I'm loving the side effect of this shelter in place order of getting these daily and more personal home movie feeling videos with Adam definitely gives something to look forward to everyday
He didn't eyeball them. He used the DRO on his mill to measure them perfectly. Adam does a lot of haphazard things, but that was probably the most accurate part of this entire build.
It's alot like the thing in chemistry where we write down "accurately measure about 2 grams" which means i doesn't matter if its 1.9687 ow 2.01213 as long as you know EXACTLY which one of those 2 it is, and its fine either way. This is just measure "Accurately measure about 2 inches"
@AdamSavage - I'm not sure if you read these comments but I want to thank you for making these lock down / stay at home times so much more bearable. I've been a fan for years but your recent videos are making life a lot easier for me (and I'm sure many others on here). Thanks again!! Tim
April 25th, 2020 is the day we finally learned the limit to the tools that Adam Savage has on hand. That limit is *_super specialized clockwork making tools_* ...
@@orijimi and this issn't even used by clockmakers that much. I've had the privilige of seeing the workshops of quite a lot of clockmakers/restorers (and some high-end museum workshops) and I've only ever seen this machine used by clickspring. But yes, some tools we have are heavily specialized. And there's quite a lot of them as well
I really wish I could smell what your shop smells like. The smell of tools, oils, wood, metals and all the other things. That place is a wonderland of amazement I imagine.
"1 day Build", but it took him a year and a half. Just goes to show that the adage "Rome wasn't built in a day" is so very true. This is an excellent piece of machine! Hearing it go practically silent when re-tightening the plate at the end was really satisfying.
I ordered the kit from Andy a few weeks ago, he was very helpful and a knowledgeable gentleman to talk to. He had mentioned your video has drummed up quite a bit of business for the filing machine kits and seemed to be happy that there’s quite a bit of interest in the filing machine kits
Mark Novak of Anvil Gunsmithing says something about you really need to be smart, or tough to do this sort of work, and something about most craftsmen being tough.
You know, since this whole thing started and you've switched to doing your videos solo there's been something about your videos that I could not put my finger on. And I finally figured out it's a comfortable familiarity with most all shop videos I watch. That self shot, guy in his element kind of video. Adam, I appreciate ya man. You're such a great human.
Clickspring is such an unassuming but brilliant channel and it still amazes me just how many people here on TH-cam apply things they've learned on that channel. Imho, it's one of the most underrated channels on TH-cam within the makers sphere. Really, give it a go, you won't reget it!
I really enjoy these styles of videos where you can see that Adam is filming everything by himself. It's more raw and less refined and I think that's a great thing for these types of videos.
I reckon I gasp in amazement an average of about 8 times watching a one day build. the number of tools and techniques Adam uses that I never even knew existed is insane.
Thank you for those little hints and advises here and there in the video. And also for the honesty with which you showed the wrong side cut on the base. We all are not error-free and error/failure is greatest teacher, as you will remember your own failure lessons the most.
Adam! What the friggin hell, my dude!?!? You just did it *AGAIN!* You just wiped down a running machine with literally the same rag that almost took your digit! C'mon man! lol Haha like Papa Roach said... "The scars remind us that the past is real!" Lmfao He also said some other nonsense... but please! You're literally still wearing the bandage and feeling the pain from the last time you did that. I love ya Adam. Stay safe! You're role model and example to millions, be the safe for yourself!
@38:32 My favorite moment of all TH-cam of all time. I love that you talk yourself through everything (I do the same). You plan thoroughly and ask for help from people who may know more. You makes mistakes but are also quick to solve them or turn them into the best part of a project. I find comfort in watching pieces that were living on a shelf turn into something that requires a special Savage box. In my family my great grandmother would put a rubber band around a special gift in our Christmas stocking. When I hear you are making a box I get just as excited to know what you deem worthy to put inside. Thank you for all these years of tested getting me through this time of quarantine and seclusion.
@@simon9264 "The minimum requirement for making the filing machine is a lathe of nine inch or greater swing. If a milling machine is unavailable, it is recommended that the lathe be equipped with a "T" slot cross slide for some set ups. " From the kit makers website. You buy the castings and the plans/drawings. So maybe a bit more work than you indicate?
@@simon9264 The way I understood him at the start of the video is that he has been working on these forgings a long time in order to make the die filer, and that these last steps in bolting the filer and motor together is just a small fraction of the work. Thats why he seemed so pleased at the end, hes been working on this item for 1.5 years (a bit slow I might add :-). Check the 0:40 mark and on in the video.
The video is mislabeled. He says it at the end: "There you go, my one day build. A nice, new table for my die filer." He made every part of the table himself.
@Bat Fastard he also told you at the start of the video that he's spent 18 months working on it to get it to this point, machining in reference surfaces, mounting bushings etc Casting the parts is the least difficult part of the process, it just requires the most specialised gear. All that comes with the kit is raw, unfinished cast parts. You can't just mount them as is and get a working machine. Adam has done a lot of machining work to get the kit to the point of just bolting two pieces to a table.
