Adam Savage's Hammer Is Garbage

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[@chrism7777]

Adam,you should build your own THOR ODISON MIJONORE HAMMER FROM SCRATCH SEE WHO IS WORTHY TO PICK IT UP OR LIFTED IT KZbin VIDEO CHALLANGE UNLESS JAIME IS UNWORTHY TO LIFT IT !

[@thundolis]

So as a fellow maker and engineer, I am not sure that random stock for a hammer is much of a good idea. There was a good reason why I used S7 tool steel for my battlebot's teeth, S7 unlike a lot of alloys, is known as a "striking steel" In short, it is used in hammers and facings to prevent shattering or cracking (and ostensibly shrapnel) and requires it to be vacuum heat treated. For the teeth of my drum bot, this turned out to be the secret to shattered teeth. May I suggest you face that hammer with brass? Or please be careful not to hit anything very hard with it.

[@anathaetownsend1894]

Did you heat treat it to harden it back up again?

[@mlhbrx96]

Adam, if you're interested, there's a wonderful KZbin channel called Epic Upcycling. All great stuff made from scraps!

[@peckenstein]

@@mlhbrx96 that man is a magician with scraps!!!

[@rickinielsen1]

Just a word of warning for anyone wanting to replicate this. Making hammers out of random metals can be a really bad idea. Before more precise mass productions, hammers would often chip and could lead to severe eye injuries. As long as it is for a small “tappy” hammer like Adam’s and you use it accordingly, it is fine. Just be careful if you make something larger and use it to strike harder objects. Oh and wear eye protection!

[@Tunkkis]

Eye protection tends to be a good idea in any situation where two or more objects make contact with force.

[@sarrasmith2508]

Hardened steel, especially, should be treated with care.

[@Nick-of8zo]

Shouldn't be complacent with any hammer, really. Eye pro is a must.

[@fluffycritter]

I knew someone who got blinded in one eye when his cheap Harbor Freight hammer exploded during normal use. This is definitely something to be aware of.

[@miitch99]

Just squint

[@themechanist1919]

That used to be a pin for holding the bucket onto an excavator! The top is missing the wings on either side that prevent it from falling out. A big cotter pin goes into where that bolt is so that you can hot-swap various tools such as a hydro-hammer onto the machine for various tasks. The wings shear off after a while from scraping against the sides of the trench/ hole you are digging.

[@Epic501]

neat

[@kaidwyer]

That part reminds me of the “shake hands with danger” safety video when the guy cut his hand off replacing a giant pin on a bucket, because it fell out of position with no support.

[@FischEyeFPV]

My thoughts exactly

[@tomwinter1317]

Actually it looks like a hitch pin. The part that broke off was the pull ring, and they used the bolt to keep it from popping out, except it broke allowing it to drop out the bottom.

[@aeons7836]

Everyone knows the best excavator attachment name is the Hoe-Pack

[@jennymckenzie5304]

There was a show on TV in the UK when I was growing up called "Scrapheap Challenge" and this kinda reminds me of that. Thanks for spreading the nostalgia Adam!

[@hothi92]

Man I miss Scrapheap Challenge so much

[@dcan911]

They had 'Junkyard Wars' in USA

[@tiacho2893]

@@dcan911 I think I remember Grant was on the show with a team from ILM. That was before his Mythbusters era. Damn, I still miss Grant. I met him once and he was super nice.

[@tiacho2893]

They carried the UK series in Canada and then the US series. The last series by the producers was called "Full Metal Challenge" with international teams building "all purpose" vehicles doing stuff like bowling with 3m (about 9' in Freedom units) bowling pins. It was great and similar to Adam's Savage Builds series. And Henry Rollins was co-host!!!

[@brendanrobertson5966]

There was also a crossover event between the show iterations at the time for the Centenary of Flight. I have a crappy version on video tape somewhere (UK vs USA vs France)

[@BlindIo42]

I really admire your ability to look at something and see that within it there exists a completely different object - and then to draw out that new object as something beautiful and useful from what was once rusty detritus.

[@IllusionSector]

- and talk about the video living up to the title in a twisted way.

[@GeofreySanders]

Thank you for illustrating the difference between a toonk toonk and a pop pop.

[@aureaphilos]

I can see Adam using the 'toonk-toonk' end for flattening sheet metal around a curved or cylindrical form, where he wants to minimize the visible imprints from the hammer strokes. I think the 'pop-pop' end would for hammering home his Maker's Mark signature.

[@penfold7800]

You forgot one vital process before inserting the handle... You forgot to re-harden the steel. Your actual design looks to me to be perfect for shaping (flattening) and getting dents out of sheet metal. Useful for when repurposing scavenged sheet. Nice job. ...and remember; You can never have too many different kinds of hammers. Like any kind of tool; It will be the one you don't have that you will need most for a specific task.

[@cheeto4493]

That, and he should have smoothed down the end with the center hole. A hardened hammer will transfer the pattern on the face to what it's hit against, similar to Adam's signature stamp. Everytime he hits something with that end, it'll leave a nipple peak.

[@dustinolsen4994]

I also hope he put a slight taper to the inside of the handle hole so it doesn't slip out.

[@AddisonRennick]

@@cheeto4493 Well then that's his nipple hammer. For nipples ;P

[@DasVERMiT]

@@dustinolsen4994 Yeah, you could see it was already slipping out as he was putting the wedge in!

