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Loved the rant on lamps as a fellow lamp enthusiast, being able to control the area of lighting instead of indiscriminate light everywhere is just so much warmer and calmer.
well its probably also hot and produces a lot of smoke and smell i also found out that not lighting up your oils and cutting fluids lets them work a lot better, althoug the scene of burning oil is quite cool 🙂
I just installed accent lighting in my crappy power tool rack a few weeks ago and I still get joy walking by it and flipping the switch on then back off lol
Using a syringe for glue is an awesome idea that I would never have thought of! Love getting tips and tricks from more experienced makers, always helps me look smarter than I is.
My late father, an MD, had an assortment of syringes (and forceps) in his workshop. He used an amniocentesis needle to get glue to bubbles in veneer, coming in from the edge.
I think there are 3 types of glue people in wood work. 1) put as much on as possible worry about it when sanding 2) use either glue spreading brush or little silicone spatulas and or your finger then cleaning up squeeze out with a wet cloth (most common for larger furniture/panels in my experience) 3) extremely precise needle application if I had to guess it probably comes from model making experience/need to be abundantly clean.
@@treyreppe4348 ideally you do glue clean up while the glue is in the fleshy state. Then it peels off cleanly. Otherwise you risk finishing failures by clogging wood pores with wood glue. But Adam was gluing a finished piece so you can just wipe it off wet then. A proper glue job there's always squeeze out so forget about precision application.
I 100% agree with your philosophy on "pockets of light". When we moved into our house that was built in 1962 and left mostly originally intact, the house came with no less than 12 or so lamps of various sizes and I've got them scattered all over the house and it's a very cozy feeling.
@30:19 I was waiting for the door and the tote of screws to fall to the ground. Of all your videos, this one made made you seem the most relatable and human, what with talking to the door as you're fixing, dropping tools, forgetting measurements and spilling coffee. Thanks for not editing out any of these little shop time moments.
With how attracted to light Adam is, I can't help but imagine him drawn as a little moth who's obsessed with building things with all sorts of little lights in them!
Odd Adam talks so much about light in this video, as he is using a flashlight (for the first time I've seen) in places that already have lights shining on them. TH-cam darkens videos (or at least used to) so it should be bright enough to not need a flashlight.
Everyone struggles, and if they say they don't, they lie. There's never the perfect screw driver tip, always just two measures bigger or smaller, blunter or sharper. :))
With slotted screws you have to embrace the idea of modifying screwdriver tips to fit the screws you're working with. It's a skill. There should be no slop whatsoever. With positive engagement slotted screws are the best. OK maybe Torx is the best? But slotted screws look better. Phillips drive was designed for hamfisted amateurs.
rule one of removing old cabinet doors - bring four times the number of screwdrivers that you think you need because all of the screws are different sizes and are probably stripped out.
Completely agree about pockets of light being more inviting. Never even thought about that, but it has been my preference as well. That's what this channel does for me, exposes new ideas and viewpoints about things that make me introspective about my own workspace, life, etc. Cool stuff as always!👍
Hats off to Josh the editor on this one. All the little additions (lightning sound, arrows, ex...) made it more fun and compliment Adams nerdy excitement.
Totally with you on the "pockets of light", i never use the ceiling lights in my livingroom, and i never use white light, i like a darker room with some orange glow, it reminds me of wooden houses and candle light.
The way he just threw the screw box on table and left it hanging halfway... Then running around it cleaning up the coffee.... dropped the door on the box with such confidence..... STRESSING ME OUT!
8:53 - This is the reason why I bless all those who make stuff like this with hide glue - and is the reason why I use it whenever possible on all the things I make. Given the age you think this piece is from, it would be highly likely that they did use hide glue, in which case you could have tested this with some hot water and and acid brush into the joints and follow it up with the heat gun. That would be sufficient to dissolve the joint and you would have been saved a lot of bother. Tightbond is a great product but hell on restorations and reversibility.
@@1pcfred yes! Put away the mortise and tenon joints and break out the biscuit joiner, there's modern woodworking to be done! That said, I wouldn't say no to a Festool Domino. That thing is pretty sweet.
@@yoyopg123 Domino machines are pretty expensive. Lordie the kit is over a thousand dollars. I always say the green on Festools is concentrated tool envy.
@@1pcfred That's funny. I'm going to steal that with full attribution to you Paul. Of course, I'll just use your first name and people will think I've just made the pomposity jump to referring to myself in the third person.
I'm a big fan of indirect, peripheral light, i.e. around where the walls meet the ceiling, in addition to task lighting where it's needed. Indirect lighting reduces shadows by diffusing the source, and placement at the periphery also reduces shadows. Workshops, IMHO, need to be well lit with full spectrum light, for a healthy mind. I also love diffused light from skylights & windows.
I watched in amazement as Adam relentlessly fired one pin/brad after another into that tiny door. I simply couldn't believe the overkill. But then I counted them up and everything became clear. 42 - the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (including how many pins/brads should I use for this repair?)
Adam's kids and grandkids are so lucky.... Maybe I only think that because I'm a fan and I'm in my mid-40s, but listening to him just work on getting the door off reminds me of my grandfather under my mom's car working on it for a few days.