Oh my dear, what fun! At 12:12 ish I love your words for what my grandmother called her precise transfer plickies, to be used with the plicky mallet! Hers of course were tiny, with which she punched precise patterns in tin. Thank you for such wonderful memories.
Hey Adam, my band saw are the stock 1/2 hp motor. A friend suggested putting a DC motor in it out of a treadmill, because you can't hardly give those things away. Another friend happened to have one, on the condition that I take the whole thing, no parting it in his garage. So I got it home and took it apart. 2 1/2 hp variable speed. There are little motor controllers available, but I just mounted all the electrics from the treadmill in a box that I screwed to the base of the saw (a 14 inch Frejoth, which is pretty much like a Jet or some cheesy saw), it looks a little "quick and dirty" and it beeps and lights up when you push the buttons, but with the motor being 2 1/1 hp and 0-6700 rpm, it will make the blade sing, or go slow enough to cut stainless. I still need to mount the sensor that maintains a constant speed (hall effects maybe?), at very low rpms, it wanders up and down a bit, but I'm into it a total of $8 for the v-belt pulley on the motor. I'm sure the same motors would fit on the die filer and any number of other projects. A whole lot of treadmills out there too. Love your show by the way.
Just a suggestion but, if you are tapping holes after using a mill, you can keep the x-y position of the hole and chuck in a spring center that aligns the tap and t-handle with the z axis of the spindle. As long as you are in tram, that is an easy way to ensure the tap is straight. Love the videos and just wanted to explain what we do in our shop. Have a good one, Garrett
It's so reassuring to see someone I look up to screw up once in awhile. It's one thing to have them say it's okay to screw up once in awhile, it's something else entirely to witness it. Thanks for keeping it in! Although I will try to keep the advice in mind lol
I love how someone as experienced as yourself still makes mistakes but you own it. No editing room cuts to hide it. Every day is a school day. We all learn from our mistakes. Inspiring.
A co-worker of mine seems to be of the belief that cross-threading is stronger than a thread locker.He has been seen using an impact to install bolts without first starting the bolt by hand. Just throws it in his socket on his impact and goes to town with it. Eventually one (or more) of the bolts cross threads and he doesn't let up. Such a joy to work with a person like that (not really).
You’ll notice that in these odd times the celebrities with true merit and a genuine and organic fan base survive. And I’m Adams case, thrive. Easily one of my favorite content makers to date.
I drool every time I see someone build or use one of these. Really nice job yours is one of my favorite. Thanks for sharing the end of the journey of this machine. Or should I say the beginning of its journey.
I would love to hear Jamie's speech on washers. I mean, they serve a specific purpose, I..e. to spread out force and increase friction, so it would be interesting to hear why he thinks they're a bad idea.
I love watching you build.. I'm a total tinkerer as well. I could just sit in your workshop making stuff with you all day... I would so be in my element. I like how you don't pretend you don't make mistakes.. It's like experimentation on the fly.. Love it.. I'll have to get one of your tshirts.. Peace from Melbourne, Australia.
I use a similar idea to your tapping block for drilling into thick plywood. The screws have to go straight or they'll crack the ply/OSB laminations. So I have a 1" thick hardwood batten with a number of typical holes across the end. Clamp it to the board and the drill is much easier to get aligned straight. When the guide wears I cut the end off and drill some more holes on the drill press.
I rarely take umbrage with anything Adam does, because, well... I am very much an apprentice by comparison but that? That hurt me to my tool loving core.
Great job Adam and surprisingly quiet. "To error, is human" that is why they put erasers on the end of pencils! The speeded up Donald duck sneeze at 45mins, just lightened up my lockdown day. Thank you. From England
@@criggie Just because something is "wrong" or "not the right way to do things" doesnt mean it isnt also "very useful" and "gets this shit done", if you know the rules you get to break the rules
Oh Man. Being a wood worker and seeing all those pieces and off cuts of materials you have when you went to the table saw made me so envious. It's definitely how I would like my shop to look one day.
First good on you mate for showing off transfer punches. It continues to surprise me how few people have heard of them. As an owner and user of an ancient commercial die filer, you want the motor under the filer, so the base can be as small as possible, allowing you to walk all around it. So you want it on top of an open bottomed box. Preferably freestanding. (Mines on a stand made of Dexion). I have been intending to make drawers for the stand to give me a place to store the files, etc. Personally, I wouldn’t have bothered with the spindle, and ran the belt to the motor directly. I like that you went variable speed, next treadmill I harvest, and the little quarter horse motor will go back onto the shelf.
@@Sheridantank Time is money. Once you've made a penny into a washer, it's no longer a 1 cent (zinc alloy, not even steel, and certainly not copper) washer.
All very nice! Shadetree Machinist--- Adam, you don't need a tapping head for your mill. That's why there's a 60-degree center on the back end of tap-holder. Mount it with a center drill and boom, you're vertical over the tapping hole!
Its a pleasure watching a guy that is multi talented and humble. Your appreciation for all things mechanical is intoxicating. These videos are wonderful
We learned about transfer punches in high school metalshop and they have one of the highest benefit-to-cost ratios of any tool in my shop - one of the first "specialty tools" I ever purchased, as in, around the same time in my development as my first calipers...
