cases.
Adam....you're a legend. Love your enthusiasm, knowledge and keenness to explore new ideas. Irish mech engineer here. Also...I hope you're coping with Grants untimely passing as best you possibly can. RIP Grant
For those wondering about the case that has the membranes for protection: www.esslinger.com/square-plastic-boxes-with-elastic-membrane-bergeon-6799-06/
Hey, Adam, been watching Tested along time and I have to say you are an inspiration to people! I watched you a time ago, when you were on Mythbusters and I loved you on that show as well! You make me feel like I can build things and I've always wanted to be an inventor of some sort! Have my own business and create things, you create things marvelously! Thank you for always putting a smile on my face and creating builds that put forth effort yes, but always make the blueprints for people to follow! Stay safe, Adam!
When I was working in smartphone/tablet repair, one of the first things I did was get a bunch of polypropylene test tubes. They were pretty reasonable at the time and the briefcase that contained my kit had all these handy little sleeves that could hold each test tube. The first batch of tubes were apparently single-use sample tubes made from cheap acrylic and with stoppers, not screw caps. After a rough journey in my car, some of them split right open. Not good. I made darn sure the next pile of tubes I got had actual screw caps. Nice and secure, easy to label. iPhone screws probably aren't as small as watch hardware, but I can easily lose them, and these saved my bacon plenty of times. Even now I have a bag of test tubes in my office drawer so I can hold onto things like the spare M3/M4 hardware that came with the 3D printer, or bootlace ferrules for when I'm building a circuit and I do not want wires to slip out of screw terminals.
There is something most don't ever see. Thanks Nate for supplying and Adam for showing us. Can't even imagine how any of those parts are manufactured. And the price of those items must be out of whack with what we think of something usually compared to size. No wonder mechanical watches cost so much.
Absolutely one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen. If you didn't share this on your channel I would never have really seen the crazy reality of engineering. Amazing
Great video as always. The anti-backlash gear featured in most vintage tube radios. It ensured that as you changed the tuning condenser knob from one direction to the other, the dial pointer moved immediately.
I do like the large containers with smaller containers in them. For small parts I also really like different sized baggies so that you just grab a baggie slightly larger than you need for any given component(s). Tons of baggies will fit in a contaner and you can flip through them really quickly as long as you write clearly on them with permanent market/attach a label. I love that microscope!
The watch gear was amazing! Such beautiful engineering and a space age manufacturing technique. On par with anything seen at Baselworld. Thanks so much for sharing!
I can't wait to see the birch ply box you make for this pair of wonders. More than that, the hinge and screw hardware. Kidding aside, it's great to see viewer's gifts and their generosity to show you stuff most of us would likely never see. It's good to be King, eh ?😃👍
Thanks. 20+ years ago I saw a magazine cover showing a tiny gear slipped over a human hair. And I have trouble using a 1/16 drill bit just wows me. So awesome how technology advances.
that engineering is beautiful, and I do mean that literally, there is something about precisely engineered machines that beyond being functional, I find very beautiful.
Adam. Please do a show and tell on what notebook you use and how you organise and catalog your notes! I want to get more organised and start using my notebook/journal!
I find it interesting that some people take the time to give a thumbs down on a delightful and enlightening Adam Savage video, for no other reason than to spread their infectious negativity. It's sad that they can only feel gratified by raise themselves up on the act of pulling another down.
@@crashoverride93637 well that would be premature and unjust to form an opinion with no facts to base them on. Social media tends to follow a mob mentality pulling out pitchforks and torches with only self righteous indignation and ignorance as its catalyst. If nothing else Johnny Depp should serve as a reason to excercise caution when judging others.
Adam needs to make a display case for that gear and screws!!! It should have a bunch of magnified glass pieces that incrementally zoom in / get closer and closer. It would so cool cause you could put the display on the side and really get a grasp of how small the gear truly is, with the number of magnified glasses required to zoom in that small. Plus those gear teeth are a master piece and need to be shown off.
So just as a nice Fyi, the sorters/containers that Adam got if anyone is interested, is from a company in Germany. The GMBH at the end of the business name that Adam mentioned stands for "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung,” or the translation of that which means - "Company with limited liability." It's a suffix used after a private limited company's name in Germany. The equivalent to that in the United States would be a company that has "LLC" after their name. LLC stands for "Limited Liability Company" I was stationed in Germany and used to hear the GMBH thing all the time on TV and on ads when it was referring to certain companies.
you're doing an awesome job on the videos adam, keep it up :) and that small gear is amazing, as well as the screws, but seriously that gear is crazy. like he said they'res no way we would have been able to build that in any other era but this one. technology is truly amazing nowadays.
