Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Gauge Block Storage Rack!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Adam's in a metrology state of mind this week as he sets out to organize his collection of machining gauge blocks and gauge pins, to be kept alongside his mill. That means it's time for another shop infrastructure build--the first of the new year!
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Have you taken on any home organization projects yourself recently?
More shop infrastructure videos here: th-cam.com/play/PLJtitKU0CAegGi2QUH6ywt4EkjcR0jVam.html
I have. Over the last 4 weekends I have installed a lumber storage rack, a French cleat wall for clamp storage, and a miter station with a 4 drawer cabinet.
Hi Adam how you doing, really
enjoy the one day build video's
hey Adam, i want to make the armorer cosplay, i have the armor part on my 3d printer its the cloth part im strugeling with if u can help
love Josefine a fan from Norway
I built a cabinet, 3-4 months back, on the same pattern for sorter bin trays. I put an extra shelf on glides near the top tight under another shelf, just to use as a pull-out surface to set the one tray on that I have open. This leaves the top open to stack more Stuff on.
I love the shop infrastructure builds Something very therapeutic about seeing things need to be put away
Me tooooo! I have been missing them so much
More to come!
@@tested I'm still waiting for Adam to put his carpentry work bench on lifting casters, so he can move it around the shop as needed.
@@tested great news!
Agreed. I could listen to him talk about the things he is passionate about all day. And also watch him build things all day for organization / infrastructure.
At around 10:00, was anyone else terrified that the stack of boxes would fall and those beautiful ceramic gauge blocks get damaged?
Yes!!! I was looking for this comment 😂
He said to them "don't fall" so no need to worry! (Ok I was terrified.)
7 minutes of Adam voicing meandering thoughts is just 7 MORE minutes of chill social time we all get to enjoy! Keep it real - don't think twice about cutting that back to have the most concise presentation on the Tested channel. Just my experience enjoying your vids. =)
Thanks for the input! We appreciate it.
Agreed, I like that these videos don't feel rushed. Not a fan of shorts
When are you going to make an updated google maps walk through of your shop. Just looking at it on video is a pleasure, but being wheeled around it and being able to look at everything would be awesome. It feels like something between a movie set for an eccentric maker, and a museum exhibit of a prop collectors shop.
That would be a great video!
Forrest 8" dado king saw blade set is a rock solid set. Pretty much anything from forrest. Their blades can also be sent off to be resharpened or repaired.
agreed - I was waiting for someone to say it - not cheap by any means, but still great. Also use blue tape to keep the spelcking of the ply in the grooves...
If you're looking for a more affordable Dado set that'll still get the job done, you won't go wrong with the Diablo set from Home Depot that goes for about $100. I've used the professional sets before that cost $200+ and I can say that my Diablo set works just fine for softer wood like plywood and pine. I'm sure it probably doesn't have quite the longevity that a more expensive set would in an environment of constant use like a cabinet shop, but it looks to me like it's perfect for your shop. It'll do exactly what you need it to.
Hobby woodworker here and I second this. The set is easy to understand and set up. I also like the case it comes in.
I'm pleased with my Diablo set from HD as well.
I live for these shop infrastructure builds
Seconded
I purchased the Diablo 8" stacked Dado Head and I absolutely love it. It has shims to control the width to .001", the OD is matched ground so you a get a very smooth bottom, the teeth have alternate radial grinds almost eliminating binding, and leaves a smooth cut even in thin veneers. Its extremely easy to use just stack the blades to achieve the width you need. The accuracy achievable is better than any set I have ever used and i have been making and woodworking for over 50 years. They are affordable as well at around $100.00.
For $100 they'd better be nice. Dado stacks are rarely cheap though. I got mine for $20 at a yard sale. It's made by DML which is a subsidiary of Vermont American. It's OK. It's a dado stack.
My dad has a set by Diablo. While he doesn't use them often, I know they're good quality because he keeps them around.
Over at Project Farm, Diablo products always seems to outperform their price bracket. I wouldn't hesitate to buy Diablo products if I needed drills or sawblades.
