As Adam wraps up his latest One Day Build (of this automatic hacksaw: • Adam Savage Builds His... ), he walks us through every single tool used in the process of build as they find their way back on the various racks, shelves, and cabinets of the workshop. This exercise in itemization gives you a sense of the breadth of tools that get put to use in a typical build!
List of tools:
All-Purpose hammer: amzn.to/3woB1KC
Ball Peen hammer: amzn.to/3pPYhyJ
Crown Beechwood mallet: amzn.to/3iF6yE4
Makita right angle drill: amzn.to/3JvrxW6
Dewalt impact driver: amzn.to/3Qiyr54
Makita drill: amzn.to/3UxmGcr
Drill America DMBO Bit 1/8: amzn.to/3UxmGcr
YIHUA 8858 IV Multi-Purpose Heat Gun: amzn.to/3xRI0lb
Milwaukee Socket Tool Set: amzn.to/4aNrWiS
Hurricane Sheet Metal Hand Seamer: amzn.to/4aPralk
WD40: amzn.to/44g574I
Boeshield T-9: amzn.to/49R193X
Norton India AO Combination Grit Sharpening Benchstone: amzn.to/3WcEfk7
Norton Triangular Fine Grade India Sharpening Stone: amzn.to/3UyqIm1
3-In-One Oil: amzn.to/3wdkWN2
Milwaukee Jobsite Scissors: amzn.to/4d55LX3
Lucas Red N Tacky Grease: amzn.to/3UuW6l4
Loctite 380 Toughened Max Instant Adhesive: amzn.to/3JDT5IV
GearWrench Ratcheting Combination Wrench 1/2": amzn.to/3JxE3ob
Maxwel Cloth Electrical Tape: amzn.to/3Jvu4j4
Power Probe Micro Torch: amzn.to/3w6jqMN
Starrett Dial Caliper with Adjustable Bezel: amzn.to/44bK6rW
Mitutoyo Dial Caliper: amzn.to/3w6kSi8
Anytime Tools Dial Caliper 6" / 150mm Dual Reading: amzn.to/3vXoDqj
Mitutoyo 293-340-30 Digital Micrometer: amzn.to/4dmAcYW
Xacto knife: amzn.to/3Qdvxyo
KNIPEX Wire Stripper: amzn.to/3w6m312
KNIPEX Automatic Wire Stripper: amzn.to/3U5ilN2
BL-123 blocks: amzn.to/3Qfjgtn
Drill America 1/2"-13 High Speed Steel 3 Flute Spiral Point Tap: amzn.to/3UvjZsL
Crescent wrenches: amzn.to/4baancs
Allen Wrenches: amzn.to/3xHTLdF
Sherman Marson Rivet Gun: amzn.to/4aIPsxo
Flange Pop Rivets 1/8": amzn.to/4aNw6Hw
Wiha Screwdriver Set: amzn.to/4b5Ipi4
Zinc Wafer Self-Drilling Sheet Metal Screws: amzn.to/3xQCLSK
Fluke 101 Basic Digital Multimeter: amzn.to/3w6mN6p
Signature Precision Square: amzn.to/3QigzXR
Channel Locks Pliers: amzn.to/3Ue6M6z
Nippers/cutter pliers: amzn.to/3UbIhHa
Needle-nose Pliers: amzn.to/3xYAlkO
Knipex Needle-nose Pliers: amzn.to/3JT3tgp
Sharpies: amzn.to/3UvOheZ
Parts washer: amzn.to/3xQCfEh
Roll Pin Punch Set: amzn.to/3Qg7P4L
Solder Seal Wire Connectors: amzn.to/4aMiXP3
Double-ended machinist twist scribe: amzn.to/44fH0Dt
Presto white-out pen: amzn.to/4dd88Hm
Wirefy Heat Shrink Tubing Kit: amzn.to/3WaF8tC
