Adam Savage Rearranges His Workshop Storage System

Every workshop's storage system is like a tile puzzle--an arrangement of various storage solutions that fit the needs of its maker. And after Adam recently incorporated a repurposed medical storage cabinet to hold much of his build supplies, he's left with extra empty carts and a reinvigorated vision for how he can optimize his material storage!
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[@dorsk84]

At this point you need to just go full ladder on rails, like in old libraries, just for your stuff.

[@Forge366]

I'm sure it'll be in the new shop

[@pRoFlT]

I've actually given it thought in my garage area. would be great. currently i just move a 8 foot latter around to get things off the top shelfs. but on rails! yes please.

[@smashyrashy]

​@@Forge366 what new shop

[@Forge366]

@@smashyrashy he's talked about getting a new one. I don't think he's moving quickly but more "when I find the right one"

[@monkey8464]

At this point its apart of the experience if you ask me

[@briannorris246]

I’m a workshop organization geek. These are by far my favorite videos. What always amazes me is the amount of consumables Adam has in his shop at all times. Seems like it’s enough for a full time prop making shop with 6 employees. I love it and am envious. Thanks for the content.

[@Tubesepe]

😅

[@smashyrashy]

Yep its nice to have lots of money

[@DissertatingMedieval]

@@smashyrashy I think it helps that he has the money to grab at deals when they come across his radar, but reading between the lines a lot of the stuff he buys is when he can get a deal on it. if you do that you can build up a collection rather quickly and relatively inexpensively.

[@NWGR]

Same. My favorite types of videos are shop organization projects/tips.

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

I bet a little silicone dry grease on the camera arm would save our ears during pans. 😜

[@OriginalMomo]

Oh yes… my god that squeal! 😱🤯😱

[@Coffeetableleg]

It’s a plastic bendable arm he built with a metal armature inside to support it. I can’t remember the name of the stuff but he also uses it on his soldering station with the helping hands and his lights on his work table have those same arms. Loud as it is.

[@jsnipn]

@@Coffeetableleg Loc-line

[@Likeaudio]

Maybe he needs to fire up that Nagra and a wireless mic...

[@veganconservative1109]

I've come to like that sound during the vids. (The whip-flash motions, not so much.)

[@madladpjl]

love watching workshop infrastructure setup gives me ideas for my own little shed

[@MrTJansen]

I think we need a full workshop tour again soon... Things are shifting and changing. Or maybe another 360 photo?

[@tested]

Full playlist of One Day Builds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHWvpYp8gKeijck

[@stevepayne750]

Where do we send pics when Adam says, “Send me pics of your shop/project/art?

[@SebastianWeinberg]

Not only is the shop a tile puzzle, each tile is also an irregular tetromino shape, on top of that. _Hours_ of fun! (For certain values of "fun".)

[@quantumfluxuation]

This shop somehow is able to give me anxiety due to the clutter and a sense of calmness due to the organization.

[@UnbreakableIcePick]

It alwasy makes me think of those staged rooms in magazines where all the clutter is out and it makes you feel warm and homey even though it would drive you totally insane if you lived there with that mess lol

[@cernunnoskali]

I need to see a plan view of his workshop, I can't get my head around it!

[@sween187]

700 isn't too bad considering all those holders, if you go price a good tool trolley you'll know.

[@aserta]

This is medical grade. 700 is a freaking steal. A Harloff of the same size, and similar space is ... sit down, so you don't faint,... 5.300 doll hairs.

[@GnomaPhobic]

@@aserta Damn. That is a great deal. Thanks for putting things in perspective!

[@nicolevanderpool1252]

What grand new ideas will Adam have after dusted off after all of this? I always find these videos motivating get up and do 😅😊

[@aserta]

For those not in the know, a Harloff of similar utility to the cabinet Adam bought is 5grand. 7 hundos is like stealing the thing. :))

[@keggyification]

I have a serious case of motion sickness now, thanks a lot Adam. Way too much spinning around but I love your enthusiasm.

[@seanw4148]

With you on this one. Had to stop looking and just listen for a while

[@Montisaquadeis]

Adam on an Orginizing spree LOVE IT

[@berthatton9410]

I feel your joy, thanks. The process is basically increasing density by better organization which creates space which makes more room which means more stuff!

[@morlamweb]

I like how, after years of spurning drawers, Adam is embracing them in his shop. I predict that his shop storage will look more like Jaime's massive wall of storage boxes in M5, but scaled down to fit his space (that is, the airplane carts and sortimos vs. the large bins).

