Adam Savage's One Day Builds: How to Make an Apple Box!

[@tested]

C-Stand with Arm: amzn.to/2IDZrfw Grip head: amzn.to/36yySAC Super clamp: amzn.to/3lxFlBR Cardelini clamp: amzn.to/38NqdNv C-47 clothespins: amzn.to/36vkAR8

[@pablogunn7608]

C-47 en argentina se usan en todas las casas para colgar a secar la ropa. Acá se llaman "broches" y tambien hay de plastico.

[@bulldog666999]

I work here in Toronto in film, I am a member of both IATSE as a welder and ACTRA our versionof SAG, I always enjoy your stuff Adam!!! Keep making these wonderful videos!!!

[@yemo34]

I'm sorry but the pace on production of these videos is insane. It's so nice to just wake up in the morning and find 40 minutes of premium content in my sub feed every Saturday. It's the best!

[@zmichiel]

Yes, griphead! Not gobo head. Despite half the industry calling it a gobo head. Not just the USA...

[@artisanfilms1]

Every time I watch your videos I come away with another project I have to make for my workshop/filming kit Stay awesome

[@swiftfall]

The outro with Adam cleaning up should be a constant thing. It was great. Makes the whole thing feel more real.

[@dan_g-DreadMassaker]

Also loved that the audio was left normal during the timelapses. Makes it less mikeymousy when there is actual audio instead of musik.

[@swiftfall]

@@dan_g-DreadMassaker that part reminded me of @jimmydiresta

[@christophertaylor87]

Cleaning up right away is truly the most useful habit to get into. The next time you get into the shop everything goes so much smoother.

[@flowerpt]

It feels like a Saturday morning PBS outro except on Adderall. Would watch again.

[@MrSuperxcat]

I loved the outro, Adam inspires me to be a better maker/tinkerer/general jack of all trades, and the clean up is something im trying to get better at... Seeing the Benny Hill time lapse makes me want to clean my garage.

[@byronservies4043]

Just re-watching in 2024 because this is one of my favorite one day builds.

[@peterw8835]

The best part is Adam making the stencil, it really shows off the skills we don’t see him using a lot.

[@KrimNL10DenZ]

C47 huh.... 'round here we just call them clothes pins!

[@ericvenneker]

yup , 'wasknijper' in dutch. those tv/movie makers and their special names ;)

[@Acbr78]

we call them clothes pegs in the UK

[@ChristopherHindefjord]

As I heard it, it was something like these lines (not sure if it's true): They had a hard time getting a bunch of clothes pins accepted as a post in the budget, so they made up a "C47", because the accountants would accept 500 C47s (not knowing what it was).

[@Steelmage99]

Was about to say JUST that, like...verbatim. :)

[@KrimNL10DenZ]

@@Steelmage99 great minds think alike!

[@rootKLM]

I feel like I'm getting spoiled with all these empassioned and personal videos coming from Adam recently. Times are certainly tough right now, but Adam is making it a wonderful time for all of us

[@tested]

Thanks for your comment -- it really means a lot to us.

[@sallyoldford9237]

Right I LOVE just hearing him ramble on. Highlight of my quarantine

[@ironwolfstudios2857]

So, I've been rewatching a lot of Mythbusters over the last couple of weeks. It's always been one of my all-time favorite TV shows and that's one of the main reasons I come here to Tested, to watch Adam do additional fun and crazy things and get myself worked up to do my own projects. And I only really started this most recent re-watch a few days after watching this ODB. And I'm honestly shocked by how ubiquitous these 'apple boxes' are on the Mythbusters' set. I mean, I can *not* stop seeing them. And the thing I love about that is that I had *_ALWAYS_* seen them, of course I had, but I had never had a name for them, or even thought about their general significance in the wider context of film and TV production and thus had never paid them any attention. This is why I love what Adam and the guys and gals at Tested do. They can take something as mundane and commonplace as the 'apple box', and provide a wealth of knowledge and context to what would otherwise be something that your brain sees, but doesn't bother to register. That ability to make things like that stick in your brain, that allow you to notice stuff you had taken for granted? That is what makes learning about something, anything really, so much fun. It's little personal discoveries like that. That's what I loved about Mythbusters, and what I love about Tested. So thank you for that.

[@lavachemist]

I'm really pleased that you showed the proper way to use a grip arm. Always on the top and always with the load tightening the head. Also, you always hang the load over the large leg of the stand, never between two legs.