As someone who moved from the US to Canada, I can say that: FORGET PHILLIPS! Try out robertson (square head) screws. Absolute game changer. Almost never have old Robertson screws strip out on me. The head more often shears off the shaft!
Whilst Robertson is a great little gimmick... it's neither spread enough to be economic, nor is it suitable for all sizes. Figure that there's people in Europe and South parts of US that have lived a full life and have neither seen nor heard of them. F and P won the war and you can sure do a lot more with flathead screwdrivers and phillips than you can with square ones outside screwing things. Don't hate the messenger, i just carry the "how it is". :)
@@aserta I use torx for just about everything nowadays. I use robeertson for my kreg jig and everything else is Phillips if It needs to b a different typ of screw.
Love this video. Reminds me of my one year stint I spent as a maintenance guy. I went from having basic tools at home, to having a workshop filled with everything I could need for my job, and more! Your vids make me dream of filling my garage with all the tools and workbenches I can afford, just because: "if I have the right tools for the job; I'll do it, it'll get done!" Otherwise, NOPE!
Love watching you start something, get distracted, move out of frame, grab something, then something else, haha. Just cuz you've got something on hand to use or show us. A well stocked workshop.
I am enjoying my gift membership! Watching you work in your shop does great things for my self esteem. I am a writer and artist, and I can finally feel okay about my rows and stacks of art supplies and laptop arrays and printers. ❤😂 a craftsperson needs her tools close by! 😊😊😊
There's something comforting about watching Adam futz around with getting screws out of the hinges -- it suggests that the issues I have with my projects aren't just me...
I feel the same way about lighting! I can't relax in a room with overhead lighting. There's something about a room with lamps and low lighting that's just inviting! Great video Adam
So what's hate doing for you? Why don't you just find out how to do it right? Don't hate, appreciate. I know what you're doing wrong. Your screwdrivers suck. Most do. Most screwdrivers don't fit any slotted screws right. If you can't snap a screw onto the end of the driver and it holds up held horizontally then it doesn't fit. It should fit that good. If it don't then you need to grind it until it does. Grinding a flat head screwdriver really good is a bit of a deft skill kind of a thing. Ideally you want to hollow grind it so the tip flares out an imperceptible amount. Exaggerated the cross section looks like this )( Then the screwdriver will bite into the bottom of a screw slot. It'll have a grip then. It's called a gunsmithing screwdriver grind and it's very arcane tool nerd knowledge. You do it by placing your fingertip pad on the screwdriver flat and presenting the other flat to the top of a grinding wheel. In doing so you may have to make a blood sacrifice to the tool gods. If you survive the trial by fire you get a check mark on your man card. Toxic masculinity boost!
As a lighting designer for events and attractions I take your point about have heaps of different sources of light. Whilst you have quite a few they are washed out by I presume the skylights in your cave. If you used some rolls of ND filters , curtains or some “fripp” treatment on the skylights , or even shot at night, your TH-cam vids would have more of that feel visually. In the TH-cam world that you are in I think that both Laura Kampf & Casey Neisat nailed this perfectly in his NYC studio.
credit to the editor showing some fun flares throughout the episode. Please do more! i loved the episodes of its alive with brad from bon appetit. Its nice seeing the comedy of the editors :D
I love the explanation, “pockets of light” now I have the verbal descriptor to help others understand my views of light too! I hate overhead lighting of any type, except for up-lighting that reflects off the ceiling or other surfaces.
This build started to turn into one of mine, with stuff everywhere falling off where it's supposed to be. As always, if the job's done, and you're satisfied with it, then it's all good.
I got some stand lights with a green screen setup that I quickly abandoned. (the background behind my camera is pretty nice). These have become my lights for my game room, angled to shoot light up my hanging art. The light bounces off the wall and fills the space with an uneven warm glow, and makes the art look fantastic. I never turn on the overhead light. So, I understand you feeling. A difference between us, and maybe this is just because of filming, is that I like a dim room over a bright one, with bright pockets in a gloom.
I used to do a lot of fine PVA gluing and found a soccer ball air pump needle (cut/sand the very tip off if spherical ended) threaded into the plastic nozzle of a glue bottle was excellent for this sort of stuff. Make it a good/tight fit in the nozzle (don't over-trim nozzle if trimming it) and you can squeeze quite hard on the bottle to force glue places. Seal well when not in use (or swap out with std plastic nozzle and wash it out) and get good quality brass/stainless needle - cheap/steel ones will rust.
I love having pockets of light. I've done a similar thing to you in both my home and work offices for decades, and it's much more comfortable than using the ceiling light.
*ding* wait, what? Mol-yb-de-num. Hol up... *crack of thunder* O.M.G. 'Lets Talk about lighting...' No, lets talk about your new editor! Lol. Awesome stuff.
I can relate, on a few things. Grew up in a hundred year old house, where we used table lamps exclusively. The only exceptions were in the foyer and the kitchen. Neither room felt... homey. And as far as floors go? When we are babies, the floor is right there as we crawl along and first learn to walk. As we grow, the floor gets farther away. One would assume that, when we reach our full height, the floor would stop getting farther away. Newp. As I've grown old, I've noticed the floor seems like it is getting further, and further away.
