About M5's Wall of Labeled Storage Bins

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[@undefined7141]

Oh I have the answer! It is

[@undefined7141]

The name of Jerry Epstein’s ....

[@lordpablo1985]

Hey Adam, I know you don't speak to Jamie a lot after Mythbusters, but does he still have M5?

[@Gojiro7]

Hey Adam, I just found out your Dad made a Anti-war movie protesting the Vietnam war staring Mickey Mouse (without permission) back in the day with a friend, Adam do you know anything about that or have anything you can share about that?

[@Roughislandsunrise01]

Do you still work with Jamie?

[@michaelevans1193]

This is why I hate when those “unknown facts of Mythbusters” sites talk about Adam and Jamie hating each other. Everything I’ve heard says that they respect the heck out of each other, but their personalities clash and they are not friends. I have had several work relationships like that myself and I would never say that I hated the other person.

[@radish6691]

True fact. You don’t have to be friends to be good coworkers. I work well with a lot of people at my job, very few of whom are friends outside of work.

[@harrytodhunter5078]

Its not as if they’ve ever tried to hide they arent friends. It was frequently mentioned on the show. I guess the people who write those “untold stories” clearly haven’t seen the show.

[@TheRyan2455]

A lot of publications will try to find the most dramatic lends to frame a story in order to get the most clicks/ views on their article.

[@ShadowDragon8685]

I'm pretty sure that like, Jamie Hyneman is number three or four on Adam Savage's emergency contact list. If only because an emergency involving Adam Savage is at least 10% likely to involve some kind of elaborate disaster like being stranded on Rockall or something and there's really no better single person on the planet to contact for help in such a weird situation!

[@jessISaRicePrincess]

@dfss csss yes almost always the best coworker is just that a coworker not family not close friends just a coworker and that's perfectly fine

[@jocax188723]

I help run a microbiology lab. One of my drawers in between ‘Electrophoresis gel sets’ and ‘microcentrifuge vials, .5, 1, 2 ml’ is labeled ‘Savage/Hyneman Apparatuses’ and it stores all my miscellaneous bodged-together/MacGyvered experiment parts.

[@snigwithasword1284]

+1 I love label jokes like this! The more enigmatic sounding the better!

[@rogue3398]

Amazing!

[@Psiberzerker]

Yeah, I actually use the Hyneman as the metric for Rube Goldberg in a system. It used to be the Goldberg, so I still use that as the Imperial measure. As in "Yeah, we can do it, but it's going to take a Kilo-Hyneman to set up." I used to troubleshoot factories, just for the level of complexity we're talking about. A modern robotic Automotive assembly-line is on the order of MegaHynemans.

[@Psiberzerker]

You'd be surprised how rarely I have to explain that to anyone. The Quantum, 1 Hyneman is equivalent to a 2 button (Start, and stop) operation. For example, a hydraulic press to crush The Terminator. It's an exponential scale, though. So, a 3 axis cartesian printer (3d Printer) is a Deca-Hyneman...

[@eseagente]

@@Psiberzerker this is great

[@jasonbarry3301]

I’ve never been able to find it again but I know for a fact that I once paused an episode and seen a bin labeled “Jedi Mind Tricks”

[@JC130676]

Some Jedi probably made you forget when and where you saw it. "This isn't the bin you're looking for."

[@rockgirl6786]

I saw one labeled "Adam's cookies" once. Which is a callback to the early seasons where Jamie said Adam needed another cookie. (Basically saying he forgot to eat and that's why he was acting up)

[@jonanas.mp4]

I love that Adam tells us this story right in front of the organized chaos of materials, tools, props, Iron Man armour and things that is his shop.

[@tiacho2893]

My shop is getting like that. It still looks like chaos, but I'm getting to the point where I know where everything is and can get it in a few seconds. Moving stuff to get to other stuff gets tiring and you forget about the stuff not visible. But, no lie, having a full Iron Man suit in titanium would be cool.