[@epicoutdoor5795]

And he never tested it!!!😢

[@warwickritch]

More scrap challenges please!! This was inspiring

[@tested]

We really enjoyed it ... So glad you did too!

[@Graylord88]

Inspiring the hoarder inside all of us! XD

[@gabrielstrong2186]

@@Graylord88 For the Hoard!

[@orconoftime]

@@tested Love seeing cutting oil getting put to good use

[@hanslain9729]

@@tested Reduce, reuse, recycle... Bob the Builder would be proud!

[@sander7165]

Nice hammer! A tip for making hammer handles: You shouldn't make a 90 degree step in the handle where it meets the head. It should taper so you can tap it in further if it gets lose. The taper also helps with hammering it into a hourglass shaped hammereye.

[@bradleyweyers4607]

And if you have the taper you hit the bottom of the handle to seat it. So you push the handle in then while hanging the hammer head towards the floor you smack the bottom of the handle and it will seat the handle fully.

[@sander7165]

@BAYEWEBMEDIA i'm only giving some advice that might make a safer hammer (preventing the head from flying off), that doesn't make me some "internet Einstein".

[@jimmygriffiths]

Thats what the wedge is for tho.

[@zenmaster76]

@@jimmygriffiths The wood is going to compress as the hammer is used. If the hammer eye is straight then the head is going to get progressively looser. An hourglass shaped eye with a tapered handle means the wedge flares the wood at the top filling in the top of the eye, giving a greater hold then just the friction of compressing the wood into a straight eye

[@pocketchange3543]

Should really split the handle blank instead of cutting also so the grain isn't running off at an angle. But it looks functional, and if it fails it's a learning experience. Win win.

[@JohnFleshman]

Making the handle for a hammer or axe fit your hand perfectly is a truly nice feeling.

[@ctrainbeats]

watched tons of mythbusters when I was a kid.. now 33 years old trying to learn woodworking, so you can imagine how happy finding this channel made me lol. thanks adam

[@jerbear7952]

You are just bleeding this poor man dry. Will it ever be enough for you😢

[@ctrainbeats]

​@@jerbear7952 hmmmmmm

[@westonfairris8724]

Congrats on learning woodworking. It can be an incredibly rewarding and challenging

[@mattlewandowski73]

If from a pallet, HIGH probability of red or white oak. It warms my heart to see a piece of actual debris turned into a nicely crafted tool. The faces of the hammer probably need some case hardening. Speaking of the faces. That divot on the small face will transfer its pattern to anything it hits. You probably want to machine it out. Finally you might want to file the hole for the handle to make a slight taper (as others have mentioned) allowing you to secure it with a wedge in your handle. As it is, that head will slide off at some point. You may notice it happening and correct the seating... You may not til after it becomes a projectile.

[@wombatillo]

Couldn't you use some suitable filler rod and tig weld the hole full with a similar enough material and then machine it or just grind it again? Hardening the surface would be nice if you're going to hammer something hard like steel. I assume steel like this is not really work hardening?

[@mattlewandowski73]

@@wombatillo Yes you could weld in a patch for the hole a couple different ways... Easiest I could think of... You could pad weld the face to increase the amount of material there if you were trying to keep the balance point identical to the previous incarnation (I do not think Adam, from his own words, put that much thought into its design) but if you are not concerned about keeping the weight or balance point identical, then the pad weld before shaving the metal down to eliminate the hole would be pointless. I am not a metallurgist. Only took one metallurgy course a LONG LONG time ago. but have worked with various metals as a tinkerer/maker for decades in various ways. to the best of my knowledge all metal will work harden, BUT how much damage will you do to it before that happens. Back in the late 80s you could get case hardening fluid (carbon in liquid suspension) and to the best of my knowledge you still can... You then used a torch to bake it into the metal (IIRC) increasing the carbon content hardening the metal, this would allow a hard striking face with a not so brittle body. alternately you could heat and quench the face to harden it with minimal effect on the body. The last time I made a hammer was on a forge, not a mill, so I used lamination with an insert of a harder metal so I do not think I have case hardened anything since 95 or so. Also I do not recall seeing adam pull out a tig or mig welder... not sure he has one.

[@LupusYonderboy13]

I second this comment.

[@tedhaubrich]

Mmm oak would be a terrible choice for s hammer handle. Oak, while, strong, has terrible shock resistance..

[@renepigeon1111]

@@tedhaubrich ya, and it also didn’t look like oak, it didn’t have that spotting that oak had

[@Cesar174213]

Hey adam, material engineer from Brazil here, Amorphism of the structure is not the cause for hardness, for example glass is almost 100% amorphous and extremely hard, and diamonds are 100% cristaline and hard as well. Cooling fast metals makes them harder because it doesn't allow enough time for the metal's atoms to arrange themselves in a more disordered manner (not more amorphous), resulting in a more tightly packed crystal structure and a harder material.

[@sophiaroda5216]

Thank you for clarifying!

[@buzz.b]

In your definition what is the difference between amorphous and disordered?