I know Adam isnt the fondest of drawers and tbh im not either, but a few months back i was lucky enough to get one of those revolving wooden cabinets with multiple sides of drawers like a hardware store would have had back in the 1920s and its absolutely changed my life as its a table but neatly stores all my common bolts and washers. If i ever delve into attempting cabinet making id like to make a mini version of that same structure for small screws, dremel bits etc
The repair procedures for aviation gear I worked on would specify how many teeth of spring tension to offset the split gear halves prior to meshing with the solid gear.
I got some pill sorter boxes at Dollar Tree for 4X a day 7 days per week that had the little tiny square boxes inside a bigger box. But what I need is just a place to sort screws and tiny parts when I put a new battery in an iPhone or some other things like that. Last time I just used tiny ceramic asian dipping bowls and a tiny round enameled planter pot tray. Stuff heavy enough not to get blown over by the wind. I have seen trays pros use but I am having trouble searching for something like that and maybe I should stick to the smallest size of prep bowl dipping bowl. Some people use tape when the screws are all different sizes. I hate tape.
Microscope objectives are sometimes shipped in such 'shock-absorbing' boxes, suspended between two sheets of bouncy plastic sheeting in a plastic case. It's very effective. I keep mine as curiosities.
Watch repair is a hobby of mine. The screws are pretty hard to keep track of. AND on top of the tiny screws I have a neurological thing that makes my hands shake all the time so it can get super tricky.
Find the sorting boxes with plastic cases here: watches.renfer.ch/boxes-with-cases/boxes-with-cases-categories/boxes-with-cases-products/index.html
Does Adam know about Matthias Wandel's Gear Generator program? It's on his website.
The first thing I noticed was the box labeled NASA and after that I could not pay any attention to the video as I was distracted wondering "WHAT's IN THAT BOX?!"
@@johncox9868 th-cam.com/video/YXzxEqdvuIE/w-d-xo.html
Here's the box explanation. He made the box himself to storage his microscope.
@@Rodyen1404 Great vid that one
@@Rodyen1404 Thanks!
First I was like "That just looks like any cogwheel", then the closeup came with the springs, omg, that was fantastic!
I first saw the spokes & thought of a bicycle wheel. Then I saw the close up of the teeth, & WOW!
I was thinking it looked very sharp and thought the backlash would be terrible. But....
I'm even amazed at it all
What a cool guy to send these neat things
I know Nate, can confirm; He's a great guy!
Nate should have just sent him an empty case.
“They’re in there somewhere Adam, I swear!”
Omg yes
@NP CHE allegedly... big difference
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12344658
HAHA yes that's exactly what I was thinking when he said "I can't see anything", that would have been so funny to be trolled by a fan.
I don't know who is more awesome: Nate for sending the stuff to Adam or Adam for appreciating this so much he dedicates a whole video to this. I actually wonder if it is a good thing I found this video so … … touching!
6:11 - that 2019 penny gives a good cents of scale.
I don't know whether to cheer that or jeer that!
you've really coined a good pun there
@@incrediblefrown1288 Thanks. Thought I'd change it up a bit.
Haha, I always appreciate a good pun. Good one and have a nice day :)
A number of years ago I heard a related story about tiny screws. A US company had been buying small screws for their product from Switcherland. When their production needs increased they decided to invest into capabilities of making those small screws themselves. When they had the machine and developed some skills, they sent a sample of their new smallest screw (something like a 00 size) to the source of their previous screws. After a week or two they got their screw back from Switcherland -- drilled and tapped ACROSS the threaded part. Talk about a slap to their pride! The guy who told this story had been a toolmaker before joining our company.
That's amazing, and that gear was genuinely beautiful
Adam got so excited about the micro parts that he forgot to get close-ups of the sorters
By "micro parts" do you mean those he had when he was masquerading as "The Raping Blob"?
"Ah... I can dill sideways through that thing!"
I laughed out loud because I know people in my industry that are so good at what they do, they make the rest of us look like amatures.
Like.... armatures. **Buh dun tssss**
I'm guessing the "search party" method for finding one of those screws if dropped won't work...
Gotta call Ant-man for those.
given how small those screws are I'm sure they'd just stick the ground and get lodged
Magnets, my son, magnets.