I don't feel as bad when I see someone as skilled as you make something backwards. I often find myself having to reverse my thinking in the middle of my project. Thank you for making yourself more human
I just love watching the thinking in action! So much of the process is about working it out in your own head as you go. Anyone who believes that working in a shop is an exact science has never had to solve problems on the fly. It's just a case of going from A to B to C then back to B and onto D before checking A is still right. Slowly slowly you build up the picture of what you need to do. And even if sometimes it's wrong, it's still poetry in motion to see!
The best advice time has taught is that mistakes are possibilities to learn. People can say this and that to avoid mistakes, but the truth is that mistakes happen. It's up to you to decide whether or not to learn from those. What works for me is to plan well, and I do mean well. I rather spend one or two mins to plan than do it all over again. So for me, it's more about either drawing it on paper or going through it in my head a few times, depending on what I'm doing. As for my former carpentry life, it was mostly drawing it on paper, wood, whatever I had in my hands, but recently, after switching to software engineering, I cannot stress it enough to plan first, document next, check your plans and documentation...It's way easier to correct your mistakes in carpentry where you have the laws and regulations to follow, but with software engineering, there's only the guidelines of your company and the lines you have accustomed to work with. So, having a good plan and thinking it over is a way to reduce the mistakes you make, but you will still make some, so learn from those to improve yourself. For Adam's mistake cut in this video, a simple cut plan would have been enough...Maybe the 20 mins of remaking the pieces reminded him from what he cherished few videos ago...Remember, follow your own flow and don't skip the boring things...And when you do make a mistake, go back to it and ask yourself: "Why did I do this?" - You'll learn from it. - And remember not to blame people for their mistakes, but encourage them to learn from them. Positive and constructive feedback is what makes us grow and learn as individuals as well as as people.
i love to see adam showing us new tools and things i havent seen before but for some reason i would love to see him use some really basic stuff like doing a series on setting up a workshop durein an end of the world situation where you would need to make a wind/solar etc generator to power anything and make the bare necesities from scrap and hand tools, dunno why i just love to see adam solve problems
@@Vikingwerk He's building a marble machine that plays music. He made one from plywood a few years ago, but the new version is made from all kinds of materials and includes a few gears for a marble lift that he got from This Old Tony. This is the old machine: th-cam.com/video/IvUU8joBb1Q/w-d-xo.html He's now documenting the creation of the successor. And here's This Old Tony's contribution: th-cam.com/video/G5t-ghuLZWk/w-d-xo.html
These solo videos are kind of a shift in material and tone, and I'm really enjoying them. My perception is that we're getting to see Adam largely unedited (and that might be a false impression on my part). Editors are oft-unsung heros in just about every aspect of art creation you could think to look for them, but this here, these videos, they're wonderful and intimate and just fantastically charming, precisely because the editing is minimal. I'm entirely hooked. Please keep making these; they're great.
This made me think of my mom, who was a carpenter but got into locksmithing. She had a key cutting machine that she mounted to a piece of plywood and cut a handle into the wood so she could easily move the machine from job to job.
Adam im sure you probably know this but if you use a damp almost wet rag and wipe the wood down where your glueing it it makes it better to wipe off and the glue goes farther into the wood, ive always admired the way you look at the world through all the shows ive seen you on and all ive read about you, keep up the good work man!
You should get a set of transfer screws. They are time savers. Small set screws that are a screw with a hex with a point on one end and the storage tube they come in and are stored in has a built in wrench for installing and removing. Put the screws in your piece , line your piece with where you want to transfer them and a light tap you get the center punch marks. Holes are lined up and saved so much time.
I despise the Coronavirus, but if this virus did not happen we may not have videos like this. I love it! Thank you for another awesome video Mr.Savage! It is wonderful watching someone tackle a problem, brainstorm, and figure out different angles of approach to come to a solution to their task or project. Knowing what the main task is and adding say, a lamp haha. Love it man. This is great. Again thank you!
As someone who designs PCBs for a hobby, "am I building this back-to-front?" is a question I continually ask myself, even after the designs have been sent for fabrication!
Really wish there were more builds of cool props like there were in the early days. Building tools and organization racks doesn't have the same wow factor.
38:40 - That moment we all felt at one with Adam. That moment we were again assured, he is human. Much love and respect. Thanks for keeping us sane right now Adam!
While I was an apprentice one of my first Lathe projects was making a set of tap guides! We made them all separately and they are kinda complicated beautiful little tap guides. But they accomplish the same thing!
As an aspiring maker watching you is the most important thing I can do because I am learning so much, thank you and don’t stop uploading during these tough times.Also love the long videos
Adam you are awesome man! Haha! We spend so much energy trying to be perfect in our work that we end up making mistakes that are so silly its utterly maddening! Mistakes are what make us perfect in our imperfectious selves!
I may never build a die filer, but I enjoyed this video because it reveals how your problem-solving brain works. That's learning that can be generalized by me. Thanks!