[@jonanas.mp4]

@@tiacho2893 With Adams Shop Im also totally sure that the Iron Man is at the exact right spot where it doesnt hinder him working. I think visual chaos is something different than functional chaos - but who are we to talk under a video of Adam xD My shop totally looks like that too, and I honestly love the visual of it

[@tiacho2893]

@@jonanas.mp4 Yeah, my lumber rack is ordered but the system is not obvious. To anyone else, it just looks like a bunch of unsorted lumber on a steel rack. And I think a good example of visual/functional chaos is a bookshelf. I saw an interior designer suggest using coloured paper book jackets on your books for aesthetics (now how the hell do you find anything). Yeah, if only every fiction/nonfiction writer i read/own had decided to use a singular colour/design scheme just for me to have a pretty bookshelf. BTW, I did some catering work a few years ago to help a friend out. One client had at minimum 4-5 thousand dollars in French copper pots/pans nicely arrayed in his kitchen. And not a single pan showed signs of ever being used. I own two of the pans there but the whole set was being used only for the visual and had zero functional use in that setting. Mine look like hell because they get used.

[@Mathadar]

@@tiacho2893 And he is that way based on all of these questions answered videos. The amount of times he goes off camera for like 5 seconds and comes back with a prop is very high.

[@jonanas.mp4]

@@Mathadar Obviously no offense against Adam, I love him, the videos and his shop! :)

[@katarynaelizabeth2689]

The labels on that wall were a game for my family to try to find the funniest one every episode!

[@armynation31B5V5P]

That is awesome ☆

[@rd6673]

Us too!

[@rogue3398]

Same here!

[@ivyisle]

Whats the all time favorite?

[@blackc1479]

Raw meat was always my fav...it seemed to show up a lot though.

[@lindleya]

I love that in the later seasons in M7 they had similar boxes labeled with stuff like "Flux Capacitors" and "Kryptonite"

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Sadly those were just props instead of having any real use. The later seasons really pushed away from the core that made up MB.

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

"Raw Meat"

[@FinalConsensus]

@@WalkerRileyMC Oh really? You mean they didn't actually have real Kryptonite? Damn childhood ruined

[@Mr.Meme01]

@@WalkerRileyMC I never really enjoyed the later seasons, they felt way too over produced. The original seasons and cast felt more 'back yard/garage' style

[@nubreed13]

​@irwinisidro To be fair he sounded annoyed in the entire video. Especially since he was chewing out the camera man for not restocking his phone boxes

[@zachlewis9751]

I really do think that filming Mythbusters and using that storage wall as a background was a fantastic idea for the show. It really showed off how much it was just 2 guys taking ideas online to mess around with and just build some weird contraptions to try and make it work in 2 hours and try and test something weird.

[@Misterfairweather]

As someone with a library sciences education working in the commercial sector I love to see when people come across and understand the value of a good index, which is what Jamie created, a giant Index. So many people get caught up in the ordering of an index that they forget that providing meaningful context to the user is what's important.

[@clueless_cutie]

Ask any good seamstress what their dream workspace is... and there's a very high probability of an index in one form or another. Any one with a profession or hobby that requires/benefits from a large variety of on hand instruments and items literally drool over Jamie's wall. It was perfectly imperfect.

[@michelhedley1805]

I was very fortunate to visit M5 (my friend was a cameraman on Myth Busters) and that wall of boxes was just amazing with its height and length. It was simply unimaginable beforehand. I spent time just looking at the labels on those boxes and some were crazy such as dried blood, bones and raw meat. The boxes didn’t seem to be in any systematic order,, but Jamie assured me that he had a good idea and wouldn’t take long to retrieve what he was after. Janine also talked about finding a better solution when looking for something else. Seeing some of the Myth Buster experiments such as the rolling moss machine in M5 was absolute joy. Jamie was very generous showing us around.

[@KajahaX]

I would love if photos of the topic could be shown in the video instead of just the thumbnail

[@Antheras]

Yeah, this have been happening a lot. Would love to have some photos of the things Adam talks about show up in frame.

[@jeremyhellen8234]

It's likely that the rights to use those images are different and complicated to negotiate.

[@ColtonSatmary]

@@jeremyhellen8234 but if they got it for the thumbnail then they can show it in the video.

[@jeremyhellen8234]

@@ColtonSatmary not necessarily. There can be restrictions oh how a image is used even if you have permission to use it.

[@Antheras]

@@jeremyhellen8234 I doubt it, on youtube "fair use" of anything pretty much covers that. That's why you can see so many reaction videos of entire music videos etc, as long as the "reactor" pauses every now and then and don't show the video in full screen.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Perfect backdrop, full of ridiculous possibilities!

[@thesciencefurry]

This wall is part of what Mythbusters made it, what it is. It's such a cool background.