OMG! I feel you Adam! I always say 'my girlfriend would love to live in a soccer stadium' (because of the floodlights)... We have a ceiling lamp in our living room, with 5 bulbs, and they are so bright and the whole room is illuminated and she ALWAYS turns them on. I hate it so very much and its not comfy at all.. You can't watch a movie like that i... or feel comfy while lying on the couch reading a book or playing on the switch.. i like it more when there are 'little lights' all over the room so it feels more comfy. Thats why there a 'light sources' all over the rooms and we even have a perfect reading lamp at the couch so we (or at least I ) don't need to turn on that floodlight in our living room. Feels like talking to a wall or if i speak spanish all of sudden, when i try to explain to her, why i don't like that bright light. She can't understand it. T_T And with that floodlight on - You can see every little & tiny speck of dust and get a sudden urge to clean the house.. As always. Nice build! Something i would like in my room! :P
I'm totally similar with using the pockets of light in my apartment :D Basically the only time I turn on the ceiling lights is when I have lost something that I need to find.
I caught that Adam signals with his hand to the objects on the tablesaw to stay put. I myself will do that when I see something that’s about to fall down that’s out of reach. Like we can will them to behave. 13:24
As I'm starting to get older I think they move the ground further away. And I agree with you about the lights. I use a lot of battery powered lanterns that I can move around when I'm working.
Adam, I don't know if you are aware of it but phillips head screws were designed for the automotive industry to prevent screwdrivers from slipping off & marring the surface. Another design factor of the phillips screw is that it was designed to strip out once tight enough. Slotted head screws are definitely more difficult to work with than other driver types if you don't use the correct size & type of screwdriver. You really should always use the proper sized gunsmith style screwdriver when working with slotted head screws. When you don't have any slop & the tool is not trying to lift itself out of the slot you will find it much easier to work with than your previous experiences.
I work in a scenic shop and we've been using a wood glue made by Jowat. Jawat 110-60. It's marvelous. It's a little thicker than the other wood glues = less drippy. Strong as hell, sets up fast, dries clear. Leaves titebond in the dust. I hope you have the opportunity to use it sometime.
Okay, really late with my comment, but what can I say, I have a large backlog of interesting videos I'm working through. You mentioned Pools of Light as something you like in architecture, and it reminded me of Christopher Alexander's "A Pattern Language", a book about making human-friendly architecture that came out in 1977. It has since become a major foundation of computer architecture, as his ideas about trying to satisfy multiple 'patterns' of architecture at once resonated strongly with computer engineers. In any case, pattern #252 (page 1160) from this seminal work is all about how having pools of light is far better than uniform lighting. If you haven't already checked it out at some point, I highly recommend the book as something you would find interesting.
agree on the pockets of light where you put light where you need it, but i also like it dark in general (my multiple monitors often are largest source of light). Exposed bulbs always drive me crazy to not have any kind of diffusion...even more so when they hang down at eye level as old kitchens often do (most of those have diffusion, but still right in my eye)! In the kitchen, if it is a long and narrow design, i see no problem with a single florescent fixture on the ceiling...but that also means you are stuck with a tiny kitchen but that is a different issue.
It does take longer to get on the floor nowadays and back up. I accuse my wife of “lowering” the floor on me when I’m not around. I don’t remember it being that far down yesterday…😂
This has to be the best and funniest thing I have watched all day. I love his face when it all slides off the bench onto the floor🤣 We are all our own enemies. I see my own crazy shop capers in this episode…just a bit more swearing😇
I've been subconsciously doing this in my bedroom. I use simple radio control outlets, no smart home BS, to control my lights and fans in my bedroom. I'm very picky about my sleeping temp and lighting. I also have 3 remotes that control the outlets, one at my bed, one at my chair, and one by the door.
Adam, you really made me hold my breath at the 30:00 minute mark and at 30:19! That Sortimo box of screws was right on the edge! Then to put your newly finished door on said teetering box, I couldn't breathe! I was about to pull my hair out seeing it all on the edge like that! As your coffee fell, from I presume sitting on the edge of the table, all I could think was, one nudge of the table and that Sortimo and his door are crashing to the floor in a magnificent spray of loose screws! I know that floor is a bit wobbly too, being all built up on plywood. I'm the kind of person that can't stand seeing an open glass of water within a few inches from the edge of a table, and always push it farther inward. So to only be able to watch as you're always setting things right on the edge is torture! I wanted to reach through my screen and push it farther onto your workbench! I mean, not even three minutes earlier at 27:55, right as you turn to throw away your rag, you move your hand and the door falls to the floor because it was teetering on the edge! I could see that coming and there was nothing to be done! You're always moving so fast, I just want to see you take a deep breath, and really think about your next move, but I also know your mind works at a mile a minute. I also recall you've had your Sortimo boxes fall before and had to sort out hundreds of screws by hand! I feel like there's a message in all of this...
That feeling when you enter a room and feel you've forgotten something vital . . .it's the last gulp of coffee left in the room you just left. Hopefully you're on a round return trip and you discover this gem soon enough.