[@NameGeheim]

1:10 reminds me about the first episode of Futurama, when Prof. Farnsworth shows his assorted lengths of wire in his drawer.

[@macguffinvirtualproduction6183]

Upon rewatching the entire series run recently I had an epiphany! Now this isn't some grandiose epiphany like "OMG! I know how they got the caramel inside the caramilk bar!", but more of an epiphany of the memory kind. Yeeeeeears ago when I lived in a rural area I had watched one of the Mythbusters episodes where you, Adam answered questions about the equipment you used. Specifically, THE little black pocket reference book that appeared to have the answers to everything in it. Being a junior carpenter and all-around builder of things I immediately zipped into town, ran into the bookstore (that big building with glass on the sidewalk front that displayed these archaic rectangular objects called "books") and spent the rest of the afternoon waiting for the stores dialup internet to order "Pocket Ref Pocket-sized reference book by Thomas J. Glover". Days turned into weeks... weeks into a month... a month into two months... but Lo! On the third month a received a call on my primitive device called a "telephone" which in those days we had to build a house around to store all our data. My little black pocket reference book had arrived, and life changed from that moment on. It was as if I'd been gifted the Holy Bible of Physics, Astronomy, Trigonometry, Construction, Life and everything from Jeebus himself!!! That book went everywhere with me, and always had either the answer or the formulas to get the answer in a hurry! Life was grand and I appeared to be the smartest critter in the valley for years thanks to that book. Need a knot that'll keep you from plummeting to your untimely death? Lemme seeeeee... page 585... yes I think a bowline knot will do just nicely! What's that? you've screwed up your bowline knot and plummeted 60 feet to a bone crunching stop?! Hold up... First Aid page 261and I'll have you fixed up in a jiffy! That book had everything! Then one day years later my world came crashing down in the form of a bouncing baby clone who was teething and I suppose felt he could absorb the Pocket Ref's knowledge and power by eating it rather than reading it. Noooooooooooo!!! At that moment I knew how Samson felt after Delilah chopped off his hair! It looked like a drooling version of the family cat had torn up another roll of toilet! Years of darkness followed. Years of being asked a question, absently reaching into an empty back pocket then withdrawing that hand with a mournful tear in my eye. Fast forward a few decades and aforementioned drooling clone now drives Choo Choo trains instead of eating them so perhaps he did absorb some of that little black books power after all. I binge the entire run of Mythbusters and Lo! The little black book! I look it up on amazon and there it is! Two days later Jeebus delivered it by hand right to me! I now look upon the book with the fond memories of events and smile... which is all I can do because apparently they haven't changed the teeny tiny font and I pretty much have to hold it an inch from my face to read it. So, thanks for the years of memories and making me feel smarter! Cheers! MWP

[@MonkeyJedi99]

"... received a call on my primitive device called a "telephone" which in those days we had to build a house around to store all our data." This line gave me such laughs! Thank you.

[@LiqdPT]

Spotted the Canadian....

[@briandeschene8424]

I would normally click the “read more” in the KZbin app’s comment section and upon seeing such a long post just close it. But lo not yours! I was already so captivated I read *and enjoyed* your entire post. Well done!

[@mightymacaque]

Everyone could use an uncle like Adam. The kind, knowledgeable and wacky type that's able to keep up energy wise with a young minds' energy level. Thank you for the video 👍.

[@ProfSimonHolland]

excellent....must do some shop organizing.....black masking tape and white out labels.....yes please.

[@WonkoTheSaneUK]

Might be worth temporarily removing some of the upper drawers to pull out that remaining key barrel, before Adam accidentally locks himself out of those nice drawers.

[@balzacq]

I've been watching this channel for over a year and I didn't even know you HAD a mold-making area. Maybe another shop tour should be on the agenda sometime soon?

[@OriginalMomo]

The shop is a Tetris game lol… make everything fit until you hit the ceiling lol

[@Highlandword9]

Ooo, storage sorting, love this stuff

[@headrushindi]

Love your Videos , Love your skill , and your workshop , however you are still missing one very needed and Important piece for your shop. That is a Camera on a smooth and noiseless movement system. May I suggest something to you which is a bit of geek tech which I am willing to bet you will adore. there are several (Auto Tracking) cameras on the market at great pricing. Originally designed for sportsman who want to film themselves with no camera assistance , and have the camera seamlessly track their moves. This would be an awesome and noiseless investment for you .😛

[@gBUGATI]

I love these organization videos. There a perfect balance of organizing and the drama of actual balancing shelfs on shelfs on shelfs without any wall anchors. I pray that theres never an earthquake when someone is in that shop.

