Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Jewelry Clamps
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- Over the years, Adam has learned to look to other industries to see if the tools, tips, and processes used by other experts could apply to his workflow. It's how he discovered emery boards work great as modelmaking sanding sticks, and where he found jewelry clamps to hold onto small and irregular-shaped objects. Good clampage is something every maker should have in their shop!
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Adam - what was being made when you smashed that nail ?
Wishing you a quick recovery :)
I used to work for Stuller did you order them from them?
Adam Savage’s Tested check out clickspring’s main channel, especially the playing card press.
I added a "universal parts holder vise clamp" to my solder station to hold the piece and use hands to position wires
Actually there are much cheaper sandpapersticks for jewelers available, sadly only in europe as it seems, as my american colleagues seem to mostly use those nail files too. Oh and normally you would put the ring much deeper into that wooden clamp, as it for setting stones (but today you would much likelier use that exact heavy ball vise instead.
I recommend getting catalogs of surgical tools and dental tools. They make all sorts of peculiar forceps, tweezers, clamps, cutters, etc. Dentists need extremely small grinding tips to sculpt false teeth, and they can be used in a Dremel tool. One of those came in mighty handy when I needed to make a precise, small-diameter, round-bottom groove in a metal plate.
That black fingernail makes me say ouch every time I see it
Yeah it does look pretty bad doesn't it. I wonder if it hurts or not?
@@zackkros7528 those hurt for the first day or the few hours or so then it's pretty normal.
@@miraclo3 Ok
nick paz 0K
Third finger on left hand shows contusion... Adam is still busy... LOVE IT.
Hey Adam, Agreed! The ClickSpring channels are intoxicating. I have binged watched almost all of them. The workmanship is fantastic and the video quality is awesome.
Also, I just want to thank you, Adam, for not only basking in your recently acquired knowledge, but openly sharing it with us all. I know some makers who guard their methods and equipment like a dragon hoarding treasure, and it drives me crazy.
Used many of those same tools when I worked as a Tool and Die Maker doing small delicate work under a microscope. The engraving ball vice was a life saver when repairing mold surfaces with a laser welder and .003 inch welding wire. Totally agree with looking at tools in other industries to solve problems.
I was able to get a engravers vice that came from my great aunts jewelry store. I had no idea what it was at first! It is a beautiful and amazing tool
17 years from now: Adam Savage's favorite Tools ... basically every tool :D
*he'll invent a few of his own as well*
My favourite tool is always the RIGHT tool for the job I'm doing. When you have the right tool, things are just so much easier. It's the elation of being able to focus on doing the job, not on HOW to do it
I love all of these small tools that could make all the difference in a project
Sometimes it's just a change of tools itself... When my old MTB snapped in half ( i.imgur.com/WPAMXfT.jpg ) after seven years of service I, obviously, had to get myself a new one ( imgur.com/gallery/bPmp1 ) as it is my preferred choice of transportation ( can't stand public transportation despite it being top notch where I live ) and the new one had a CF Frame which wouldn't do well with _any_ CF contact making screw getting over torqued so I got myself my first Torq Wrench - A *WERA Series 7000 1-25Nm* one plus some Wera some Allen Keys and Bits all of which have the WERA Hex-Plus system preventing ( or discouraging ) stripping out of Hex Screws... And they work as I've yet to strip out a Hex Screw with them - Especially on the smaller scales...
Due to a rekindling of my RC Hobby ( imgur.com/a/GzLRqvl & imgur.com/a/fxHQqrn ) I also recently made the change from a "Do-it-all" Aztek Airbrush with like a dozen or so tips to two dedicated Tamiya ( Iwata? ) 0.3 and 0.5mm ones that blow the Aztek out of the water - ESPECIALLY when it comes to cleaning - The Plastic/Rubber Aztek is like Tupperware that was once filled with Spaghetti sauce - You'll NEVER get spilled color off it! Meanwhile the Tamiya Chrome plated ones you can easily be cleaned to a factory cleaned state which DOES kinda matter.
These are great! I was working on a small piece and was having a hell of a time keeping hold of it, so I ended up super gluing it to a piece of wood. I thought “screw it, I’ll deal with getting the glue off later” Well getting the glue all off took longer than the actual project itself
They actually make smaller ring vices, which are actually nicer. I would also reccomend jewelers/silversmithing file sets. I really like that you covered this, cuz i do smithing, really fun and useful tools.
I work in aerospace. I can’t tell you how often I suggest stuff outside of the industry for solutions and people are puzzled.
Some Savage clampage right there
Two of these a week please
Not for jewelry but Cleco's and Cleco Clamps are also awesome!
