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@thomashenden71 Жыл бұрын
Will it be as fun for us using it, as it was for you? 😄
@MaineHomeShop Жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhhh - you looked at the manual before plugging it in and turning it on and randomly hitting buttons. -5 Geek Cred Points. 😛
@Caleb-yd1ci Жыл бұрын
You should get one with a foot pedal
@jakehejkal Жыл бұрын
Just a heads up the link is for the 240 volt version, but the 110 is easy to find
@henrikostrov482 Жыл бұрын
U should add a foot switch aswell🙂
@CardSharkGermany Жыл бұрын
Turn on the auto switch. It means you don’t have to press start every time. Once you remove the tape, it dispenses automatically the next strip. I have several of these and LOVE them
@SakariNy Жыл бұрын
That makes a lot more sense! I saw him using it and it seemed cumbersome. I was wondering if you can hook up external switch to it, but automatic mode is even better.
@ligametis Жыл бұрын
I was hoping he would press it. At least out of curiosity.
@jordanpeterson1893 Жыл бұрын
what is the function of the segmented plastic hinge thing below the tape?
@CardSharkGermany Жыл бұрын
@@jordanpeterson1893 If you have a longer strip coming out, it will be held upwards on this hinge so that it will not drop because of its weight and stick to the side of the machine. Only necessary when the strip is really long. You can get these machines (and plenty of copies, as the Chinese copy each other over and over) for a really reasonable price. Amazon sellers might be from China anyway, but add additional cost.
@maximiliandort3489 Жыл бұрын
can you set the two sides to different lenghts and dispense them individually? If so, i may actually get one of these.
@kencoxdesign Жыл бұрын
That is so much more satisfying than I expected. Do I need a $140 tape dispenser? No... but after watching this, I really want perfectly cut little pieces of tape on demand. I do... I do want them.
@Berm_Blaster Жыл бұрын
Let me help you out, you DO NEED ONE OR TWO MAYBE THREE
@SanderE39 Жыл бұрын
This comment exactly, I am just looking at those perfectly cut pieces of tape, my OCD is going berserk I MUST HAVE THIS NOW!!!
@JonVlogs123 Жыл бұрын
Tape art using different colors of tape maybe???
@elcorado83 Жыл бұрын
I will stand there with a tape measure and a pair of scissors to cut you tape for half that money. 24/7.
@GrugTheJust Жыл бұрын
I do a lot of hobby model making, and stencil work, and all sorts of other things where I have stop pull a series of tiny pieces of tape stick them to something and this device at $140 may be approaching the cost benefit for my needs.
@chrisharris1522 Жыл бұрын
If I were working as a gift wrapper in a mall, I would insist my employer purchased one of these
@michaelhope8899 Жыл бұрын
Hopefully you'd repay them!
@Lu-db1uf Жыл бұрын
@@michaelhope8899 It's a business expense, why would an employee pay for an employers business tool?
@RabbitsInBlack Жыл бұрын
It's actually smart for the employer because then I can control the amount of tape being used making supply cheaper in the long run. There are larger and fancy devices that dispense tape at what ever rate you want at a touch of a button. These devices are usually only used in the commercial industry.
@michaelhope8899 Жыл бұрын
@@Lu-db1uf Sorry I misread the original post. I thought it said as an employer, I'd insist on the employee buying it. My bad
@HeadCannonPrime Жыл бұрын
I know the high end places that wrap stuff for Christmas definitely use these.
@AB-Prince Жыл бұрын
these machines are spesifically made for large scale packing warehouses, where they need to pack a couple hundred boxes a day. the small save in time per box compunds to maybe 100 extra boxes per day.
@espressomatic Жыл бұрын
this machine pays for itself in no time at all.
@Jehty_ Жыл бұрын
I can't see how this would help with packing boxes. For packing boxes you would use a packing tape dispenser (or what ever these handheld rollers are called). That way the tape is directly taped to the box. How would a loose strip of tape help you with packing a box? Edit: well, I just watched a video from an Amazon packer. And they use this kind of system. But I don't understand why. Seems much more cumbersome and slower than a handheld tape dispenser 🤷🏼♀️ Edit 2: Well, I guess it might be less strenuous for the wrist. Edit 3: Well, maybe it is a better system than the manual handheld dispensers.