[@mattostrokol]

^this

[@mikeking7470]

The fixed leg is the way I learned it (same thing).

[@therealcmiller]

Love when the timelapses use background sounds instead of the royalty free music! Please keep doing this :D

[@dghinderliter]

While I love the big projects, I love these shorter ODBs that I feel like I could actually do!

[@CrookDanny]

Totally!

[@owenphillips4834]

Let’s be honest we just love seeing Adam work 😂

[@dan_g-DreadMassaker]

@@owenphillips4834 yes thats it. Even adam building a simple box is so entertaining. But i will defo build an apple box when my workshop is ready

[@dogboy213]

When I made the transition from film to theater I was amazed by the lingo difference. I asked someone to grab two full Apple boxes and set them Chicago they looked at me like I was crazy. So for everyone who doesn’t understand that New York is the tallest configuration of the Apple box then Chicago is the second and then Los Angeles is the lowest configuration of an Apple box.

[@confusedwhale]

New York = set on handle end Chicago = set on short side LA = set on long side ?

[@leelindsay5618]

I had to read that 3 times to get it..."Chicago" with quotes would have been more clear.

[@SDnicos]

Imagine my confusion coming from theater to film when I was asked to go grab " a baby, a pancake, and a blonde" The translation: Thats a 20" C-Stand, a Flat Apple box, and 2k watt open faced lighting fixture. The vocabulary for film production is a fascinating subject all by itself!

[@MrMole91]

I always learned the Orientation as NY, Chicago/LA, Texas. But either way its all the same.

[@bobpascarella4496]

also.."can you Hollywood this flag?" means, stand there and hold it. That is not a theater thing at all.

[@dahak972]

The clothespins are called c-47 because back in the day a studio wouldn’t pay for simple clothespins, so they were given a technical name to make them sound special.

[@bulldog666999]

That sounds like something that they would do

[@Cropcircledesigner]

"We can't use clothespins, those are for housewives!" "Actually these are C-47s and they're three times more expensive." "Oh ok cool take my money."

[@alex0589]

Like he said, it's not verified and story varies depending on who you ask. The truth has been lost in the pile of stories.

[@Antiganos]

That's only one of about a dozen theories. Nobody knows for sure.

[@LogicalNiko]

Yep there is the: Patent number explanation or model (although the patent does not contain a 47) Catalog number to order them from the manufacturer CP 47 - being read across an order sheet as in the 1920s thats how much they cost per gross ($0.47/gross) The C-47 being a WWII aircraft that would be used in a variety of roles IRS writeoff for Clothespins sounded funny so they became CP-47s or C-47s Studio accounting inflating the cost/rental of common clothespins and naming them C47 or CP47 to not draw attention to the fact that you are renting 100 clothespins at the same cost to buy them. Clothespins came in boxes of 47 (no evidence) A studio had them inventoried under Camera Dept Item 47 (C-47) Just some location in a store room where an early studio used to keep clothespins (Shelf C, bin 47) But either way they held gels and various things to barn doors on very hot studio lights without getting too hot to touch. Thus they became a invaluable item on set, and as they were on set in quantity they eventually ended up being commonly used all over (Kind of like every department having boxes of Gaffer tape because it can be used for tons of solutions).

[@DonChartier]

Finally made one, with a friction catch lid. Not the prettiest thing, but a terrific noob project. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@zakdavis2269]

I love the energy Adam has when he shows of things he has a genuine passion for

[@frostdragon]

He is his own cheerleader. "Yes! This is going so great!" Love

[@thecorinthianguy]

"I'm drawing the line to the actual holes rather than to where I wish the holes were." My life, Adam. My life.

[@ExperimentalFun]

C-47 sounds like it was organized in some kind of drawer slot system, like Row: C, Bin: #47 . so instead of saying clothes pin , you just say c-47 because it tells the location to find it, and the name just stuck around long after the organization system was gone. that's my guess anyway

[@EntertainThemcom]

That is exactly how I understood it - that on the Universal Lot, it was on an order form you could get from rentals as "Lot C, Item 47".

[@scottlyttle5586]

ah, but if you turn the pieces of them inside out, it's a C-74..

[@freednighthawk]

C-47, as I understand it, came about because someone didn't want to bill a studio for "clothes pins", so they just made up a name on the spot, put it on the form, and it kinda stuck.

[@williamscalzitti217]

@@freednighthawk i posted the history of the C-47 above...⇧

[@MrMole91]

C-47 was the SKU for Clothes pins originally on the Order forms and it was easier to just write that in when ordering.