That ball vice with maybe leather or rubber grips would be awesome for diy electronics projects. Too bad its so expensive
Yes! I've always believed in "cross pollination". I've always thought we were trying to solve problems somebody else has already solved. Thanks for the video.
I feel this more and more with the passing of time. Often I have a project and need create some particularly shaped object. My instinct is first to plan on crafting it from scratch but then I've developed an internal mantra like "Wait a second. This shape exists already. Someone somewhere has made this exact shape out of some substance. It might even be in a material that can work with this project. It might even be cheap to acquire."
Adam should check out Micro Setting in jewellery, the most soothing videos ever
Never ceases to amaze me how many great tool recommendations Adam has. I'm never going to run out of cool tools to get. These look really handy.
*the main problem would be the amount of funds you can realistically allocate towards the accumulation of these tools and where these acquisitions would be stored once they arrive*
Adam, you sure have a grip on today’s subject 😏
Well done!
🤝
As a retired jeweller myself, I can attest to the usefulness of the swiss clamp 👍
Edit - also, take a look at how jewellers make splitsticks/buff sticks 👍
Yup, Alec Steel has one of those ball clamps
In one of your videos you said you used alcld sealer to clear coat Molotow liquid chrome. I'm having trouble finding exactly what you are using. Can you give me a link to what you are using. Thanks. Great videos Adam. Your passion really gets me to try things I maybe wouldn't.
Viewers: What's that THING hanging from the ceiling?!
Adam: Yes.
I really want to KNOW the answer to this question! Will we ever learn it...?
@@86fifty John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing. It's largely considered one of the best practical effects movies ever made. Just look on TH-cam for "the thing spider head," but I highly recommend you watch the whole movie. It's fantastic!
Also worth checking out the 1951 version, it's very good in its own right, but very different from the 1982 version. Classic 1950s horror/sci-fi that keeps you guessing.
@@olepigeon Ohhh, I understand now! Thanks a bunch for the info!
Adam's middle finger looks more smashed with every new video
“Clampage” my new favourite word !
If u cant find it u make it like i did
I used a old screwdriver and i mounted a piece of copper pipe on the end flat at a angle so i could have something behind the panels i was wielding
Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor
I just wonder where I should put all these tools...
Great tools!
Holy smashed finger! There is more bandages and blood blisters every video. That is tactile learning at its best.
I just found one of those small clamps with the cone at a yard sale and immediately thought of this video. Really a great little tool.
After looking into engraving last year and the tooling (including cost), I really wish I could just see something as expensive as a ball vice and say Oh! Im gonna go buy one of those.
A leather sand bag can be a greatly useful thing for engraving, if you don't have a ball vise. Some things can't be clamped in a vise (like trophies) and must be held, or set, on a sandbag... Speaking from experience here.
I highly recommend sanding twigs. I just found out about them myself. They are ~3-4 mm wide emery boards.
as an engraving student it would be so cool to see you try your hands at engraving!
Cool engraving video Adam mentions: th-cam.com/video/3K1OUzoV3Kc/w-d-xo.html
I would like to see more self-made tools for very specific types of work.
I saw a model railroad guy (Luke Towan @ Boulder Creek Railroad - check him out) using some 1" by 2" by 3" machinist blocks to hold and square up model buildings during gluing. Now that I have a pair, I want another pair. How do people live without tools...?
Went to watch link "cool engraving video", turns out it's Clickspring. Mind boggling skill level. The full video, (not just the engraving part) here:
th-cam.com/video/3PwAQZNLy0I/w-d-xo.html
Where's the link to this satisfying engraving video Adam spoke of?
Tested never includes the links they say they are going to include. Idk why they still even mention it lmao
@@44invaderzim It's here. Sorry. th-cam.com/video/3K1OUzoV3Kc/w-d-xo.html
There's also a pop up card when he mentions it
th-cam.com/video/3PwAQZNLy0I/w-d-xo.html this is the main video that the clip tested posted is from
You want to see a really great engraving/ jewelry artist? Look up nick noyes.
A suggestion I would give to any maker is to get some physical tool catalogs, and just flip through them. I've learned about all kinds of weird tools from thumbing through the Micro-Mark catalog. Also, go walk around a hardware store and look at the tools. Look at the fasteners. Look at the shapes of things. See what's there. Think of what you could repurpose. Think of what things can do, not what they're made to do. My airbrush cleaner is made from a cheese shaker. My spray booth started life as a medicine cabinet. My paint thinner container was pickles, I think.