@JamesBrown-yn7xr Жыл бұрын
I like the fact that the amazon promo photos of this devise Includes a packing line. But look carefully and the guy behind is using the 5dollar old fashioned hand tape dispenser :-) Lovely toy to go next to my electric pencil sharpener.
@rodiona8781 Жыл бұрын
@@Jehty_ I used to work in a warehouse - you have to find and pick up the tape dispenser, usually it's on a flat surface so it's awkward, they jam and also take some time to get used to different types of tape and roller and how fast you can pull them across the box (cheap tape sucks), there is sometimes excess tape if the cutter doesn't catch or has some tape on it. All of this is time consuming and can be aggravating. This dispenser is awesome for shippers. Even if I had a small business and only shipped a few boxes a day and regularly. The saved aggravation would be worth it to me.
@Jehty_ Жыл бұрын
@@rodiona8781 I used to work in a warehouse as well - and I never had any problem with the manual tape dispenser. That's why I wrote my first comment 😁
@CaptainHooch Жыл бұрын
There is something about seeing something you neither want nor need and becoming immediately aware of how useful it is for people who are not you. I think we need a word for that feeling of "surprised how useful this thing is/glad you're happy/wish I had a reason to need it now"
@3nertia Жыл бұрын
There's probably already a German or Japanese word for it lol - hopefully someone else knows it
@user-mv9tt4st9k Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Chris_the_Muso Жыл бұрын
@@3nertia freudenfreude
@brianfeddersen8124 Жыл бұрын
@@3nertia schadenfreude is taking pleasure in others discomfort or pain im sure there is a relevant word that sounds just as cool but is better.
@hanspeter9636 Жыл бұрын
Die Gunst / etwas jemand gönnen.
@seanbrockest3888 Жыл бұрын
Why am I watching this amazing man set up a tape dispenser? Later can I watch him watch paint dry?
@vonoostenstein Жыл бұрын
I'm convinced he's this generation's Bob Ross. His passion for everything is infectious and because of that it makes all of his content entertaining. Bob taught us about Happy Little Mistakes, Adam teaches us about humility and constant improvement in self-learning and processes.
@esphilee Жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@bbinxxy Жыл бұрын
I'm here for it. Got the popcorn going lol
@isaac.1991 Жыл бұрын
Watching Adam make things and talk about things is essential in maintaining my daily sanity.
@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын
I bet Adam could find a number of ways to dry paint and I would be 100% sitting there watching them all. Lol
@DAPW Жыл бұрын
As a proud tape dispenser owner make sure its not exposed to too much dust and order replacement blades because it will not cut that great later down the line. Also I had no clue about the tweezers so thanks for showing me lol
@coasterchris01 Жыл бұрын
YESSSS love this! That thing has been going strong here for the last 4 years. I think it is my favorite tool in the whole workshop (take that laser cutter en 3D printers! ;) ) (I think you missed the auto-feed mode. It automatically spits out a new piece of tape when you pull out the other piece)
@sundaynightdrunk Жыл бұрын
I was wondering if it had that. We have a paper towel dispenser at my shop that does that, and it's always a relief not to have to wait the one second it takes for a new length to come out when you go to grab it (I'm being a bit facetious, but it's cool how it works).
@jamesthomson9765 Жыл бұрын
Here’s a nice demo of that feature - and others. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp2lnqRsZ7xmmcU
@HenryLoenwind Жыл бұрын
I have a label printer with auto-peel and auto-feed. It's always a joy when I have to put a dozen labels on something; grab, stick, grab, stick, ..
@SinisterMD Жыл бұрын
Never thought that I would watch a video of a man dispensing 70mm of tape over and over...yet here we are and I'm strangely captivated. Now I'm going to have to explain to my wife why we need one of these. Thanks a lot Adamn. 🤣
@tested Жыл бұрын
Ha!
