Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Drafting Tools Sorting Drawer!

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[@wearenotaloneto]

Take picture when all in place then print out and cut out and stick in place

[@coeusdarksoul2855]

"Chicken and egg" Comeon Adam! You aughta know the answer to that riddle... the Egg clearly came first, but laid by something that wasn't a chicken! The real question then is... which one's the egg?

[@kousakasan7882]

Is that where the nickname Stud came from? I mean, you would have to be a stud of a man to carry that thing around...

[@griffindeluce]

DOUBLE YOUR STORAGE Adam: Cut the TOP half of the BACK of the drawer out (you’re using less than half the height anyway.) Make a SECOND drawer from 1/4” ply and NEST it ON TOP of the FOAM core but INSIDE the FIRST drawer usinng a SECOND set of sliders mounting them BETWEEN the Interior of the Original Drawer and the exterior of the second drawer. Then open the first drawer and you can slide the TOP (second drawer) back to expose the bottom drawer. Voila! 2X storage.

[@wobblysauce]

Cursing is fine... but you need to have a reason, not just every 2nd word.

[@_WillCAD_]

Oh, Adam... this is a classic case of looking all over the world to find something that you always had with you, but didn't recognize it. You've been building a Studley toolbox for years. This very video showcases that ongoing work. Your entire Cave is a Studley toolbox. But you've taken things a step further than Studley did, and made your toolbox large enough to fit the most flexible and adaptable tool of all - the maker himself. Just keep doing what you're doing.

[@TravisFabel]

I know you don't mean it but you make it feel like he's making a casket.

[@salaltschul3604]

That's so right -- the WHOLE cave is a Studley toolbox....amazing.

[@canijust101]

@@TravisFabel why did this make me laugh 💀 noo

[@charlesgaut5673]

That sounded like a toast Adams' best man would have made at his wedding.

[@LurksNoMore]

@@TravisFabel Now I'm imagining an embalmed Adam, decades after his death, stored in a cupboard in the cave. ;)

[@atlys258]

Having grown up watching Adam's content for nearly 2 full decades and knowing full well his grasp of the English language and that he typically chooses not to curse on camera really does make it all the more special and gratifying when he actually does. I really felt that "Holy $hit, that is satisfying".

[@TheVarzoth]

Adam not realising his whole workshop is as amazing to us as the Studley toolbox is to him 🙂

[@tommcstacker4216]

Yes.....a life size version of the Studley tool box.

[@2adamast]

Jim Kingshott had a a small filled workshop and gave the impression to live and work in his toolbox

[@ghostfather1390]

if the pandemic goes on long enough, and Adam keeps sorting his workshop in one day builds, his shop will complete the metamorphosis into a workshop sized Studley Toolbox that has already begun

[@stanfordcoffee]

Adam is going to have the most organized workshop in the bay area by the time we're all released from lockdown.

[@MrJuju69]

Had to look that one up. www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Henry_O_Studley_Tool_Chest_Open.jpg&imgrefurl=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O._Studley&tbnid=lGKudejMV3iEoM&vet=1&docid=j33bLoZUkQdCAM&w=299&h=333&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im

[@TSKseattle]

I hired into Boeing as a drafter in 1980 (Retired in 2019). Our drafting tables (Mayline) were designed to be set in rows and columns so that the front of your table provided the drawers and table space for the guy in front of you. This included a 4' wide shallow drawer for all your plastics, or for drawings as needed. The work top was 84x42 and tilted, so all storage was in the base. The top had a full length pencil tray, and our ink pen humidor clamped on the edge of the top. No drafting anymore, but every engineering office still as a couple of those scattered around to lay out check prints. I left board-drafting behind in 1992, but I always enjoyed part of it (except changes, all that erasing and re-doing).

[@noteorius2797]

Being fifteen and having Adam give me a lesson on cursing was great, and the studley toolbox is gorgeous

[@nicolasmarquez1966]

As another 15 I agree

[@SteveN-uc4xh]

Being an Uncle of a 15yr old, I'll have to send this to him for a lesson 😜 and I'm glad you guys are watching, I'll tell him he's not the only one

[@haileywilkerson8881]

That's awesome guys! Glad yall are so young and willing to learn!! I'm a 24 yr old woman and I enjoyed!