A lot of my projects are vehicle related. A few years ago I bought a house with a garage that was big enough to install a vehicle lift, so now I can bring the vehicle up to comfortable working height rather than crawling around on the ground. Single best thing that ever happened to my shop. Well, that and a mill. And a lathe. Oh, and a welder...
It's great to hear you calling flat heads names, I do the same everytime I find them on a job and it's even worse when they are mixed in with Phillips heads too. Then I normally start cussing the previous person for only replacing a couple of the flat heads with Phillips instead of replacing all 6 or 8 flatheads with phillips.🤣🤣
Phillips screws were designed so unskilled workers could not damage coachworks while assembling them. The screw would cam out before the bodywork was stripped. So now what does you saying you prefer Phillips screws say about you? Slotted screws work fine as long as you have a driver that fits them. If you do not have a driver that fits them then you need to modify one until it does. That's generally done on a bench grinder, in case you didn't know. Gunsmithing screwdrivers are hollow ground. The Flats are concave. Makes the screwdriver blades bite into screw slots better. Basically if a screw won't stay on the screwdriver in the horizontal then the screwdriver does not fit the screw. It should lock in that tightly.
Sitting in my workhop watching the "pockets of light" monologue with 19 different lamps, neons, leds, C9's, stage lights etc....and one lighter held proudly above my head and swaying.
I also keep a large syringe with a big bore needle to inject PVA glues into such gaps in jointed woodworking repairs, even so far as drilling 2mm holes to inject it, followed by a brad to fill the hole.
Mood lighting really set's the atmosphere. I hate overhead florescent lights. They're so stale and just kill the mood, but little lights everywhere feel much more welcoming
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How is it that your channel doesn't have a custom URL?
hey adam have you ever directed a movie / or make your own movie?
Loved the rant on lamps as a fellow lamp enthusiast, being able to control the area of lighting instead of indiscriminate light everywhere is just so much warmer and calmer.
Not many would think lighting up a cupboard full of oils would be romantic, but it is! It absolutely is! Adam, you charmer you.
well its probably also hot and produces a lot of smoke and smell
i also found out that not lighting up your oils and cutting fluids lets them work a lot better, althoug the scene of burning oil is quite cool 🙂
I just installed accent lighting in my crappy power tool rack a few weeks ago and I still get joy walking by it and flipping the switch on then back off lol
oh yea, what lighting scheme cause current light is just ambient thru clear panel
"You're not really a screw anymore... You're a screw shaped object" is just a perfect Adam line.
Absolutely
Using a syringe for glue is an awesome idea that I would never have thought of! Love getting tips and tricks from more experienced makers, always helps me look smarter than I is.
My late father, an MD, had an assortment of syringes (and forceps) in his workshop. He used an amniocentesis needle to get glue to bubbles in veneer, coming in from the edge.
I think there are 3 types of glue people in wood work. 1) put as much on as possible worry about it when sanding 2) use either glue spreading brush or little silicone spatulas and or your finger then cleaning up squeeze out with a wet cloth (most common for larger furniture/panels in my experience) 3) extremely precise needle application if I had to guess it probably comes from model making experience/need to be abundantly clean.
Remember to make sure you've "purged" the needle and to store it with the glue out of reach of the tip. You won't get clogs that way.
A real woodworker just uses a wood shaving to get glue into tight spaces.
@@treyreppe4348 ideally you do glue clean up while the glue is in the fleshy state. Then it peels off cleanly. Otherwise you risk finishing failures by clogging wood pores with wood glue. But Adam was gluing a finished piece so you can just wipe it off wet then. A proper glue job there's always squeeze out so forget about precision application.
At my age, getting on the ground is not the issue ( it actually comes fairly naturally). Getting back up takes a lot more effort than it used to. 🙂
*we have consensus on that one*
Gravity getting stronger by the age.
They keep lowering the floor.
@@8ACCraftworks good one! I’ll have to remember that one!
my grandma got on the ground once and then in the ground because of it. Careful older tested buddies!
I 100% agree with your philosophy on "pockets of light". When we moved into our house that was built in 1962 and left mostly originally intact, the house came with no less than 12 or so lamps of various sizes and I've got them scattered all over the house and it's a very cozy feeling.
@30:19 I was waiting for the door and the tote of screws to fall to the ground. Of all your videos, this one made made you seem the most relatable and human, what with talking to the door as you're fixing, dropping tools, forgetting measurements and spilling coffee. Thanks for not editing out any of these little shop time moments.
I love a 4-5 minute emotional monologue from Adam, worth every second of my time.
With how attracted to light Adam is, I can't help but imagine him drawn as a little moth who's obsessed with building things with all sorts of little lights in them!
We need a t-shirt of that hypothetical fanart.
im so glad im not the only one who thought lil moth man when he was talking about being so drawn to the lights
Odd Adam talks so much about light in this video, as he is using a flashlight (for the first time I've seen) in places that already have lights shining on them. TH-cam darkens videos (or at least used to) so it should be bright enough to not need a flashlight.
@@bibeau756 I did a sketch but I haven't finished it, maybe I should
I was drawn to the disc sander still on.
