Ask Adam Savage: On Finding Organizational Inspiration and Discarding Things You Need Later
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- In this live-stream excerpt, Adam answers questions from Tested members Thomas Esson, Eliot Thomas and Scoundrel about maintaining inventory lists, finding organizational inspiration elsewhere, and throwing something away that's needed later. Thank you, Thomas, Eliot and Scoundrel for your support and questions! Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking Adam a question:
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I think Adam needs to open a "Savage Industries Museum" where he stores, preserves and annotates his collection that is viewable by the public (for a fee, of course). The museum would give him an excuse to house his items in a separate space solely dedicated to maintaining and displaying his catalog of items and their history and relevance not only to Adam but also to the special effects industry as a whole. Could become a San Francisco tourist destination.
I've always thought about this whenever he mentions other creators who have museum exhibits (often after they've passed, but no need to wait) - he exemplifies through his craft what he loves about those self-same people, and a travelling exhibit would be fantastic too
I'd be just as interested in seeing what he'd curate in a museum as his own work. Yeah this really is a no-brainer. I'd make a special trip just to visit.
While this is a lovely idea, alas most museums don't bring in enough money to pay for themselves. They need grants to survive.
Yes! Like Look Mum No Computer's This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete
@@AndrewBlack343 facts, they need interactive attractions and other stuff just to keep attention.
Same in the 90's, same today
"I love things of a clear but indecipherable utility" may be the most relatable thing I've ever heard Adam say
YES! Please show the airbrush station build, sooner rather than later. I am struggling with this myself and would love to see your solution!
When I built my dream hobby room I put oodles of shelves everywhere. And I would put things that were related to each other in small cardboard boxes. But it just did not work as intended to take each one down and root through it. After a visit to the Container Store I found open top clear plastic stackable containers that I love. I can see from across the room what’s in it. MicroMark has nice rolling airbrush air booths.
Thank you for the reminder that going through suffering can and often does lead to a better situation. Forged through fire, and the like. Big love to you, thanks
Easy fix for the box is an adhesive backed foam seal strip around the top; you get that little bit of extra height required, and the cover will sit more tightly against it for a better dust seal.
I find that after diving in headfirst into aviation both general and commercial I e found that I am 100% more into organization and organizing more of my life to gain more time in the air- doing what I love.
When I was a kid in the 80’s, the shoe store I went to used those foot measurers. I remember it clear as day, and how it used to tickle my foot when the salesman would measure my foot. I also remember this shoe store had a giant wooden bowl of pretzels for all the kids, and if memory serves correctly it was like a carved elephant bowl. Fun times, NYC, 1985-90
The Brannock Device. Invented by Charles Brannock in Syracuse, NY.
I like the idea of a "materials store" area separate from the workshop area. It is easier to use the tools and machines, and clean up afterwards, without so much storage collecting dust and chips. There are some tools which would be best stored away in a "tool crib" (delicate or infrequently used), and some materials kept in the workshop (frequently used, or to be used up first).
I also like the concept of using a "hallway" or "aisle" for this sort of thing, for good access. It is less of a "place where things go to die" or get lost under/behind a pile of other stuff.
Things that are priceless sitting next to worthless items. That is the story of my entire life!
0:23 - The reminder that you're mortal just made me very sad
I have a bunch of ER collets nicely standing along side of each other on a bench riser shelf by my CNC mill. You rack has inspired me to finally organize them. Thanks for the nudge. BTW...do you sell those shirts that simply say SAVAGE ?
“Like walking down hill to school knowing you’re going to have to walk back up to get home”. Priceless!
Our town museum uses a software for accessioning artifacts called "Past Perfect" I bet that program or a similar one would be amazingly valuable and time-saving in cataloging your collection. All the things you mentioned detailing about your objects is the same information we try to preserve about all our objects. I have started using it to catalog my collection at home for the same reasons you list. At very least it would benefit you to use the standardized numbering system for museum accessioning in your collection while you build your database. Thanks for sharing all these videos! they are enjoyable and inspiring.