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List of tools: All-Purpose hammer: amzn.to/3woB1KC Ball Peen hammer: amzn.to/3pPYhyJ Crown Beechwood mallet: amzn.to/3iF6yE4 Makita right angle drill: amzn.to/3JvrxW6 Dewalt impact driver: amzn.to/3Qiyr54 Makita drill: amzn.to/3UxmGcr Drill America DMBO Bit 1/8: amzn.to/3UxmGcr YIHUA 8858 IV Multi-Purpose Heat Gun: amzn.to/3xRI0lb Milwaukee Socket Tool Set: amzn.to/4aNrWiS Hurricane Sheet Metal Hand Seamer: amzn.to/4aPralk WD40: amzn.to/44g574I Boeshield T-9: amzn.to/49R193X Norton India AO Combination Grit Sharpening Benchstone: amzn.to/3WcEfk7 Norton Triangular Fine Grade India Sharpening Stone: amzn.to/3UyqIm1 3-In-One Oil: amzn.to/3wdkWN2 Milwaukee Jobsite Scissors: amzn.to/4d55LX3 Lucas Red N Tacky Grease: amzn.to/3UuW6l4 Loctite 380 Toughened Max Instant Adhesive: amzn.to/3JDT5IV GearWrench Ratcheting Combination Wrench 1/2": amzn.to/3JxE3ob Maxwel Cloth Electrical Tape: amzn.to/3Jvu4j4 Power Probe Micro Torch: amzn.to/3w6jqMN Starrett Dial Caliper with Adjustable Bezel: amzn.to/44bK6rW Mitutoyo Dial Caliper: amzn.to/3w6kSi8 Anytime Tools Dial Caliper 6" / 150mm Dual Reading: amzn.to/3vXoDqj Mitutoyo 293-340-30 Digital Micrometer: amzn.to/4dmAcYW Xacto knife: amzn.to/3Qdvxyo KNIPEX Wire Stripper: amzn.to/3w6m312 KNIPEX Automatic Wire Stripper: amzn.to/3U5ilN2 BL-123 blocks: amzn.to/3Qfjgtn Drill America 1/2"-13 High Speed Steel 3 Flute Spiral Point Tap: amzn.to/3UvjZsL Crescent wrenches: amzn.to/4baancs Allen Wrenches: amzn.to/3xHTLdF Sherman Marson Rivet Gun: amzn.to/4aIPsxo Flange Pop Rivets 1/8": amzn.to/4aNw6Hw Wiha Screwdriver Set: amzn.to/4b5Ipi4 Zinc Wafer Self-Drilling Sheet Metal Screws: amzn.to/3xQCLSK Fluke 101 Basic Digital Multimeter: amzn.to/3w6mN6p Signature Precision Square: amzn.to/3QigzXR Channel Locks Pliers: amzn.to/3Ue6M6z Nippers/cutter pliers: amzn.to/3UbIhHa Needle-nose Pliers: amzn.to/3xYAlkO Knipex Needle-nose Pliers: amzn.to/3JT3tgp Sharpies: amzn.to/3UvOheZ Parts washer: amzn.to/3xQCfEh Roll Pin Punch Set: amzn.to/3Qg7P4L Solder Seal Wire Connectors: amzn.to/4aMiXP3 Double-ended machinist twist scribe: amzn.to/44fH0Dt Presto white-out pen: amzn.to/4dd88Hm Wirefy Heat Shrink Tubing Kit: amzn.to/3WaF8tC Disclaimer: Tested may earn an affiliate commission when you buy through the links here.
For Adam, 18:28 that's the speed and direction adjust. Rotate it the desired position so the motor turns in the right direction. It's the same mechanism found in common garden variety impact drills with rotating speed collars and you've seen the very same mechanism at play in HTR's video titled "Why Did They Stop Making These? [Restoration]" just in a different format. I suspect that motor was for a post drill in its previous life, it's very much overkill and a waste (of a good motor) for a hacksaw which can only rotate one way only because they're designed to cut on pull, slip on push. I highly recommend swapping that motor for a same power and speed ratio (perhaps even slower for modern cheaper made saw blades) and using it for something more appropriate for its station.