@@OscarSommerbo Diablo is a decent brand. $100 for a dado stack is about mid range in price. I wouldn't blame the tear out Adam experienced entirely on his tools. The best dado blade may have done the same thing cross cutting that plywood. Scoring the cut lines might have mitigated that? He didn't show what he has but depending on what it is I might consider trying to sharpen it. Dado blades may be worth the trouble and expense.
@@1pcfred $100 gets you (barely) to middle of the road in dado sets.
"please realize that...I am a professional amateur" I laughed too Mr Savage. That pretty much sums up my life. You always have some of the greatest quotes.
Ah, at last, like a divine switch was thrown. What was once always referred to (incorrectly) as Arctic Birch Plywood is now thankfully Baltic Birch Plywood….the Baltic states appreciate it, and OCD subscribers too!
I’m a Mechanical Quality Engineer working in a precision Machine shop, and just like the previous video, all this is LITERALLY my everyday. STILL, I’d listen to Adam speak about it for hours and hours, as it’s a delight to listen to passionate people.
I wish my professors were this excited to teach me how to use these blocks, gauges e such. It was more like: this is a plug gauge, this is a gauge block, this is this and this is that.
I wish I can be a better professor myself now, and be as excited and passionate as Adam is!
We have a great educational program for metrology professionals staffed by people who are very passionate about this topic. 😃
@ Mitutoyo..
There are times I would like to be there, like being able to do your metrology course's. Sigh..
@@MitutoyoAmerica I know! I’m a huge fan (I mean, customer😅) of yours.
LOL. my video came up and I saw all the boxes and was like "ooooh. many boxes of things." and then Adam said it, and I felt so damn validated.
pretty happy with my 10" Forrest dado king set. Magnetic shims with them come in handy.
I was going to recommend this one, too. Glad you got it in there. Not cheap, but buy once, cry once!
Plus, they case the set comes in is called the "Blade Runner", which means Adam is fated to own it. LOL
One of my next tattoos might be my new favorite Adam Savage quote. “The plan keeps changing in my head, and now I don’t know if I have a plan”
Dado shims can get messed up when they slide down into the arbor threads when tightening. To remedy, either get magnetic ones or touch with a little oil so they stick to the chippers.
Commanding your Alexa to play, activated mine and I'm currently listening to "Every Tool's a Hammer" by Adam Savage, narrated by Adam Savage. I was amused by watching you putting me in a situation where I had to listen to you 😂
These are my favorite type of one day builds!!! Can't wait to watch.
15:15 “I keep thinking I have a plan, and then I keep changing the plan in my head and I’m not sure I have a plan” 😂 I felt that. I have this conversation with myself every time I build something!
Adam, if I may offer a few suggestions...
1/ install a roller shelf for the micrometer box that rolls out far enough to flip the lid safely up while you fiddle.
There is enough room still.
2/ Put your small surface plate on top of it.
You are officially down the rabbit hole and will eventually acquire a bigger one.....
3/ upgrade the casters to cope with the weight so it moves easily.
Love your enthusiasm!
And I like that pop rivet gizmo, I want one of them 40yrs ago!
I wouldnt worry so much about Dado set brand - get an 8" set with 24 teeth on the scoring blades and 4 or more teeth on the chippers. And I highly recommend magnetic shims. The 12 tooth scoring / 2 tooth chippers really dont cut as well. I recommend Ridge, Forrest, CMT, and Freud, in that order.
At 28:32, you have a great taste in music Adam! Also love the shop infrastructure builds a lot, so nice to just sit down and relax while watching you go to work and have fun ❤️
A metrology state of mind…. Is there anything better?
I officially covet your ceramic block set.
I noticed you only have one series of the gage pins. Did you buy the + or the - sets?
I'm a quality assurance inspector, I'm jealous of your collection.
I have to say I do really enjoy these build videos. The one thing I miss is the ** TABLE SAW NOISES ** during the Timelapse sequences.
Ridge Carbide and Forrest dados are top of the line but also rather expensive. Freud Industrial is extremely close in quality and significantly less expensive. Freud is the parent company of Diablo and the Diablo blades are more of the high end consumer line. Any dado stacks from these companies will easily perform great and they all have excellent sharpening services.