Tool tip Mr Savage!
Knipex Pliers Wrench.
This tool is great! It replaces 20 wrenches in my bag for around the shop. It grips fasteners so well. And so easy to adjust and use. A 180mm set of Cobras and Pliers Wrench is the best two tools!
I don't have one yet but the demos are impressive!
@@chiphill4856 Grab you a set of the 7.25 comfort grip ones! I swear you’ll use them so much! You can get them in a black oxide finish or a stainless finish- that’s a little more expensive.
A lot of people don’t buy Knipex Pliers Wrench because they cost $55-$65 on Amazon. But I swear to you they will replace so many wrenches in your day pouch. Since I got them I haven’t used a single crescent wrench around the machine shop. So easily and quickly adjusted.
Listening to Adam talk shop always makes my day. He's so enthusiastic and rides that wavelength of nerdiness that we all resonate with.
My "lists" are mostly based around my primary love, which is D&D (Dungeons and Dragons). Nothing in my lists has a substantial value outside the people that I game with, but within that circle- given that I am almost always the GM- there is a ton of value to anyone who might want to run a game in the setting I have built up over the last 15 years or so... This ranges from basic generic info like map icons, all the way down to to tiny granular details like the appearance and name of city guards and shopkeepers. For most people this is useless info, but for someone who wants to run a D&D game set on a mountain plateau floating in a magical bubble outside the boundaries (and limitations!) of normal reality, it could be a priceless asset.
Dalaran?
you could always blog the information or make a website
One of the world builder sites might be good for you.
Campfire, worldforge, worldanvil and I’m sure there are others
I like the "Adam Savage" organizational method quite a lot. Maybe even more than the woodworkers carpentry wall
Not sure if there’s anywhere it would work but for example if the shelf in the background was strong enough it would be cool to make a tool wall half the height of that shelf and have it be motorized with maybe a winch and some rails on the sides to keep it stable.
The downhill/uphill analogy made me remember. In middle school my morning bus pickup was up the hill from my house. My afternoon bus drop-off point was down the hill. I had to walk uphill to get to school, then uphill to get home from school! Steep too.
Ohhhh! Please bring us along for that Cave re-org!!
i have been organising my grand fathers old house, car parts, tools etc, for a couple of months now. i occasionally found a small list of things the could be of valve. but i have no idea what they actually were or look like. The only way to ensure that the most valuable or precious thing you have in your life, that you want to have carried on for others to enjoy etc. you have to label each item and also have a description of what it is etc, and keep it with the item itself. print it out and than laminate it so it won't get destroyed. i know it may not seem very practical, but actually having had spend months help organizing things and spending the time working out what those things are. i was able to save a lot of things that otherwise would have been thrown away if someone else came in and didn't know what some of the things are. also i found don't store things in carboard boxes if you can, over time they just deteriorate and make a mess when they crumple. or wrap them in a plastic bag. it just causes things to rot or rust, they just become useless junk. invest in good storage systems if you can. even for your own peace of mind, cause it makes things much easier to find later and gives you much more sense of pride for your workspace, knowing that it is far more organized.
Adam!!!! You don't have to rebuild the sides of the collet stand at all. In fact, the solution will actually seal out any dust from getting inside. refrigerator seal! It stands plenty tall enough so the plexiglass will clear the collets and if you get the magnetic type, you can simply place 16 gauge strips of steel to the wood frame and stick the seal to the plexiglass. Kills two birds with one stone. No need to rebuild and added benefit of a great dust seal. Cheers! Zip~
Adam, I’ve been a subscriber for about a week and a half, and this is probably the most relatable video I’ve seen on the Tube in a decade. The first sixty seconds of it could be a transcript of a conversation I have at least twice a year with my family. Except the answer to “what would happen if I died?” Is inevitably followed by my wife replying, “Easy.....Purge Plan One-Point-Oh...” She’s probably kidding..... probably....