Paul Lockton if you dropped one of these then just say screw it (pun intended) and grab another.
@@jeric_synergy8581 but how would you even know if your magnet grabbed anything?
Adam, I absolutely adore seeing the inner child in you come out when you are looking at these screws and the gear. Your passion shines through and its inspiring. Thank you for sharing your heart with the world.
✂️ Anyone still feel like clipping the end of that zip tie on the microscope ??? 🔬
Thank You! Yes! that bothered me way too much.
Mind you, I wouldn't put it past Adam to do it on purpose to troll us as well.
Adam has enough hand injuries without adding another sharp object while his eyes are looking down the scope (unless he owns the special zip tie snipping tool which cuts below the surface). 🤔
I'm more worried if he ever put that gasket back in. I need closure dammit!
@@philscott7949 I would bet that he has a zip tie gun, considering all the other stuff that he has.
or route the god dam optics cable through the friggin Pipe, would be much cleaner and no ziptie needed
Imagine trying to sell those screws on Amazon. "0 stars. Seller sent me an empty plastic bag!"
And Amazon puts it in a box the size of your body
@@tim.e.l SERIOUSLY sent me a ring once in a box fit for a microwave oven. TF?
I like how Adam holds burp like 30% of the video!
I love these shorter videos alongside the longer builds. Great snippets and tidbits of the shop. The little gear was so interesting!
The sheer amount and breadth of video coming from Adam has been one of the best things to come out of lockdown. Thank you, Adam, your videos are hugely enjoyable and I appreciate them immensely.
Impressive! I had no idea they even made anything that small... so now I wonder what else I'm missing out on... Nate, Adam: Thank you for sharing these very tiny things
Check out nano gears or "MEMS"
just ftr: "gmbh" is roughly the german language equivalent to "limited" in a company name
It's literally the german version of Limited Liability Company or "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung".
So, gmbh - in Germany is the same as ltd - in England? (interesting)
Seeing Adam's joy was a delight.
I used to use an refrigerator egg holder to keep the screws and parts while repairing camcorders. Or other units a whole lot of tiny parts. Each egg compartment would label where on the unit the part was taken. The curved bottom made it easy to pull one tiny screw out. Everything went back where it came from. Every time.
Fantastic tiny pieces, I'll not dispute, but ARGH tiny boxes in tiny boxes!!! Containers are one of my absolute favourite things, and I can swear I have something very similar _somewhere_ - like a bunch of other things...
Thanks for sharing these glimpses into the rarely visited corners of your world. I, and I'm sure many, many others are eternally grateful.
I just had thoughts of the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage ! the Ultra tiny experience from Nate was a great experience !! Thank you so much to Nate and Adam for sharing !!
Hi Adam, just want to give a shout out to how much I appreciate your videos. I love these little tidbits that might be a little light for some huge full production, but together convey a lifetime of neat little snippets of knowledge.
Adam your enthusiasm for learning new things and exploring new worlds is magnetic and makes every video a joy to watch. Thank you.
I keep and use my old round bite sinker dispensers with tape over the opening that we all use for fishing. I also use round clear screw cap jewelry cases too but I glued them all together lids to bottoms making 4 -12 inch long rod cases.
Adam....you're a legend. Love your enthusiasm, knowledge and keenness to explore new ideas. Irish mech engineer here.
Also...I hope you're coping with Grants untimely passing as best you possibly can. RIP Grant
I nearly got emotional when I realized how tiny and intricate that gear was. Just incredible.
For those wondering about the case that has the membranes for protection: www.esslinger.com/square-plastic-boxes-with-elastic-membrane-bergeon-6799-06/
Hey, Adam, been watching Tested along time and I have to say you are an inspiration to people! I watched you a time ago, when you were on Mythbusters and I loved you on that show as well! You make me feel like I can build things and I've always wanted to be an inventor of some sort! Have my own business and create things, you create things marvelously! Thank you for always putting a smile on my face and creating builds that put forth effort yes, but always make the blueprints for people to follow! Stay safe, Adam!
When I was working in smartphone/tablet repair, one of the first things I did was get a bunch of polypropylene test tubes. They were pretty reasonable at the time and the briefcase that contained my kit had all these handy little sleeves that could hold each test tube.
The first batch of tubes were apparently single-use sample tubes made from cheap acrylic and with stoppers, not screw caps. After a rough journey in my car, some of them split right open. Not good.