[@darkounet3478]

Actually they are not really "disordered", what he means is that by cooling quickly the metal you obtain a cristaline structure that is both finer and different from the structure you obtain when you let it cool slowly, thus the added hardness. This is specific to steel however some metal alloy tend to soften when quenched. I don't think i've ever heard of a common metal you can obtain in an amorphous phase though. Cristaline structure is the rule for metals

[@Cesar174213]

@@buzz.b Maybe my example was not very good because they''re both ceramics, in metals what makes it soft is the possibility in movement inside the cristaline structure, Since it's not an easy explanation I recomend reading about CCC,CFC, and vacancy in metal structures

[@Cesar174213]

@@darkounet3478 actualy there is, It is called metallic glass and It's commonly found on those clips to remove the chip from phones. They are made by extremely fast cooling ( 10^6 K/s). And yes, you are correct about the structure. I used the word disordered to avoid explaining vacancy in metal structures.

[@criskane]

27:45 "Buddy you're a boy, make a big noise, playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday..." 😁🤘 Anyways, Adam your videos never cease to amaze! I've always appreciated the "one man's trash is another's treasure" philosophy, but it was quite satisfying watching you give something a new, practical purpose as opposed to its previous one (being trash). Good stuff!😄

[@kj3d812]

@Cris Kane I was literally scrolling through the comments to see if anyone had commented exactly that 😄

[@criskane]

@@kj3d812 it's a banger lol (pun intended) 🔨

[@jacobwarrington]

@@kj3d812 Make it three. 😄 Can't hear that distinctive 'boom-boom-CHAAK' rhythm without ending up there. Half expected Adam to start humming along!

[@TygonPanthera]

I KNEW I couldn't have been the only one who thought of We Will Rock You :D

[@andersenzheng]

@@TygonPanthera if you didnt hear that when Adam was tapping in the insert, we can't be friends. sorry not sorry.

[@scifideity]

Handle pin insertion done to "We will rock you" by Queen 🤘😁🤘 The hammer turned out great! It's always a joy to watch you build and I'm so envious of your Shop. It's the ultimate maker space IMHO. 😀

[@prongATO]

So, I'm not alone. :D

[@sincladp]

I know it’s not the normal material for your creations, but seeing steel being machined in this video with your unique approach to problem solving was fun to watch.

[@jeffrey9750]

Adam, I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have been inspiring someone with two left hands to pick up this amazing craft and I have learned so much from you. All thanks in the worlds from the Netherlands!

[@bushratbeachbum]

Us lefties are more creative than those weird righties! You're doubly creative!!

[@ModestDumpster]

My favorite part of one day builds and Savage crafts in general is how much passion he puts into the simplest project. Adam's eyes show his excitement when he feels good about something and it's truly inspiring to watch.

[@garygsp3]

I agree. I only wish he knew how to make the thing he was making. Today Adam made a beautiful looking hammer. Yet that hammer is doomed to fail and he hasn't even swung it yet. I wish he would have bothered to learn a little about how to make hammers before a made one. Outside of outward appearance wasn't much he did that was right.

[@newagelumberjack]

I loved watching every bit of this! I restore axes, and hammers for a living this made me so happy to watch you make this hammer. I would love to build a hammer for your rack if you have space. You’ve been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. You’re always inspiring me on good days and bad. I really appreciate you existing

[@sophakpeth4346]

Very thoughtful words my friend. I feel the same way!

[@nicholascrow8133]

Someone already has and he loved it, you should just make one and send it in!

[@newagelumberjack]

@@nicholascrow8133 thank you for much for letting me know! I am going to start working on it today

[@newagelumberjack]

@@sophakpeth4346 well thank you! I am going to make him a hammer

[@hotwykinger6889]

Hey, just reviewed some of your Axes on your videos, very nice 👍 Greetings from Germany

[@michaelandersen7535]

I got so much vicarious joy from watching you make a beautiful, functional object from scrap. Thank you!

[@ariseyhun2085]

Thank you, Mr Anderson

[@tested]

Thank you for your super thanks! We appreciate your support!

[@jacobdoran9433]

The soundscape on this was is excellent. All the right whirs and buzzes but no peaking. Good work.

[@Chris_Corcoran]

Some buildier is going to be like, ''where did I put my chunk of metal'' and Adam will be like, '' I dunno but here's a cool shiny hammer''

[@staviq]

I don't know if you are gonna read this, but there is a very simple trick for heating things in a vise, put a piece of pcb blank between the jaws and the part, it works wonderfully as a thermal insulator, even when the laminate inside gets all charred. I used this to braze chunks of copper that had to be perfectly aligned, and I did it to prevent them from getting stuck to the vise, and to my surprise, it worked way faster and the vise was significantly cooler after that, and i been using this trick ever since.

[@Rileysworld727]

From the scrap to object transformation to the scientific explanation this takes me back to watching the old mythbusters when i was a kid. Thank you so much for making this world a better place to be in. We all love you Adam, don't ever change.

[@GardenGuy1942]

Isn’t that a little racist to say..?

[@Rileysworld727]

@@GardenGuy1942 What?

[@anthonyterrano2461]

Adam is one of the biggest hoarders I know who will ACTUALLY use all the crap he ends up saving... I challenge you to do a 1 day build with some items in your shop you haven't touched in years!

[@noperception5073]

He's not a hoarder, he's a collector and gatherer. Hoarders are no where near as organized as him.

[@copperkettlepot]

@@noperception5073 Thank you for making that distinction. Hoarders save everything indiscriminately and become overwhelmed to the point of non-functionality. Obviously, Adam is quite functional. The nature of tinkerers is to "see" or envision use and purpose in otherwise discarded objects. It's a knack and talent. God love him.