@warpedfusion Жыл бұрын
Adam, hit the "Auto" button. Your mind will be even more blown! I use one of these machines pretty much every day and it has saved me so much time over the last 4 or so years. I cant imagine life without it. 😂
@tested Жыл бұрын
We'll pass your comment along to Adam!
@callsignapollo_ Жыл бұрын
Have used these for hundreds of 50mm strips a day on an assembly line. The uses are niche but *so* necessary where useful
@aggese Жыл бұрын
Is their any way to get it to only dispense left or right instead of both?
@alexdrockhound94977 ай бұрын
@@aggeseprobably not. I think its just one roller
@Lethgar_Smith Жыл бұрын
Many many years ago I worked in the mailroom of a large corporation's headquarters. We shipped boxes of documents to other locations daily. In the mail room was paper tape dispenser. You input the length of tape you needed based on the size of the box. It spit out a length of reinforced paper tape with a dry adhesive on it. We then spritz the back with a spray bottle and apply the strip of tape. It sounds complicated but it actually went very fast and made taping those boxes up very easy. Especially when you got half a dozen boxes to tape and the driver is standing there waiting for them. Press the button out comes the tape to the exact length, spray the back, apply it, smooth it, put it on the counter, next box. Wetting the dry glue makes for a much stronger bond and the reinforced paper tape was much easier to work with than the cellophane tape.
@m.maclellan7147 Жыл бұрын
They have integrated water in the machines now. As the tape is dispensed, it goes over a brush assembly, which wipes just the right amount of water. Works well. But more in the 4 figure cost range !
@HEXSIDE Жыл бұрын
I used one of these a lot once, they have an auto function. Once you dispense one piece of tape and remove that piece it will automatically dispense another ready for you to grab. But the one i used was a bit tricky with detecting if i grabbed the piece yet or not.
@techno1561 Жыл бұрын
This one seems to too, since there's an auto/manual button.
@callsignapollo_ Жыл бұрын
The Auto function was how we had them set on the assembly line at one of my old jobs. You could grab like, a piece a second with it and have a handful of tape for the next panel in the amount of time it took for the finished one to roll away and the new one to stop in place. We had to make sure they never jammed or we had a spare because we were useless without it 😅
@fitybux4664 Жыл бұрын
@@callsignapollo_ make a robot that grabs the tape, when the machine is in auto mode. 😀
@davidmarden4789 Жыл бұрын
I can imagine that a present from Adam would be beautifully wrapped. I would think this would be a huge help.
@TheNewFaceOfHSP Жыл бұрын
This is actually very common in warehouses. We have them for our employees. You wouldn't believe how many people get injured on the the normal rip-tape dispensers with exposes blades. It's also way more ergonomic and at least as fast as a skilled employee (also for new hires). $140 is nothing pr. station comparatively speaking.
@russelldofrane6614 Жыл бұрын
As a custom picture framer I can see an absolute benefit to a product like this.
@m1ndy9876 Жыл бұрын
There is absolutely an upgraded one. We have 2 of them. It has ir and when you remove tape. It produces a new one.
@aaronl_trains_and_planes Жыл бұрын
Look up water activated tape dispenser. Been using one of these that pop out the length you want and applies water to activate the glue. It's way more expensive that $140 though. Being a packaging designer for most my life, this type of dispenser works great.
@aaronl_trains_and_planes Жыл бұрын
@@alexcorona I know. Just saying there's other tape despisers out there that will do what they little one does.
@kevinsmith7697 Жыл бұрын
The ones I used always jammed!🙃🤬
@googiegress Жыл бұрын
At first I thought you meant it was a tape dispenser which was activated by water. Want tape? Better be able to shed some tears or spit on it XD
@banditone7896 Жыл бұрын
This is one of those things that 99% of the time it is useless and in the way, but that 1 time you need it, it is worth every penny.