[@unglemergy]

youre a drawer

[@noteorius2797]

@@unglemergy whah?

[@michaelakers2271]

I came here because I wanted to see what kind of over-complicated yet sophisticatedly beautiful method Adam could come up with in a drafting tool sorting drawer. Instead, I got a lesson in philosophy and the meaning of life for a maker. I cant say I am disappointed. Through much of my childhood, I adored mythbusters. It was just the greatest show. I, like many other kids in america, said "Thats what I want to do when im older!" Because who wouldn't want to blow stuff up for a living? Today, I turned 20 years old and am in my second year of college pursuing a degree in engineering. I can confidently say that Adam and the rest of the mythbusters played a decent part in my choosing engineering as a path. And today, I still look on Adams content here and say to myself "that's what I want to do when I'm older". Just to see Adam's version of the Studley Toolbox that is his workshop, to see the dedication that Adam puts into his work, the care for his tools and his craft, is truly awesome. This video is just as inspiring to me now as any episode of mythbusters was to me as a child. You may not have made everything before you obsolete, and you may not have changed everything after you, but I think I can confidently say that you have substantially impacted many, many people in this world through your work and content over the last nearly 2 decades.

[@KarlReith]

27:41 - Never in the history of the English language has phrase "holy shit" hit harder 🤣 I felt the satisfaction with Adam in that moment!

[@nefanee]

The idea that something you made/make can be seen as magic is something I’m currently experiencing. I’m crocheting my first cardigan because for years I was too intimidated to do it. Then I’m like “if not now, when?” And it’s turning out great! I’m constantly excited to see it come together and the fact that it’s essentially a bunch of knots in a string of yarn is like magic to me. I’m excited to make more!

[@dsauce1257]

“Don’t curse around adults” love it

[@majuss06]

Me too. Teaching kids that there are times you can curse and times you can't and how to know the difference is way smarter than trying to force them to never curse.

[@donsunden5906]

I agree its best to not curse at all

[@jasonmoore8765]

Curse words are just words. We invented the words and then decided thats a bad word lol its kind of ridiculous when you think about it.

[@kallisto9166]

The skill is in being able to not swear in circumstances where it's inappropriate. If you want to decide "Screw it, I say what I like", then fine, if you're an adult, you can do that. But you need to be able to choose not to swear. Otherwise, those naughty, naughty words will pop out when you least want them. Want to be able to make it through a job interview without cursing? Then you better hope your parents taught you how to keep it clean.

[@donsunden5906]

@@kallisto9166 just keep it clean all the time and you don't have to weary at all

[@steveevans9991]

Adam, you are one of my most favourite human beings, even though I've never had the pleasure of actually meeting you, I feel I know you. Your ability to entertain and inform is spell-binding and I thank you from the very centre of my soul. Namaste.

[@shadowknowsjo]

“The inevitability of a perfect object is an illusion.” Now THAT should be on a shirt, with a well laid-out knoll underneath.

[@peterkelley6344]

Unrelated thought: Is that what Martin is trying to do with his MMX? Ummmm,

[@lbdahl66]

@@peterkelley6344 I think you are on to something there Peter. BTW.... Adam(Tested), Martin (Wintergatan) and Simone Giertz are my top three chanels, and I would love to see those three come together in a one day build.

[@peterkelley6344]

@@lbdahl66 I have encouraged Martin (twice) to track down Adam Savage to do the shipping cases for the MMX. Adam has experience with shipping metal things back and forth the Atlantic; so i would assume he (Adam) could deal with designing an eight case shipping set for Martin. Their humor is slightly different, but they would certainly like each other as makers, and designers. I will need to acquaint myself better with Simone Giertz.

[@vincentng3194]

Make it into a shirt! I'll buy it! 😆

[@taegrr_yt]

Alternatively "The illusion of the perfect object is inevitable"

[@thetoolwatch]

I love that you brought the Donne poem up. One of my favorites. My wife, who is also a maker, made a ferric chloride etching of a compass with the poem hand-engraved in the metal. So cool.

[@hannesho6575]

2:20 Adam being Steve from Blue's Clues: "Where do we have the space for a drawer? Could that be it?" That's quite funny xD

[@alangliniak9514]

Exactly what I thought about as well.