Great build for the storage rack, you could probably use full extension drawer slides to support a sliding shelf for the micrometer box so you can slide it out easily and possibly open the lid without having to move it.
I can recommend the Ridge Carbide 8" Super Dado. It is not "cheap", but is reasonably priced for a quality, buy once for a lifetime of use product.
Believe it or not the Dewalt dado stack (DW7670) is up near the top in terms of quality, and it is believed they are made by the same people who make the Forrest stack (but for a lot less from Dewalt).
The ridge carbide dado stack is amazing, it'd last a lifetime for your purposes. Easy to set up and has a high ceiling for pro joinery if you ever find yourself getting into that. Can be sent in and sharpened many times because of the large amount of carbide but you can put a ton of mileage on it before that's necessary.
I whole-heartedly agree. Stumpy Nubs youtube channel discussing the carbide amount a lot too. For Adam's build process & usual approach with plywood, it would be a great option.
Assuming that all of your gage set boxes retain their contents securely no matter what the orientation as long as their lids remain closed, you could simply store them on edge. You would need something like a U-shaped book rack as wide as necessary to accommodate all the sets. In essence the sets are stacked as before, only horizontally instead of vertically. As long as you withdraw only one or two sets at a time, the remaining sets will continue to stand. This saves having to build a separate shelf for each set.
How many of we peons would like to be saddled with the horrible burden of figuring out how to store all of our gage sets? :-)
Haha those belly slaps & table drummings are the universally accepted way of thinking about a project that you havent really planned too well , great video of someone comfortable on the camera .
I'm not sure if I was just over complicating it, but most of the way through I was expecting drawer slides allowing you to pull a specific thing out in place
Just a suggestion. you might want to but the Mic box on a pullout so that it easier get to. Boxed with handles on the top can be a challenge to retrieve in a tight fitting cabinet,. for the simple reason that they tend to weigh a fair bit and the handle is not accusable. Considering that it is already built, you might want to put it on a tray with a handle so that you can pull the tray out until the handle is exposed. Maybe 1/4 Baltic birth. Just FYI
These shop infrastructure builds reminds me of New Yankee Workshop so much! Love these types of videos. Please keep them coming!!!
Adam I don't have a Dado suggestion myself but you might see if you can reach out to Norm Abram of the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House. He has decades of experience where he has been using the tool.
*i love designing boxes for my various art supplies...i aim for a tactile aesthetic and the boxes looking very old but well maintained for decades but above all functionality and ease of use and practicality are of paramount importance*
HOLY COW, just looked up the cost of the ceramic gauge blocks Adam has, 10K plus, AWSOME he said he was gifted them from the manufacturer
There are many different sets and different grades for most everyone’s needs. So glad to see Adam putting them to good use.
Thank you for being so darn cool
I look at these cases and immediately am filled with dread that I would drop a case and have to figure out how to put them all back in order.
Yeah, that would be bad but they are marked with their size. Hitting the floor wouldn't do them and good though.
Dial calipers don't need batteries at the worst possible time either, usually when you realize that you used the last one last week and forgot to get more.
When those gauge pins glide down the hole only slowed by air moving aside you know it's perfect. Nice shelf Adam. Perfect solution!
Twist drills don't make round holes. If you need a round hole then you need to ream it.
@@1pcfred Yeah! It all depends what tolerances you are after.
Single point boring is the closest to round and in position.
You could drill, bore then ream for finish..
At least, until grinding, ie jig grinder, internal lathe tool post grinder or some such ultra precise method is required..
So, how is the accuracy and precision of the tattoo ruler holding up?
I’m hoping we can find out one day!
You could use a couple of side handles to drag that around.
There's something sad about seeing Adam age, going through all the years of Mythbusters to the early days of Tested, all the way to today. Since he's always been there for most of my life, his changed appearance over time reminds me that he won't be forever. Man I'll miss him when he's gone, really badly.