It's the moments where Adam's looking for something and he's just mumbling away to himself that always put a smile on my face 🤣
My partner and I love pockets of light- we very rarely have our main lights on, but we always have lamps on- not quite 6x lamps worth, but one day! ⭐️
I love how after talking lovingly about pockets of light… Adam pulls a light out of his rear pocket to lite up his work :-)
Glad to know it's not just amateurs that struggle unscrewing things at times.
Everyone struggles, and if they say they don't, they lie. There's never the perfect screw driver tip, always just two measures bigger or smaller, blunter or sharper. :))
With slotted screws you have to embrace the idea of modifying screwdriver tips to fit the screws you're working with. It's a skill. There should be no slop whatsoever. With positive engagement slotted screws are the best. OK maybe Torx is the best? But slotted screws look better. Phillips drive was designed for hamfisted amateurs.
Looking up too you as a child makes it even better too still watch you as we grow older ! I could watch your content for hours !!
rule one of removing old cabinet doors - bring four times the number of screwdrivers that you think you need because all of the screws are different sizes and are probably stripped out.
Bring a hammer
And bring a hammer if you lose your temper
Not to mention you could have four different types of screws everything from Robinson to standard.
Forgot the reverse drill bit set. (Irwin 30520 is my go-to)
And you will still need the screwdriver you don’t have.
Came for a One Day Build, got a free lesson on cosy lighting. I love this channel!
Completely agree about pockets of light being more inviting. Never even thought about that, but it has been my preference as well. That's what this channel does for me, exposes new ideas and viewpoints about things that make me introspective about my own workspace, life, etc. Cool stuff as always!👍
Hats off to Josh the editor on this one. All the little additions (lightning sound, arrows, ex...) made it more fun and compliment Adams nerdy excitement.
Anxiety! Was waiting for the screw organizer to fall off the edge.😂
Classic misdirection.. watch the organiser, the coffee takes the fall !
Searched the comments cause I didn't want to be the only one!!!🤣
Adam: *drops door and clamp* "I'm my worst enemy!"
Also Adam: *balances a whole tray full of screws barely halfway onto the table 10 seconds later*
@@jeffoliver4158 100% what I'm doing right now.
the face I made when he sat it down on the edge like that, my god
Totally with you on the "pockets of light", i never use the ceiling lights in my livingroom, and i never use white light, i like a darker room with some orange glow, it reminds me of wooden houses and candle light.
Same!
While I prefer light that is spread around or behind me, I can't stand Soft White. Give me Cool White any day.
@@TheTalonts
I prefer daylight.
same on the white light, though we have some in areas where we need the daylight effect, such as where I paint.
@@shawbros - given a choice, I'll take it over Cool White, but they often cost more, and I'm cheap ;-)
The childlike wonder, joy and fun that you exude in every build will never not be refreshing. Never change, Adam.
Ya know, I really appreciate the edits when the door bell rings, STOMP Stomp stomp, stomp stomP STOMP. Smooth as silk.
The way he just threw the screw box on table and left it hanging halfway... Then running around it cleaning up the coffee.... dropped the door on the box with such confidence..... STRESSING ME OUT!
8:53 - This is the reason why I bless all those who make stuff like this with hide glue - and is the reason why I use it whenever possible on all the things I make. Given the age you think this piece is from, it would be highly likely that they did use hide glue, in which case you could have tested this with some hot water and and acid brush into the joints and follow it up with the heat gun. That would be sufficient to dissolve the joint and you would have been saved a lot of bother. Tightbond is a great product but hell on restorations and reversibility.
Thank you. Hate seeing nice old pieces being "repaired". Can't just throw nails and glue at something and call it done
It's the 21st century. So throw the old glue pot out! Poly Vinyl Acetate all the way today baby.
@@1pcfred yes! Put away the mortise and tenon joints and break out the biscuit joiner, there's modern woodworking to be done! That said, I wouldn't say no to a Festool Domino. That thing is pretty sweet.
@@yoyopg123 Domino machines are pretty expensive. Lordie the kit is over a thousand dollars. I always say the green on Festools is concentrated tool envy.
@@1pcfred That's funny. I'm going to steal that with full attribution to you Paul. Of course, I'll just use your first name and people will think I've just made the pomposity jump to referring to myself in the third person.
I'm a big fan of indirect, peripheral light, i.e. around where the walls meet the ceiling, in addition to task lighting where it's needed. Indirect lighting reduces shadows by diffusing the source, and placement at the periphery also reduces shadows. Workshops, IMHO, need to be well lit with full spectrum light, for a healthy mind. I also love diffused light from skylights & windows.
Nothing good ever comes from a healthy mind. It's only the sick and twisted bastards that are creative. So embrace the darkness.
I enjoy the small edits in this episode good job!
I watched in amazement as Adam relentlessly fired one pin/brad after another into that tiny door. I simply couldn't believe the overkill. But then I counted them up and everything became clear. 42 - the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (including how many pins/brads should I use for this repair?)
Adam? He's just this guy, you know. Though I'm beginning to think he's lost his towel.
I just hope Adam never smashes that polycarbonate!!!
Adam's kids and grandkids are so lucky.... Maybe I only think that because I'm a fan and I'm in my mid-40s, but listening to him just work on getting the door off reminds me of my grandfather under my mom's car working on it for a few days.