[@dawsonsmith793]

Even when it is something as mundane as building a drawer, Adam's enthusiasm is infectious. It's fantastic to watch

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

I love that opening. "I don't want to go anywhere, or do anything!" stated with the appropriate level of frustration and/or petulance that is amusing, not whiny. "I don't want to adult today, so I'm going to play with my toys!"

[@chrisadiletta8512]

Seriously Adam's attention to organization and passion for his workshop, his tools and "a place for everything and everything in its place" saying is just infectious. As I look around my office and just wish I could bring Adam in to consult on organizing and building. I'm in awe of the lifetime experience that has led him to share such a workshop playground with all of us stuck in quarantine.

[@fireeatersexpress8475]

Every time he does a tour of his shop, I end up going "oooo...I need that"

[@TravisFabel]

I've actually realized because of him that the projects for me for the next several months is not so much using all the tools I have for projects but rather doing projects of making my tools more organized and accessible. I had this huge problem where I would take out a bunch of stuff to be able to get all my tools out for a project, because I have a lot of specialized tools that I don't use often. He's making me rethink the whole way I store everything in the garage.

[@MrJuju69]

I’ve been fighting the urge to get an impact driver - DeWalt of course. Lol

[@fireeatersexpress8475]

@@MrJuju69 I'm constantly reminded that I have Adam Savage enthusiasm, but not Adam Savage money 😆

[@fireeatersexpress8475]

@@TravisFabel Same here. I keep moving things from here to there and back... mainly because I keep "I use that more... let me move it here". At least my peg board is relatively done.

[@MrJuju69]

@@fireeatersexpress8475 his enthusiasm, brother, is not a bad problem to have 😉

[@jeffreyhalverson2611]

You almost lost me! What a grand toolbox. And THEN I found his Workbench! What a sad mortal I am, never dreaming of such grandeur!

[@Etna.]

Thanks, Adam! You introduced me to foamcore and now I have my own foamcore dividers inside my drawers. Regards, Etna.

[@blaireshoe8738]

Adam casually reminding me of the principle of "If you don't typically swear, it's more impactful when you do." Lovely to witness when the principle is used to express complete and utter joy. Amusing lesson for the kiddos watching, too, hahaha

[@WitchVulgar]

Adam: has a bespoke drawer of high precision drafting tools Also Adam: always only ever uses a Papermate Sharpwriter and not a drafting pencil

[@randyrice1429]

I, for one, bless the day that Adam Savage decided to make videos of his many builds and passions.

[@dania4995]

I just love the end discussion Adam had with himself expressing his satisfaction. "Ho, you got some drafting tools?", "Well, yes i do!"

[@mackstertube]

There is no better feeling to a maker /builder than looking at a job well done with humble pride thinking 'I made it that'! The cherry on top, when is functional & it makes your life easier while looking great doing it. Form & function baby!

[@malcolmgladman9129]

Hi. I am in my 70s and this harkens back to my schooldays when our woodwork teacher would pick us schoolboys up when we picked up a tool and called it a compass. “ A compass is what you use to navigate with, what you have in your hand is a pair of compasses”. I should add that I am from the UK and perhaps that’s the difference, “ two countries separated by a common language”.

[@daletheparty]

I’m in my 30’s and heard the same thing in school in Canada, but only from the smart teachers!

[@2adamast]

Meanwhile the compass is older than the compass rose or its modern derivative the magnetic compass

[@patricksanders858]

Math or Maths?!

[@tested]

Ah, thank you for the comment!

[@ianbutler1983]

My father, an engineer from the UK, said "the queen in a ruler, you measure with a rule".

[@gorillaphotog]

I've watched Adam make these drawer dividers enough times now that I think I'm going to try it myself with my toolbox. My screwdriver drawer and pliers drawer drive me crazy! And yes ... my 8-year-old daughter likes to watch Adam's One Day Builds with me.

[@JonaShone]

Great work Adam! I think some Shadow Foam in that drawer or a power tool wall could take it up another level though ?! 😎

[@jonahshonah]

Great idea! The Makita Wall is Epic!

[@jessicas2308]

In Purple!!!

[@evantodd7487]

Shadow Foam what a brilliant idea, if Adam is anything like me he will love SHADOW FOAM !!!