[@tiacho2893]

It's like a Zoom call in front of a full book case. It's visual storytelling. Also, I think Adam mentioned once that he loves that sort of visual order/organisation and finds it calming. But he admitted that he can't be assed to do it himself.

[@sephyryn]

honestly, i would get so weirdly happy when it actually would be used during the testing/scale build phase

[@ManuelLopez-nu1bd]

I remember also a "Sorting car" with a label that reads: " 'IT' goes here when you don't know where it goes". I guess that was an effort to keep the sorting system consistent and reliable.

[@Jimorian]

This is key in not getting bogged down when making an organizing pass. My first pass is mostly about "Do I know where this goes?" rather than trying to figure out the specifics. If I can make a few piles of "I KNOW this goes in that place", those go by really quickly, and then the pile of "I don't know or I have to make a decision" then is just everything else and becomes much smaller than the original intimidating pile. I can then put all the known stuff away while my mind chews on the rest of the problem, then when I get back to the "difficult" pile, it's not so hard anymore.

[@AlfaJones]

@@Jimorian And when everything that already has a specific place is in their own space you have a much clearer idea where you might be able to best store the remaining things.

[@danielstickney2400]

​@@Jimorian Hence Jamie's wall of boxes, which was an exercise in sorting without getting bogged down. There's a video of Jamie explaining the wall of boxes, which may be on tested somewhere, where he said the boxes were only in rough order because the key was the huge labels. It was an intentionally fast and dirty system.

[@MayhemKeys]

Every box I own has that same label.

[@SteveWalden73]

My grandfather's shop in 1980 was Jamie's wall of labeled bins in cabinets. If you opened any cabinet, you would see bins and boxes all labeled in red pen on masking tape. It was a testament to his organization skills that outlasted him. For years after his death, I could find 30 grit sandpaper (i guess for buffing Mt Rushmore?), 120 grit sandpaper, 135 grit or 600 grit or 1200. He had showed me how to work my way up the grades so that a piece of fine wood could be butter soft--my words--to the touch. Nails? Dowels? Screwdrivers? Drill bits? It was all perfectly findable at a moment's thought. I aced grade school science projects thanks to his shop's organization. Adam, thank you for helping me remember something I'd forgotten.

[@chrismanuel9768]

This man's respect for Jamie is always evident in the way he talks about him. Both very hardworking men doing great things. I wonder what Jamie is up to these days...

[@Closer2Zero]

Jamie‘s actual job sounds like the reason I tell my parents for why I need all my packrat garbage

[@WingMaster562]

Someone I met in chats once said "What makes a pack rat different from hoarding is organization. And if the organized crap is old, it becomes a musuem."

[@Mei-Ling-Li]

I'm a librarian and I LOVE this! That shop was essentially a library of things, and I live for the type of in depth thought that was put into that philosophy of organization.

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

When I was a kid I always laughed when I saw the box labeled "Raw Meat", and I still do. I bought some bankers boxes for the first time the other day, and I'm blown away by them despite their simplicity. Instant box, with handles and a lid, with insane stacking capacity, no tape or staples required. It's a work of genius.

[@megadopeanimation5623]

Thanks for answering my question! Made my month!

[@karamellcreme]

Nice job dude!

[@BP-ef8mr]

Great question!

[@albionest9956]

Cool voice btw.

[@tiacho2893]

I am reminded of Adam's quote that drawers are where things go to die. I've been redoing the fastener/small parts storage of my shop with Festool sorting cases. Buying a box of screws for a job/project because you can't find the part box that you know you have somewhere, gets really annoying. While organising, I found four part boxes of #8 1 1/4" screws!

[@MogoPrime]

Simple questions beget complex answers, and that is why your fans ask you them. You are fantastic at not stooping to a curt answer to anything, which we should all aspire to. Thank you Adam!

[@ryleighs9575]

Verbosity is underrated.

[@SadFace201]

The problem I always had with large-scale organizing like this is deciding the types of labels to use and where to put items that fall under multiple categories. It's better than having no organization at all, but it's not usually as organized as cleanly as I'd like it to be.

[@benduffy4223]

"I think we have a picture we can put up here?" Nope, guess not

[@aikumaDK]

Far from the first time they've done this. It's like there's 0 communication between Adam and the editor about each video that at MM:SS there should be a relevant picture (the thumbnail even)

[@chiefsilverback]

@@aikumaDK I'm guessing it's more a licensing issue. Any image from Mythbusters is presumably owned by Discovery and they can't just be thrown into another company's commercial output.