I made darn sure the next pile of tubes I got had actual screw caps. Nice and secure, easy to label. iPhone screws probably aren't as small as watch hardware, but I can easily lose them, and these saved my bacon plenty of times.
Even now I have a bag of test tubes in my office drawer so I can hold onto things like the spare M3/M4 hardware that came with the 3D printer, or bootlace ferrules for when I'm building a circuit and I do not want wires to slip out of screw terminals.
Adam is so cool... he notices every thing.... and appreciates it. I am watching this with so much interest.
There is something most don't ever see. Thanks Nate for supplying and Adam for showing us. Can't even imagine how any of those parts are manufactured. And the price of those items must be out of whack with what we think of something usually compared to size. No wonder mechanical watches cost so much.
Absolutely one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen. If you didn't share this on your channel I would never have really seen the crazy reality of engineering. Amazing
Sorry Adam, I'm going to need a banana for scale.
Are you a 9gager ?
I want to like your comment, but it would be the 70th. Sorry
Bananas are regularly used at Imgur for scales. I'd like to see a ruler against the screws.
Great video as always. The anti-backlash gear featured in most vintage tube radios. It ensured that as you changed the tuning condenser knob from one direction to the other, the dial pointer moved immediately.
That is so facinating! Would love to see the process that goes into making these!
I do like the large containers with smaller containers in them. For small parts I also really like different sized baggies so that you just grab a baggie slightly larger than you need for any given component(s). Tons of baggies will fit in a contaner and you can flip through them really quickly as long as you write clearly on them with permanent market/attach a label. I love that microscope!
that was awesome. the education was as much of a wonderful gift as the box sorters. amazing
The watch gear was amazing! Such beautiful engineering and a space age manufacturing technique. On par with anything seen at Baselworld. Thanks so much for sharing!
The tiny screws that make things so much better!!!; )
I found that kind of fascinating, too. So, thanks, Nate!
You are definitely not alone. Thank you for entertaining and educating through all of this. Your live sessions have so helpful.
Yes! The small square sorting case is pretty much what piercers use to store their jewelry too!
Nate..... thank you for sharing that with Adam, who in turn shared with us! Awesome stuff
That gear made my jaw drop and get a little teary eyed. That is amazing.
I can't wait to see the birch ply box you make for this pair of wonders. More than that, the hinge and screw hardware. Kidding aside, it's great to see viewer's gifts and their generosity to show you stuff most of us would likely never see.
It's good to be King, eh ?😃👍
Thanks. 20+ years ago I saw a magazine cover showing a tiny gear slipped over a human hair. And I have trouble using a 1/16 drill bit just wows me. So awesome how technology advances.
Fabulous examples of amazing technology. Thank you and your generous viewer.
It's a belt screw for an ant's rocket jet pack. :) *_"Don't drop that."_*
Wow! Thanks to Nate! What a fascinating segment!
For storage of tiny screws and parts I used my old contact lens clean/disinfect wash containers. And the little bottle new lenses come in.
I,ve seen videos on watches been put together , but i had no idea the parts were THAT tiny. Simply mind blowing !!
The fact screws this small exist is crazy but whats even more crazy is that we have machines that are able to create screws this small...mental!
Love seeing these videos all the time with Adam! Keep em going!!
Literally the most eye opening show and tell. Very very cool and educational.
that engineering is beautiful, and I do mean that literally, there is something about precisely engineered machines that beyond being functional, I find very beautiful.
Preloaded gears exist on motorcycles as well. I have one on my primary drive gear. It helps with constant mesh
Oh man, those containers look amazing for storing SMD components in!
What's fun are the machines that make and deburr those tiny screws.
Adam, every time I watch you I am never let down.
Yay! We finally get to see the 'tiny screws'....
It's not often you see Adam truly humbled. And he does it well.
Adam. Please do a show and tell on what notebook you use and how you organise and catalog your notes! I want to get more organised and start using my notebook/journal!
How does it get even more complex the tinier it gets? Beautiful craftsmanship 🙌🏽👏🏽
I find it interesting that some people take the time to give a thumbs down on a delightful and enlightening Adam Savage video, for no other reason than to spread their infectious negativity. It's sad that they can only feel gratified by raise themselves up on the act of pulling another down.
It might be from the new allegations he raped his sister
@@crashoverride93637 well that would be premature and unjust to form an opinion with no facts to base them on. Social media tends to follow a mob mentality pulling out pitchforks and torches with only self righteous indignation and ignorance as its catalyst. If nothing else Johnny Depp should serve as a reason to excercise caution when judging others.