[@boostedcheshire8699]

Our work vans are kitted out with your product shadow foam and we would now be lost without it. I can highly recommended it to EVERYONE for EVERY purpose.

[@rebeccat119]

My husband is obsessed with shadowfoam!

[@PhillipsLacy]

Did not realize we were in for a poetry recital. Adam never ceases to amaze.

[@Boostro960]

One of my favorite part of the timelapses is the Swiss Army knife doing it’s little dance in the background :)

[@chrish1590]

I hadnt noticed till you mentioned it. Now i cant stop watching!!

[@tantamounted]

Yes, absolutely. It even feels synched to the music in the early part of the video.

[@marks47]

It angers me because a recent video shows him replacing the small blade on the bottom... but he puts it in backward

[@Boostro960]

@@marks47 pobody’s nerfect 🤷‍♂️

[@vintagegal7376]

I will never make or build anything Adam does BUT I so enjoy watching these videos..especially these organizing ones. This was immensely satisfying!

[@TravisFabel]

Absolutely love how during the montage at the beginning, your newly fixed Swiss army knife now seems to dance with the music.

[@curtiswhite1107]

Yeah. I've been trying to figure out what dance from the 60s.

[@TheSkootenbeeten]

I adore Adam. I know I won't be the first to exclaim this, but the man is... warm. An odd thing to say at first glance, perhaps. He is though. Warm in heart and spirit. Genuine and true to the Nth degree. I admire him greatly and yet, he's the most humble and wonderful person, with a knowledge that continues to astound and inspire me.

[@gery49]

The quote at 20:24 “The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.” - Dave Chappelle

[@ak-northman726]

As a helicopter mechanic with a big ole tool box with a bunch of tools that like to move around I applaud this build and will be using this straight forward technique for my messy doors. THANK YOU!

[@a.c.fretworks]

The label should say "drafting tools" and should be "drafted," as in a mechanical drawing of the letters... Center and reference lines, subtle dimensions of the letters, etc. That would be cool. At least it's something I would do. I generally don't know if the things I do are cool until someone tells me. Just throwing out my version of a fun idea.

[@MFunkibut]

@@themistermaniacal Adam certainly has enough of that blue marking lacquer to go 'blueprinted'

[@darylh8657]

Must use the Golden Ratio Calipers in drafting this label.

[@blister4walken]

Agreed.

[@psukhopompos]

That's a novel idea, but it doesn't feel like him. He should just get a marker and write it free hand like most of his other labels.

[@ChuckHaney]

@@psukhopompos ugh.... and he probably will :(

[@Jayme]

that quote "real greatness is making everything before you came obsolete and everything after you arrived changed" just blew my mind... that's been my ultimate goal in my professional life. thank you adam

[@Locane256]

Adam: "Drawers are where things go to die!" Also Adam: *Is completely surrounded by drawers*

[@stoneysdead689]

The HO Studly Tool Chest is absolute perfection. It at times has inspired me and at others, days when I'm not feeling so optimistic, it's convinced me I should just give it up- that some ppl are just naturally prone to this type of work, inclined to it- and maybe I'm not one of them. But when it's in your blood, it's in your blood- you can't stop. Cursed to forever reach for a perfection that will always remain just beyond your grasp- but blessed to have such clear purpose.

[@oliverjoyner-mccoll5037]

I'm a 17 year old kid that loves your videos and your work, Adam. Hope you see this cos you inspire me.

[@leiladekwatro3147]

Same here man. That shop looks like something I wanna build for myself in the future

[@paulmccullough7352]

As you look at Studley's Toolbox and are awed and intimidated, i look at your work shop and am awed and intimidated. Your work shop ("Cave") is everything that i strive for and dream possible. Even being disable with 70% loss of function of my hand, i cant stop being a maker. I still have to have project upon project accessible just to keep my sanity in check, most of which people think i am uncapable of doing with my limitations. But if i want to do it, i always find a way to get it done, and that's what your work shop symbolizes to me, Freedom. Freedom from the limitations that others put on me because of my physical limitation. Thank you for your videos, they help remind me that i am only limited by the limitations i put on myself.

[@nkane81]

“Ow that actually hurts” - John Donne - seems like a tshirt to me!

[@rustyforceps1012]

I wonder if the poet had a similar experience playing with his own compass.?