[@ageofsagittarius]

Adam's covered this before. Most of his prior work, whether with Discovery or ILM, has licensing issues that often can't be cleared before he posts. The other issue is the money. Discovery apparently is more flexible with it than ILM is, but the fee would wipe any revenues generated by the video.

[@catfish552]

@@chiefsilverback Apparently they *can* use it as a thumbnail...

[@aikumaDK]

@@chiefsilverback Then what about the thumbnail? I guess they can use some temporary close-up of Adam until the license goes through, but I'd much prefer they just pushed the video a day or two.

[@Taskarnin]

This reminds me of something my ex said. “Why are you staring at that pile of junk”. I turned to her and said “well, there’s ideas in there.”

[@VersinKettorix]

Adam said something that my ex used to say as well, " I need it to squirt, I need to spray, I need it in sheets ..."

[@andrewut7ya511]

Nice.

[@radish6691]

She didn’t get and that’s why she’s your ex...

[@alexsainsbury2176]

I think it only works this way when it is your stuff and your organisation.

[@TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

When I put storage drawers in my workshop, I labelled one of them Raw Meat in honour of this.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

For extra giggles put a container of honey inside because the FDA considers honey to be a raw meat

[@kallisto9166]

DEAD DOVE Do Not Eat!

[@Zjefke86]

At work we have a crate that says "vegetarian pig feet"

[@nathanaelt7557]

@@johnbeauvais3159 The FDA does not classify honey as raw meat. They classify it as: “a thick, sweet, syrupy substance that bees make as food from the nectar of flowers and store in honeycombs.” It's a plant product gathered by bees. It is not meat.

[@jczeigler]

@@nathanaelt7557 my vegan friend calls honey “bee puke.”

[@peteluis2849]

That storage wall always fascinated me and everytime I saw it I tried reading as many labels as I could. Thanks for talking about it, it definitely inspires me to keep my tools more organized.

[@oldguydoesstuff120]

I like that in spite of any creative differences you and Jamie may have had, you still talk well about him. That reflects on both of you. I'm sure that was part of the success of Mythbusters, and your separate successes afterward. Oh - great story about the wall of boxes. I think there's something any tinkerer can take away from your story. Great stuff!

[@cenciende9401]

I don't understand why you would think that creative differences would have ANY bearing on their relationship, they worked together very closely for over a decade FFS and the genuine enjoyment they had in doing so was clear to see during the show (which I've just watched the first 4 seasons of so far).

[@KitsuneAdorable]

@@cenciende9401 Its a fact, its been documented. I do respect Adam for being respectful about it. Just because two people get along professionally, doesn’t mean they’d kink Guinness can’s together after shooting.

[@fietsband08]

These raw, hardly edited uploads are great. No overcomplicated effects and cuts. Just a story.

[@chiphill4856]

I always love Adam's in-depth answers that contain nuggets of his work and shop philosophy. Great stuff and, as far as I know, no one else approaches his level of thought on the subject. Thanks Adam!

[@souleater19999]

A small part of me expects to see sawdust come out when he sneezes

[@ElectroDFW]

My thoughts were: "It's not a tumah!"

[@EricScheid]

@@ElectroDFW But .. is it Lupus?

[@bluelantern2191]

@@EricScheid it's never Lupus

[@ElectroDFW]

@@EricScheid what Blue Lantern said. Lol

[@MaosTL]

Great pfp!!!

[@segfaultii]

The holistic approach, to show all you have in one glance, is what I preach everywhere I work with people. Also Adams first order retrieveability has become my mantra in my own home, nothing from the kitchen to the office is more then one layer deep.

[@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.]

In all my time of watching the show, there was one box that was in shot of the camera quite often and always caught my eye, it was just a big label saying “RAW MEAT”

[@MorgsabbyT1482]

This was one of the most revelatory videos I've ever watched! Much as I loved the weird stuff wall as a comedy device, truly understanding it and the reasoning behind it makes me want to reorganize my own space. Keep being awesome, Adam and all friends of the community!

[@annbrookens945]

You can't undervalue the inspirational factor. I've often been puzzling over a problem when my eye caught on something you might think was completely irrelevant but it sparked the solution I needed!

[@dga223]

Adam’s ability of explaining work flow is always excellent.

[@Audhdloverfffffff]

Thank you so much for answering questions from people. That really meant a lot to me. Keep building and being awesome.