Always remain your silly self Adam. You've got me literally laughing out loud a couple of times in these 33 minutes. THANK YOU! Love the door! :)
As someone who moved from the US to Canada, I can say that: FORGET PHILLIPS! Try out robertson (square head) screws. Absolute game changer. Almost never have old Robertson screws strip out on me. The head more often shears off the shaft!
Whilst Robertson is a great little gimmick... it's neither spread enough to be economic, nor is it suitable for all sizes. Figure that there's people in Europe and South parts of US that have lived a full life and have neither seen nor heard of them. F and P won the war and you can sure do a lot more with flathead screwdrivers and phillips than you can with square ones outside screwing things.
Don't hate the messenger, i just carry the "how it is". :)
@@aserta I use torx for just about everything nowadays. I use robeertson for my kreg jig and everything else is Phillips if It needs to b a different typ of screw.
most relatable quote from adam " it takes longer to get on the ground these days "
Love this video. Reminds me of my one year stint I spent as a maintenance guy. I went from having basic tools at home, to having a workshop filled with everything I could need for my job, and more!
Your vids make me dream of filling my garage with all the tools and workbenches I can afford, just because: "if I have the right tools for the job; I'll do it, it'll get done!" Otherwise, NOPE!
Love watching you start something, get distracted, move out of frame, grab something, then something else, haha. Just cuz you've got something on hand to use or show us. A well stocked workshop.
I am enjoying my gift membership! Watching you work in your shop does great things for my self esteem. I am a writer and artist, and I can finally feel okay about my rows and stacks of art supplies and laptop arrays and printers. ❤😂 a craftsperson needs her tools close by! 😊😊😊
Thanks for showing us an updated look at your office, Adam....
There's something comforting about watching Adam futz around with getting screws out of the hinges -- it suggests that the issues I have with my projects aren't just me...
The struggle is real.
I'm 100% with you on the romantic glow situation. It has such a dramatic impact on the mood of a space.
I feel the same way about lighting! I can't relax in a room with overhead lighting. There's something about a room with lamps and low lighting that's just inviting!
Great video Adam
I'm so glad that even Adam Savage has trouble with flat head screws! I hate no other type of fixing more!
So what's hate doing for you? Why don't you just find out how to do it right? Don't hate, appreciate. I know what you're doing wrong. Your screwdrivers suck. Most do. Most screwdrivers don't fit any slotted screws right. If you can't snap a screw onto the end of the driver and it holds up held horizontally then it doesn't fit. It should fit that good. If it don't then you need to grind it until it does. Grinding a flat head screwdriver really good is a bit of a deft skill kind of a thing. Ideally you want to hollow grind it so the tip flares out an imperceptible amount. Exaggerated the cross section looks like this )( Then the screwdriver will bite into the bottom of a screw slot. It'll have a grip then. It's called a gunsmithing screwdriver grind and it's very arcane tool nerd knowledge. You do it by placing your fingertip pad on the screwdriver flat and presenting the other flat to the top of a grinding wheel. In doing so you may have to make a blood sacrifice to the tool gods. If you survive the trial by fire you get a check mark on your man card. Toxic masculinity boost!
As a lighting designer for events and attractions I take your point about have heaps of different sources of light.
Whilst you have quite a few they are washed out by I presume the skylights in your cave. If you used some rolls of ND filters , curtains or some “fripp” treatment on the skylights , or even shot at night, your TH-cam vids would have more of that feel visually.
In the TH-cam world that you are in I think that both Laura Kampf & Casey Neisat nailed this perfectly in his NYC studio.
I feel ya buddy. Glasses and a light. Young men such as ourselves need such things much more often as our counter parts.
credit to the editor showing some fun flares throughout the episode. Please do more! i loved the episodes of its alive with brad from bon appetit. Its nice seeing the comedy of the editors :D
Loving the editing on this! Well done Josh, you and Adam and in simpatico :)
I love the explanation, “pockets of light” now I have the verbal descriptor to help others understand my views of light too! I hate overhead lighting of any type, except for up-lighting that reflects off the ceiling or other surfaces.
bravo to the editor! love this dynamic ❤
Thanks for enlightening all our lives for a moment. There's a lot of sunshine rays emitting from you Adam. 🌞☀️👍
This build started to turn into one of mine, with stuff everywhere falling off where it's supposed to be. As always, if the job's done, and you're satisfied with it, then it's all good.
I never thought about it before !!!! I do the same thing whenever I can - ZONE lighting.
I got some stand lights with a green screen setup that I quickly abandoned. (the background behind my camera is pretty nice). These have become my lights for my game room, angled to shoot light up my hanging art. The light bounces off the wall and fills the space with an uneven warm glow, and makes the art look fantastic. I never turn on the overhead light. So, I understand you feeling. A difference between us, and maybe this is just because of filming, is that I like a dim room over a bright one, with bright pockets in a gloom.
Love the pockets of light idea. My own workshop is like this😊
I prefer to view it as pockets of darkness myself.