[@MrBrettStar]

Could someone please provide links to the black masking tape? I can’t find any in my area except for black washi paper masking tape

[@NuclearRobotHamster]

I'm loving Adam channelling his inner Scotsman by calling things "SHITE"

[@veganconservative1109]

At about three minutes mark my motion sickness started kicking in. 😵‍💫 But I still watched because I love seeing different kind of organization.

[@chris.barker]

“And here’s where I keep assorted lengths of wire” - kzbin.info/www/bejne/janYaK1tncuJpNU

[@adamarends]

I know a guy that used an ambulance for his business just for the storage… makes sense

[@scottcampbell96]

Is he a Ghostbuster?

[@artor9175]

Like many of us, Adam grew up playing Tetris. He's got this!

[@rikvdmark]

Having all these areas each for their own use case is so good. My garage is way smaller but all this insight into organisation of your stuff is so awesome!

[@sharizabel2582]

Love and envious of your shop.

[@Joe___R]

It is always interesting to see the domino effect a new item can have on your shop. I doubt it has stopped yet, even if it seems like it has.

[@adamnapolitano432]

I love how running his workshop is like 40% reorganizing. Gives us such an inside into how his mind works.

[@H3110NU]

How did I never notice the lanyards on the ceiling before

[@KerriGilpin]

When I was a kid, I thought my dad was crazy for organizing his tools and supplies in an old wood dresser and labeling in SHARPIE directly on the wood drawers 😳 but now he seems to have known what he was doing 😂

[@DaHaiZhu]

3:04 - Vertigo Warning! 🤣

[@SgtMaj22]

I am happy to see that my model shop is not the only space that morphs every time I bring in a new piece of infrastructure! Thank the heavens for vertical space!

[@MikeDent]

Great stuff Adam. However please spend sole time “re organising” that camera tripod, seriously.

[@richard-sim]

This was really helpful - I'm about to move into a new place and have been trying to plan out my (very) tiny workshop, but shop organization is by far my weakest skill. While I don't have the luxury of being able to dedicate 8 draws to brushes for instance (they're in two 2L plastic bins), there are a few ideas I can take such as that rack Adam made for the plastic bins at the end of the video; the rack adds minimal extra size to the bins, but means you can access them individually rather than playing Tower of Hanoi with them or wasting space & materials on full shelves for them to sit on (my two current solutions). I do much prefer clear bins to opaque draws though, as even with a label I get hit hard by "out of sight, out of mind".

[@alyssahawkins4842]

Adam, I would be really curious whether you have ever considered having a master list of all the tools in your shop? Like the kind of complete organizational system that some historical Makers' workshops you've made videos about once used? As a former propmaster and current teacher, it seems that might be helpful if you don't always know where to find a tool in your shop if you haven't used it in a long while! If not, I would be really curious to know how your organizational system is set up, even if it's just one in your head, from one organizer to another

[@edmorris1437]

Nothing kills my creative energy like a messy (as in disorganized) work space, especially if half finished projects or hoarded materials taking over the space. And yet for me it takes a lot of discipline to keep it organized, or find the motivation to clean and organize. You’re absolutely right that the shop is like a living organism, and it needs care and feeding.

[@TradieTrev]

We know Adam is a just rock star now having a pinata of Donald Trump. Whatever experiment upon it the community desires we won't judge.

[@bamboowonder]

Watching your organization videos is always great. It makes me wonder if you have a shop floorplan map and how fun it would be to create. It seems like it would get a lot of revisions though 😂

[@jettbrains]

I love, love, love, love shop infrastructure videos. Adam emphases patina or worked in, lived in shop and he is literally the only one I know of who constantly do it and do it well. While his shop might look overwhelming, making things increment better, gives me a dopamine rush!

[@Nico42ke]

Could you make a "not creaking phone support" one day build? :)

[@veganconservative1109]

Oddly enough, I'm starting to like the creaking noise.

[@microbuilder]

This shop is sensory overload lol

[@bakedbeings]

I feel like those supplies could now support a team of 20+ makers (though they'd need a workspace) ❤

[@TheCharlieBG]

Love your videos and highly value the information you present. Do you have a video on your "SPECIAL MACHINE TOOLS" cabinet with the clear doors?

[@thom17043]

Yep, I've often said that any reorganization in the shop - most often to incorporate something new - is a combination of the tile-puzzle and Tetris to move things around and get it all to fit again.