I use all kinds of clamps in model building. One that I've found a lot of use for recently is basically an alligator clip on a stick. They're great for holding small parts for spray painting, but they're made to hold placecards on a table or something. You can get them dirt cheap off Wish.
Where is the link to the engraving videos? It bothers me when YTers either say they will link a video or talk about past videos without including the links to the videos they are referencing.
It's here. Sorry. th-cam.com/video/3K1OUzoV3Kc/w-d-xo.html
How about an Alec Steele colab? It's a mach made in heaven.
First 2 tools: Behold the power of the wedge!
Also, I generally see the 2nd tool referred to as a hand vise.
I hope your finger feels better soon. That looks like it hurt a lot. The price of making stuff, yes?
I feel like asking the question "Is there any amazing tools you never see outside (a/your) industry but everyone should know about?" should be a standard "Adam Interview's" question when he does shop tours or meets other makers.
Late to the party, but my vise hand is so much better now that I use a hand vise.
Learnt most of my shop skills at sea, on a merchant ship, clamping is a must. otherwise it will fly away on the second wave. :P Oh and DONOT CATCH IT if it decides to fall, let it drop on deck, or it will on deck with your fingers inbetween. and that is not favourable for your fingers.
Those look considerably more advanced than the helping hands I use for soldering.
I'd love to see a video on hold-downs for drilling or sawing small parts.
And when you're shootin' at some food and a-up from the ground comes a-bubblin' crude, you need Jed Clampage.
How 'bout referencing our favorite clock maker, clickspring? i bet he has lots of cool tools.
Yes, lots - and most he made himself. He has a videos showing how he made a few of them.
I prefer clicksprings small parts vise for stuff I’m working on
Very nice video, thanks! To return the favor, if you want more fun, relaxing-type videos, look into restoration videos, such as TysyTube Restoration, my mechanics, RetroHax, and Rescue & Restore. You're welcome.
All you people also need to check out the r/specializedtools subreddit.
“What time is it?”
“Tool tip time!”
I used that engraver's ball when I was 12. Had engraving lessons at school. We had to engrave for a year on copper plates. Bring nice memories.
Who needs a clamp for holding things on a belt sander the further it goes the more points u get.
When Adam said he went down a rabbit hole of TH-cam videos watching engravers, I knew it was going to be ClickSpring. I went down that same rabbit hole!
I'm currently falling down that whole rabbit hole :b
From the title i was thinking about Clickspring, and behold! You mention his engraving video :D. I also suggest watching any video from Uri Tuchman
Ah Clickspring! I could watch Clickspring videos all day. In fact I did once.
You should check out universal positionning vise, it allows to move the piece you are working on very easily, you are basically shifting the rotation center of the piece to have it right under your microscope . GRS sells a pin that you can adapt on any vise, it's really cool.
I learned the lesson of clampage after I put a 1/4 inch auger bit thru my hand.
I'm a recovering artist, inventor`& puzzler
i suffer from an incurable disease i call "Curiosityitis" sadly you too have it and there is not only no meds for this dis-ease there is not hope too
talking about puzzlers / i have been enjoying watching you playing in your playground / i have a work in progress documentary "Playing With Science" where for 7 years i filmed scientist and artist coming together every sunday in a manhattan basement cafe talking about the science of art and the art in science / founded by Oliver Sacks, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Roald Hoffman and science writer K.C. Cole, / i have a documentary of "Conversation with Benoit Mandelbrot in a SNow Storm" too / but i digress
i have all the jewelry tools you mentioned for holding and clamping and there are more that you missed but the real art of clamping and jigging is in the blacksmithing world / there in lies a whole world of wonder that you might resonate with
fyi my curiosity has led me to study different forms of clamping and joining and actually i want to do a book on joints from around the world but thats for another lifetime / you are right about / you might want to do a segment on gluing and hot glue sticks / i actually use both glue guns and my stove / oh i loved your apron concept /
a game i use to play with myself is "making do with what i had" first to find what was closest to me / the challenge was do i have what i can make do in my pocket with out moving and then with in reach without moving / and then if i had to get up what was close / the game was sure i can do it with the right tool but why? / i have trained my mind as a puzzler and as inventor "invention is seeing the obvious that nobody else sees" food for the imagination
Adam, look into stone-cutting clamps, vices and especially lifting hardware. You are working on a small scale here, but have you ever wondered how medieval stone masons lifted large, pre-shaped stones with no visible grasps on the outside of the stone? Dove-tailed Lewis are the most remarkable clamps because they work from the inside.