[@tsimmons4730]

A trick to annealing some hardened steels, is you have to heat them up red hot like you did, but then bury it a bucket of sand or vermiculite and let it cool very slowly until cool to the touch. Basically over night. Typically hole in the hammer is drifted in from both sides. That way it has a taper on both sides, and when you drive in you wedge it spreads out the top half. Locking it on the hammer handle to keep it from coming off later

[@DimepieceCustomWorks]

Also wedges should be put in at a 45° angle to put pressure in all directions of the head. Not just front and back or side to side. Which is why i like the round wedges for tool handles. But there are applications for everything. Of course.

[@davidskala7652]

This was a beauty of a build especially considering it came from scrap metal. It's great to show how with a little work one man's trash is another man's treasure and that nothing went to waste. Absolutely loved it!

[@sundaynightdrunk]

Used to sell hammer handles and repair hammers in a really old hardware store. The eye portion of the handle is made with a split cut into it, and included is a wooden wedge to pound into the split, followed by a metal wedge pounded perpendicular to the wood wedge. Adam's fastening of the head here should work, but I would have liked to see him follow that practice since it's so proven to provide a hold on that head that's basically everlasting. I also wonder the final weight of the head, as that determines the length of the handle. Really cool build.

[@skilletborne]

Oh thank god, I thought I was nuts for spending the whole handle portion waiting for a cut in the handle. His little metal wedge straight into the wood worried me.

[@wodenphoto]

He didn't make an hourglass shaped eye. So most of this wouldn't make a difference.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

@@wodenphoto I rarely saw those in repairing hundreds of hammers, yet the handle split and wooden wedge were always used except on tiny specialty hammers. I learned to repair them from really old men who had been doing it for decades, so I think they knew what they were doing.

[@CraigSegger]

@@wodenphoto It's more needed on heavier weighted hammers, a little one like this wouldn't be swung as hard

[@NinjaOtt3r]

Did those hammers also have a "thunk thunk" and a "bop bop" like Adam's?

[@trob500]

Nice video. I love seeing something made from junk. Couple tips: Are you going to harden the ends? Tiny hammers can probably get away with just a metal wedge. But if you did a wood wedge, then the metal wedge perpendicular to it, it would be tighter. Completely tapering where the head come to a stop (instead of the shelf you cut into the handle) helps squeeze it onto the handle. When you seat the head, hang the hammer upside down and strike the bottom of the handle. It seemed like the wood grain was going the wrong way, but I didn’t get a good look at it. It should be going in the direction of the head. I wish my shop looked like yours. Great collection

[@joeholm4591]

Yes, used to watch my dad seat hammer heads like that, still amazed at the physics of that.

[@Nemozoli]

Double speed at 27:45 gives you a nice rhythm... lovely how the "garbage" hammer turned out, I also never throw away "stock" that I find somewhere myself!

[@bamba7a]

i think its we will rock you

[@Nick-rs5if]

I just love how chaotically-spirited this appears to be. Just a random chunk of whatever-wood and a partially rusted piece of steel you found on some street. This is why I just love watching Adam so much!

[@williamj.bagnall4564]

It really is fun to just say "What can I make with this?" I'm sure it's even more fun to do when you have that kind of shop.

[@teddyjones8027]

As I'm watching you using the torch and it appears very close to your Star Wars model and I have to admit it's making me very anxious because all I keep imagining is watching it slowly start to melt. Always love your videos and been a die hard fan from the beginning. Thank you for sharing, everyone keep yourselves and love ones safe and healthy and remember to SMILE 😊😊

[@revchewie1]

Right? I was so worried for that AT-AT!

[@teddyjones8027]

​@revchewie1 hahaha, I'm soo glad I'm not the only one that was seeing that 😊

[@markday3145]

I was having a minor freak out, too.

[@teddyjones8027]

@Mark Day hahaha I was actually stressing soo bad I was actually yelling at the screen watch out Adam your about to catch it on fire

[@tay13666]

I noted that as well.

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

Oh, the interaction with editing and Adam is really great.

[@Arachnia_Sea]

I love how the video is time-lapsed, yet the sound is regular speed. Great one-day build as well. Looks like a nice chasing hammer.

[@cheeto4493]

Yeah, I watch a couple other KZbin channels that do the same. For the first 3 seconds I like it, but then it's like watching a dubbed over movie or one where the audio track doesn't line up with the lips. My brain just doesn't follow correctly and causes one eyebrow to go all cattywampus.

[@travinpletschke8332]

Thank you. This was so lovely to watch. I've recently moved to Japan from South Africa, and your videos and teachings made up a lot of my childhood. I also built a lot of things with my father over the years, so overall this was such a nostalgic video, and brought forth many pleasant emotions. To conclude, I hope you are doing well, and I wish you all the best.

[@jamiegibson1010]

Adam, your passion for life puts a huge smile on my face. Love watching your videos.

[@edbennett8257]

Also, a proper hammer handle hole should taper slightly larger from the bottom to the top, so that when the wedge is installed the handle flares into the taper to make it more resistant to coming off.

[@sambenao7]

That’d be too hard to do unless you file it or cast it yourself.