[@raymitchell9736]

I'm going to see my chiropractor from all that camera whiplash. LOL Tile-puzzle... that's how my shop cleanup operates too! BTW: Those aircraft food severs reminded me like a squarish R2D2s.

[@googleboy7]

Hey Adam, I once set up an entire machine shop for a major company. I spent $25,000 on tooling cabinets and big bucks for Snapon stuff. But for my home shop I found I can't beat U'S. General from Harbor Freight. Shalom/gw

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

Ballistics gel man: "i've figured out a new way to sort wire!" Literally thousands of people, me included: "oh hell yes." Thank you Adam Savage for serving Professor Farnsworth by showing us your drawer of assorted length of wire. This is really helping me set my own shop up.

[@ClintonAllenAnderson]

Black masking tape.... Is it masking tape, or is it gaffer tape??? I am also looking to up my labeling game, from Black Sharpie On Green Painters Tape

[@RdDeath12]

whenever you point to your wire, all I think of is the quote: "this is my lab table, and here is my work stool, over there is my intergalactic spaceship.... and here is where I keep assorted lengths of wire..." "I designed it myself.... let me show you the different lengths of wire I used..." - Prof. Farnsworth

[@TheRealMotoNut]

I know you like your camera mounts but I can not get past the extraordinarily annoying “crackle and pop” every time you touch the camera. It’s so distracting. I see (or hear) this very often with GoPro content. It’s the GoPro’s mic. It pics up ever little touch. Assuming you are using a GoPro, I wonder if you could eliminate that sound with some kind of vibration isolator? Foam? Or some kind of spring system like some microphones use. Just to keep the vibrations of the camera movement from transferring to the camera’s microphone.

[@DonariaRegia]

Hello Adam! Let me intrude upon you with this quote from a "documentary" narrated by William Shatner: "The largest mass extinction since the big bang". I can't get it out of my head. 😂

[@ericmathiasson8572]

Next up: Adam rebuilds his squeaky camera tripod and explains why that is related to good craftsmanship. And cheese.

[@z1522]

The evolution and changes, for instance, in the wire spool storage, come out of a mindset always open to new iterations, of old ways of doing things that may once have been adequate, but are less so now, or perhaps never were really satisfactory - just so-so, but inertia kept you from putting time into revised concepts. Life is a balancing act, and as with riding a bike, if the ruts get worn too deep, you begin to risk a sudden fall.

[@joebykaeby]

I don't know what is more aspirational: having at one's fingertips such a wealth of tools, supplies, and materials; or having this level of organization in life, generally speaking. I (currently) have... neither of those things. lol

[@officialkingstik]

Bro. You should make the crucible blade and the marauder axe from DOOM ETERNAL.

[@toddler_dragons]

Adam Savage: Square your scraps and organize your shop. Also Adam Savage: Lets hold into this random piece of poster board with a round hole on it. Stick it in the crevice. 16:31

[@rmeden1]

looking at all the storage racks just pushed up against walls... Is the earthquake plan to run away and fix a big mess? It is San Francisco after all. (I don't tie things to walls either, but I'm not in SF!)

[@MakeitZUPER]

Good chaotic video. Reorganizing is such a thankless task by the observers but the improvement in efficiency is always worth it. The only thing that I don't like about your shop is the dust/debris that goes everywhere from the power tools. The former projects on the walls are cool to look at but I would definitely have them in a shop office on display instead of adding to the clutter that has to be moved when it's eventually in the way. That's just me though. After having recently moved, my workspace is far more chaotic at the moment.

[@zeddoverkill]

"The shop is always a tile puzzle" xD Adam, your shop is 3D Tetris and you are a master at squeezing every last inch of capability out of your space. xD

[@sethwinegar]

It's a dang good thing that isn't my shop space, I literlly would never come out. I'd also become a door dash customer for life.

[@Warshipmodelsunderway]

Can you tell us - or better yet, post an affiliate link - where you found black masking tape that doesn't leave a residue after an extended time? I checked your Amazon storefront, but couldn't find it. Thanks!

[@horsingaround5353]

Maybe organising so particularly may inhibit creativity? One of my joys is to meander around my yard and shed with no intention.... then walk out with my most enjoyed experiences of art making.

[@josephkrug8579]

We love you and your shop, but since SF is earthquake country...and you are so often in the shop, please think about attaching the wall shelves to the wall to avoid it all falling down in the next shaker that we have here in the bay area.