I mean you changed the logo plate cause you didn't like how it looked. Well maybe if your weren't to busy looking at only it you would have seen the big arrow on the wheel indicating its intended direction of spin. Yet you totally ignore it and just go "Oh this cuts on the push." And still not realize it was spinning in the wrong direction. Cool little machine though.
Any chance you can put a link to your shop cloth (recycled surgery cloth) supplier?
I've very curious about the super-sturdy-looking compass that appears at 4:22, do you happen to have any more detail on that ?
Really appreciated the fact that you turned back around and explained what crescent wrenches were for *just in case* someone out there didn't know. Adam, you're a top notch gentleman.
A spanner, obvs.
Crescent wrenches are absolutely EXCELLENT at bending sheet goods - I though that's what Adam was going for after showing a set of sheet metal hand brakes.
9:05
Loves how he keeps walking around his open vise😊
I thought crescent wrenches were for rounding off nuts...
I love when he had the crescent wrenches and made the joke about not explaining them then on the way to put them away he realized he might have been depriving some people of learning about what they were for so he turned back.
9:05
Not only depriving them of knowledge, but he's thinking about their feelings. As he said, someone who doesn't know might be made to feel "dumb" because they're unfamiliar with something apparently so obvious to everyone else that it doesn't even need to be explained.
I'm glad that you have two crescent wrenches, one metric and one SAE.
9:06
ROFL
Left handed and right handed? Can’t use the wrong one
The way you went back so earnestly to explain why you needed crescent wrenches was very wholesome. ❤️
Whoever listed every single item in the description with links kudos its much appreciated
I love to collect tools just as much as the next guy, but I think the community would love a minimalist tool video! A tour of what's needed as a beginner to start fixing tools.
To add to this. I would love it if, with one day builds/a restoration/fixing that when he uses tools, he explains another tool that a beginner might have. Or that this style of video is it's separate thing. Fixing a office chair, but with minimal tools.
Well, that depends on what you're trying to fix, doesn't it?
Testing the limit of your tools really expands your understanding in many ways.
Please do tool recaps like this more often.
This give me ye ole High School shop class vibs, wood/metal/casting class. (remember when that was a thing?) Thanks Adam Shop Teacher!
I never had shop class, but got what I would very much call the modern interpretation... Competitive Robotics. And now I run my own small team of students... If only we could keep our shop as organized as Adam's.
These tool tips and one day builds always teach me something. Always. Thank you!
I LOVE this format! MORE, please!
I love it when the phone goes rogue and flips upside down! 😅🤣😂
I thought I teleported to Australia.
Rebel rather than rogue surely 😜
I love seeing the tools you use on a project. I picked up a couple of must-have additions to my kit, thank you!
This was an interesting video. It was like missing a party and only showing up in time for the clean-up.
Love the old Craftsman saw on the factory stand. That thing will outlive us all. So happy to see you go with a vintage tool! And yes, those stands went under multiple Craftsman power tools of that era. A lot more stable than they first appear. And one more edit - I love, love, love that you just did a cleanup on this. So many people tear a tool apart to "restore" it and it just ends up in a box as a pile of parts that gets scrapped one day. Great lesson hiding in plain sight. --> For the motor running the wrong way, the adjustment under the acrylic cover can be used to reverse the motor. Easy peasy.
Replying hoping somebody @tested sees this...
No link for the OR scrub rags?
Love those reupholster hammers.. i completely rehabbed an old rusted locker stack (so staff could protect their belongings while at work)… learning about metal and how it bends in “waves” was so informative.. it’s also counterintuitive because to straighten the frame requires focus on areas that aren’t the actual dents.. mad props to the metal workers, auto body repair, and the mechanics who really keep our country literally moving … keep up the amazing work.. building is challenging and a really positive outlet for learning and redirecting energy for inquisitive minds
I miss the one day builds Adam use to do all the time. Hmmm... And Adam your current videos are still appreciated. Thank you so much for what you've done over the years and hopefully continue to do for many many more to come.