[@edbennett8257]

@@sambenao7 No it isn't. It can easily be done by hand with a file. In this case, when Adam cut the slot on the mill, he could easily have rocked the hammer head a few degrees each way in the vise and finished each end to create the taper. It only need to taper on one axis to work. A cone is not required. A hammer head with this type retention is in no danger of coming off the handle in use.

[@russhellmy]

​@@sambenao7not hard to do, after cutting the slot just adjust the head the necessary angle and recut that face, repeat for the 4 faces of the slot. Alternatively just cut a slightly bigger 3mm (⅛") slot but only 6mm (¼") deep. Then blend with a file.

[@1pcfred]

What you call a hole is called the eye.

[@edbennett8257]

@@1pcfred Gee, thanks for the correction of a technicality. You and I know that, but everyone who would read it may not have, and an explanation of the term eye would have meant typing the description of the hole, so I left it at that. Simplicity is good most of the time. 😁

[@hushpuppi3]

man I loved the small window of Adam explaining next to the sped up video of him doing something tedious

[@jaybrown7177]

I have not seen you wearing your apron much any more. I would have thought that during the milling process with the chips flying out that you would have worn some protection from your clothing. Great video.

[@joashbergman5477]

When you heat a piece metal, say a billet of steel or aluminum, the atoms that make up the metal begin to become "excited" and move faster. They have higher thermal energy, or heat. This faster movement expands the metal ever so slightly per degree centigrade. This is why large buildings and bridges can grow and shrink a few inches depending on the temperature. When the atoms are excited, they can slightly move out of the lattice structure they have aligned themselves in and other smaller atoms, such as carbon, can and will move into the hot metal. The process of annealing slowly cools the metal, allowing the majority of the trapped gasses out of the metal. However, when the metal is cooled quickly, such as with oil or even water, the atoms, namely carbon, become trapped in the metal. The atoms are few in number, but they fill in the lattice structure of the metal, making it more difficult for atoms to slide past one another, therefore making the material harder. The same thing can be done with other metals, in the process known as alloying. Metals such as zinc and copper can be melted together to form a "new" metal with unique properties. Brass, made out of zinc and copper, has different properties than its component metals did. Alloys, depending on their atomic structure and the metals contained, can vary drastically in hardness.

[@PORKCHOPSH]

I love that feeling when you confirm proof of concept and the happiness of a new project!

[@doriWyo]

I wondered if you were going to harden the finished hammer head.

[@freakyjason477]

Same here

[@seabeepirate]

Since you save scrap of unknown origin, a Geiger counter might be a fun or valuable tool.

[@bushratbeachbum]

Why? Unless it's pre 1940s it's going to be radioactive to some degree.

[@seabeepirate]

@@bushratbeachbum because the degree of radioactivity is unknown. People take home souvenirs from Chernobyl, and radioactive waste occasionally gets mishandled or misplaced, the risk of picking up something dangerous is non-zero and Geiger counters are not terribly expensive.

[@MrCoolAttitude]

Been waiting patiently for this one ever since it was mentioned.

[@klenk1am]

I love listening to Adam explain things. And build things. His ability to make concepts and builds accessible is so rare!

[@howlettjames8860]

You make building these amazing pieces seem reasonable. I have seen a lot of channels where the end product seems impossible to achieve at my level. You make me want to challenge myself and see how far I can get

[@maxque2841]

Yes because you have a lathe and a mill right?

[@ThrawnFett123]

"I saw the hammer within the garbage. I simply set it free" -Adam Savage probably

[@garygsp3]

Only to eventually send it back to the garbage when breaks it.

[@moritzwicenec8643]

really cool challenge, would also be neat to watch Adam ravage through a junkyard looking for these potential projects, and where his thoughts take him when he sees scrap!

[@AlmightyyCres]

Adam, I'm a year into my aviation maintenance field. It's my dream career. Grew up watching you like we all did. I'm a sheet metal worker/mechanic. Trying to learn the lathes and mills we have at the shop too. I would love if you made a video showing tools that would be good to have for sheet metal, lathe, mill and any sort of metal working. I some times custom make parts for commercial/cargo air crafts. Think it would make a good video and talking point. Also some tips on the lathes and mills and explanations on what some of the tools that the lathes and mills use. Also, if you made some metal working hammers or tools I'd totally buy them

[@anthonyr1]

I would love a millwrighting tools video from Adam about hammers, chisels, punches, dial indicators etc. Aviation maintenance seems cool and might be what I go for next once this chapter is done. I've always found helicopters super cool!

[@BoBo93212]

Was I the only one clenching my booty watching him use a lathe to polish the piece? That sand paper seemed awfully close

[@AndrewKieran]

all this time i've spent watching blacksmithing videos and this is the first time i've heard an explanation of the annealing and hardening process. Thank you

[@totalwarlock9498]

@9:00 metallurgist here, another way to describe how annealing works is to talk about the grain structure of a metal. Metals have grain patterns just like wood but they can vary in size and shape, when a metal is hardened its grain structure looks like a pile of needles (called martensite) and this structure is very brittle. Essantally what annealing is doing is heating up the metals grain structure loosening the molecules and letting the metal cool slowly will change the grain structure to look more blobby (called austenite), hence why hardened tap will snap while a soft wood nail will bend when hit with a hammer.