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Find the filing machine kit Adam makes here: mlatoolbox.com/MLA-18.html
Is there an easy place to find the motor he used?
at 4:43 Adam said there'd be a link to the pen he's using, could we get that?
After covid19 is over you and @thehacksmith should collab
@@juan_a_otero it's the pica marker. There's a video in the tools playlist on it
prefer your shots and editing to the vids when they help you Adam, haha
45:46 high speed nose blowing with the best sound I've heard so far this year.
That was hysterical. I loved it. I couldn't stop laughing
@@malachiXX Same here! I had to watch it 5 or 6 times. Just to make sure it was as funny as the first time I watched it, and it was 😜
Made me laugh so much.
Yup made me giggle too
high pitch squeech 😂
I'm loving the side effect of this shelter in place order of getting these daily and more personal home movie feeling videos with Adam definitely gives something to look forward to everyday
Yes. I totally agree. But someone should give him a lapel microphone.
Yeah, I like these episodes better then the scripted and directed episodes. Feels more organic. Definitely a fan.
“I want this to be surpassingly exact.” Right after eyeballing the holes location. Gotta love Adam!
That's why you build in adjustability...
MK1 Mod0 eyeball is a calibrated, precision instrument
He didn't eyeball them. He used the DRO on his mill to measure them perfectly. Adam does a lot of haphazard things, but that was probably the most accurate part of this entire build.
It's alot like the thing in chemistry where we write down "accurately measure about 2 grams" which means i doesn't matter if its 1.9687 ow 2.01213 as long as you know EXACTLY which one of those 2 it is, and its fine either way. This is just measure "Accurately measure about 2 inches"
Love how you're uploading so much during these times. Please dont stop lol
Worse part is after this is done we won't be so lucky. So sad lol
He used to make cool things. Now he builds legos and makes plywood boxes. You're not gonna be missing much. This channel used to be really cool
He’s probably bored out of his mind! These uploads just give him something to focus his mind on.
@@ElkinsEric focus his ego on maybe
@@davesmith9325 that too
Adam, I think a belt guard would be good on this, that way little bits of metal don't end up getting sprinkled on the belt and shortening its lifespan
qualhiveldorf that’s is an amazing idea
or fingers
I scrolled down here to see if anyone had posted about a belt guard. You saved my the trouble. :)
@@PilotPlater Too soon lol
@@PilotPlater
Well you can clearly see he doesn't follow shop safety. Hopefully kids watching do not pick up those bad habits.
6:20 was so satisfying to watch
I clicked on this, watched it, and now stop watching the video because I doubt anything will be able to top that.
Top 10 Like a boss moments
"Is it possible to learn this power?"
"Not from a Mythbuster..."
He's def been doing that for years
that was the most amazing thing I had ever seen
Adam talking over the table saw is like listening to a very small Jabba. No one knows what he's saying, but he sounds very pleased with himself.
Lmfao. He does sound like a Jawa, thats too damn good.
I love the long format! It feels like I'm hanging with my favourite uncle in the shop!
*Reminds me of an exercise bicycle my uncle built in the attic.*
@AdamSavage - I'm not sure if you read these comments but I want to thank you for making these lock down / stay at home times so much more bearable. I've been a fan for years but your recent videos are making life a lot easier for me (and I'm sure many others on here). Thanks again!!
Tim
April 25th, 2020 is the day we finally learned the limit to the tools that Adam Savage has on hand. That limit is *_super specialized clockwork making tools_* ...
It has other uses, he's just generalizing. There are plenty more specialized tools involved in clock making than this.
@@orijimi and this issn't even used by clockmakers that much. I've had the privilige of seeing the workshops of quite a lot of clockmakers/restorers (and some high-end museum workshops) and I've only ever seen this machine used by clickspring.
But yes, some tools we have are heavily specialized. And there's quite a lot of them as well
@@Mr.Fabulous-1990 A giant die filer like that is overkill for pretty much any watch part. You need one about a quarter the size.
I was actually talking about the depthing tool he mentions around 3:13
@@quartino_ Ah.
I am liking that you are showing us all your failures and mistakes. That brings your work a wonderful naturality. I love this chanel. Huge admiration💪
I appreciate you shouting out Matthias Wandel, he has a great TH-cam channel that doesn't get enough traffic.
shoutout to his green paint as well
I really wish I could smell what your shop smells like. The smell of tools, oils, wood, metals and all the other things. That place is a wonderland of amazement I imagine.
"1 day Build", but it took him a year and a half. Just goes to show that the adage "Rome wasn't built in a day" is so very true. This is an excellent piece of machine! Hearing it go practically silent when re-tightening the plate at the end was really satisfying.
Me: What kinda hammer is that?
Adam: A thwacky thwacker
very technical terms you know
it's all very timey whimey ...
I love watching Clickspring too. Guy is an absolute genius.
Take a good long look people: The video is entirely in focus. A new day for tested videos!
I noticed that as well.
I ordered the kit from Andy a few weeks ago, he was very helpful and a knowledgeable gentleman to talk to. He had mentioned your video has drummed up quite a bit of business for the filing machine kits and seemed to be happy that there’s quite a bit of interest in the filing machine kits
"I'm going to keep it running while I put this in", he says with a broken finger
Do craftsmen ever learn?