Wow, that is truly a ridiculous amount of tools to use for such a build. The organization of his shop never ceases to amaze. I wouldn't use that many tools because I couldn't keep that many tools organized.
Love this! Learning about tools, etc. has been a recently discovered passion of mine. This video was a great watch!
2:18 Ok, you never cease to make me laugh. "I'll be right there." Best line ever. -Thanks for the inspiriation.
Adam has thousands of tools and every single one seemingly has a purpose and story behind it ... amazing :)
These tool videos are great not just for the pointers on useful tools, but as inspiration to stop leaving a mess all over my bench. A clean bench, or one with just one project on it, is so much more welcoming.
After hearing you go on and on about pop rivets years ago I bought a cheap rivet gun. The first time I used it I was sold! Amazing tool! Some day I'm upgrading my cheap one but it still works fine.
If you've never been introduced to it (I assume you have but just in case) they make loctite in a glue stick style applicator, and it is a game changer. With the liquid lock tight I always end up getting it everywhere, and the glue stick allows you to put just the right amount
Love the tool video for one day builds, and so cool that they heard viewers feedback awesome 👌
I need more friends like Adam, with that particular ADHD energy. Thanks for explaining everything. ❤
We call them pump pliers. With the preheat solder ad a touch of self cleaning flux for old stuff it’s usually due to the oxidation of the copper
IDK what this is but I LIKE IT! Need to rewatch it 1-2 times! Good stuff! 👍
Adam, you're hilarious! I love watching your vids for the great info and quirky vibe. Thanks for what you do.
I can always count on Adam to provide my daily virtual chiropractic session.
I love the way you let your thoughts wander, and still get things done. I do much the same... Made a jig today, for silver soldering parted bandsaw blades. Oh! The Geese are honking! Gotta scarf the blades... Tools to put away, Shop to organize... Vegetable garden to plant and weed... Easy to get distracted, but life is good if you let it be.
I love it when you do these types of videos. Thank you so much!
Every time I watch a build or a tool presentation or a shop tour, it is an affirmation of my own shop methods. Horizontal surfaces to cover? Check! Large collection of tools for a seemingly small project? Check! Every tape measure in the house brought out? Check! Putting away all the toys the project is done? CHECK! And despite Adam's prodigious knowledge and experience, he still comes across as an "Everyman Maker". Thank you very much for speaking plain, normal-person English to those of us who may struggle with insider terms and phrases. Please, keep doing what you're doing.
Why do I love this video…it was actually amazing ❤️
that heat gun looks like a hot air rework gun for soldering if anyone was wondering. you can do a lot with it, my favorite is lowering the air flow it puts out so it doesnt blow parts away
Yes to the entire concept of this video!! I look at this like an appendix for the one day build and I think its super helpful! It may be redudndent to make a bunch of them but id love to see more of these for the one day builds going forward.
Will you put on the list where you get the surgical towels? Thanks.
Those white paint pens are one of my favorite things. I use them primarily as an easy application white out pen. So great, so versatile.
I had one of those red rags in a box in my car which had a rubber mallet in it. The handle of the mallet was stained red and it has forever looked like I've been bludgeoning people with it, lol. That was at least 25 years ago and I still have that mallet in my car.
You could put a flavoring on each tool so you smell the flavor of the tool, or those new wearable speakers with 15,000 address. Simply remarkable.
Adam is exactly the kinda guy you want to see succeed and find fame and fortune in life after a successful TV show.... Because he's like us! No faking things, no tossing his name around or expecting red carpet treatment. And he's down to earth and I am just so happy that when you became famous Adam that you didn't turn arrogant and annoying lol. Happy for you Boss!!! 😊😁
the pair of needle nose pliers that Adam has at 13:50 , where he wrote his name on top of the brand are the hakko CHP PN-2016(rounded outside edge) or the CHP PN-2008(flat outside edge the one he has) , great pliers and good price. ill leave this here bc I didn't saw them on the tool list
Thank you so much for listening to our comments please do a tour of every drawer and cabinet as far as mechanic tools go thank you!
this video was the best spend 24 minuts for days, loved it... netflix go home, this rules
Thanx for sharing the list of the tools you used.