[@LeighIR]

I can't machine things - but I enjoy the videos. I don't woodwork - but I enjoy the videos. I don't cosplay - but I enjoy the videos. A video comes on about C-stands, apple boxes, and C 47's - MY TIME HAS COME AND I GET ALLLLLL THE REFERENCES!!!! I feel like Captain America. "I understood that reference!"

[@AlRoderick]

It's important to remember that the c47 refers specifically to that style of wooden clothespin, with the spring. The unsprung ones don't hold anything properly (even laundry if I'm honest) and anything made of plastic or metal runs the risk of conducting heat and either melting or becoming too hot to manipulate. Remember these things are often pinned to the barn doors of big hot incandescent lights.

[@williamscalzitti217]

you can read my other reply... c-47 was the model # of the National Clothespin Company of Montpellier VT, who held the patent. If you wanted cloths pins with the little metal spring, that was the choice.. the name stuck

[@notfeedynotlazy]

@@williamscalzitti217 Highly doubtful, _[EDIT: Let me clarify. I am not doubting whether the NCCM's catalog number for this particular clothespin was C47 or not, I'm doubting that "the ONLY way to get this model of clothespin was to order them with this number from this company" part.]_ since the helicoidal spring clothespin was patented by David M. Smith in 1853, and the NCCM was founded in 1887. And in the early XX century there were fifteen clothespin manufacturers in the US, all of them making their own versions of Mr. Smith's invention. The NCCM was just the last one to close down, in 2003 (fun fact: apparently there are NO clothespin manufacturers left nowadays in the US) and that's the reason many people believe they were always the only ones.

[@Corpsman01]

We use a c-stands in surgery. A sturdy small table that hangs over the patient. Making things easy to reach. It has its own sterile wrap.

[@alex0589]

Does the driector get to call "cut"?

[@Corpsman01]

@@nolongerzachlynde I remember Kimberly/Clark but that might have been the sterile drape over the actual c-stand. I really cannot remember it’s been 15 years since then. Retired!!!!

[@allanmclean6659]

In most hospitals they are called "Mayo stands" for the guys that invented them, the Mayo Clinics. (Not used in sandwich making, by the way)

[@Corpsman01]

@@allanmclean6659 Good fact, thank you Mr. Mayo!

[@joseestrella4296]

As a NY based grip, I appreciate this video, thanks Adam for sharing!!!

[@_Gecko]

Dear editor, thank you for not speeding up the audio during the time lapses of machinery, it really makes it so much less jolting

[@PACKERMAN2077]

Straight from the wiki itself. *_The term C-stand comes from the early history of lighting equipment where a popular sized sun reflector was 100 inches square or "century". The term ‘Century Stand’ goes back to the early days of motion picture production. Before there was artificial lighting the stages would revolve to allow for continuous overhead lighting from the sun. Large reflectors would be positioned to bounce or kick the overhead light up onto the stage and illuminate the set and actors. These reflectors were made in many sizes but it seems the most popular was the 100 inch, or ‘century’, sized reflector._* You're welcome Adam.

[@WilliamMcCluskey13]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-stand#:~:text=The%20term%20C%2Dstand%20comes,days%20of%20motion%20picture%20production.

[@DeadRobit29]

I was gonna say the "c" was short for clamp. I'd have been wrong it seems.

[@williamscalzitti217]

this is a common explanation... i guess because it is on wiki, but the C-Stand, the century stand, was named for the company that first produced bespoke lighting gear for live theater and filmmaking, the Century Lighting in NYC, which later became Century-Strand. This was before the film industry moved to hollywood, around the same time electric lighting was first used in theaters.

[@gunnaryoung]

That's a much cooler origin than I was expecting!

[@ReverendTed]

I was confused by the suggestion that motion pictures existed before artificial lighting. It seems that's not entirely accurate, though they were becoming popularized around the same time.

[@williamscalzitti217]

PRO TIP: put the handle holes in the center support too, makes strapping them together so much easier

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Adam mentioned you can do that, and that he was just choosing not to. Buy yeah, thanks for the explanation of why those holes would be there.

[@kellywelty9584]

I was about to say the same thing!

[@JBLewis]

Any reason to not just make the center panel with one large hole? (Connect all four forstner bit holes)

[@kellywelty9584]

@@JBLewis The point of the center support is, well, support. Structural integrity. So keeping the ribs strong with smaller holes would be preferable I'd think.