[@cleverusername9369]

I love how Adam is physically incapable of quoting Jamie without doing an impression

[@wwaxwork]

This whole story explains so much about Adam and his current workshop. About how he builds things, why he keeps so much stuff. During his formative years he learned to keep all the things just in case and to build things fast as he can. Maybe he needs to buy some filing boxes?

[@nubreed13]

it's unreal how much time you lose when you don't have something you need in stock. I dont keep a ton of stuff in my little workshop but i always have some 2x4s, plywood, steel tubing, and fasteners on hand since I use those items regularly. otherwise I'd spend every day at the hardware store.

[@coolmikefromcanada]

"Jamie moved into m5 in 98" wow he's been working out of there for basically my entire life

[@pBlackcoat]

You know, the early aughts

[@devinpack9168]

It’s crazy, because I was born in 98

[@robmurg]

I taught myself to weld so I could fabricate shelves like that after an older video where you described the construction, you showed a trick of overlapping the square tubes where they join to make construction easier. My entire workshop is equipped with them now. Many thanks!

[@delphic464]

When I was much younger I was always amazed that my grandfather always had the perfect screw, nail, glue, anchor, rope, string, piece of leather, scrap of aluminum, small widget, or large doohickey for any project that he was working on. I remember thinking "how does he do that? I'll never have a collection this cool." Now, 30 years later I totally understand. After a lifetime of projects, you end up with all those thing. The important part is keeping it all organized in little bins, drawers, and trays. It is possibly the greatest memory I have of my grandfather and that best thing he ever taught me.

[@jamestigan1208]

Adam, I am the Falconer that worked with you on a couple of Myths. I love the Tested channel. I recently found Savage Builds. It would be great to work with you again !

[@danielstickney2400]

Jamie complained in a video about the TV crew inserting gag boxes. If you ever watch that video you will understand why Jamie is self employed. Messing with his boxes deeply offended his sense of propriety and order. One does not screw with another man's tools.

[@zacm.2342]

Love the answers that are much more than the question wanted. Also, "..early noughts, like '99, '98.." That's late 90s Adam :P

[@ElectroDFW]

The 'pre-aughts' 😉

[@nerfherder9414]

I’m loving how slowly but surely it “seems” like Adam is getting over his distaste for Jamie , I’m sure I’m wrong, But it’s nice to see/hear he’s the bigger man in all this, I’m sure fans of Adam have seen and heard all the reasons why they could never work together again but still, it’s lovely to hear him talk with some fondness about their time together now and then

[@renakunisaki]

That shelf inspired the way I organize my own workshop. Lots of labelled bins along the walls, plus stacked boxes, so it's easy to just look them over and find something. And in honor of the "raw meat" bin, the miscellaneous junk boxes are labeled "spare brains" and "fish" 😁

[@mikemartin2493]

Fan of the show Mythbusters, my favorite part of the show was watching how you guys would approach the science and engineering to test the myth. I'm a DIY person so anything that involves building things, science, tech and engineering catches my attention. Some of the field improvising you guys did was pretty slick.

[@nocluewhatimdoing4543]

I'm sure dozens if not hundreds of people have said this over the years, but seeing the amount of respect you have for Jamie and his skills as a maker/problem solver, even if you may not particularly like him, is very refreshing.

[@commandrogyne]

The hyneman method of labeling and storage was my go to when i did props in theater, it was also a long, narrow, high ceiling space, and those labeled boxes were the only thing i was anal about, i spent probably 50 hours reorganizing the prop room and it worked great

[@julian-xy7gh]

Thanks Adam for this insight. I am going to think about how I can implement it for my projects. Being able to find every necessary thing quickly and having direct inspiration for ways to do a project seem like awesome perks!

[@drake7993]

I wish these types of vids would be edited to show pictures if not clips of what he is talking about and not just in the thumbnail.

[@emilyolsen3916]

If he had his team it just might happen...

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

Hey Adam, several years ago you & Jamie did a Q&A at Penn State / Behrend College in Erie PA. Some guy asked how much time you spend arguing with producers about budget for a build. (That guy also literally bumped into you in the hall afterwards - still sorry about that. I had turned the wrong way, realized it, turned around, and bam, shoulder-checked a Mythbyster.) Anyway, your answer was that you & Jamie were long accustomed to having no time and no budget at all, so whether you were given $500 and one day or $5,000 and one week, there was no argument, you just got it done. This video gives a beautiful backstory to how & why you were accustomed to that. Thank you.