I always enjoy story time with ya bud. Great video.
Great job. Thank you 😊
the power hacksaw is one of my favorite vintage tools the nicest cuts
I could be in your work office for years and still be amazed by what you have
My favorite way to make wire connections is to use non isolated crimps with marine grade heat shrink. What you end up with is a water tight connection with protection from vibration stress. Once you try it, you will never go back. This connection is also very small.
Adam, you can make a beeping circuit. It is just lead plugs and power with a beeper. The fun part would be making a box to hold it. Maybe a very small rectangle the size of a stick of gum but half an inch thick.
A cheap cloth tape can leave an absolute disaster of a mess behind also. Spring for a quality roll.
Great Video. Those solderless connectors, or whatever, are something new to me.
Adam showcases so many cool tools that I would love to have but I know I would never use them.
so you didn't make a video of making the tray, but made a video of the clean up afterwards. love it
@tested I know it's a couple of months away, but I see you are coming to the Dallas Fan Expo. Please tell me you are coming in costume, like you do for Comicon? I know there isn't a ton of floor time for you all with the way Fan Expo does things. I'm a 43-year-old man and honestly, you're one of the only celebrities that I will actually geek out about because you're legitimately someone that I would actually hang out with and work on a shop/garage project.
The "speed adjust" is the brush adjustment for reversing the motor. You "can" adjust the speed but it is not the Intention, the motor has a designated rpm you should set it to and leave it alone.
Such an interesting video , thank you Adam .
It's fun cause the company I work for sells all of this stuff ❤
I actually hope you didnt separate the grub screw and nylock nut now. I imagine them crying and pining at their perchance meeting and inevitable separation. Keep them together and kick into a corner of the shop, theyll be happy enough.
Wow…this video is what I’ve been waiting for…the tool acquisition has begun…. On the other hand, this is the video my wife has been fearing…
Adam, those OR towels can be washed. Having worked with those towels for 30 years, I (and my coworkers) always took the excess home, otherwise they ended up in a landfill. The ones we took home were opened but not used. But I use them all around the house and wash them. They will give up the ghost, eventually, but not until you've gotten hours of use.
My dad owns a mechanic shop and was similarly thrilled to find the OR rags, except for the fact that occasionally he would find one with a circle cut out of the middle. He stopped buying them after asking a family friend who was a nurse about it, and being informed that the only time that happens is when they're used for circumcisions 😂
Adam you have a very clearly pronunciation the "Knipex"😊
15:06 i just use the ones i discard. I'm almost never out of them for cleaning stuff. Good way to keep them from ending in the landpile too. Depending on variety used, they're good for various things too. I use different tootbrushes for different meals. If it's just a light meal, i'll just use a soft brush, no point in gouging the skin, thus i end up with a large variety of these things. No need to be squeamish about it having been in your mouth. You're cleaning way worse with it. :))
My kid came in while watching this. “Hey he’s rambling on about tools the same way you do when we’re in the garage. Did you learn that from this guy?” Well, in a way, yes. Ha
The drill flex is real
Do you have a link for the OR rags?
Do you have a source for the shop rags?
Fluke yellow reminds me of the colour of the original version of Amad's favourite mechanical pencil
Add holes to the window so the motor can release heat!
3d print a cord organizer instead of a bucket for the cord. I've been attaching them to all my stuff that doesn't have cord management from factory.