[@VeniVidiVid]

This was a wonderfully musical episode! From the avant-garde piece performed by that detail sander, to your rendition of We Will Rock You while installing the head. 🎼🎶🎵

[@ScottNickell]

Not only that, but the thing at 29:16 about "I can see two tiny pictures of myself, and there's one in each of your eyes" is a bit that William S. Burroughs recites in a song by Laurie Anderson.

[@ltlbuddha]

I wondered for a brief moment "what is he playing?" on the detail sander and "Was that intentional?" with the head installation

[@roberthousedorfii1743]

@@ltlbuddha it's a song. it's driving me frikkin nuts right now. Bond? I can't quite place it...

[@Psychedelicide]

27:46 WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!

[@leeh.6371]

This is why a forge would be a great addition to your shop, if you have hardened steel you can anneal it 👍

[@EO-McLoud]

yet he showed a solution for why he dont need to front the cost off one.

[@leeh.6371]

Their really not very expensive, propane is much cheaper than oxygen or acetaline, and tho he doesn't need one his method was pretty inefficient and time consuming 👍

[@boscorner]

As the old saying goes "if you have steel you can anneal"

[@fellowyou2ber]

Seeing Adam work with mild steel makes me want to see Adam try DIY case hardening. Old fashioned case hardened metal is gorgeous.

[@matheighway]

11:03 My reaction totally matched Adam's reaction when the drill bit started cutting. How satisfying to see physics in action!

[@philstevens9914]

When you were hammering the shaft at the end I was waiting for the "We will rock you" bit to come in!

[@Immolate62]

I read through the comments to avoid repeating that sentiment, and sure enough!

[@Aftershk]

I knew it wasn't going to, because that would cost licensing fee money. 😅 I do imagine Adam was singing it in his head, though. 😝

[@kj3d812]

@@Immolate62 same!

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

27:45 "Adam and his toys, makin' big noise, playin' on the 'Tube, gettin' builds done in just one day; Sawdust stuck on ya face, (and) your makerspace, stickin' GoPros all over the place! Squintin'!"

[@philstevens9914]

@@FoxMacLeod2501 Haha

[@jughead8988]

When Savage was driving the wedge in the hammer, how many of you where singing "we will rock you?"

[@nerdingforfunprops4487]

I was 😂

[@jeromethiel4323]

Nope. "We will, we will, pound you! Sing it now! We will, we will, pound you!" ^-^

[@jeromethiel4323]

And when he was done, it was "Stop! Hammer time!"

[@Jakeu1701]

I started singing along

[@blabaduplatinum1]

Idk but I came to comment on the sweet rhythm.

[@edbennett8257]

Adam really needs to delve into the wonder that lies within a rosebud torch.

[@1pcfred]

For how often Adam may be heating things up a cutting torch suffices.

[@edbennett8257]

@@1pcfred A full appreciation of the function of the rosebud just might make him use the torch for heating more often. The difference in the time it takes to bring the material up to temp is incredible, as is the lack of danger of damaging the work piece that a cutting torch imparts.

[@mittensfastpaw]

Such a simple joy to watch him so enthusiastic for his work.

[@eylookvulheimiik7538]

I really recommend getting a small foundry or forge. They help a lot with projects like this and also are super useful for hardening parts as wel

[@broncosis]

Not sure if anyone else has stated this but it looks like it's a pin from a crane tower could be a piece of earth moving equipment aswell

[@Samlowry27B-6]

Adam goes full Womble 'making good use of the things that we find' 😄

[@cycoholic]

Making good use of the things that we find. Things that the everyday folks leave behind. 😊

[@mrfrancis143]

Love your method of making a hammer head! Just wondering why you didn’t re harden the head after machining it?

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Because of the previous welding it can be dicey.

[@kadmow]

It is more like a panel beaters hammer than an a fitters hammer (not going to drive chisels all day - as is) - leaving the faces soft will mar the work surface less. (Previous welding is of no merit as that piece was discarded - knowing the piece is hardenable means the faces can easily be put hach to whatever level of "hard" (and tough) as is required.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

@@kadmow it’s clearly some kind of alloy steel and not mild steel, so yes the previous welding is of great consequence.

[@kadmow]

@@I_SuperHiro_I - of course it isn't mild steel - or it wouldn't be so hard initially - no that statement is fairly suspect if annealed/normalised and cut down - around 10:22 removing any HAZ.... sorry. (naturally blanket statements are speculative and essentially worthless ) Checking the Phase and temperature transition diagrams - 600- 1000 degrees C will take out all of any previous heat treat - time depending - Jominy tests are very useful lol... The biggest problem with the welding - and normalisation means the metallurgy is worthless for whatever it was intended for ( speculation ?? locating / securing pin for a tower crane segment or something), Grade 10.9 or 12.9, - or other high tensile/ strength grade safety gear shouldn't be welded post manufacture - or the quality assurance goes to zero...).

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

@@kadmow yeah I would agree with that, but it wouldn’t be the first time I’d seen someone field repair it like that…..leading to failure again months later.

[@davebirch2543]

Was anyone else singing "We Will Rock You" to themselves while Adam hammered that metal wedge in the top of the handle? 🤣🤣🤣

[@Rocky-iy8ct]

Yep, I immediately went to that.. lol "Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise"

[@hugonascimento6966]

Hi Adam! Materials scientist here. The question here (7:33) is why hardened steel softens with red hot heat. The main phenomenon contributing to the change of mechanical properties is the change of atoms arrangement(martensite and/or austenite turn into ferrite and pearlite). Reduction of the number of dislocations and grain growth play a minor role in temperatures around 930 F but are important at higher temperatures (above 1500 F). Most metals and alloys are made of grains. Each grain is a single crystal. There are several types of crystals. Each one has its own way to deform, by the slipping of planes of atoms. Dislocations are defects that disturb the slipping of planes of atoms, enhancing hardness.