[@hermannkalwa1654]

Two lessons in one video. GREAT especially for the advice on cursing. dear sir thank you so much.

[@BIG_CMS]

“The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.” -Dave Chappelle

[@chrisdotdash5154]

Adam just makes me happy. He has such a fun personality, and watching him get excited building a drawer, makes me excited.

[@johnegan4056]

Regarding the Studley tool box - I guess we all love it But it doesn't have the first order retrievability you love Adam.

[@spridgejuice]

this is Adam at absolute sweetest - bless you sir, you help keep us sane

[@ReverendTed]

22:00 - For me, there are a few things that are like that, but they're not things I've built. They're programming projects, and in retrospect I'm surprised I even figured out where to begin, much less that I was able to achieve what I was hoping. I'm not a programmer and only have a basic knowledge, but on a couple of occasions I was able to modify existing executables in a hex editor to subtly alter their functions. Specifically, one was a bridging program that read the window title of one application and passed that data to a second application. An update to the first application altered the format of the data in the window title such that it broke compatibility. Somehow I was able to determine what language the bridging program was written in, decompile it, determine via the assembly code where and how it parsed the window title, and tweak the original executable in a hex editor to regain function. Looking back at it, now...I'm astounded. "Was that even me?" The second was during the Soldier of Fortune II beta. The beta executable was tweaked so that it couldn't read custom content (like skins and such). I managed to "unlock" it, again by tracing the assembly code and modifying the executable. All I used it for was to put my own custom skins on some of the weapons, but I was still pretty chuffed about it.

[@robpayne1956]

Adam I think this is a perfect example of "with age come wisdom" I being much older than you have had my drawers organized forever you know how it goes memory is the first thing to go with age. So I got ahead of the game and organized everything several years ago while my faculties were still sharp. I can't make that claim now :-)

[@1pcfred]

The new mantra today is, With age comes dementia.

[@robpayne1956]

@@1pcfred Yea well such is not the case with me :-)

[@1pcfred]

@@robpayne1956 that's good and bad. A lot of things in life are like that.

[@robpayne1956]

@@1pcfred Good in what way ?? and yet bad in another ?? Please explain ?? :-)

[@1pcfred]

@@robpayne1956 it is good because who wants to know they're getting old? It's bad because you don't know.

[@cmsmith1961]

Why didn’t you include that beautiful Iris tool for drawing circles that you showed us a while back? I think you mentioned it at the beginning of this video, but then nothing?

[@scion13xb]

That's what I came here to say as well.

[@flewdefur]

I think that must be the tool he alluded to being out of place. Probably he wants to keep it with a separate collection

[@martink.6872]

The one in the shot top right at 11:11? I could be wrong but is it maybe the one on top of the frame at 29:23? By the way, the tool out of place is the 'golden ratio calipers' (see 29:06).

[@scion13xb]

@@martink.6872 the Iris tool is the one top right at 11:11. But it is clearly not in the drawer at the end of the video. Plus, Adam has 2 or 3 of them. None of which are in the drawer.

[@deefdragon]

honestly, the iris tool is as much an art piece as it is a tool (though, much like the Stradivarius violins, should be used.) so I would not be surprised if it has a special place in the shop.

[@ABC-rj4xh]

I like how in every video. Adam talks about philosophical life questions and that I in the end have more questions than before. I love his videos.

[@Wordsnwood]

Okay since you asked for suggestions, try googling "john heisz compact compass". It's a very useful tiny compass, and you can build it yourself.

[@thomashverring9484]

He's brilliant!

[@thomashverring9484]

Oh, and I follow your channel now :)

[@Wordsnwood]

@@thomashverring9484 Thanks, and welcome! John is indeed a brilliant woodworker and pretty good youtube teacher also.

[@fredbrooks1386]

What is in a name? Are they drafting tools or layout tools? Adam you have made this pandemic easier, bearable, and given an escape for THOUSANDS of people I am sure. You have been a inspiration in such a positive way. When we do get through these difficult times I will honestly be able to say, you were a big help and I will always appreciate you. You have helped power that light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you.

[@davejeurissen9524]

I don’t know how you can continue your life knowing the small blade of the giant Swiss Army knife is on backwards. 😱

[@2adamast]

He did explain he did cut himself numerous times on that blade, I guess now it's backward that side is safe.