[@TheOneAndOnlyTed]

Not sure if by black masking tape you meant gaffers tape, but I discovered that does eventually leave a horrible residue. I had it on some camera equipment for a couple years that had just been sitting in a box inside, and when I finally needed it again and took it off, it left this horrible gray goop as if it had melted. It works great for a while, but when it goes, it goes pretty bad from what I can tell.

[@themontaguetwins174]

12:07 - - POV you're a stack of reorganized aircraft serving drawers about to be moved into your new home by Adam Savage.

[@AnthonyCurreri]

Only Adam would have a bin dedicated to "HAT REPAIR & MAINTENANCE" 😅

[@MB-zj3er]

I bought two medical cabinets like this for $20 a piece. They make excellent rolling tool cabinets. 👍

[@williamperreault7707]

Clutter triggered anxiety is helped by drawers that hide contents until you need them. Balancing that with your out of site out of mind(drawers are where things go to die) (object impermanence is a bitch), and you find your ratio of drawers vs bins.

[@copperdolphin5291]

Was that a Duncan Butterfly YoYo I spot on the cart next to the Klein Bottle??? I used to have an original one way back when. with the Red and White plastic bodies.

[@ken.a.]

Hey Adam (or anyone else who enjoyed this video), there's a video game out there called Wilmot's Warehouse. I think you would like it.

[@ralfg9194]

What a chaos... ;-) My cave does not look better but has only a tenth of the different parts in it. Kind regards from Germany!

[@Rockmaster867]

Now I wanted one of tjose airplane food carts. Sadly tjey are 500+ bucks here...

[@LordMoku]

6:47 What's the yellow robot at the top there? I know it, but I don't remember where from. Fifth Element?

[@DaHaiZhu]

The amount of stuff in Adam's Cave defies the laws of Physics

[@frunkfrankly]

I hope to see a video where Adam installs some sort of dust-extraction system in his shop soon. And is subsequently cured of the semi-permanent sniffles and coughs.

[@CaseyHandmer]

This video is the antidote to the anxiety hoarders feel when they watch Marie Kondo. Amazing!

[@Mr.Reality3000]

omg I just saw the holy grenade from antioch??, Adam please do a video showing the shop!!

[@ilichiregius2884]

Did anyone else get a little motion sickness with all the camera moving around but is pretty much okay with it because the outcome of this video was worth it?🤣🤣

[@DanielMReck]

It never occurred to me that airline food service carts would be stackable. Of course they are, it's obvious. But it still never occurred to me.

[@CoreDevice]

Maybe I'm missing something but if you find a thing that seems to be so great at organizing, shouldn't you just get more of that item and move as much of your shop into that storage vessel as possible?

[@stuartcudlip223]

Adam, I feel you. The machine that builds the machine😊. Ask Elon😂

[@denniskessler7983]

I would like to see an inventory list of everything in your shop. Now there's a project for you. Ha ha.

[@aldairjpicasso.picassildo5283]

Like. Procure um karakuri ,um dos estilos mais emblemáticos de bonecos autômata 👍🏽

[@staterasim5061]

I love how you spin the camera, and there's an R2D2 just standing in the corner.

[@orcapodstudio-retronaut]

Could you make a video where do you review other peoples garage is or warehouses from your fans on your channel

[@davedaniels8211]

I rearrange components in my double garage shop weekly - always evolving

[@ChrisMccann1822]

When he said for a pretty good deal i was expecting at max 100quid 😂😂

[@Scoots1994]

It's a good thing Adam doesn't live in an active earthquake area. Oh ... wait ...

[@BlckBox]

I saw you had a gold idol from Raiders on your shelf, were you aware that the original prop's eyes moved and followed Indy around the temple room, and if so does your idols eyes move?

[@jentheghost3364]

Tackle boxes are a great way to organize sewing projects!! If you're "just" a mender/novice/kidding yourself about your potential like me,having a fishing tackle box was a LEGENDARY upgrade for just the on-the-go situation (or if you're recovering from feeling like a renegade,anyway!) Like I am.... Is my two cents on the thing. Man,I love these videos!! This is cathartic shit right here.

[@jentheghost3364]

Pardon me

[@rudyrudelaemmerhirt]

That thing looks kind of flimsy to me, ever try getting your hands on some of those airline drink carts? Those work great also!

[@miyahollands6136]

Then the next "one day build" is going to be the ability to easily get to the upper drawers....!

[@jankaas2760]

Still waiting for lista to send him some drawer cabinets. Their simply the best and would be a great addition.