From a wife whose husband died suddenly:
MAKE THE PLAN YOURSELF NOW SO THAT SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT WHILE ALSO GRIEVING YOUR LOSS!!
Yes, all caps done intentionally. I cannot emphasize enough how much doing so is one of the greatest acts of love a person cam do for those left behind. Doesn’t matter if you have a cave like Adam’s or just a few things of value ($ or sentimental) … put in writing the important things they need to know. Start today, even if it is just jotting down the top 3 possessions that Adam’s comments brought to mind.
Lol, yes, I feel pretty strongly about this, can ya tell?
🤓❤️
@@movingforwardLDTH Hey Laura - thank you very much for this insight. My joking aside I can see how this is as important as the more traditional estate planning people think of.
Actually, I’m getting just a taste of this as we’re in the process of helping our parents downsize from larger family homes to smaller retirement condos. The amount of crap we have to sift through in the basements and guess what to do with because are parents are too old to remember (or even get down the stairs to see!) is stunning.
We’ve made a vow not to leave our own kids with such a mess and your timely reminder that we owe our spouses the same effort is appreciated. 👍
@@motorv8N ❤️. My late mom, amongst other prepare-for-the-inevitable efforts, created an “Open When I Can’t” file (paper-based) that had all of the information needed to cancel/wrap up her financial & other accounts, contact the people she wanted to be notified about her death, etc. She even had pre-arranged & pre-paid for her cremation (which happened after her pre-arranged organ donation took place). It was the best gift, and I intend to do the same for my kids.
Door insulation foam tape stuff on the collet holder. Should add enough height (especially if put on the acrylic lid too) and provide a nice seal.
I too am looking into an Airbrush painting booth too. As of now, what I have found on Amazon, is what I have. I needed something so I could paint year round. As of now it's build what I can during the Winter, and wait till Spring/Summer to paint and finish a model.
I have Gundams, R/C bodies, WarHammer 40K models.... just wanting for me to paint them.
@@DLSantini I keep thinking about pulling the trigger on one of those, but then I think I can build one cheaper and better. So, as of yet, I have done nothing.
The big hang up for building my own, is what size fan do I need? I can build the rest for free.
I am a sheet metal fabricator at an HVAC factory. So, I can design and build the actual booth at work for nothing. But I need to know what I need for fan, opening / housing before I can begin.
Your stuff would make a great museum one day
The dimensional error on the collet stand is an opportunity to add some gasket-type material, maybe even some felt? It'd look good... at least until it gets coated in coolant. Might not need a total re-build.
Your call has been heard! Organisation and shop philosophy video will come :-)
This topic hit close to home, my dad had a lifetime's accumulation of useful tools, nothing super valuable, just useful good quality stuff, Yankee screwdriver bits, specialised sockets, even down to really good radiator keys. After he died the extended family descended to "help" with stuff around the house in the following weeks. There was stuff that needed to be dumped, broken things, works in progress and some bits that were kept for projects that would never happen. I was away at college doing exams to find that we'll meaning people who had just never lived in our house had chucked a legacy in a skip, while infuriatingly diligently storing boxes of mostly trash because they didn't know what they were rooting through. Still to this day a decade later I still go looking for things I know we had forgetting that it's gone. I don't blame them but it still sucks. TLDR, label your shit if you want people to get use out of it after you're gone
You could use the sort of software that museums use to catalogue their collections, e.g. CatalogIt. That software also has a web publishing feature, so you could potentially make the collection browsable by others (perhaps as a perk for members).
I would be interested in more builds that deal with tool organization. Like that one for the collets.
Woodworker I watch on here is Blacktail studio, he does have the wall of tools, but he also keeps the really nice expensive Japanese handmade chisels in a padded drawer so they don’t get messed up sitting out (he jokes that he’s hiding them from his wife because of how expensive they were.)