[@richard7crowley]

@@JBLewis You might need to support a heavy vehicle (or other object) on four of them..

[@WillRoyMedia]

My favorite part of filmmaking is the setting up. I love grip gear.

[@ryanchiricosta]

Fun Fact - The reason they make the wrenches two separate sizes for routers etc. is so you can use any wrenches you have handy, if they were the same size then you would be out of luck unless you had the original set they gave you or if you had two of the same wrench's which I assume most people don't.

[@MrGlennJohnsen]

I'm loving that Baby Yoda just sits on the workbench, nice little piece of Grant with us :)

[@artisanfilms1]

Every time I watch your videos I come away with another project I have to make for my workshop/filming kit

[@johnjohn-ed9qt]

Nice build. The stencil at the end warmed my heart. As one of the few people left that cut stencils by hand for commercial use (I am quite certain you have seen my work. I am proud that you had no idea it done with hand cut stencils) as part of my job, I gotta say that I like cutting esses. There;'s a flow. Double-U's, on the other hand, especially in larger sizes. My actual job is as an engineer (marine/welding), but about 20 years ago, someone figured out I can read a print, I can follow dimension, I can do layout, and I have done cutting before, I ended up back in the hand cutting game when needed. Which is surprisingly often, on rapid turnaround jobs. in awkward locales. Started several careers ago with rubylith doing silkscreen and semiconductor masks.

[@Doodlebob563]

The editing for the speed up shots are amazing. You somehow speed up the footage and cut the sound at the same time which splices into the sounds from where the speedup footage ends I can barely even explain it, but it's crafty

[@Mike-the-Jedi]

'S's are the hands of letters. Pure brilliance.

[@MacAisling]

Aziz, light! My garage actually came with a motorcycle lift. Someday I’ll get a compressor big enough to run it. I plan on putting a workbench top on it and also using it as an out-feed table for the table saw.

[@CountDoucheula]

Don't think I didn't catch that Fifth Element reference

[@SuperSpatman]

Ah, Thank You, Aziz.

[@AurelTristen]

Good to know I'm not the only one who quotes Fifth Element any time light is needed.

[@SeNayfulton]

Your enthusiasm is really contagious. 41 minutes went really fast! And now I wanna make an applebox too

[@RobM357]

C-47 for me, in the UK is a clothes peg :D

[@9and7]

16:38...Gotta love the LOTR/Anduril like sound effect when the steel starts entering the field of crafting...

[@deefdragon]

"scissor lifting motorcycle lift." I feel sorry for ThisOldTony. he put a lot of work into that.

[@freednighthawk]

And.... Then it broke.

[@_mnejing]

That's exactly where my mind went too. The video of him making that was so awesome. I choose to ignore the fact that it broke... until we get version 2.

[@davidelliott8016]

@@_mnejing Yep, same here too, that's what I was thinking. He only broke the prototype, and what goes wrong on the next version will be a "feature". Between this channel and This Old Tony, I've learned so much

[@samadams7224]

I'm positive that ThisOldTony and Chef John from Food Wishes are the same guy.

[@jllaine]

the bench dogs on top of the vice are for that type of clamping, much like the way you prop up material in the vice on your mill.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

He’s a “maker”, not a carpenter, dammit! 😂

[@R.Craig.Collins]

I needed a Savage start to my weekend... thanks again for the wonderful tips and distraction (C47 is a clothes pin)

[@doublezero7850]

I've still got 10 minutes left in the video and just had to pause and comment. I have to say, the number of times things have fallen over or you've almost knocked things off tables so far in this video has made me smile. Because holy hell that's me in my shop every damn day. haha! It's not even really "clumsiness," it's just sort of being in the zone on a particular task and the rest of the world falls outside of your focal distance.

[@EntertainThemcom]

The C in C-stand stands for "Century". Yay! Twenty years in film and video production and I got to answer that question!

[@jonathanh5872]

This really took me back. Last time I saw an Apple box was when I was performing in London, 15 years old and pretty much our whole production was these guys. Awesome.

[@itsmechelsealeigh]

Literally brought me back to film 101 trying to set up a C stand in front of the class for our midterm hahaha wow great info and such a lovely presentation. And shorty here, love the Apple boxes hahaha

[@MandatoryHashTags]

Adam, that outro with you cleaning up took this from awesome, to amazing. You instantly became more like Bob Ross/Bob Villa combined with that little human element at the end of the episode. You should absolutely have your editors leave those in.