Adam you are the ultimate nerd !!! Gauging on your topic !!! Oooh Pun Alert !!! Lmao
For a good dado set: CMT, Forrest or Freud industrial are all sound choices in my opinion.
what I'd give to be a day in this shop just to see Adam go at his business. Awesome video
Just cleaned out an old Lufkin mic my uncle gave me. 3 in 1 oil is what we use at work
"Pin Gauges"
"Gauge Pins"
"Gauge Pins"
"Pin Gauges"
"Pin Gauges"
No, no. I'm fine...
Freud 8 In. Professional Stacked Dado (SD208)
Any sharp dado set can make clean cuts when sharp. The key to blow-out-free cuts is a zero clearance insert. And if you're building one, build a stack, and use them as consumables to get you perfect cuts when you need them. The trick is that sometimes you really do only need to widen a slot by a .1 or .2 mm increments, so shims are inevitable, which is the biggest "pain" of dado sets.
Shop infrastructure builds and the machining videos are gold to me, I watch them over and over, it’s like COMFORT FOOD for the eyes
Yes, I'm 54 this year and played at being a professional Harley Mechanic for about 20 years of that. Its been quite a while ago since those days and I always come across some specialty Harley tool I bought some 25 years ago and have no reflection of when I obtained said tool. Or sometimes much less what it was originally for! HA!!!
Freud SD208 or SD2085. Under $100 and has all the shims you'd ever need. The mains and chippers will last you the rest of your life.
Diablo has served me well. I've had a set for years, and for the amount of use it gets (a few times a year), it's always sharp, has a nice case and the visual guide it came with helps easily to get the stack size you need. It's easy to use and is always sharp!
I use a zero clearance insert when using my dado set. Supports the fibres when the blade is exciting the cut.
Seven minutes of introduction really says how important measurement is to Adam. Guessing that his tattoo ruler will be used a little less now.
I would have never guessed that Adam had 9+ cases of measurement tools. This nearly blows my mind of how far Adam has gone into this rabbit hole! He may need a second studio for his support tools -- he can call that space his Warren (as in the proper name for a rabbit hole).
I was thinking we should get that tattoo calibrated in our lab some day.
Just imagine the pain of dropping one of these boxes on the floor. 🤬☠
A drinking game where you are to drink when Adam is measuring wrong would be quite boring. I would go for every time Adam use something as a drum instead 👍😂
Every time Adam put that lovely gauge blocks set balanced on top of those boxes I cringed!!
I’m sure he was careful.
This was a nice project, really speaks to my OCD need to be organized. I would have approached it slightly differently I think since the blocks are used quite frequently with your soapstone block I would have found a way to build their storage into the base of the cart that sits on or found a way to incorporate the soapstone block into the surface like a nice countertop of the new storage unit to save you a little space instead of making an additional piece of furniture you now have to find a home for. Thoughts?
Be nice to see links to the stuff/tools you show if at all possible
Adam: "Alexa, play."
Alexa, from behind me: "What do you want me to play?"
Same at my house. 🤣
I think Jim Henson is Adam's barber.
I love shop infrastructure
Favorite part was the belly drumming while planning. Glad I’m not the only one who works on paradiddles and triplets while formulating a plan.
Now I know how Adam came up with $3,000+ ceramic gage blocks for is prop shop. More power to you Adam! Mitutoyo, hit me up! 🤓
$3K would be for Grade AS1/AS2. Grade 0 (inspection grade, what Adam has) is about $5K, Grade 00 about $7K, Grade K (the highest) .. if you have to ask you can't afford- for an 81-piece set. They do sell individual blocks, which is nice.
@@spehropefhany Thanks! I didn't catch what grade he had. Right, I have just a handful of common size ceramics.
Unless you're looking for super wide dados, wouldn't adding a router mount under your table saw table be a lot easier? Toss in a router bit and zip away while still using your table saw fence? Just an alternative thought.
i just have your basic Diablo Dado set from home depot only about 100$ and produces clean cuts in Melamine. for a starting set i can highly recommend it. If your looking for something that will possibly produce a smoother finish Freud has what they call the Super Dado Set which has 4 teeth per chipper blade compared to the 2 teeth per chipper on the Diablo set.