Ooooo I have a tip for those that have a fear of throwing things away that might be useful in the future.
Keep a trash bin that only CLEAN things go in and only take it out every month or two or three. If you come up with a use for something, you know exactly where it is. If it's been in the trash for more than 3 months, you wont miss it after the 4th. Nothing dusty and nothing food related, so if you DO have to go digging, it's not gross.
I used to have a real problem throwing out harvested electronic components and shiny glassware. A clean trash can has absolved most of my hoarding tendencies. I've got one for the garage too.
I absolutely love this channel, and have watched every single One Day Build. Adam cracks me up, and teaches me a lot. It's a true joy watching him work.
Also, I will never understand why, after being given an amazing woodworking bench, Adam didn't cut a new piece of leather to fit the new (larger) surface area. Now, he's got dings, dirt, and droplets on that outermost edge while what's been covered remains clean. It's driving me crazy! Ha ha ha!
yes exactly what it is....de-organize to organize or like "I have to move this first to put that there, but first I have to move this here to move that there" project hahahaha. Had a few of those projects myself. I'm a data hoarder so lots of spreadsheets..inventory, time management, costs etc...the list goes on and on...but I love my Excel...especially the pie graphs.
Ahhhh, a mobile airbrushing station? I will keeping an eye out for that video!
No one else in my family is seriously technical so I know that most of my stuff will mean nothing to them. Leaving notes seems like a good idea.
I'm surprised you don't plan on adding a hinge to that collette cover too.
Oooohhhhh, please rebuild the whole collet display/holder thing. Every time you bust that thing out I get a warm fuzzy feeling.
I have found that tool and material storage is just as important as tooling, and probably equal in cost.
Instead of rebuilding the collet mount, how about putting a strip of rubber or something else soft so it can help act as a seal as well?
Include photos with each item you inventory
Your Brannock device (foot measurer).
A Friend of mine coined a term of "Inanimate Object Attack", wherein you are working on something, and a tiny little screw falls to the floor, you hear it, and go down to pick it up - and it's gone. You search and search, turn everything over, finally give up and find a replacement, after which you find it (giggling at you way over in the corner of the room).
Your missing piece falls into this realm, hiding from you waiting for you to toss the other part, wherein it came out of hiding to laugh at you.
You could just frame the top edge of that box with 1/4 or 1/2 inch trim the whole way around, rather than rebuilding it.
If you like a lot of stuff thats great, Me, i like to beable to jump up and tear out anywhere i like when ever i like without worrying about materialistic things to leave behind,
Organization leads to disorganization, then reorganization. The fun never ends.
Spend a couple hours each week having Norm follow you around with a camera while you talk about what things are worth saving and why. Maybe hire someone to follow you, packing things up neatly as you go. Talking about things can for sure be easier than writing it down, as I find even typing things out frustrates the heck out of me.
The "foot measuring thing" is called a Brannock device.
Just got a new job part of which is managing a small warehouse that is in total disarray. The task of reorganizing the entire space is stress inducing. Currently creating new rules, checks, and pars for a space that is accessible to about 100 employees. Yah just gonna be over here holding my head. 🙃
Seriously I hate storing things in cardboard boxes (no budget to buy storage solutions) 😭😭😭
Wow that's a lot of detail listed in the Evernote document for each individual object, but I guess that has some huge upsides to it regarding the ability to do searches within the document etc.
It's almost like you're writing a shopping till receipt if you add the estimated price of the object if sold. I bet you're still thinking "I spent that much on it??" for some of the objects years down the line.
I am wondering if you have ever reorganized and moved something, which isn't used often, from a place it had always been, only to realize the next time you need it, you remember where it used to be but not where you moved it too?
This is why I gave up on organization; I "organized" my stuff to places that made sense at the time but never found again...
De-organizing is easy. I do it every day.