[@ingrum]

Adam! You didn't staple one of the edges (logo side)!

[@Paulpmm12]

Wasn't just me thinking that then 😅

[@practicebecomingme]

Came looking for this comment before saying the same.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Yep, watching *ADAM SAVAGE* improperly making a *BOX* for one of his One Day Builds (which started with boxes, and became famouis with more boxes) is... worying.

[@PhillipsLacy]

Got a little "every tool's a hammer" moment in there when Adam gave the board a little tap tap with his stapler.

[@colenelson7358]

This was oddly one of my favorite videos you've made, I've always wondered about the inner structure on the apple boxes i just never looked it up. Now i know how they're made and at what sizes. I may make 1 or 2 of these for my home shop, they seem easier and more versatile than a ladder or stand. I'm working out of a 2 car garage and i do woodworking, metalworking and work on cars so i need handy stuff like this. Thanks

[@dpotter2113]

C-stand is short for Century Stand. According to wikipedia: The term C-stand comes from the early history of lighting equipment where a popular sized sun reflector was 100 inches square or "century"

[@JV-pu8kx]

It also comes from chemistry labs. They use C-stands, as well, though a much smaller, simpler version.

[@kellywelty9584]

Century-Strand lighting company made them for their lights. The name stuck.

[@shawnjorgensen2951]

You probably won't see this comment and it has probably already been answered. Source for this info is I am a grip in the film industry. A C-Stand is called this because one of the earlier brand names was "Century Stand" and that got shortened to "C-Stand". Also, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPPY you know how to, and explained how to position the arm correctly. While I've never heard first hand of serious injuries, we put a lot of weight on the end of those arms sometimes. Totally possible someone could be killed if the arm goes loose and and swings onto someone's head or face with a heavy metal flag. I love this video in general, you explain why I fell in love with the industry and why I enjoy being a grip, even if I want to make props eventually.

[@wyldflowerfilmwerks6008]

I used a grip to ground adapter “aka apple box” today with the cusion! Every set needs many many appleboxes!

[@jensaarnaes150]

In the sixties while in Kindergarten we played with something very much like Apple Boxes. They looked just like what you built in this video with the same kind of handles and roughly the same size. I grew up in Los Angeles so maybe they were discards from a film set? Building things with these boxes were some of my favorite activities because we could build anything our imagination allowed.

[@jwfearn]

We had wooden boxes in my kindergarten in western NY state. As I recall, they were about the size and shape of cinder blocks.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Check a map of the old studios against the location of your kindergarten! 😂 But seriously, if not hand-me-downs from a studio, then some stage carpenter must have thought, “these would be really cool toys for the kids” and built them for your school. Just curious, was your kindergarten in the Valley?

[@jensaarnaes150]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Yes it was! Chandler Elementary.

[@Techy2493]

I really like the cleaning outro.

[@peterkelley6344]

That i think ought to be standard for One Day Builds.

[@michellefleming9472]

As a vendor that (hopes to) sell some of my wares if we ever can have craft shows again, these would be awesome for creating different levels to show wares on.

[@hellerbarde]

When adam, owner of an Iris has to draw a circle, he does it free-hand ^^ Had to chuckle.

[@steelbluesleepR]

C-stands and apple boxes should be part of every household. They're useful for everything. I use one to hang clothes when I'm doing laundry

[@BernardManansala]

14:07 Sounds like Adam was subject to a little bit of hazing early on in his film production career. “Hey kid!!! What’s your name?” “Adam sir... “ “Great, can you get me some C-47s” “Sure... (long pause)” “You know what a C-47 is, right?” “Yeah... (Adam slowly walks away)”

[@alex0589]

"Go get me a bag of t stops"

[@AnimeMadMan123]

And dont forget the elbow grease and the headlight fluid.

[@VonBlade]

​@@AnimeMadMan123 A new bubble for the spirit level.

[@davidpilbeam1895]

Plus a bucket of 1/2" holes and a long 'weight'.

[@simonmorse417]

Oh, and a tin of tartan paint.

[@jayvonosinski1907]

Thank you for this idea ….I made one of these for my Daughter in law for Christmas.she is in the TV news business and she loved it! I modified it a bit and added a hidden compartment inside with a secret lock

[@BernardManansala]

02:20 C-Stand is short for Century Stand. Century refers to a 100” square lighting reflector that the stand was meant to hold.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Nope. An 8’ 4” x 8’ 4” lighting reflector on a C-Stand? That’s not only wrong, it’s not credible.