[@zqzj]

Great idea to add upon Jamie's boxes. I have a lot of things I've collected over the years because they may be needed for a future project. I decided to catolog everything digitally. Each shelf has a letter, and each box has a number. I have taken pictures of every single item, big and small. Put them in a spreadsheet and I associate the items with Tags, Keywords, a description, and dimensions, so that I can easily search for stuff when I'm working on something or brainstorming.

[@nickes6168]

In my own way, I've been having storage issues and not knowing how to figure it out and this has been kind of the equivalent of you guys looking at the wall and finding ideas that are better than the original, much thanks and much love. Much much love.

[@unostopcardxd7199]

I love seeing how much Adam respects Jamie, despite saying they didn’t get along well on Mythbusters.

[@azurestar4234]

I respect my boss, and he does me. but we definitely dont jive well at work. We approach things from disparate perspectives and wind up butting heads

[@stingraymaster877]

Adam never does any Jamie impressions anymore. 😭😭😭

[@Conformist138]

I just moved to a new house and don't really know what the doorbell even sounds like. Adam's chimes made me nearly jump out of my seat.

[@rogue3398]

I've never had a doorbell that makes that sound and I still sometimes look outside

[@thirdeyenz]

I know what my doorbell sounds like and I still looked up like "What? It's nighttime!"

[@marvindebot3264]

@@rogue3398 It's a HoSmart entrance/driveway alarm, good stuff with a wireless range of a half mile or so.

[@wolffgang101]

My dad was in home construction, later owning his own remodeling business. Over the years he kept extra things from job sites, like nails and screws of all types, tools he bought (mainly was able to buy new tools for himself with the budget from job sites), and even collect items that could be reused. He used storage bins and catalogued every single box, he must of had upwards of 100.

[@theboredengineer2612]

Adam’s answer : 9 minute explanation of commercial VFX shops replete with anecdotes and other observations about the VFX profession in general. Jamie’s answer : “I wanted to find stuff easily

[@thomasriding3194]

Adam doing the "dude-bro" voice to read the question was the highlight of my day, lol

[@Syncubus]

That was a frigging beautiful explanation, Adam! Not just the inventory of knowing what you have, but the potential inspiration behind having a subset of McMaster-Carr's catalog at your fingertips. Rubbermaid isn't going out of business as long as shops need to access stuff.

[@patrickmonks9761]

That wall was always a favorite of mine. Also was cool to see how Grant took the idea and utilized it in his own shop for the stuff he built

[@troykruse5161]

I remember an article that said when Alex Tribek from retired for a while he bought all the hardware material from a hardware store that was going out of business. He was household repair fanatic that got tired of having to stop in the middle of a project and go to the store

[@geertmaertens7372]

"once you lost track of where it is, you lost it" - I'll get to work on my inventory!

[@the_listamin]

2:21 Dude, have you not seen that MythBusters episode about germs? (;

[@Mathadar]

Alone in his own shop? Less relevant.

[@the_listamin]

@@Mathadar He's not alone. He's even talking to others in this video.

[@Aleph-Noll]

@@Mathadar hes not alone most of the time

[@theshuman100]

Adam: coughs Thats illegal

[@snapdaddy9698]

Im glad that even though they didnt see eye to eye there is a mutual respect. You dont see that very often now a days

[@antoniahein3565]

I‘m studying library and information science and i‘m always astonished at how much of it applies to so so many situations. Just like in your fedex story, i‘m convinced that so many sectors would benefit from people who are experts in sorting things and making them findable

[@ElectroDFW]

That's why I can't help but go through every department in a thrift store when planning or searching for parts for a prop or costume. You never know where inspiration will strike or what form it will take.

[@junkdriver42]

I loved this answer. It helped explain the creative process behind the show and made me even more jealous of that opportunity. Also, great book recommendation!

[@TMFXLLC]

I fell in love with the idea and most of my shop has restock totes everywhere, works like a charm. You can write on them with a marker, wipe it off with alcohol and change it anytime. They stack, and can go anywhere in a snap.

[@MH-wz1rb]

I loved listening to the answer here. When I heard the question I understood the answer do come on a deep level. To look and find anything you need, and some things you didn't yet realize you needed

[@SpencerPaire]

Thank you for that awesome explination! As I'm setting up my own shop in my first apartment, I'm always listening for good shop practice. And hearing your note about how inspiring it can be to browse inventory has now inspired me to pursue that kind of accessibility in my own storage.