Great video sir
Off topic, sort of. Do you ever 3D print utilitarian things? We haven't seen a ton of 3D printed stuff from the cave, but I can only imagine you're printing cosplay and prop items nearly daily with the setup you have. I live and travel full time in an RV and have a 3D printer that I seldom use for anything other than functional stuff like wire management, switch covers, specialized electrical cases that are unique to X situation, etc. I find that buying these things are either costly or (more so) bulky. Like I need 3 cable hangers, but I have to buy a package of 20 and now I need to find a place to store 17 of these things in an already storage-prohibitive place. Anyway, just curious to know if you do any functional 3D prints.
Only Adam can do a 20 minute video about putting tools away and at the end you are glad you watched it!
India stone and cloth electrical tape took me back to the 60s. Now I have to make an hour ,fourteen minutes and five seconds available to see the actual job!
Ah, you've highlighted 'the hierarchy of materials'. Use a softer material hammer than the material you're hammering to avoid marring. Plastic/hide (lead)first level, then copper/brass, then mild steel.
Adam, Did you ever think of picking about 25 of your most used tools and hang them within easy reach of your bench? For example, you were saying that many of your pliers come out for almost every job. They might qualify as part of the 25 tools that you would permanently place near your bench. I have started doing this and it has been a time saver for me. Among my 25 are ball peen hammer, needle nose pliers, side cutters, utility knife, 4-in-one screwdriver, hand drill, drill index, impact driver, vice grips, channel locks, and flashlight.
Your oiler reminds me of the Tinman's oiler. 😁👍😉
Thank you for sharing! That is a great compass! Who makes that compass?
That bit about the connectors at ~17:00 was interesting. Anyone know more about the reason? I presume the old wires are all copper, so I'm wondering if it's an oxide buildup or if the metallurgy has changed over the years.
Does Jamie still come by the shop? I love ur vids reminds me of my childhood in my grandpa's shop
That was fun
Hey Adam, would you consider attaching a dust collection vacuum to the tray to constantly remove the metal shavings as the saw is cutting that way you have less cleanup after the cut is done? Just a thought. 🤷♂️
Patiently waiting for flying RC Razor Crest.
Correct, the 'K' in Knipex is NOT silent, thanks Adam.
My dad used the red shop rags but he never washed them. They were used until they were full of holes or too crusty and then thrown away.
I jokingly corrected the Kuh-nipex out loud right before Adam did the same, lmfao. Love this kind of video
Hey Adam, do you want to mention what cable management clasps you like? As a fellow enjoyer of clean cabling I would be interested in your favorites.
When don’t have the right tools for the right job I usually expect to be involved with the task twice or thrice as long versus having the right tools
I couldn't catch the shop rags, even after listening a few times. I don't see them listed in the tools.
He said "OR [operating room] scrub rags - they are used once, disinfected, and sold in bulk" 17:18 After some cursory googling, looks like searching for "reclaimed surgical towels" or "recycled surgical towels" will find what he was describing
Seems to also at least sometimes be called "surgical huck towels"
@@killersquirel11 Thanks. I wasn't crazy when I heard surgical scrub. I was laughing with him regarding the red towels. I have a few left after making the mistake of buying a bale of them. Worst cleaning decision ever.
You didn't mention the stool, that's probably essential.
have you tried to burn off the gunk on old wires when using the solderless solder connections? a recent project had some old wires that wouldnt wick solder until I blasted it with a blow torch
for me, the channellock #424 4.5inch pliers gets into places most of my other wrenches won't fit and handles up to 1/2 inch nut and bolts
Darn! I was fairly certain you were gonna roll those coins along your knuckles or palm them for a trick. Cool tool.
Hey Adam, any experience with Autosol metal polish? I've read about some using it not only to polish metal but to give some base level of protection from oxidization.
As a mechanic, I use my mulitmeter in continuity mode more than any other, need to figure out if something is an earth lead, easy as, have a power lead and need to find out where it takes power from? Gotcha, find out if the blue wire at the front of the vehicle corresponds to the pink wire at the back? If it beeps it’s a yes.
normal heatshrink is 2:1 4:1 is great stuff.