[@patricksanders858]

@@2adamast hate to pop your bubble...he mentioned cutting himself in regards to the big blade not having a lock like the Leatherman. He had assembled the small prop blade before he realized that it went on backwards. He said he'd fix it someday.

[@JohnHarrison-np9vo]

I thought I was the only one who couldn't concentrate on the video by watching the Swiss army knife with the wrong little blade...

[@Beamer1969]

The little blade being backwards is just a reminder that he has to remake it

[@durulvarol]

I was looking for this comment 😃 It bothers me too seeing that knife moving in the background, knowing one of the blades is backwards.

[@Youngkingkwan]

The other day while watching a video, a family member walked into the room and seen me watching Adam sand something for like 4 minutes in a time lapse. They questioned the entertainment value of "watching paint dry" in a form of comparison. It actually made me question it myself, but then I think about all the nuanced thought processes that Adam goes through during builds. All of the "mistakes" he makes make me think more during my own builds and helps me to make less "mistakes" myself. So thank you Adam for sharing your builds, and giving the newer makers some insight into more professional builds. I know you're always learning new things yourself and it's inspiring to learn things with you along the way.

[@SaltNBattery]

That tool box is a work of art and attractive but very impractical. Are all those tools really necessary? Probably not. Portable? It has to weigh close to 200 pounds, many tools are located underneath multiple layers of other tools, so in order to get the tool you need, you have to remove 5 other tools. I always admire those old timer craftsmen that carry around a carefully curated tool bag that's been chipped down to exactly what they need to do 99% of the jobs they'll do in a year. The efficiency and deliberate nature of it is something i aspire to. I'm the type that packs everything I can into a bag because "I might need this", even though I know deep down I probably won't.

[@jeffworne]

I came to this video looking for another excellent build, and leave with a dozen philosophical questions about being human. Well done, Adam.

[@clivedurrant481]

Still waiting for Adams sock drawer vid!

[@billmiller4028]

As a rough carpenter, some 50 years ago, I built the perfect toolbox for all my tools. 3 or 4 years later I started doing a lot of finish carpentry and dabbling in fine case work. All of the more delicate tools required for fine work did not play well with the rough and tumble tools of a rough carpenter. Time for additional toolbox. With a move to a more rustic area I acquired the skills of timber frame construction. Another toolbox. Fine furniture building, another toolbox. Custom metalwork - toolbox. Theater. stagecraft and prop building - toolbox. Costume design and construction - toolbox and sewing machine. On and on the stone rolls and I acquired yet more skills. My toolboxes now fill a large van with a ramp, power lift, generator, cot, refrigerator and drafting/sewing table. My three stall garage has one stall for the wife and the rest is for me. Now that I've reached 70 I am slowing down, some what, but I still have space for 2 or 3 more toolboxes. Studley's toolbox is a thing of beauty, but it would never work out for one such as I. Keep up the good work, Bill.

[@phoenixnights2746]

"I covet it even though I made it" The Savage standard

[@maksiunet9841]

This video gone really philosophical... and it's about making a tool sorting drawer. You Adam are truly amazing.

[@maddog040400]

Theres something romantic about the combination square drawer being so crooked

[@creativityinc.108]

MY 9 yr old LOVES to watch you, he is a huge fan. He is definitely a maker. Thank you for being awesome!!

[@caketrap9920]

8:02 - now I want to watch Terminator again.

[@AnthonyNovelli3rd]

I'm not seeing a lot of comments about additions, so I'll add mine here. Inset a couple of hardwood rails front and rear about 1/4 proud of the inside of the drawer and build a couple of trays with hardwood sides that could slide back and forth. As others have said, the iris tool is conspicuously missing, and surely there could be a tray of just compasses. In addition, I only see 6" rules. I have several lengths of rules, both in stainless, clear plastic, architects scales, and a couple steel-edged plastic rules for cutting. Things like marking gauges are really a different category it seems, though a tray with stops could allow taller object like those gauges to rest nicely in the center. Always inspiring Adam! Thank you! Saving pennies for a glue gun!

[@AhnkInside]

"The trick is don't curse around adults." - Adam Savage. 2020.