I used to do a lot of fine PVA gluing and found a soccer ball air pump needle (cut/sand the very tip off if spherical ended) threaded into the plastic nozzle of a glue bottle was excellent for this sort of stuff. Make it a good/tight fit in the nozzle (don't over-trim nozzle if trimming it) and you can squeeze quite hard on the bottle to force glue places. Seal well when not in use (or swap out with std plastic nozzle and wash it out) and get good quality brass/stainless needle - cheap/steel ones will rust.
I love having pockets of light. I've done a similar thing to you in both my home and work offices for decades, and it's much more comfortable than using the ceiling light.
*ding* wait, what? Mol-yb-de-num. Hol up... *crack of thunder* O.M.G. 'Lets Talk about lighting...' No, lets talk about your new editor! Lol. Awesome stuff.
Watching Adam struggle with those hinges, it makes me feel better as a maker. I am not alone LOL
I can relate, on a few things. Grew up in a hundred year old house, where we used table lamps exclusively. The only exceptions were in the foyer and the kitchen. Neither room felt... homey.
And as far as floors go? When we are babies, the floor is right there as we crawl along and first learn to walk. As we grow, the floor gets farther away. One would assume that, when we reach our full height, the floor would stop getting farther away. Newp. As I've grown old, I've noticed the floor seems like it is getting further, and further away.
Oils and machining lubes would be an interesting chapter!
OMG! I feel you Adam!
I always say 'my girlfriend would love to live in a soccer stadium' (because of the floodlights)...
We have a ceiling lamp in our living room, with 5 bulbs, and they are so bright and the whole room is illuminated and she ALWAYS turns them on.
I hate it so very much and its not comfy at all..
You can't watch a movie like that i... or feel comfy while lying on the couch reading a book or playing on the switch..
i like it more when there are 'little lights' all over the room so it feels more comfy.
Thats why there a 'light sources' all over the rooms and we even have a perfect reading lamp at the couch so we (or at least I ) don't need to turn on that floodlight in our living room.
Feels like talking to a wall or if i speak spanish all of sudden, when i try to explain to her, why i don't like that bright light.
She can't understand it. T_T
And with that floodlight on - You can see every little & tiny speck of dust and get a sudden urge to clean the house..
As always. Nice build!
Something i would like in my room! :P
I'm totally similar with using the pockets of light in my apartment :D Basically the only time I turn on the ceiling lights is when I have lost something that I need to find.
Honestly the only reason to have bright lights setup is to find something XD
This should be on the one day repair series.
I caught that Adam signals with his hand to the objects on the tablesaw to stay put. I myself will do that when I see something that’s about to fall down that’s out of reach. Like we can will them to behave. 13:24
He’s using the Force--I knew it, Adam is a Jedi…. 🤣
As I'm starting to get older I think they move the ground further away.
And I agree with you about the lights. I use a lot of battery powered lanterns that I can move around when I'm working.
Adam,
I don't know if you are aware of it but phillips head screws were designed for the automotive industry to prevent screwdrivers from slipping off & marring the surface. Another design factor of the phillips screw is that it was designed to strip out once tight enough. Slotted head screws are definitely more difficult to work with than other driver types if you don't use the correct size & type of screwdriver. You really should always use the proper sized gunsmith style screwdriver when working with slotted head screws. When you don't have any slop & the tool is not trying to lift itself out of the slot you will find it much easier to work with than your previous experiences.
I could watch Adam build anything.
I enjoyed this one a lot! Though Adam has a few tools I don't, this felt a lot more like one of my own projects!
8:28 "Wheeee oof!" I don't know why I needed that today but I did. Thanks Friend Editor.
I work in a scenic shop and we've been using a wood glue made by Jowat. Jawat 110-60. It's marvelous. It's a little thicker than the other wood glues = less drippy. Strong as hell, sets up fast, dries clear. Leaves titebond in the dust. I hope you have the opportunity to use it sometime.
If you don't like airhoses, I would highly recommend milwaukees pin and brad nailers!
Did something similar but bead blasted plexi to give it a frosted antique look. At my job pools of light are task lighting😁
I like it when you talk to the projects. I do the same and it's nice to know I'm not the only looney. Lol.
Okay, really late with my comment, but what can I say, I have a large backlog of interesting videos I'm working through. You mentioned Pools of Light as something you like in architecture, and it reminded me of Christopher Alexander's "A Pattern Language", a book about making human-friendly architecture that came out in 1977. It has since become a major foundation of computer architecture, as his ideas about trying to satisfy multiple 'patterns' of architecture at once resonated strongly with computer engineers. In any case, pattern #252 (page 1160) from this seminal work is all about how having pools of light is far better than uniform lighting. If you haven't already checked it out at some point, I highly recommend the book as something you would find interesting.
pockets of light also draw your attention to the important things, such as tasks and workstations, and keeps your focus from wandering.
agree on the pockets of light where you put light where you need it, but i also like it dark in general (my multiple monitors often are largest source of light). Exposed bulbs always drive me crazy to not have any kind of diffusion...even more so when they hang down at eye level as old kitchens often do (most of those have diffusion, but still right in my eye)! In the kitchen, if it is a long and narrow design, i see no problem with a single florescent fixture on the ceiling...but that also means you are stuck with a tiny kitchen but that is a different issue.