I can guarantee that I will need something the day after I throw it out, but not before.
One thing I've learned as an engineer is that most documents should be a spreadsheet. If it can be a spreadsheet, I will make it a spreadsheet
Plus have two different places backed up.
Shouldn't be hard to convert what he has already
Unless it should be a database. Spreadsheets are good if you need to do calculations across a medium-sized dataset (say, a couple hundred datapoints), particularly when the information doesn't change much after it's been entered . What Adam mentioned here should be a database, not a spreadsheet. (there are lots of resources explaining why you shouldn't use a spreadsheet as a database, just google "spreadsheets are not databases")
It's good to learn I'm not the only one who has to build something twice.
I've always wanted to know something. In episode 8 of season 3 when you're working with the ping pong balls you say to Jamie "f*ck off asshole" and the scene cuts but just before it does he looks genuinely angry and is heading back towards you before the scene changes. What happened?
please please please show the airbrush station build. ive been trying to get something together for years and never turns out right.
I’m very interested in that exhaust fan build. I’ve been looking for a quiet one for a solder fume hood.
1:40 “The pool table is about to disappear.” SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!
Seriously, though, if you’re ready to part with it, I’m sure there are hundreds of charities who could benefit from your auction proceeds…
Adam as a fan, but also as someone who works in IT, I must be very frank. Holding inventory in a spreadsheet is a monumentally stupid idea that you will regret. It needs to be in a database. At least Microsoft Access, but with your inventory, it would be criminal not to put it into an honest-to-god RDBMS (Relational Database Management System). Find a database admin who can help you, Spreadsheets are for crunching numbers, and as a secondary function, making tables and graphs. You are always saying use the right tool for the job. Software is no different. USE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB! I don't want to get all in your face about this, but I have seen too much data be destoyed because someone thought using a spreadsheet for inventory management was a good idea.
Why would anyone every use a database directly? There are tons of apps if spreadsheet isn’t sufficient.
So you are saying I can’t make a simple list with 2 columns that would work? 1 column with the tool names and the 2nd column with its home, wherever it is is my shop)?
@Dunkeyhote Like I said, Access is one of them, but you have to consider scalability. I have not been in Adam's shop, but just by way of what has been filmed, he has commecial-level amounts of.... *stuff* So much so, even Access my have a probelm with the amount of metadata. (accb files have a 2GB limit). There are plenty of frent ends. Heck pgAdmin (for Postgres) has some pretty easy input and lookup tools if set up by and admin, and you can plug Access into that via ODBC.
@@sambenao7 That's a simple table, there is no issue with that. I even listed that as a thing Spreadsheets can do. However, to manage Adam's inventoy, I can easily see mutiple tables with thousands of rows, and mutiple data types (serial numbers, text, pictures, dates) Just makes more sense to put it into a database. Maybe with an Access front end, or Infopath if the DB admin feels so inclined. That may be a touch much though. Making a web app front end may be overkill.
Database: FileMaker.
I know from experience that sawdust producing machines and oily machines like mills aren’t a good combination. I’m a bit surprised that you have your table saw so close to your mill with no apparent dust collection.
I think Adam should to a piece to camera about every piece he has. It would increase the value of even the worthless stuff.
What's the difference between a pool table and a conference table?
There are more balls on a conference table?
@Richard
Oh that's good! You win. I admit defeat. 🍻
I don't take any lesson from that, except "shit happens." We're not worthy 🙏
If you get rid of your pool table i could, at great personal cost, possibly adopt your Trex skull.
Lol my favorite thing to say. Shit happens
can't wait to see the spray booth build
We see all of your organized stuff and I know I’m very envious, but where do you put the stuff that just doesn’t have a place anywhere? Where is your “junk drawer” Per se?
Thats shoe measurement doo hickey is called a Brannock device, they're not too hard to find.
Next time I have to go digging through my work van for an odd thing I am going to tell my coworkers "I'm going shopping" just to see their reactions...