(Nope they don't.) *wink*
My six broken fingers say, no.
Yeah I cringed at a few moments like that
He probably should make a guard around the belt...
Mark Novak of Anvil Gunsmithing says something about you really need to be smart, or tough to do this sort of work, and something about most craftsmen being tough.
You know, since this whole thing started and you've switched to doing your videos solo there's been something about your videos that I could not put my finger on. And I finally figured out it's a comfortable familiarity with most all shop videos I watch. That self shot, guy in his element kind of video. Adam, I appreciate ya man. You're such a great human.
Adam: I've learned not to stick my fingers near moving belts on machinery.
Also Adam: 51:42
Get back to Jalopnik!
Next up "How i almost lost my finger in a table saw accident"
Clickspring is such an unassuming but brilliant channel and it still amazes me just how many people here on TH-cam apply things they've learned on that channel.
Imho, it's one of the most underrated channels on TH-cam within the makers sphere.
Really, give it a go, you won't reget it!
I really enjoy these styles of videos where you can see that Adam is filming everything by himself. It's more raw and less refined and I think that's a great thing for these types of videos.
That clickspring youtube channel is an amazing eye opener for high precision metal work.
The high precision is neat but what's more impressive to me is how much of it is done by hand with tools also made by hand.
I reckon I gasp in amazement an average of about 8 times watching a one day build. the number of tools and techniques Adam uses that I never even knew existed is insane.
6:20 not going to lie that was smooth
That’s the preferred Method for undoing a air quick disconnect.
Thank you for those little hints and advises here and there in the video.
And also for the honesty with which you showed the wrong side cut on the base. We all are not error-free and error/failure is greatest teacher, as you will remember your own failure lessons the most.
Adam!
What the friggin hell, my dude!?!?
You just did it *AGAIN!*
You just wiped down a running machine with literally the same rag that almost took your digit!
C'mon man! lol
Haha like Papa Roach said... "The scars remind us that the past is real!" Lmfao He also said some other nonsense... but please! You're literally still wearing the bandage and feeling the pain from the last time you did that.
I love ya Adam. Stay safe! You're role model and example to millions, be the safe for yourself!
@38:32 My favorite moment of all TH-cam of all time. I love that you talk yourself through everything (I do the same). You plan thoroughly and ask for help from people who may know more. You makes mistakes but are also quick to solve them or turn them into the best part of a project. I find comfort in watching pieces that were living on a shelf turn into something that requires a special Savage box. In my family my great grandmother would put a rubber band around a special gift in our Christmas stocking. When I hear you are making a box I get just as excited to know what you deem worthy to put inside. Thank you for all these years of tested getting me through this time of quarantine and seclusion.
Adam: "I made every part of it myself!"
Kit Maker: "Am I a joke to you?"
@@simon9264 "The minimum requirement for making the filing machine is a lathe of nine inch or greater swing. If a milling machine is unavailable, it is recommended that the lathe be equipped with a "T" slot cross slide for some set ups. " From the kit makers website. You buy the castings and the plans/drawings. So maybe a bit more work than you indicate?
@@simon9264 The way I understood him at the start of the video is that he has been working on these forgings a long time in order to make the die filer, and that these last steps in bolting the filer and motor together is just a small fraction of the work. Thats why he seemed so pleased at the end, hes been working on this item for 1.5 years (a bit slow I might add :-). Check the 0:40 mark and on in the video.
Yeah, every piece of the kit must be machined. Everything is provided as a rough and oversized casting.
The video is mislabeled. He says it at the end: "There you go, my one day build. A nice, new table for my die filer." He made every part of the table himself.
@Bat Fastard he also told you at the start of the video that he's spent 18 months working on it to get it to this point, machining in reference surfaces, mounting bushings etc
Casting the parts is the least difficult part of the process, it just requires the most specialised gear. All that comes with the kit is raw, unfinished cast parts. You can't just mount them as is and get a working machine. Adam has done a lot of machining work to get the kit to the point of just bolting two pieces to a table.
Oh my dear, what fun! At 12:12 ish I love your words for what my grandmother called her precise transfer plickies, to be used with the plicky mallet! Hers of course were tiny, with which she punched precise patterns in tin. Thank you for such wonderful memories.
Could have put a straight edge across the face of the two pulleys, instead of eyeballing it.
that aint how adams rolls bro
He mentioned that he machined the input pulley on the filer himself, so I don't believe the sheave widths are matched.
I love the fact that you leave your mistakes in the videos. Everyone screws up. You’re showing how to get past it. Very important
Not sure I've ever heard Adam say "I don't have such a tool".
He has the opposite problem; he needs to come up with ways of using 5 tools to do things that everyone else does with 2.
@@RFC3514 When you do this for fun is a wonderful problem to have...
Particularly when Chris MADE the exact depthing tool Adam mentioned, and the video is on the clickspring channel, Adam mentioned.