[@jughead8988]

Every time I see someone make a tool handle it reminds me of my grandfather that made them with a pocket knife and a broken piece of glass for smoothing it out. He sold them to coal miners to make extra money.

[@kemi_niko]

I’ll have to try that broken glass method, thanks

[@briangruenewald7536]

And every time we kiss…

[@jimmyeatshoe]

“Today on Tested, Adam plays the national anthem using a sander and a hammer head!” 19:54 😂 Great work as always Adam & Tested team 🎉

[@jimmyeatshoe]

…and “We Will Rock You” 😂 27:45

[@michaelripley4528]

Every tool is a musical instrument😁

[@erikhendrickson59]

There's something incredibly satisfying about watching the lathe just *_eat_* that steel like it's a piece of butter

[@fishyfish6768]

I’m a transplant to SF back in 91. Yup. The winters then were a dense fog based drizzle. Summers had an hour or two of sunlight book ended with dense fog.

[@kniffin719]

This build looks to be inspired by Adam's time at the armorer's shop talking about their own custom hammers and tools.

[@86fifty]

Awesome, I love making things outta garbage! XD And mine are never THIS useful! Ya know, there are so many WEIRD SOUNDS in this episode! Not just the cool electro-synth Jingle Punks music chosen on purpose, but the almost music-like pattern of the sanding, the rattle of a shutter outside at like 21 minutes exactly that Adam doesn't seem to hear... It's mind-bending, yo

[@jttech44]

Tbf, this isn't that useful without re-hardening the steel. Couldn't drive a nail with it in this state. Adam's a good prop maker, but, understand that props don't have to be *that* functional. With a little google he could have done it, he just didn't think to because that's not where his brain lives. Instead he made a pretty hammer, which is great, but a good hammer, eh, not as much.

[@Awesomeness42102]

I love adams shop and obviously hes a pro at what he does, but man is his shop the biggest fire hazard

[@d7588]

You're a fire hazard, prone to starting a flame war.

[@gregmatchett7110]

the shelf you made will cause the handle to crack, Adam! I've made plenty handles in my life from scratch. You want it to just taper out so it's always tightening as it sinks. use a good hardwood wedge on top and soak the head and handle in linseed for 24hr.

[@gregmatchett7110]

i love it btw

[@shinjisan2015]

17:32 You should rotate the polisher around so you're not reaching over it to flip the switch. Risk here of your arm/sleeve getting caught in the polishers.

[@joselrodriguez5999]

Nice hammer! I would have been nice to harden it again.

[@dekulprit]

Maybe I missed this, but did you re-harden the metal/hammer head?

[@storytellerjack22]

Came here to say this. I fear between the soft wood handle and the soft metal, that the hammer is still garbage. :(

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I thought about this too, but when I think about every hammer I've ever used the heads still seem pretty soft and have marks from hitting things. It's not like you're always hammering super dense materials with it. I feel like the pallet wood handle might give out before the head though.

[@teddyjones8027]

I'm a retired aeronautical, mechanical, structural engineer and I love it when you are using the lathe because for me it has always been 1 of my absolute favorite pieces of equipment. It's always been a calming, soothing, almost zen feeling any time I use it, yeah I'm weird 😂😊

[@davewarrender2056]

Especially when taken minute surface turnings , an d your piece looks like a mirror when finished

[@teddyjones8027]

@@davewarrender2056 absolutely

[@BigStevesGlassBoxes]

So, safe to say, Adam Savage STILL has the coolest job in the world.

[@cstouthamer7622]

What an excellent channel you have. A workshop like a workshop should be - organized chaos and a craftsman that does what real craftsmen do - objects drop to the floor, fingers get slightly bruised and things do not always go to plan. A joy to watch! And the hammer is pretty nice as well. Merry Christmas

[@aceghost1074]

Just came across the channel. So wild. I've been enamored with machining/ carpentry an all sorts of creative outlets that have functional purposes for years now. And when I think about it, a lot of it came from watching shows like myth busters growing up. And seeing Adam again is like a childhood memory. I've heard somewhere that it may be a sore spot and show ended on bad terms or something along those lines, but I'd put a dollar that there were many more than just me, that now fanatically just build shit for the love of it. And my generation at least, with your show being as ingrained into us as much as it was had to have some affect on it. Idk man, it's weird seeing a KZbinr for the first time and already having many memories of watching them prior, and possibly having an impact on the drive to just create stuff. Anyways, regardless of how it ended up, you showing your creations and mad scientist like shop has impacted me an I appreciate ya for it. Much love.

[@Chimpr]

That chunk of metal was probably the handle and screw of a vise. Just like the one Adam is using at 10:11. Or something similar like a jack.

[@Yemeno45]

Dang you might be right

[@yoyopg123]

Next one day build suggestion for you Adam. A small, 3 sided forge lined with firebrick that you can do heating/brazing/silver soldering jobs in safely and efficiently. You lose a lot of heat doing it out in the open like that and with that lovely vice acting like a heat sink. If you didn't have the oxy-acetylene rig and just an oxy-propane rig (which is far more common and less spooky to have in a home shop environment) you'd be there all day doing it that way unless you did something about heat retention.