[@DoctorDurp]

I came to watch Adam make cool things, but I stayed for Adam's soul-soothing explorations on why cool things are made.

[@brimster-valorantaggressiv3419]

Hi Adam, why not just print out a scaled version of your tools, and lay it as a base?

[@Ordolph]

That would pigeon hole him into never adding/subtracting tools

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

They'd be shifting around all the time.

[@kevinhammond9445]

@@MichaelBerthelsen Not if he glues it down

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

@@kevinhammond9445 You want him to glue his tools to the shelf...?!

[@kevinhammond9445]

Glue the printout...

[@BusinessSkeleton]

Something I really like about Adams videos is that he is just being himself, there's no try hard "presenter" voice. So many KZbinrs try to sound like TV presenters and it sounds fake.

[@alexmckechnie9157]

The "Alexa play" activated my Alexa and caused it to play the long and winding road!

[@MorgSel]

Ours just played the radio!

[@subascosauce8288]

Learning philosophy, poetry, craftsmanship and life skills in just 30 minutes with Adam is just absolutely brilliant.

[@almostanengineer]

Me: *thinks* who is Studley Adam: *seconds later* Who is Studley... Me: 😳

[@darylh8657]

Me: I'd like to pause this video right now and google Studley...

[@almostanengineer]

@@darylh8657 I wrote it down to google it afterwards 😅

[@jameswilber518]

Having been a hobbyist woodworker when the first poster of the A.O. Studley toolbox came out, I was thinking. "Yeah! Adam believes his audience already knows about the Studley tool box and won't explain it!"

[@tungsten8290]

8:02 Had the video running in the background and my head snapped around at hearing that rhythm. Thanks for the smile Adam!

[@TSKseattle]

08:42 "Alexa, play" Alexa: "play what? I've got 6 millions songs loaded here ya know"

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

Prolly was paused to speak to camera for a brief moment

[@TheGreatAtario]

"4'33"" by John Cage

[@rustyforceps1012]

I totally appreciate the time constraints you’re under, and how you’re trying to pack enough entertaining content into a video, but I enjoy watching Adam actually build his one day build. It’s like Adam being Adam for a brief moment and then -time lapse- I still enjoy the content, but I also enjoy watching the attention to detail that goes into every cut or placement of a build. Give me a little of the actual build!!

[@thrice1888]

Best thing I ever heard about cursing is from Spongebob, he calls them “Sentence Enhancers”

[@xXCUSHBEASTXx]

Adam my 5 year old son and I love watching your videos and coming up with projects that we can do together and I really appreciate you taking the time to share your projects and things with us

[@HBCarnevalli]

When I saw the foam core liner, I was like: "oh no, oh man! He's going to make a double decker drafting tools drawer!". He didn't... He didn't make a double decker drafiting tool drawer...

[@frereskk]

Had the same idea!

[@michaelrice500]

. . . YET

[@DaveTpletsch]

@@michaelrice500 exactly. He hasn't made a double Decker drafting tool drawer YET.

[@jimleonardson4268]

I would recommend a sliding tills like carpenter's tool chests have. It would slide left-right so they stay in place when the drawer is opened.

[@HBCarnevalli]

@@jimleonardson4268 That's a nice idea, easy to implement. I was thinking about a some unfolding tiered thing with swing arms and else, but I like your idea best.

[@Becky317girl]

Adam I love your advice about swearing! I've raised 2 kids to adulthood as well as teaching first grade. Your advice is exactly what I always say too! "Be aware of your surroundings! If you see adults, watch your words; if you're all alone with friends, you are welcome to use foul language lol"

[@twdotnet]

8:02 - Attention! T-800 incoming

[@Chukijay]

Beat me to it!

[@tommcstacker4216]

Hahaha...fantastic!

[@thomashverring9484]

Hahaha!