Hey Adam, my band saw are the stock 1/2 hp motor. A friend suggested putting a DC motor in it out of a treadmill, because you can't hardly give those things away. Another friend happened to have one, on the condition that I take the whole thing, no parting it in his garage. So I got it home and took it apart. 2 1/2 hp variable speed. There are little motor controllers available, but I just mounted all the electrics from the treadmill in a box that I screwed to the base of the saw (a 14 inch Frejoth, which is pretty much like a Jet or some cheesy saw), it looks a little "quick and dirty" and it beeps and lights up when you push the buttons, but with the motor being 2 1/1 hp and 0-6700 rpm, it will make the blade sing, or go slow enough to cut stainless. I still need to mount the sensor that maintains a constant speed (hall effects maybe?), at very low rpms, it wanders up and down a bit, but I'm into it a total of $8 for the v-belt pulley on the motor. I'm sure the same motors would fit on the die filer and any number of other projects. A whole lot of treadmills out there too. Love your show by the way.
I hope clickspring releases a full length video again soon 😭
Hope he is ok nothing bad has happened he is a great channel.
@@danielbear3802 I think he's working on publishing a paper on "The Antikythera Mechanism"
@@GrayRaceCat thanks for that i will keep a eye on his channel. How did you find this out?
@@danielbear3802 He has mentioned a bit about it on his Patreon.
@@Mirandur thanks for that i'm not on his patron. Atleast i know now won't five up on his channel i hope he goes well. Thanks for your help
Just a suggestion but, if you are tapping holes after using a mill, you can keep the x-y position of the hole and chuck in a spring center that aligns the tap and t-handle with the z axis of the spindle. As long as you are in tram, that is an easy way to ensure the tap is straight.
Love the videos and just wanted to explain what we do in our shop. Have a good one, Garrett
Adam Savaged (adj) - upside down and backwards, see also “eyeballing, guesstimating”
“I’ve just Adam Savaged my project”
It's so reassuring to see someone I look up to screw up once in awhile. It's one thing to have them say it's okay to screw up once in awhile, it's something else entirely to witness it. Thanks for keeping it in! Although I will try to keep the advice in mind lol
"Am I doing this wrong?" I've never identified with something shop related so much in my life.
I love how someone as experienced as yourself still makes mistakes but you own it. No editing room cuts to hide it. Every day is a school day. We all learn from our mistakes. Inspiring.
Thank you for filming while you do random stuff around the Cave, Adam.. :-)
Love that you gave a shout out to Matthias Wendel. He is my favorite carpenter to watch on the tube
_This Old Tony has entered the chat_
Literally first thing I thought, "I wonder if Adam watches ToT?".
I was looking for this comment, was not disappointed.
A co-worker of mine seems to be of the belief that cross-threading is stronger than a thread locker.He has been seen using an impact to install bolts without first starting the bolt by hand. Just throws it in his socket on his impact and goes to town with it. Eventually one (or more) of the bolts cross threads and he doesn't let up. Such a joy to work with a person like that (not really).
When You Do Things Right, People Won’t Be Sure You’ve Done Anything at All. 42:42
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively. 50:25
You’ll notice that in these odd times the celebrities with true merit and a genuine and organic fan base survive. And I’m Adams case, thrive. Easily one of my favorite content makers to date.
Next up "How i almost lost my finger in a table saw accident"
Hey it's you
I guess it solves any finger prints issues at your next bank job. ;)
Weird, how he actually almost lost his finger months later..
What happened to his finger again
I drool every time I see someone build or use one of these. Really nice job yours is one of my favorite. Thanks for sharing the end of the journey of this machine. Or should I say the beginning of its journey.
I would love to hear Jamie's speech on washers. I mean, they serve a specific purpose, I..e. to spread out force and increase friction, so it would be interesting to hear why he thinks they're a bad idea.
I love watching you build.. I'm a total tinkerer as well. I could just sit in your workshop making stuff with you all day... I would so be in my element. I like how you don't pretend you don't make mistakes.. It's like experimentation on the fly.. Love it.. I'll have to get one of your tshirts.. Peace from Melbourne, Australia.
The order you are posting these videos makes it really confusing to understand if your finger gets better or worse :))
It gets better!
He got tired of it slowing him down a month back and cut it off
@@tested *no doubt*
I use a similar idea to your tapping block for drilling into thick plywood. The screws have to go straight or they'll crack the ply/OSB laminations. So I have a 1" thick hardwood batten with a number of typical holes across the end. Clamp it to the board and the drill is much easier to get aligned straight. When the guide wears I cut the end off and drill some more holes on the drill press.
15:24 I can hear his poor calipers screaming for mercy!
I rarely take umbrage with anything Adam does, because, well... I am very much an apprentice by comparison but that?
That hurt me to my tool loving core.
I would put money on it that he has multiple sets and one will be used to true position work
With all the tools he has I'm surprised he doesn't have a set of scribing calipers. I love my Mitutoyo's and can finally scribe guilt-free.
Tools are made to be used.
Dick Fageroni Don’t make me cringe like that.