@absolutjackal Жыл бұрын
Speaking of integral tweezers…my wife has had a Victorinox pocket knife for many years. One day we were doing something and she states that she needed some tweezers; I was like “you already have some, in your pocket knife”. She flatly denies this, says it just has a blade and scissors. I proceeded to pull out the grey tweezers hidden on the side and then show her the toothpick on the other side…she had no idea, she just thought they were decorative and hadn’t ever thought otherwise. It was hilarious to see her “mind blown” reaction. I guess my Dad probably showed me when he gave me my first Swiss Army knife…maybe I wouldn’t have known myself.
@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I discovered this as a kid, maybe 9 or 10. Nobody showed me, imagine how mind blown I was! Just sitting in my room messing with a swiss army knife I had probably picked up at a flea market or something, we were always wandering places like that. But that was one heck of a discovery! My wife was equally surprised when I busted out the little swiss army card I keep in my wallet, and handed her a small set of tweezers. "The things you just, ya know, have in your pockets, blows my mind" was her response. We were dating then, and I think I still surprise her with what's in my pockets sometimes. (random stuff from work mostly lol)
@3.k Жыл бұрын
@@goosenotmaverick1156 So your employer would be surprised as well. :D
@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын
@@3.k not that kind of stuff, though now I do realize how it sounds lol. More like random crap I remove during demos and find interesting, old switches, ceramic wire nuts, all sorts of old crap lol
@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын
@@3.k knob and tube insulators are a common one that I occasionally forget to throw in the box of historical electrical items I've gathered over time, before coming in the house. My boss takes good care of me, I have no reason to skim anything, we have a shop of stuff that when in need, just call the boss, if it's there, it's at your disposal when you have an issue. I don't even do side work, no need. I have enough of my own crap to work on 🤣
@HaxxieNL Жыл бұрын
The bigger ones i.e. swiss army versions have a small hole near the corkscrew. You can stick a pin needle in there, great to use on splinters on the go!
@makingwithm Жыл бұрын
Hey Adam, there is a setting that will auto feed and cut the next strip of tape once you take the cut piece off, so you don't have to press the button. We use it for double sided tape strips on table toppers, it's great! :)
@KLaciBoy Жыл бұрын
I just wanted to ask this. I hope Adam will see it!
@mockier Жыл бұрын
yup, auto mode
@Fanta.... Жыл бұрын
you mean these get even more awesome?
@milk-it Жыл бұрын
This is awesome watching Adam figuring out the tape machine. He actually read the instructions, unlike so many of us, but just enough to get it going to have a play and figure out the machine. He's as giddy as a schoolgirl when he realises he's into it! So sweet 😂
@Markus0021 Жыл бұрын
I often utilize the 'read just enough' technique myself. I do the same thing with complicated RPGs with many side-quests. Read the walkthrough just enough to get started, proceed to do the obvious bits, then go back to the walkthrough when I (inevitably) get stuck again.
@Ice_Karma Жыл бұрын
I was involved one time (only!) in the creation of end-user documentation for a product I worked on. That experience was *_so incredibly painful_* that, ever since, the _very first_ thing I do on unpacking something new is read all the pack-in documentation.
@milk-it Жыл бұрын
@@Markus0021 Me, too. That's why I empathised with him so much!
@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын
That little ending transition was a beautiful way to end such an interesting little bit. How creative.
@JoFreddieRevDr Жыл бұрын
Having worked in live music I feel that Silver Gaffer Tape is the true King of all tapes (The fabric backed sort, not the fake PVC type)
@ianshiff9372 Жыл бұрын
I work at a film lab and we use a similar device that automatically dispenses a specific length of tape that we use to splice film to leader cards! Saves us so much time in our process.
@imagine_you_are_a_burger Жыл бұрын
Y'know when I was a welder I'd occasionally need a bit of tape, and it was also such a pain getting those sweat soaked gloves off and on just to get a strip. I don't know if $140 is worth it, but if I knew about this thing when I was working I definitely would have spent that.
@brandongaines1731 Жыл бұрын
Watching Adam Savage get such a kick out of producing perfectly sized bits of tape really just made my day!
@Urban_Spaceman Жыл бұрын
I had a job where i had to dry assemble coloured laminates before appyling to a plywood base. I bought a cheap tape holder to make pulling hundreds of short sections so much easier. This would have been a godsend.