[@anthonymara4533]

What a joy to watch. I was amused when you proclaimed it was mild steel, if it did indeed come from construction equipment it was undoubtedly hardened, good thing you knew to anneal it. When I was a hobbyist blacksmith I made all manner of tools from all manner of junk, from shaping tools, to cutting tools to hammers and tongs. Been twenty years since I've actively done it, but just a small tip for you in the future, when you're installing a handle into a hammer, or axe for that matter. cut a split into the section you're going to put into the eye, and when seating it don't strike it handle first onto a table or hard surface. Instead turn it upside down, and hit the base of the handle with a rubber mallet. It will force the head up, and seat firmer. You also don't run the risk of damaging your new tool when you do it this way. Regardless, once again I loved to watch your work, and see your creations come to life.

[@raysmancave1]

I have attempted a few times to make several types of hammers. The biggest problems I found was the length and diameter of the handle to give the hammer a perfect ballance. Too long and it is head heavy,, too short and it can hurt your wrist, too thick and your hammer can twist on the part you are hammering. To achieve a good ballance took a lot of trial and error, but once you get it right it is a pleasure to use.

[@ethancempe8335]

It's been 7 years since I worked in a machine shop and I can still smell those blue chips coming off your mill (and also feel them burning my hands lol)

[@HeyThatWeirdGuy]

You may want to take a visit to an ear, nose and throat doctor if you're still experiencing the smell this long afterwards.

[@harrisonburgautomall2838]

@@HeyThatWeirdGuy Just a memory smell, you know how noses be

[@em4808]

Mandalorian Armourer’s hammer and tongs would be a great one day build!

[@mirandadonovan1272]

Adam Salvage.

[@abelolsen9656]

Next time, put a 5 mm or higher on left side at 17:50, so the sides were slanted and make parallelogram shaped hammer, to triggering people. When you saw something, that triggering you, you bring the triggering hammer, and hit the desk.

[@southernknifehobbyist]

I love this project! One small critique: the eye of the hammer should be slightly hourglass shaped. Then when the wedge is driven in it ensures that the head will not fly off during use. I have made one hammer handle, for a hammer that my father-in-law gave me. Yours looks better!!!

[@jeromethiel4323]

That looks like a trailer pin. I was at a factory where all they made were pins. This looks like something they would have made. It is probably fairly mild internally (for resiliency), but surface hardened for wear resistance. Kind of like how a knife is fairly soft internally, but extremely hard on the edge.

[@Awakamis]

I think your the right track. With the comment of bunch of construction in the area made me think of backhoes, excavators and forklifts. It looks like a pin that goes with the attachments (buckets, forks, etc.) that hold it to the equipmement. It would be surfaced hardened due to it being a pivot point

[@wodenphoto]

I'm a knife maker. A properly heat treated knife is hard all the way through, not case hardened as you describe here. If a knife was case hardened, once you sharpened it more than a few times, you'd expose soft steel and no longer be able to hold an edge.

[@NikoMoraKamu]

men don't buy that knives xD a nice real knife has a full heat treat , other thing is differential quenching that can give you different hardeness in the same blade , but still full heat treated

[@jeromethiel4323]

@@NikoMoraKamu I think i misspoke. I didn't mean the inside was like mild steel, just no where near as hard as the edge. You don't want the blade snapping, because it's too brittle. Hope that clears up my meaning a little.

[@wodenphoto]

You're still on the wrong track. We fully harden the entire blade. Then temper the whole blade back to a hardness level that is not brittle. Unless you're doing a differential heat treat, such as blue backing, a hamon, or edge quenching, the entire blade is still the same hardness. On differentially heat treated blades, the spine is softer than the cutting edge. But the edge is still hardened fully through the cross section of the blade.

[@DarthCobay]

If every tools a hammer, I think you’ve got plenty of spares left in your workspace! 😉

[@adr1a]

Should the hammer be hardened?

[@zachmoyer1849]

i think he will figure out the answer to that when he smacks the first piece of metal with it lol

[@karelhoogendoorn]

You might be ciritical Adam, but seeing this piece coming together made from two pieces of formless nothingness is coming to close to magic in my eyes. There's something really pleasing about these handtools and the combination of wood and steel does something to me as well. And I completely get you drooling over that last hammer you've showed as well. Thnx for this one!

[@MinaliaGames]

Keep it up Adam! Remember, REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE! The first two before the last!!! Reusing is great! If I had my own shop I wouldn't waste any scrap... Even metal/wood shavings would be compressed and reused for something!

[@leosklein575]

always amused that you need a hammer to make a hammer

[@DasGanon]

"If all hammers need a hammer, how was the first hammer hammered?" "I found a rock."

[@michaelmoore7975]

@28:38 _"Flip it, flop it, drop it or crop it. And if that doesn't work add a lens flare."_ -- *Ridley Scott*

[@Cyromantik]

So I guess Adam's gone from his book "Every Tool is a Hammer" to "Every Scrap is a Hammer". This has been fun, thank you!

[@ttnyny]

That second-to-last hammer (and last mallet) (@ 32:34) looks like some sort of Three Stooges hammer. And I mean that in the best possible way.