Freud Dado sets make a very clean cut
Love you dude, hope to see you making things for another 100 years. Love, respect from Egypt 🖖🏻
Fun to watch as always. A couple of undermount drawer slides on a flat platform would make your outside micrometer box much easier to get out.
i was thinking of rollers
Set your digital calipers to metric!
Far less confusing as metric is based on logic in stead of the size of the kings feet.
A 24-day livestream where Adam rearranges his shop LOL
Would totally watch that
Infinity "8" Dadonator" with magnetic shims, that should let you adjust the thickness of the dado, I find it very helpful to create a story board for all the different sizes that this set will make. When that's done you can use the story board by placing the board that you want into the dado into the slots to show you what setup you will need to achieve the correct shot size. p.s. you'll have to purchase the magnetic shims separate.
"If you build it...more things will be bought" hahaha
Me everytime I buy a shelf lol
I love watching these types of infrastructure videos as a primer to get me "In the mood" when I need to embark on one or a simple cleaning/reorganizing of my humble home hobby room.
16:24 every man ever trying to think
Alexa, play Carly Rea Jepson
Adam: "It's a..........very good holder." Me: "MONOLITH OF MEASUREMENT!!! MONOLITH OF MEASUREMENT!!!!
Would love to see these fall on the floor. not because i don't like you.
Noooooooooo!
Hey Adam, what about putting the karg outside mic box on drawer slides so you can pull it out to access the lid/tools better
I think version 2. each shelf needs converted to a drawer slide. That way he can pull out the drawer and not even have to lift the container or move it around.
You so need a bigger cave!
Freud SD508. super 8 inch. People rarely buy 10 inch dado sets. For $200 the super 8 is great for plywood. It’s 24 tooth. For more money get the Forrest 8 inch dado.
The plastic box it comes it should be replaced ASAP. Highly recommend building the Woodsmith dado caddy. It’s perfect for throwing around in shop.
So, dado sets. Mine is the Freud Super Dado. 24t outer plates, 4 (four!) wing chippers. This is Freud's 'industrial' line, not their diablo line. Huge difference in quality of cut. I don't know what hp your Powermatic is. If it's a 1.75hp, stick with the diablo line dado set. If you're running a 3hp (or more) motor, spend the extra dollars on the Super dado set. Reason being is a 4 wing set in an 8" diameter is a *lot* of mass for a 1.75 to get spinning. Avoid a wobble set at all costs. Now a couple of opinions. First, rather than use the miter gauge with the rip fence, build a dedicated dado sled. Much safer cuts and reduces the likelihood of kickback to nearly zero, unlike the MG/RF combo. This will also reduce your tearout. Some sled building advice: Best runners on the market are the Microjig zero play. They use integrated ramps to expand them precisely to your miter slot and they fasten FROM THE TOP(!) so you don't have to worry about tightening from underneath while not knocking your sled out of square. Speaking of Microjig, their Grrrripper is the safest push block on the market.
Weight is what you neglected. When you pull out the heavy box on the bottom, the rack will be top heavy. Might have to add some ballast to the bottom.
I have a similar problem with some of my equipmemt, what would you recomend as a ballast?
@@Stettafire I have amassed a fair number of rotors, easier to buy new than get them surfaced
Seeing that box of bigger gauge pins brings me back to nearly four years ago (April of 2019) when I was learning how to do manual machining as part of a local school's machinist's training program. Final three days of class, we had free reign to either do whatever we wanted or to learn how to either bore out a hole (via manual mill) or broach out corners (to make the adjustable part of a tap wrench). We went with the boring project because it was the shortest, so we'd end up with a free day and some change.
The boring project was actually simple - drill out a chamfered 5/8ths hole and bore it out to 0.675". Out of the entire 9-person class, I was the only one who didn't end up over-bored. When I went to check my work with the shop's gauge pins, the .676" pin stopped on the hole's chamfer, the .674" fell right thru, and the .675" was beautifully snug. Our instructor actually kept that piece, with a spare .675" pin shoved thru the hole, because I was the first student he'd seen in ten years of teaching that class to get that damn close *on their first attempt*.
Thanks for yet another trip down memory lane, Adam.