@johnbereza7782 Жыл бұрын
Had a hand cranked one that would dispense 3 inch reinforced paper packing tape as well as moisten the backer. That was in the late 70's when I started as a designer in the corrugated box industry. They had electric ones on the production lines in the plant.
@pxlm4n Жыл бұрын
Some maschines have an automatic dispenser mode that gives u a new peace of tape the moment you take the last one off the maschine so no buttonpress needed. Very usefull when it needs to be extra effecient.
@TheRoboboat Жыл бұрын
Ya I was disappointed when he didn’t set it to auto
@TheCre8iveType Жыл бұрын
I have no need of this but I'm sorely tempted. I've always admired Laura Kampf's tape dispenser. It's very industrial and looks to have a satisfying lever action to dispense. I'm also partial to blue paper tape.
@ortusdux Жыл бұрын
Definitely check out the rotary version. It precuts batches of strips and then auto refills itself!
@secondengineer9814 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Really cool! now I want to see someone make art out of 5000 pieces of tape
@Attoparsec Жыл бұрын
I picked up an old mechanical version after seeing one in a Laura Kampf video. The length setting mechanism is a bit wonky, but it works well enough until I can find the time to remake some of the worn parts. It was definitely nice to have when masking up a small part for painting!
@v0ort Жыл бұрын
Where did you managed to find one? I'm also looking for a mechanical one like Laura Kampf has...
@Attoparsec Жыл бұрын
@@v0ort ebay, but that was right after her video dropped.
@jacobbroe5279 Жыл бұрын
As an architect that used to use tape in copious amounts at uni, we used the FAST upgraded ‘manual’ method. Step 1. Roll out a long tapestrand along the edge of a table with only 3-4 millimeters binding on the edge. Step 2. Run your hand down the lenght of tape to ‘bed’ it down, propper. Step 3. Use a scissor with a curvy point and bump the scissor point on the table, snip down the length of the tape strand’s overhang at the desired length of pieces. Step 4. Voila, now pull the tape off and use. (Not pristine pieces, but pritty damn good and fast)
@VrajaKishorSchomaker Жыл бұрын
Just a warning, if you use this with packing tape it gets gummed up very easily. I use this at work for taping packages and had to clean it every 50 or so uses. Went back to a manual dispenser
@JonVlogs123 Жыл бұрын
Good to know. :)
@HenryLoenwind Жыл бұрын
A simple check if a type of tape would work in that machine is to put down a piece of tape on a smooth surface (e.g. a piece of plastic or metal) for an hour. If it pulls off again without leaving behind any glue, it works well.
@1337cookie Жыл бұрын
I was a film lighting tech for 10 years. This would've been a game changer for making gel frames. Your excitement isn't unwarranted.
@LordMoku Жыл бұрын
You'd think for the price they could have set the two spools to be independently motorised.
@DrRusty5 Жыл бұрын
It seems a big oversight in the design.
@ABoojumSnark Жыл бұрын
I don't think that plastic piece is meant for two rolls but rather as an adjustable vertical support if you are using something thin enough it may not stand on it's own. Like 3/8in tape or such.
@I.am.Sarah. Жыл бұрын
Maybe it can but he missed in his rush to get it working?
@PhewChurz Жыл бұрын
@@ABoojumSnarkbut it has two dispensing outlets no?
@jimtopbloke6432 Жыл бұрын
@@PhewChurz probably not, it's a full width slot by the looks of it. It's not really capable of dispensing two different tapes as there's no opinions on the user interface
@HayesWorldofMath Жыл бұрын
As a high school teacher, I was so tired of having staplers jamming. I finally decided to buy an $18 Stanley stapler. Hasn't jammed in ten years. Love it. Quality definitely has a place.
@Francois_L_7933 Жыл бұрын
It's funny because I've been drooling over Laura Kampf's tape dispenser for years. This thing used to be common at our local butcher back in the day when they still used pink wax paper to wrap the meat.
@Venuevideos Жыл бұрын
Just a guess, but that red “selector” button probably allows you to select which side of the dispenser gets used? Left side, right side or both. If that’s the case, you can load both the white and black tape and select what you need.