A good clamp is never an understatement. I need to cut down 4 bolts that were attached to rubbed mounts. I spent a literal 20 minutes using my small bench mounted vice at home that was on a ball joint. the thing wobbled a bit and it was a nightmare. I thought "screw it" and decided to take the other 3 into work and use the big old heavy duty clamp in the workshop. it took me 30 seconds each to cut through the remaining bolts, same hacksaw, same bolts, its just this vice prevented it from wobbling.
This is why I love Adams content. so many other people will try and do the whole "you can make anything with pegs, bottle caps and hot glue" whereas Adam always aims aims to have the best tool for the job.
Very interesting tips - thanks and thumb up, but please guys, hold the camera more stable.
Constant motion and zooming can make viewers motion sick after a while.
The camera work is distracting. Just lock it in place. No need for the silly fast zooms and pans. We are not all riddled with crippling A.D.D...
Watch repair shops always have at least one little handheld vise with a pointed rod that threads into one side. They're used for pushing pins out of watchbands in order to remove links, and if you ever need to do a similar job there may be nothing else that works so well.
Great video this time around, Tested!
I wonder what will happen all those tools and workshop after Adams retirement. He needs to find and train his ultimate apprentice.
Off course, it´s Clickspring Adam mentioned!
Workholding is critical in any manufacturing process - hobby or commercial.
Talking of zen youtube stuff, have you checked out Clickspring? He's basically monopolized the youtube market on small brass-turning and machine work because he's so good at it. The perfectionist in him makes utterly relaxing video.
Interesting how this just appeared on my feed today (ok, so it's 4 am, big deal ;) ), no more than three days after I finally fixed (re-hafted) my jeweler's handvise after 5 years or more being without a handle (long, ridiculous and sordid story). The thing's even handy w/out a handle, but...!
Nice adam recently subbed and I’ll stay you do amazing stuff and good content
Having gone to school to run a jewellery store i have worked with this stuff, and more.
Than giant ball used for hand engraving stuff is ideal. Heavy and easy to move around you work object. But since it was expensive and heavy we used a small leather pillow filled with sand, also works, but is lower, it is wider, and it means that if/when your hand engraving tool does disconnect and your force being applied means you shoot off of the surface it is easier to poke yourself in the hand with an extremely sharp tool and go really deep into your hand.
Or course you should keep your hand flat-ish, but, that's not the easiest way to work. But such an engraving ball is fantastic. Different mounting options on top, easier to hold, doesn;t move as much, does spin easy.
I really did like the hand engraving, would not mind doing some of that again, but then i'd want to make my own stuff again as well, and a whole work bench with torch setup and all kind of tools to use to be able to make just about anything is thousands of dollars/euros combined, soooo, eh.
Same goes for the wooden clamp that is indeed ideal for rings and other small things to hold. Fantastic stuff.
Still do have 2 pieces i worked on i am really proud of.
A silver box that exactly fits around a loupe made from wire and plate, including hinge, hand engraved the facet of a brilliant cut into it, filled with niello.
White gold somewhat uhm, opposite of concave, plate like a trinova whatever shape (very annoying to make) with a ruby set in each 'wing'mounted on a yellow golden square wire pentagram with broche attachment on it. Yeah, hard to explain :P
Adam, have you ever watched Pablo Cimadevila's channel? He is an amazing jeweler form Spain. I would highly recommend taking a look.
Hey Adam, I work as a jeweller, making reparing and resizing jewellery. We've gotten rid of a lot of these tools because they're too big and inconvenient. If you have somewhere I can send you pictures, I'll show you the stuff we use now.
There is a metalworker who is remaking the "Antikythera device" and all of the period tools to make it by hand. Dozens of gears including one with 53 teeth with handmade files. Look at Clickspring on TH-cam.
Got two ! I'm a silversmith;) ooooh there's more Adam I've collected some ingenious jewellery tools & clamps in particular but engraving does have its own great tools i stick my ball onto a leather wrapped sandbag. Never thought I'd say that !
I'll continue making my own sanding sticks because I'm really anal about removing nub marks from model kits. I'll start with a file and then move on to 600 up to 2000 grit. But those clamps I can definitely use.
Dang, that's a really black fingernail. Must have hurt like hell, and I can imagine the colourful language spouted towards the percussive item causing said black nail. Maybe that item's not one of Adam's favourite tools anymore.
Every workshop should have Parallel pliers. also check out the GRS benchmate. And for holding different gage wire a “Pin vice” which is super cheap and handy.
One of the greatest tools I've discovered, especially with electronics work is simple BlueTak. Way better and way cheaper than helping hands, just smash whatever you need to hold into some BlueTak and press that against another surface and it holds it perfectly still for nice soldering joints.