[@Trindal]

As I watch this it reminds me of a process we called “Leaning out”. It was a way we gave everything a designated space in a location optimized for each tools use. It would be like finding a home for a stapler that would save everyone in an office from spending 2 minutes looking for it. It had a home and if you used it in a place other than it’s home, it was immediately replaced after you use it. That’s if you couldn’t bring the work to the stapler. And it’s home was in a location suited for easy access to everyone that used it. The stapler is an example. After learning the process I found myself doing it all around my house. The kitchen and cabinets made a big difference. You could open the pantry and see everything and it’s designated shelf of that type of food and you could literally find something in the dark after a week. It was nice! We just moved in to a place and most of our things are in boxes or random spots through the house and it’s making me nuts. Im in the process of fixing it all now. I need to do this exact thing with some of my sketching, layout, and marking gauges for my woodworking stuff. Can you use another type of glue with foam core or just hot glue? I can never not make a mess when trying to use a hot glue gun. And can you get the foam core ordered online and have it shipped without getting destroyed during shipping?

[@stephens2241]

I love how philosophical this build video is and I completely agree with your take on creativity and magic. Wittgenstein said "It is in the nature of progress that it is always less than it seems." I think he meant something very similar to what you said about the illusion of inevitability. When someone makes something truly revolutionary it changes the way even thought works so it seems retrospectively that such an idea was obvious and inevitable. But there came a point in physical history, centered around the mind and the skill of a thinker or a maker or an artist, when what was once unthinkable became inevitable. There's something magical about that.

[@Dr.Zoidberg087]

man you're shop is a fantasy set up. and not just the tool collection but the custom stuff. it's a amazing.

[@stevenbutler7915]

Love the drawer. The Studley toolbox is probably every woodworkers wet dream... It is a masterpiece of unparalleled craftsmanship. Not only did he maximize the space in the toolbox on the X and Y axis but also on the Z axis. He layered the tools and yet still had great accessibility to everything. Can't wait to see your version, I imagine it to be on wheels :)

[@jimwilliams1536]

I've heard Adam talk about cursing and it coming from children before and I have totally adopted the way he explains it when talking to my kids about it. It's right on.

[@joeboylsontech]

Definitely want to do this with my own drawers. And thanks for the philosophical and poetic insights Adam.

[@joeboylsontech]

Also might I add that a poster of all these tools layed out might be cool to see.

[@RoryGilchrist42]

I love watching a video about drafting tools having a nice home, and getting as a bonus thoughts on perfectibility, inevitability, John Donne’s poetry, and puerile swearing tips.

[@Zogg1281]

I watch this and come to two conclusions...... Adam has created a Studley toolbox in a HUGE format that can actually be walked around in and possibly contains at least 1 version of EVERY tool "Maker" known to mankind! My second conclusion is that I need more drafting equipment!!! I could live in that shop for 10 years and never feel bored 👍👍👍👍👍

[@gloggare]

God dam that Studley toolbox was AWESOME! what a work of quality art

[@jimjenkins673]

4:42. Loved watching the Swiss Army knife do double time while you built. It was almost on beat for the whole song.

[@Ticker2]

I'm in the middle of trying to build small tool storage like this and am well aware of studley and yes, Intimidating as hell, but then I realize that that was his set up and I need to come up with my own like you are. It's taking long because of paralysis by analysis. I need to embrace the "first time won't be perfect" mind set and just do it and then revise. Thanks Adam.

[@MattTester]

"Real greatness is leaving everything before you came obsolete and everything after you arrived changed." I love that.

[@mzaite]

That song that runs over the time lapse at 3:22 frigging SLAPS!!!!

[@TomahawkSmith1]

Studley tool chest is a unbelievable work of art..!!

[@draftingish4833]

Adam, It's funny about a month ago I made a video about randomly taking an item out of my drafting drawer and talking about it. I'm glad to see all the lovely tools

[@jacobblumner4281]

I love that Adam can build a tool drawer and manage to quote John Donne. My heart doth skip a beat.

[@OpusX2010X]

I can not believe you thought that we... YOUR audience didn't know who Studley was or had totally geek'd out over his toolbox and or his workbench. I can not wait to see your version and 'the multi part series you will make for constructing the Savage Tool Box! PLEASE!!!!!

[@capnblackleg]

I love building shop furniture and organization. There's no real pressure like in fine woodworking, no deadlines, just me making something that will help my processes and enjoy my space more. I get just as excited doing it as Adam. Love these types of videos, thanks Adam!

[@volksbugly]

Dude the golden ratio calipers are awesome!!! LOVE THEM!!!

[@sigmonlocke6781]

I never thought I would be so inspired by... a video about a guy building a drawer. Love your videos as always Adam!