@neongreenwool Жыл бұрын
I use this exact tape machine at my current job for dispensing capton tape at consistent short lengths. Anything smaller than 1 inch jams up with such thin tape, but it gets the job done real well.
@Veldaren Жыл бұрын
*"Do not insert your fingers into the outlet"* > proceeds to insert a finger into the outlet 😂 (I'd probably insert my finger, too, lol I'd be curious if it's sharp or what)
@kyle6209 Жыл бұрын
Used this same machine at my old job years ago. Machine is a awesome and reliable tool.
@perforatededge1053 Жыл бұрын
As someone who’s eyeballing never got calibrated and has probably thrown away tape equal to that used, I can’t say I ever thought of automation. It makes total since that these solutions exist but never struck me to seek it out. I so totally want one of these.
@PrimevilKneivel Жыл бұрын
When I was a teenager I had a summer job in the quarter masters for our provincial police department. I mostly packed boxes for shipping. I had a similar tape machine that was perfect for wrapping boxes in craft paper. I got so good at wrapping presents that summer.
@notapplicable4637 Жыл бұрын
Waiting for the follow up video where Adam realises that he had the machine in manual mode and he missed the automatic mode. :)
@DJAlexParker Жыл бұрын
perfect for wrapping Christmas presents
@YeleSam Жыл бұрын
A one-day build episode to make it foot-pedal activated!
@joonglegamer9898 Жыл бұрын
That's kind of a bargain for a pro-device like this, it works flawlessly. I understand where you are coming from Adam, I bought an Electronic "pro" stapler at a second hand store in pristine condition, all new in box, and it's insane how cool it is. I just love it for the WHACK sound it makes when it stables the bejeesus outta any documents. I get you.
@Warshipmodelsunderway Жыл бұрын
What brand of black tape do you recommend for your toolbox labels?
@Lethgar_Smith Жыл бұрын
He talked about the tape he uses in the recent video about the shelving unit he just acquired.
@jrother Жыл бұрын
An automatic tape dispenser is about one of the most 'Adam Savage' things I could imagine. I'm actually, now thinking about it, amazed you didn't get one sooner.
@madfishmonger403 Жыл бұрын
That seems like one of those things that once you have it you'll find uses for it.
@JonVlogs123 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it will find its niche in the workshop ecosystem.
@HappyCamperLife Жыл бұрын
If you could pick sides while having both rolls that would make it that much better. Nonetheless it’s satisfying getting the same length with straight cuts every time. I’m in love.
@247tubefan Жыл бұрын
Can it dispense bubble gum tape or fruit roll ups?
@ryman1 Жыл бұрын
asking the important questions right here
@peteman-ur9gi Жыл бұрын
"Adam, where'd all the tape go in the shop?" ---Adam covered in small pieces of tape has been pressing the button all day in wonder. We have those at my workplace to dispense electrical tape to go around wires. They're pretty great when they work, but sometimes they get jammed easily if the blade is dull.
@craigoneill2216 Жыл бұрын
If you’re a rich guy from San Francisco absolutely
@craigoneill2216 Жыл бұрын
@Jon spoken like a true rich man
@AutonomousVII Жыл бұрын
The average power tool costs about this much this isn’t that extravagant for a one time purchase.
@craigoneill2216 Жыл бұрын
@Jon of course I am no I didn’t like my own comment dunno how you’d check it
@craigoneill2216 Жыл бұрын
@@AutonomousVII for something you use to label things 😂
@AutonomousVII Жыл бұрын
@@craigoneill2216 You need to think bigger, time is money. This dispenser is for production work not for your household.
@CheekyChunt Жыл бұрын
I work at a car factory and we use this every day and it has saved so much time and tape. So dumb but yet so useful.