My father was a hand engraver 40+ yrs and his father before that and basically had clamp hands! - really the only way to engrave the inside of a ring for example, just hold the hell out of it, as you need to simultaneously rotate the job in 3d space and apply force to cut a letter. Fancy machines still can't do that (maybe very expensive ones)
If you’d like to see someone make or make your own clamp like the second version Adam showed. Go check out Clickspring! He made one himself and, as always, has wonderful videos. Similar to Adams here.
I do leather work and those ring clamps would be fantastic for when I need to grind and modify conchos and other small metal stuff. Awesome... Thank you.
also search for "hand vise"
Engraving eh? You should check out Uri Tuchman's videos. Hand engraved, tool making, machine making. Really interesting work!
Hey Adam...
At the end of the video the 'ball clamp' device....
Why not make an electromatic magnet base (on/off with footswitch) to hold it firm?
Would love to see a video on that!
I didnt even NEED to hear Adam explain the ball-base-weight... As soon as he picked it up and put it back down, I made that 'hoohhhhhh' gasp noise and I knew it was an awesome object!
3:21 *i've seen one of those made from a bowling ball with a section cut off with a ban saw and held with a small tire*
If you have a lot of small screws, beads, balls, or other small hardware, go to your local pharmacy and ask for a pill counting tray. Most use a machine to count pills now, but they still get the plastic trays from drug company representatives. One of the good things is the price, usually free.
People that do beading have a lot of tools and trays.
People that sew have some useful tools also. Bodkins make good small clamps. Embroidery hoops help hold stuff tight and can be used as a shallow tray with a disposable liner along with being used to hold filters.
Any hobby or occupations has tools that can be used elsewhere. If you start to run low on ideas, call your buddy Alton.
Nail E-File bits are fantastic for carving EVA foam. Multiple grit, multiple shapes and sizes. Nail dotting tools are great for embossing and shaping. Clear nail builder gel and a UV light for curing is a great glass simulation.
awesome! gotta get me a heavy ball vice. I lost the use of one arm from a stroke and been finding holding solutions of my own to compensate. need that damn vice, I use antislip matting a lost to make rough nest to nestle things in, and I also have an ice cream container full of aquarium pebbles to do similar to ball vice as i can poke things into the pebbles at any angle I need and quickly reposition as I work. also build up clamping lumps (katamari?) when holding delicate parts. for example I might start with a cloths peg or tweezers to hold the piece i need held, then at 90deg I hold that with a stronger spring clamp and then that one use larger heavier ones to form an irregular base i can put on a table top such that the item to work on is in a good position for me. and its only being held with a gentle force peg or tweezers so its undamaged. I can add larger and heavier clamps further out to provide the stability of the structure while keeping the piece safe from crushing damage or to even clamp the structure to the bench. I have been living by looking at other industries to find what I can use or adapt to my current need. Often I look at catalogues just because i find I need "something thats round but flat with an airtight lid and at least two feet long", that is something without a specific purpose or name but can meet a needed function. the gemstone industry also requires great portable optics quality as well as measuring devices, as does mining and dental industries and other scientific arenas. even browsing ebay (other online stores are available) can bring items to your attention that you never knew existed but instantly recognise your life will be transformed once you have them. :)
One tip on the nail filers, if you maybe didn't knew. The ones made from glass if you use them on soft materials like plastics or foams, they just need a wash and last FOREVER.
This guy was literally out here gluing sand paper to popsicle sticks because nobody told him nail files exist
I made 6 of these out of ironwood with a wedge that gets inserted from the back working with a centered nut/bolt that levers the opposite end (working end) to pinch with varying degrees of strength. The working ends I glued leather to so as not to dent wood. My boatbuildi g inatructor showed us a simple version of this for lapsiding wooden boats. Still have them.
Clickspring has some videos that show a few really simple clockmaker's tools, including basically a larger version of the jewelry clamp. Best thing is that with some of them, there's even videos where he makes them
Love these videos but I'd just like to remind everything that there is nothing every maker needs. It's alright if you're broke and can't afford any of this stuff, it's alright if all you have is a box cutter knife and a three-pack of super glue.
Makers can create their work-holding needs... Buying expensive tools is "only" important for professionals (who need it yesterday). A lot can be done with wax, clay, glue, a split twig and string.. Ingenuity is finding the solution which fits/solves your problem.
Avoid bashing your finger if at all possible.
Why is your middle finger always bruised black like it's just been slammed in a door? Is this a Penn Gilette thing like nail polish?? It looks real. What's the deal?