Great job Adam and surprisingly quiet. "To error, is human" that is why they put erasers on the end of pencils! The speeded up Donald duck sneeze at 45mins, just lightened up my lockdown day. Thank you. From England
"this is gonna make machinists angry"
and im over here chucking endmills in my drill press shrug
It's wood. A respectable machinist wouldn't touch the stuff anyway.
Be careful about doors then bro, and benches. 🤣
I chucked an endmill in a little handheld wood router, milling a very shallow registration lip in a piece of aluminium. It worked.
@@criggie Just because something is "wrong" or "not the right way to do things" doesnt mean it isnt also "very useful" and "gets this shit done", if you know the rules you get to break the rules
RIP spindle bearings
Oh Man. Being a wood worker and seeing all those pieces and off cuts of materials you have when you went to the table saw made me so envious. It's definitely how I would like my shop to look one day.
45:47 best sound ever
First good on you mate for showing off transfer punches. It continues to surprise me how few people have heard of them.
As an owner and user of an ancient commercial die filer, you want the motor under the filer, so the base can be as small as possible, allowing you to walk all around it. So you want it on top of an open bottomed box. Preferably freestanding. (Mines on a stand made of Dexion). I have been intending to make drawers for the stand to give me a place to store the files, etc.
Personally, I wouldn’t have bothered with the spindle, and ran the belt to the motor directly. I like that you went variable speed, next treadmill I harvest, and the little quarter horse motor will go back onto the shelf.
50:32 Now I want to hear Jamie's washer speech.
Me too
That would make for a great video, a online discussion with Jamie about washers :)
Is it about how a washer cost more than a penny to buy and a penny can be easily made a washer?
@@Sheridantank Time is money. Once you've made a penny into a washer, it's no longer a 1 cent (zinc alloy, not even steel, and certainly not copper) washer.
@@railgap I have some steel pennies, from 1943.
I love it when Adam actually makes something which uses machining, and gears, and springs and all.
Her Adam, ever watched thisoldtony? he thought me alot,even though i am a experienced machinist... (just saying) love your work though
ThisOldTony was a contributor on Project Egress, so I think it’s safe to say that Adam is familiar with his work;
@@NastierNate no friggin' idea,but thanks for the info
All very nice!
Shadetree Machinist--- Adam, you don't need a tapping head for your mill. That's why there's a 60-degree center on the back end of tap-holder. Mount it with a center drill and boom, you're vertical over the tapping hole!
When did oink become the sound of a correctly torqued fastener. The correct sound when tightening fasteners is click. Ask AvE.
Its a pleasure watching a guy that is multi talented and humble. Your appreciation for all things mechanical is intoxicating. These videos are wonderful
38:27 I know that look...
Captain Gothnog That look appears on my face at least once with every build or project I do. Usually more than once 😂
FM Fxxxing L
@@AlasdairGR ... Same. :)
Thank you so much for sharing your failures, and your process of recovering. The best maker videos I've watched don't hide their screw-ups.
31:36, OK... watching Adam lurch his hand back here terrified me before I realized the video speed up was just unfortunately timed.
We learned about transfer punches in high school metalshop and they have one of the highest benefit-to-cost ratios of any tool in my shop - one of the first "specialty tools" I ever purchased, as in, around the same time in my development as my first calipers...
Everyone who reads this you shall be granted with good luck.
The is no such thing as luck.
I don't feel as bad when I see someone as skilled as you make something backwards. I often find myself having to reverse my thinking in the middle of my project. Thank you for making yourself more human
When you tap, you should always turn the tap about 2 turns, then reverse half a turn to break the chip 👍
one of the most meditative things to do and one of my favorite parts of a project
Uless the material is thin relative to hole diameter, in which case you just put the tap in a drill and zip it throgh dry...
I just love watching the thinking in action! So much of the process is about working it out in your own head as you go. Anyone who believes that working in a shop is an exact science has never had to solve problems on the fly. It's just a case of going from A to B to C then back to B and onto D before checking A is still right. Slowly slowly you build up the picture of what you need to do. And even if sometimes it's wrong, it's still poetry in motion to see!
Oh yeah, if self isolation means almost ODB every other day I'm for more 👌
The best advice time has taught is that mistakes are possibilities to learn. People can say this and that to avoid mistakes, but the truth is that mistakes happen. It's up to you to decide whether or not to learn from those.
What works for me is to plan well, and I do mean well. I rather spend one or two mins to plan than do it all over again. So for me, it's more about either drawing it on paper or going through it in my head a few times, depending on what I'm doing. As for my former carpentry life, it was mostly drawing it on paper, wood, whatever I had in my hands, but recently, after switching to software engineering, I cannot stress it enough to plan first, document next, check your plans and documentation...It's way easier to correct your mistakes in carpentry where you have the laws and regulations to follow, but with software engineering, there's only the guidelines of your company and the lines you have accustomed to work with. So, having a good plan and thinking it over is a way to reduce the mistakes you make, but you will still make some, so learn from those to improve yourself.