@kholdanstaalstorm6881 Жыл бұрын
Here we have the best ad this product producer's wildest dreams couldn't imagine, until we see Adam Savage raving about it when he has integrated it into his workflow... It looks like a quality product, but you can't ask for a better ad than a maker superstar like Adam unboxing it and straight up gets the product without any hassle, while showing off some of that trademark kid like glee about a new toy being better than expected. This must be like all stars aligning for this company if this was just Adam getting it from Amazon, or they have a marketing department that's on the ball and really worth the money! I hope there's a follow-up video with Adam working with this dispenser on a project, when he has the flow down. Thanks for the disclaimer on the link, being up front and honest is a revered quality and bolster the good image of Adam and the whole of the Tested channel!
@TheChaseFiore Жыл бұрын
If I had a shop, I'd have an entire row of these. A quality machine is very satisfying.
@NarsehVR Жыл бұрын
He speaks so highly of the machine already and hasn't even seen the TRUE power of the auto tape dispenser
@TechGorilla1987 Жыл бұрын
@8:27 - as someone who wraps all gifts and is in an over-boxing gag war with my Father-in-law, this would be a master stroke in the game. I once gave him a stack of 13 Beetles CD's - Each wrapped individually, then gift wrapped, then boxed and gift wrapped several more times in ever larger sized boxes with false weights.
@judith_pp Жыл бұрын
When I worked in IT and we were shipping work from home systems out for covid lockdown we had a machine that put glue on strips of tape and cut them to length and I fell in love with it
@LogicalNiko Жыл бұрын
3M and Uline have a good series of manual benchtop dispensers that also might be useful to Adam. They can hold various widths side by side. Some are mechanical lever operated, others are just a holder with a tear strip. But considering Adam’s varied use of tape, I think these would benefit in addition to the automatic machine.
@jughead8988 Жыл бұрын
Imagine how handy this will be when model making!
@jameshamaker9321 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I like that idea. I'd use it for labeling boxes, so I won't have a buy a label maker.
@ACDSleeve Жыл бұрын
I used to work somewhere that made super high end luxury wooden packaging, I'm talking whisky exceeding £50k a bottle. I was in the lining department and the discovery of these machines was an incredible find. A lot of the work was laser cut card which was then fabric wrapped and stuck onto the internal walls of the boxes with high grade double sided tape. We ended up having a bank of 10 or so of these, so at any time you could take a few, set them to different lengths and avoid having to manually roll the tape out and scalpel it, much faster and safer and no risk of damaging the material if particularly thin.
@TomWallior Жыл бұрын
Ten years ago I worked at a company that made custom packaging. We used these machines very often to produce envelopes, even though an envelope needs double sided tape, which these machines are not made for! I spent hours cleaning them out. Awesome for regular tape though.
@DaveAH01 Жыл бұрын
Those things are awesome. I worked in a 1 hour photo lab for YEARS back in the early - mid 90's and we had a Noritsu 'splicing tape' dispenser that would auto dispense out the tape. You simply grabbed the piece that was already sticking out and rip up, it would auto spit out another piece ready to go for the next one. The blade mechanism would move up as it cut the tape and push the dispense button once the tape was freed. Soo 100% fully automatic. Was a simple yet well made invaluable tool that was always overlooked (until it broke and my employees had to rip tape likes savages).
@intensionless Жыл бұрын
This has a pretty high "You pass butter." vibes. I love it!
@oliverrose7796 Жыл бұрын
This has everything - you don't need to find the end, a clean cut edge as opposed to serrated, a nice noise when dispensing tape. This really would save so much time..... maybe it is worth looking into...
@Ynor9 Жыл бұрын
I know this machine. I used to use it a lot in my old job. It's a really cool little thing. By the way, you can also switch on the automatic function by pressing the Auto/Manu button. Then a new piece of tape is automatically dispensed when you remove one. On this way you don't have to keep pressing the start button.
@cyclopsboi Жыл бұрын
i could totally see that being very worth it in an industrial setting to prevent wastage
@raymitchell9736 Жыл бұрын
It's the perfect little shop droid of tape dispensing... yes $140 is pricey, but these are the tape dispensers you're looking for!
@tbohtwentyone Жыл бұрын
Excellent for sharp corners when masking. And faster not searching for the edge of the roll.