We know Adam loves to make lists. Do lists help you with your own organization?
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Sounds like a job for a summer intern. Dictate an audio file of what you can remember in a verbal download and turn the project over to an eager intern with the patience for data entry. Museum quality tags with barcode labels would also help. Ooh! - RF tags also.
Adam loosing the pool table can you not make a top for so you can use it as a conference table. My dad and I made one for our pool table so that we could use it for dining table in our basement for Christmas dinner so we could enjoy the fireplace with dinner.
Did you ever get around to build that spray booth?
I can understand the appeal of Excel or Evernote, but Adam should really archive his precious items by writing them down in his own version of an Indiana Jones note book. List the item's information, and then sketch out a quick picture of them item. This notebook in of it self could then be weathered and be a functional piece of his display.
DONT USE A SPREADSHEET AS A DATABASE! Use a database as a database. Use something like FileMaker Pro.
When do we get a home office tour?
What are the three hand tools you use the most and the three power tools you use the most and the oddist tools you have?
Can you braje/bend lexan(acrylic) in a metal brake? I need to build a cover kind of like your collet cover but I need to bend the sides down and form a lip. I was thinking I could put 1/8 think material in my brake and use a mapp/propane torch to slowly heat as I bent a 90° lip.
You should make a top for the pool table that over hangs like ft and a half on all sides for comfortable seating ... And then whenever you wanna play pool jus remove it for game play and put it back when done ... Its basically a ready made conference table already ..jus needs a flat top is all
The pool table is gone! Adam got rid of it the other week to create space that he sorely needed.
@@tested good deal lol .. Just an idea .. Its what we did with my parents pool table when they were trying to get rid of it to make a craft area for my neices haha
Remember when Adam put his Mom to work sorting/organizing his Lego pieces? When Adam said "de-organizing to reorganize..." I thought of her immediately.
So you make some notes with metadata, but what happens with that's. How is it passes on the the executor of you will/collection.
Adam can you make a hexasphericon?
That collet rack is a easy fix without rebuilding it.
@Richard Exactly.
There's a great company that makes collets called Wachuma.
Wachuma collets, if you will...
...I'll see myself out.
I have three hot water bottle stoppers in my 'miscellaneous' drawer. I have no idea where the hot water bottles are, but I KNOW that if I throw the stoppers away, I will immediately find the bottles. I have an electric blanket now, and I wont ever use the bottles again but I cant bring myself to throw away those stoppers.
We feel this.
A brannock device, perhaps?
what happening to the lack of closed captioning on your channel? they're almost gone for the last several months making it very hard to watch relying on only the dreaded auto captioning.
Just watched the Crafs'man's very short upload on OCD with his Lego build. If only Da Crafs'man had been involved with building the Milennium Tower...which is now actually not just sinking and leaning, but traveling. I hear the only way to save it is to tilt the rest of San Francisco. If Crafs'man was involved at the beginning, all my marbles would stay in one spot.
@1:48 - Oh past Adam, you can't even imagine how much of a shitfight it's going to be... or how much you are going to be sooo happy when it's done!!!
Don't use exel for it there are better alternatives.
something like notion orbairtable or some alternatives might suit you better
7:14 Even the masters fk it up every now and then 😂 good to know
I struggle to find my tool using both hands
It's times like watching this video that I feel like I am the "industrial maintenance" version of Adam Savage.
Some write a will, Adam does inventory :'D
Hey Adam could you do a one day build on a d&d dungeon master screen and dice tower
Wait. You still use Evernote?
Save the pool table! No one needs a conference table!
He probably needs a conference table. Count the number of Hosts you see on this channel. Now count the number of support people for those hosts (if there are any). I think Adam is well deserving of a conference table.
It should not be an excel spreadsheet. Thats what databases are for. Like Microsoft Access.
Don't build another one build or border around it to increase the size on your college set