One of the things I both abhor and admire about the shop is that everything has a custom size box. I try to rearange my storage into uniform eurobox/europallet size boxes (coming from A4 (paper) sizes). I feel like if I was Adam, I would try to rebuild everything in applebox sizes so I could perfectly stack them. Good thing I am not Adam XD. Also, you do not have a "holding your soldering iron by the hot end" patch?
I think you mislabeled your Pin sets. Or at least #1 and #2. Should it not be .011" - .06" (you have .11" - .06"). and .061" - .25" ( you have .61" - .25"). In both cases you start larger and go to smaller.
Wow, I can’t get over the fact you stacked all your gauge pins and blocks! And with the Cera Blocks on top of your smallest set!!!
I…
Could…
NEVER!!!
My recommendation is to use a router with a set of plywood dado bits. The bits are dimensioned for actual plywood thickness (-1/64” nominal size), so you’ll get tight dados. Based on my experience it’s easy to set up dados with a router and straight edge, and there’s none of that fussing around with a dado stack. Plus you can readily sharpen router bits. Lee Valley Tools sells them for $13-$22 for common plywood thicknesses.
Where do you get your plywood? I'm down the coast in Carmel and I can't find anything decent. I need that good Baltic birch with lots of layers. Especially if your supplier has 24"x48", I can move that around much easier.
Mitutoyo is pronounced MitSUtoyo (me tsu toe yo). Pronouncing it "Me too to you" is a hold-over from non Hepburn romanization. these romanizations were created by Japanese people to write Japanese words for foreigners, without having any real knowledge of European pronunciations. English especially has many many weird pronunciation exceptions. The Nihon-shiki utilizes only a limited set of Roman letters, so many older companies have these long standing "incorrectly" written names.
Precision tools like gage (Joe) blocks, sine bars, gage pins, and your finest of measuring tools demand a Starrett Master Pink granite surface plate, the bigger the better, and the biggest cast iron angle plate you can find. A clamp should accompany the angle plate in order to clamp the occasional sheet stock or plate being laid out. Do you own the Starrett Universal Bevel Protractor? Along with that should come an 18” dial height gage. The surface plate needs to ideally have its own room, on a permanent table which is leveled using the Starrett master level or laser. That’s how job shops with a good work flow are set up. Never allow and abrasive activity in that room, especially on the surface plate. They are not ever to be sanded on. This is only to facilitate your quest for your deep dive into more precision.
Adam, I started off with a common Diablo Dado Stack (about $90). The chippers had 2 teeth on them. It produced a nice dado (very little tear-out) but the bottom of the dado cut was usually anything but flat. Most of the time the worked well and I still have that set but I only use it when the dado bottom doesn't matter and I want to save my "better" set. I have added the Freud 8" x 24T Super Dado. Not only does the chippers have 4 teeth but it produces a fairly flat bottom and the Left and Right blade rarely produce tear-out in plywood. If the veneer plys are super thin or poorly glued I might get a small amount of tear-out but if I slow down the tear-out is at most minimal and rare. The Freud Super Dado is about $170. Keep up the good work. I love your channel.
Suggestion 1: Visit the Studley tool box and film a walk thru.
Suggestion 2: This is a little harder. Two part series. In part 1, Elon Musk visits the cave and the two of you just have a session of Free flowing ideas. In part 2 you visit Elon at his rocket shop in Hawthorne and do the same. Your two minds in the same space would be interesting.
You really need a good battery powered drill- try a Bosch 12volt drill / driver, making sure it is the one with a Jacobs chuck. You can thank me after years of satisfaction. Dado set- for limited use Vermont American carbon high speed steel. Buy once cry once, Forest. Shim set- have used plastic and metal- both work.
I am IT Engineering who woodworks on the weekends. I find the Freud 6" x 10T Pro Dado Set (SD206) both easy and extremely affordable at under $70
Adam, Try the 8 1/4 Dato King. It come with the standard 1/8 inch chippers as well as a 1/16, and 3/32 chipper which eliminates the need for most shims. The set is not cheap, but it only hurts once, and you will love it for years. I have had mine since 1994, and I've yet to have it sharpened.