It does take longer to get on the floor nowadays and back up. I accuse my wife of “lowering” the floor on me when I’m not around. I don’t remember it being that far down yesterday…😂
I was thinking, "The window should be glass." Then later, "I'm glad it wasn't glass."
What I loved was how he looked around afterward like "did anyone see that??"
As if he wasn't recording it :P
In a shop, glass wouldn't be a good idea. And he did have to replace the wood panel because he broke it.
Totally agree on the lighting! 💡
Gotta love Adam, he acknowledged everyone screaming 7-16th whilst he cut the acrylic. It was almost as if he could hear us.
Oh, so it wasn't just me...thank you!
This has to be the best and funniest thing I have watched all day. I love his face when it all slides off the bench onto the floor🤣 We are all our own enemies. I see my own crazy shop capers in this episode…just a bit more swearing😇
I love Adam joining in the anti-big-light discource
always so comfy to watch
I've been subconsciously doing this in my bedroom. I use simple radio control outlets, no smart home BS, to control my lights and fans in my bedroom. I'm very picky about my sleeping temp and lighting. I also have 3 remotes that control the outlets, one at my bed, one at my chair, and one by the door.
After glancing at the workbench, I hope the resin casting is a personal khyber crystal.
Yeah, that was cool , like watching a craftsman show on PBS. I always look forward to those.
Adam, you really made me hold my breath at the 30:00 minute mark and at 30:19! That Sortimo box of screws was right on the edge! Then to put your newly finished door on said teetering box, I couldn't breathe! I was about to pull my hair out seeing it all on the edge like that! As your coffee fell, from I presume sitting on the edge of the table, all I could think was, one nudge of the table and that Sortimo and his door are crashing to the floor in a magnificent spray of loose screws! I know that floor is a bit wobbly too, being all built up on plywood. I'm the kind of person that can't stand seeing an open glass of water within a few inches from the edge of a table, and always push it farther inward. So to only be able to watch as you're always setting things right on the edge is torture! I wanted to reach through my screen and push it farther onto your workbench! I mean, not even three minutes earlier at 27:55, right as you turn to throw away your rag, you move your hand and the door falls to the floor because it was teetering on the edge! I could see that coming and there was nothing to be done! You're always moving so fast, I just want to see you take a deep breath, and really think about your next move, but I also know your mind works at a mile a minute. I also recall you've had your Sortimo boxes fall before and had to sort out hundreds of screws by hand! I feel like there's a message in all of this...
Would love to hear Adam do a video talking more about lighting
That feeling when you enter a room and feel you've forgotten something vital . . .it's the last gulp of coffee left in the room you just left. Hopefully you're on a round return trip and you discover this gem soon enough.
A lot of my projects are vehicle related. A few years ago I bought a house with a garage that was big enough to install a vehicle lift, so now I can bring the vehicle up to comfortable working height rather than crawling around on the ground. Single best thing that ever happened to my shop. Well, that and a mill. And a lathe. Oh, and a welder...
I miss these types of one day builds, random projects that serve a purpose in your shop.
There are lots coming -- Adam's been busy!
@@tested Exciting, can't wait!!!
Yes this!, cluster lighting is far more helpful than working in your shadow as found in most old homes - argh!
Nothing has made me relate more to Adam than seeing him struggle a flat head screw.
There's certainly skills involved with working with slotted screws. Skills which few possess.
It's great to hear you calling flat heads names, I do the same everytime I find them on a job and it's even worse when they are mixed in with Phillips heads too. Then I normally start cussing the previous person for only replacing a couple of the flat heads with Phillips instead of replacing all 6 or 8 flatheads with phillips.🤣🤣
Phillips screws were designed so unskilled workers could not damage coachworks while assembling them. The screw would cam out before the bodywork was stripped. So now what does you saying you prefer Phillips screws say about you? Slotted screws work fine as long as you have a driver that fits them. If you do not have a driver that fits them then you need to modify one until it does. That's generally done on a bench grinder, in case you didn't know. Gunsmithing screwdrivers are hollow ground. The Flats are concave. Makes the screwdriver blades bite into screw slots better. Basically if a screw won't stay on the screwdriver in the horizontal then the screwdriver does not fit the screw. It should lock in that tightly.
Sitting in my workhop watching the "pockets of light" monologue with 19 different lamps, neons, leds, C9's, stage lights etc....and one lighter held proudly above my head and swaying.
We have the pockets of light where I live and I agree about it being more inviting
I also keep a large syringe with a big bore needle to inject PVA glues into such gaps in jointed woodworking repairs, even so far as drilling 2mm holes to inject it, followed by a brad to fill the hole.
Why don't you just drill a 5/64" hole? Do you really need the extra 0.02mm?
Bradam Savage at his best, comedy genius 😂
I kinda liked it with a slat dividing it across the middle. When he slid the bottom slat to its midpoint checking the width I think it was.
OH Yes!!!! more epic close ups and more thunder effects !!!! stealer indeed.
Genius working. Love your build man respect ❤
I always love shop infrastructure
Mood lighting really set's the atmosphere. I hate overhead florescent lights. They're so stale and just kill the mood, but little lights everywhere feel much more welcoming
After understanding your pockets of light theory, you pull a light out of your pocket. Nice touch.😂 5:20