For Adam's mistake cut in this video, a simple cut plan would have been enough...Maybe the 20 mins of remaking the pieces reminded him from what he cherished few videos ago...Remember, follow your own flow and don't skip the boring things...And when you do make a mistake, go back to it and ask yourself: "Why did I do this?" - You'll learn from it. - And remember not to blame people for their mistakes, but encourage them to learn from them. Positive and constructive feedback is what makes us grow and learn as individuals as well as as people.
Damn even adam watches some of Matthias stuff
i love to see adam showing us new tools and things i havent seen before but for some reason i would love to see him use some really basic stuff like doing a series on setting up a workshop durein an end of the world situation where you would need to make a wind/solar etc generator to power anything and make the bare necesities from scrap and hand tools, dunno why i just love to see adam solve problems
My takaway from this video: Adam watches the same youtube channels I do.
Does your subscription list include This Old Tony and Wintergatan as well?
@@BrokenCurtain it includes This old Tony, and now I've gotta go see about Wintergatan!
@@Vikingwerk He's building a marble machine that plays music. He made one from plywood a few years ago, but the new version is made from all kinds of materials and includes a few gears for a marble lift that he got from This Old Tony.
This is the old machine: th-cam.com/video/IvUU8joBb1Q/w-d-xo.html
He's now documenting the creation of the successor.
And here's This Old Tony's contribution: th-cam.com/video/G5t-ghuLZWk/w-d-xo.html
@@Vikingwerk definitely worth watching the MMX build from day one.
Surprised I haven’t seen Stefan gotteswinter mentioned yet, his machining is as good as Tom sachs
Adam has the BEST CHANNEL on TH-cam for Guys!!!! Oh how I wish I had HIS shop!
57:44 "Every tools a hammer"
These solo videos are kind of a shift in material and tone, and I'm really enjoying them. My perception is that we're getting to see Adam largely unedited (and that might be a false impression on my part). Editors are oft-unsung heros in just about every aspect of art creation you could think to look for them, but this here, these videos, they're wonderful and intimate and just fantastically charming, precisely because the editing is minimal. I'm entirely hooked. Please keep making these; they're great.
What happened to the lamp he was going to put on it
It was shorted?
Pádraig Quinn magnetic I think
This made me think of my mom, who was a carpenter but got into locksmithing. She had a key cutting machine that she mounted to a piece of plywood and cut a handle into the wood so she could easily move the machine from job to job.
Adam im sure you probably know this but if you use a damp almost wet rag and wipe the wood down where your glueing it it makes it better to wipe off and the glue goes farther into the wood, ive always admired the way you look at the world through all the shows ive seen you on and all ive read about you, keep up the good work man!
Precision machinery is always pleasant to the eyes and ears. A beautiful job.
You should get a set of transfer screws. They are time savers. Small set screws that are a screw with a hex with a point on one end and the storage tube they come in and are stored in has a built in wrench for installing and removing. Put the screws in your piece , line your piece with where you want to transfer them and a light tap you get the center punch marks. Holes are lined up and saved so much time.
I despise the Coronavirus, but if this virus did not happen we may not have videos like this. I love it! Thank you for another awesome video Mr.Savage! It is wonderful watching someone tackle a problem, brainstorm, and figure out different angles of approach to come to a solution to their task or project. Knowing what the main task is and adding say, a lamp haha. Love it man. This is great. Again thank you!
As someone who designs PCBs for a hobby, "am I building this back-to-front?" is a question I continually ask myself, even after the designs have been sent for fabrication!
Especially when one have to make a custom footprint, from a lacking data sheet
Really wish there were more builds of cool props like there were in the early days. Building tools and organization racks doesn't have the same wow factor.
Wow! Building a tool by yourself would seem to be something quite special. Thank you for sharing your process with us Adam!
38:40 - That moment we all felt at one with Adam. That moment we were again assured, he is human.
Much love and respect. Thanks for keeping us sane right now Adam!
While I was an apprentice one of my first Lathe projects was making a set of tap guides! We made them all separately and they are kinda complicated beautiful little tap guides. But they accomplish the same thing!
They probably made it complicated for the mental exercise, learning machine procedures and tooling.
I'm super glad you're uploading frequently.
I had fun for the first 2 weeks of quarantine but now I'm getting restless.
23:30 that acrylic piece to guide the tap at 90degrees is AWESOME! I must make one ASAP
Acrylic (Plexiglas) might be ok, but Polycarbonate (Lexan) would be better. Lexan never cracks. When i use acrylic, it always cracks, somewhere.
As an aspiring maker watching you is the most important thing I can do because I am learning so much, thank you and don’t stop uploading during these tough times.Also love the long videos
Clickspring is easily my favourite channel (no offence of course), he makes such incredible videos
Adam you are awesome man! Haha! We spend so much energy trying to be perfect in our work that we end up making mistakes that are so silly its utterly maddening! Mistakes are what make us perfect in our imperfectious selves!
Satisfaction is the keyword working both ways, for me as a watcher and for you as making a precision tool. Thanks a lot!
I may never build a die filer, but I enjoyed this video because it reveals how your problem-solving brain works. That's learning that can be generalized by me. Thanks!
I have a hard enough time filing by hand let alone trying to use a power file.