@bencohen9624 Жыл бұрын
Working as a manufacturing engineer, this was a very common tool for all of the operators on the packaging line, such a huge time and finger saver
@callsignapollo_ Жыл бұрын
As a former assembly operator i assure you it wasnt just a time saver, it was a necessity lol. 24 seconds is not a lot of time to be waiting for tape
@squintsyadams8463 Жыл бұрын
Just fast forwarded like 2/3 in to hear Adam go "Holy Cow that's really cool". All I need to know.
@NatetheAceOfficial Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure you can set that up to auto-feed. Take one, and it'll automatically dispense one to be ready, no button press!
@christobacon1 Жыл бұрын
I had one at a previous work place. When I had to assemble playing card boxes in batches of 500 that was a time saver
@bmelloyello Жыл бұрын
I can honestly say I look forward to the video 6 months from now when I see your 'movie "action!" thing, and every piece of tape that's layered lovingly on top of one another are all exactly the same length.
@sciencetoymaker Жыл бұрын
I use them in production. And when I do a science project with lots of kids, it really smooths out the bottleneck of getting tape to everyone.
@arildedvardbasmo490 Жыл бұрын
I just bought two of these for work (we tape tens of thousands of splices per year) and before clicking - YES they're worth it! Favourite piece of equipment ❤
@Dsarah86 Жыл бұрын
Its so weird to see Adam Savage, the king of "fuck around and find out", studiously scanning the instructions of a basic auto tape dispenser. I would have never thought this would have been a discovery for him.
@sstorholm Жыл бұрын
There’s an old French made manual version that was sold by Scotch back in the day, I love it for packaging tape, it’s so handy when you need to tape something down that you’re already holding down with one hand and you didn’t have the foresight to get a piece of tape before starting.
@deadcel11r Жыл бұрын
I've spent actual 12 hour days in a flight hangar rigging heliboxes for aerial delivery in the Army, and we have to use our knives and a measuring board to get precise lengths of tape (and there's about 50 pieces of tape per box) and I've always wanted a machine to give me the tape like this...not that they'd let us use it anyway, but one can dream.
@tonyrenouf7898 Жыл бұрын
...new band name for the list...integral tweezers...thank you Adam....
@4211234 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome!! i can absolutely see a ton of professions needing this
@JJadx Жыл бұрын
haha i just used the exact same machine a week ago on my internship at a printer. had to tape 100+ promotional sample packages.
@rong1924 Жыл бұрын
I've never not once heard Adam say that one-inch black paper tape was the king of all tape.
@tbone9912 Жыл бұрын
The gasp of understanding at 5:27 is so awesome. :)
@ravenna6543 Жыл бұрын
Gosh this would be amazing for restaurant work. Imagine how clean and easy labeling would be if you could just get perfect cuts of tape every time.
@michaelfokias Жыл бұрын
Considering some tapes can cost $50 or more, $140 isn't that crazy if it will save you bad tape rips over time.
@StrixyN Жыл бұрын
"It's ridiculous but I love it". You are our tape machine, Adam.
@marvindebot3264 Жыл бұрын
I can see specific uses for which this would be invaluable.
@OlaviMurto Жыл бұрын
That seems way more useful than I expected! Also because you can get the tape pieces with just one hand. You might have a thing you need the tape for in the other hand, that you'd need to set down to use a tape roll normally.
@ChrisB... Жыл бұрын
A pre-cut tape tab dispenser is VERY useful to me, even better if it works with electrical tape.
@Imrooot Жыл бұрын
I guess the only thing that is missing is a row of the favorite lengths buttons, so you could assign your favorite lengths to each button and have the desired length of a tape in one click.
@Hexagonaldonut Жыл бұрын
Definitely seems like exactly the kind of thing that SEEMS trivial and silly at first, but there's actually tons of use cases.
@christopherchicklon8949 Жыл бұрын
I have the same. Love the little guy. Christmas presents be a million times easier
@tristanblake1843 Жыл бұрын
Makes you realize how important Dieter Rams was. Imagine the functionality of this dispenser with the beauty of a Braun product.
@reallunacy Жыл бұрын
This is one of those tools that you don't need it unless you need it, but if you need it, you need it.