@@sophie5582 too bad adam doesn't do that.
That wheel is incredible! Also nice to see your handy work pay off so quickly with the ring light on the microscope.
Thank you Nate! And thank you Adam.
Adam needs to make a display case for that gear and screws!!! It should have a bunch of magnified glass pieces that incrementally zoom in / get closer and closer. It would so cool cause you could put the display on the side and really get a grasp of how small the gear truly is, with the number of magnified glasses required to zoom in that small. Plus those gear teeth are a master piece and need to be shown off.
Miniature things like this truly astounds me. How do they even make the screws?
That was fun! Thank you Nate and Adam
I like attention to detail, those gears got my attention! Very cool of the fan to do.
So just as a nice Fyi, the sorters/containers that Adam got if anyone is interested, is from a company in Germany. The GMBH at the end of the business name that Adam mentioned stands for "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung,” or the translation of that which means - "Company with limited liability." It's a suffix used after a private limited company's name in Germany. The equivalent to that in the United States would be a company that has "LLC" after their name. LLC stands for "Limited Liability Company" I was stationed in Germany and used to hear the GMBH thing all the time on TV and on ads when it was referring to certain companies.
How cool would it be to send something to Adam and have him be flabbergasted in joy at what was sent.
you're doing an awesome job on the videos adam, keep it up :) and that small gear is amazing, as well as the screws, but seriously that gear is crazy. like he said they'res no way we would have been able to build that in any other era but this one. technology is truly amazing nowadays.
THAT is impressive and WAY cool! The possibilities and processes boggles the mind.
Some heavy machinery guy is thinking anything less than a 2" diameter bolt is tiny :D
Abomb79
@@joelkton1 He feeds his spray welder with these
The cutting out on that gear is amazing (and beautiful).
I know Adam isnt the fondest of drawers and tbh im not either, but a few months back i was lucky enough to get one of those revolving wooden cabinets with multiple sides of drawers like a hardware store would have had back in the 1920s and its absolutely changed my life as its a table but neatly stores all my common bolts and washers. If i ever delve into attempting cabinet making id like to make a mini version of that same structure for small screws, dremel bits etc
The repair procedures for aviation gear I worked on would specify how many teeth of spring tension to offset the split gear halves prior to meshing with the solid gear.
Bloody remarkable. The last word is .... Adam don't you dare loose those! Those are like collector peices.
That is the cleanest mill I've seen in my life
Thanks, Nate! The screws are cool, but the gear is awesome.
I got some pill sorter boxes at Dollar Tree for 4X a day 7 days per week that had the little tiny square boxes inside a bigger box. But what I need is just a place to sort screws and tiny parts when I put a new battery in an iPhone or some other things like that. Last time I just used tiny ceramic asian dipping bowls and a tiny round enameled planter pot tray. Stuff heavy enough not to get blown over by the wind. I have seen trays pros use but I am having trouble searching for something like that and maybe I should stick to the smallest size of prep bowl dipping bowl. Some people use tape when the screws are all different sizes. I hate tape.
At 11:31 I just go "wow". How do they do that. I want to see this LIGA technique
Microscope objectives are sometimes shipped in such 'shock-absorbing' boxes, suspended between two sheets of bouncy plastic sheeting in a plastic case. It's very effective. I keep mine as curiosities.
Thanks for showing us that Adam. That gear was awesome!
What would a typical application be for screws this size? Fascinating!
Seeing the tiny screws is fascinating and then you think about the machines that produce the screws.
Thank you Nate.
Watch repair is a hobby of mine. The screws are pretty hard to keep track of. AND on top of the tiny screws I have a neurological thing that makes my hands shake all the time so it can get super tricky.
Please Build a display for those !!!
That gear is not just engineering its feaking ART!!!!!!!!!
Check out the watch brand that Nate works on. th-cam.com/video/_ccGK5jaL5o/w-d-xo.html
There are fibres in paper that are the same length... that's... Amazing! I'm now trying to imagine the production process that makes these screws.
Truly fascinating. Thanks Nate and thanks Adam.
How is that even possible? Mind blowing engineering.
Very intriguing. That gear was quite impressive.
In the end if I had screws that small I would loose them the instant I take them out of the package.
That gear - beyond awesome!
I'm so amazed by those tiny screws!