[@tomzborovsky8378]

That's so cool, I remember watching myth busters as a kid long ago and seeing the magnificent clear bins full of things. That inspired me to create my own (tiny) version in my woodshop as I never like to throw away scrap material. Thanks Jamie!

[@RamadaArtist]

My friends: "I'm trying to minimize my lifestyle... I don't want to keep anything that I'm not using all the time." Me: "Ha. Hahaha, you must not make things."

[@mandowarrior123]

Our friends like that really suffered in lockdown =')

[@CarrotConsumer]

Most people don't make random things, no. If they do make things it's usually pretty specific. Paintings, woodworking, etc.

[@stinkyham9050]

What am I missing here. If a commercial is to be filmed why would a director or producer not order the effects earlier then a day before the shoot?

[@Bane_Diesel]

I would absolutely watch a show that followed a commercial effects shop. Especially if it was Jamie or Adam.

[@JS-rp7qb]

Unfortunately any producer who got hold of that idea would immediately ruin it with imaginary deadlines, fake equipment failures, pretend interpersonal conflict and a couple of fake moonshiners.

[@zevo9314]

this would kind of ruin the illusion of any effects they're getting paid to make though. especially if they were to release around the same time. and that would really hurt business

[@jamesonpenguin]

I love the episode where Adam asked Jamie if he had depleted uranium somewhere in those bins.. lol

[@14stockfan]

Is that filed under 'D' or 'U?'

[@ShadowDragon8685]

@@14stockfan Probably "U" for "Uranium, Depleted." Or else E for "Element Sample, Uranium, Depleted." I would not actually have been very surprised if he did have a sample of depleted Uranium. Like, a _little_ surprised, but not _very_ surprised. Like "Oh, huh, we actually have it. Nice." Rather than "you have a _what_ in the shop?!"

[@stebstebanesier6205]

Seeing those racks in M5 inspired me to have a mini version of this storage system in my "shop", except my boxes are the small 6 qt Sterilite plastic shoe boxes 36 of them. Adam is 100% correct, having stuff you might possibly use on hand is a huge relief. Also ture is that when I'm looking up and down and side to side for what I need, ideas for other projects or problem solving solutions pop in my brain.

[@Quagthistle]

Jamie's wall 'o stuff was actually the inspration behind my craft room's wall 'o plastic bins and for much the same reason. When you want to craft something, you need to be able to find the stuff to do so quickly, being it beads, acryllic paints, or fake fur. Sorting things out by what they are makes that much easier. Thanks for the history lesson, though! I *loved* mythbusters and have watched the entire series (well all of it that was availible on DVD, anyway) multiple times. Such a great series! :)

[@alessi4249]

I don't even know where I would start with that water project, let alone have it done within a day.. remarkable

[@_SirJavier_]

That wall was, one between many other, so cool! The organization, imagining the process of laveling, the place they achieve in time, if some boxes changes places at some point or they lived forever in that spot. It's like having a very exposed brain.

[@AgitpropPsyop]

Adam, thank you so much for answering all of these questions so long winded. I absolutely love delving into the lore of mythbusters and pre-mythbusters

[@TheGarratc]

I make a lot of stuff for fun, have a small farm/homestead setup, do contracting jobs on the weekends when they come up, and take care of some rent houses on the side. I use the same system but with small clear plastic totes labeled on a wall. Plumbing parts, electrical, welding , tractor pins, all kinds of stuff in about 50 totes. When I break something or have to buy a small inexpensive part, I buy a few extra. If a tenant has a pipe burst in the middle of the night, I have some inventory to handle it on the spot, just grab the box of fittings marked for the appropriate pipe and size, then go. It really streamlines workflow and when you have an idea to prototype on the fly or something breaks and you can't get parts, you're still good. It proved invaluable during the snow storm we had last month ago in Texas. Plumbing supplies and plumbers were sold out of everything and booked up for about a week from all the pipes that burst. 4 houses lost water due to busted pipes, but I was able to fix them the same day and make sure everyone had working water. Without that there wouldn't have been any option other than make them wait for the supply chain.

[@Yora21]

We need a picture of Jamie standing before The Wall. "Behold! My stuff."

[@LostMachine]

I've seen a wall like that at a shop that used clear starlite plastic bins and every shelf had led strips pointing down at the top of the boxes. The neatest effect was the glowing boxes cast a beautiful diffused light across the whole shop.

[@growlith6969]

I drooled over that in many episodes, and when it came time to set up my own shop I bought clear bins with nice massive labels so that my scattered brain has as much visual help as possible finding whatever the hell it was I need.

[@diogosimoes1031]

As someone who works in the commercial industry in Europe, I can confirm it's true about the tight schedules. It's kinda crazy...

[@888johnmac]

when we bought our current house , first thing i did was rack one side of the garage ( NGL the double garage was main draw for me ) .. my wife mocked me for wasting my time .. 20 years later one column is her craft / DIY stuff & she really likes the fact she knows exactly what she has & where it is .. in all honesty had i not done it as soon as we moved in , i doubt i would have done it

[@berryreading4809]

C'mon Tested editors! I remember that Tested video with Jamie and Will! Should've grabbed a non copyrighted pic from that to put up while Adam was talking 😉👍

[@graemejohnson9025]

I grew up as a Kid, in the Sixties.. father master craftsman with wood and steel.. We had an old Wardrobe in the Garage.. Had Hundred Drawers.. with.. Nails, Screws, washers, sandpaper, drill bits, all in their own allotted area, by Size etc.. Complete encyclopaedia, of items.. My Father Designed and built our family home, all the Furniture, Home Made the Stereo Sound System.. And in the Garage created 4 Boats, a Canadian Canoe.. and a Bucket load of toys..

[@mjbe]

Yes, ethos of the old barn meets the filing system. You don't throw it out. You organize it.

[@graemejohnson9025]

@@mjbe mate. It was so much fun. As kid. Grab crap and build something..

[@graemejohnson9025]

@@mjbe yep. Garage full of stuff we could make things out off..

[@wrf85]

Hey Adam, and how did Jamie make sure that the boxes labeled with the stuff had the items in stock? Did the labeling system dealt with this too? Did it show also the number or volume of items stored? Cheers! :)

[@thescubapup623]

One of my favorite things about that wall was actually during the Plywood Builder myth. Adam had just dropped a doll with a piece of wood, and somewhere along the calculations he figured the doll would have to be like, 72 pounds to be scaled up. So Adam in his infinite comedy says "Hey Jamie, this thing has to be 72 pounds. Do you have any depleted Uranium?" And so he points to the wall and says "Would that be under 'U' or 'D'?" And honestly, I wouldnt have been surprised if Jamie did in fact have some depleted radioactive elements just to make things heavier. I always loved that wall, it truly is iconic :)

[@travis650]

For those interested in more detail of this, tested has an old video of Will with Jamie explaining this whole setup in the first few minutes of the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3KUm5iMnrtnopo

[@RickMeasham]

Follow up question: when you need to buy something, how do you know how much extra (if any) you should purchase to put in a box? If I need 1” fur for something I would buy as little as I can to complete the project. But my constraints are cash rather than time. How do you find the right balance in an effects shop or even the cave??

[@jonasbers]

I can't adequately express how much I love this. Let me just say that I have my own wall of labeled bins made in honor of this.

[@filanfyretracker]

I honestly never knew the shop was that narrow, but I guess that is TV and how it makes spaces look bigger

[@jmc22475]

One of my favorite Adam quotes from myth busters is "would that be filed under "d" for depleted or "u" for uranium?"

[@johnmurcott1273]

I feel the redundancy would be built in and filed under both

[@TheRukisama]

I remember from an episode of Mythbusters involving the wall of boxes, you had messed up some calculation and thought you needed depleted uranium to make something weigh correctly and looked at Jamie and jokingly asked "so would that be under 'D' or 'U?'"

[@ryanlangan1060]

I have begun doing the same thing at my woodshop. I buy the dollar totes (the ones that could hold approximately 2 cartons of 18 eggs) and label them with post-its that are covered in packing tape. The post-its allow for a colorful background on the clear plastic, and the tape allows me to erase the sharpie marks in the future using a little alcohol. All my weird little side projects, odd materials, and small tool kits go in those totes on a rack above my tools. I think about M5 every time I take something down.

[@RobertKreegier]

When I built my shop in my basement, there were already a line a shelves along a wall. Without thinking any different of it, I purchased a bunch of plastic tubs and did the same thing. It just makes sense to have everything organized like that and I totally credit M5. I didn't even think "Mythbusters do it, so I should too!" After watching the show, it was just such a painfully obvious thing to do if I wanted a decent shop.