[@fredbrooks1386]

I always learn something from Adam’s builds. The day was a complete success because I learned something new! Really liked the stenciled logo method!!!

[@altarofannihilation8693]

I’m surprised you haven’t yet made some kind a sealing mount, or track for a camera in your shop. You film all the time in your workspace, so maybe coming up with something that drops down from above would make filming even easier. It can’t fall over if it’s suspended.

[@MattWeber]

unless the space is very specifically planned for filming, its rare that an overhead setup has the range of locational freedom, without risking closing off access to your vertical storage or being in your way in other ways very easily. Plus his ceiling is 12+ft above him so weight of the hanging rig itself can make it unstable and unweildy to position.

[@MattWeber]

Plus remember that a large majority of his shop videos are just shot on his phone.

[@Straylight4299]

There is already a million of his builds hanging on the ceiling, there is probably just not enough space.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Sealing is a barbaric practice. And you recommend mounting seals? What sort of a perverted monster are you? I’m reporting you to the ASPCA and to the Spelling Police for good measure. Sincerely, 🦭

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@MattWeber This is pretty much why, if I had my way, every room in my house would have a grid. Although due ceiling height, the catwalks would be sized for actual cats.

[@scottmedcalf4475]

Adam! I have only recently been introduced to you tube and your channel ( since/during the lock down) because I have spent most of my time for the last 30 years in film production. I love all of your maker stuff but your descriptions of film crews in several videos is Awesome. Pretty spot on. Good man. I have never seen anyone mount a mafer on a c-stand instead of the gobo arm. I actually learned something! Tell everyone about the C-74 because they can be very useful. Of course these days we hardly even use clothes pins any more because all the lights have variable color. I keep 4 c-stands and several full and half apples in the homeshop because they are always useful. Good Job.

[@JeahnLaffitteAdventures]

The “C” in C-Stand is short for Century Stand. Can’t remember all the history but yeah.

[@sunnyheadcase]

Century was one of the first major manufacturers of the stand, but has since gone out of business. But the name continued regardless. The name is not in reference to anything about it's design.

[@livshockley]

Similar to how in theatre lighting, many ERS lights are called Lekos, despite the actual Leko light not being widely used anymore.

[@cdigames]

@@sunnyheadcase That's not the case! Century refers to the 100 in² sunlight reflectors the stand was designed to hold. Our theater department actually had a couple from Thomas Edison's rotating stage he had at Battery Park!

[@JeahnLaffitteAdventures]

@@livshockley totally. Also, someone needs to compile a list of everything that is called a Gobo. Ha. There are SO many different things called gobos it makes me wonder where that all started

[@sunnyheadcase]

@@JeahnLaffitteAdventures my understanding is "gobo" is shorthand for "go between." So everything from portable walls in recording studios that go between 2 sound sources to a piece of metal with shapes cut into it that goes between a lamp and a lens in stage lighting is a "gobo"

[@capngloval]

It's amazing how much entertainment I got from watching a guy build a box.

[@Sprookn]

We'd call that c47 a peg here in Australia

[@chrisu_XD]

In Germany c47 = Wäscheklammer - Mostly used to lock down wet clothing on a rotary clothes dryer

[@rnp497]

same in the UK, used mostly for holding clothes on to a clothes line whilst they dry

[@lauraodonoghue1348]

Peg thanks peg, is all I could think, but my 9yr old ASD child has always stolen then to use in his Lego worlds. I must get him a box and label his as c-47’s. thanks

[@drink__more__water]

I would love more film set tips like these! I love seeing the systems that different professions come up with.

[@quinnpruden4595]

Just wanted to say thanks Mr Savage I work in the farming industry but am a very enthusiastic maker and try to incorporate the two to make life easier and as always this video has given me tones of idea's so thank you for all the hard work you do.

[@tully667]

3 ways an apple box can stand: New York - vertical, tallest height Chicago - horizontal on its side LA - flat on its back, lowest height

[@Karen-se5jw]

So, you’re from LA?

[@Onthebeaches45]

Adam, I'm a SFX Designer. Too right your talk on C-Stands was good information, I've a feeling it will save me a whole lot of unnecessary design work in the future!! Thank you, Brian.

[@OzGecko]

Who else had a little "Hah!" moment when Adam used his ruler tattoo to measure the Forstner bit :)

[@ChrisRovers0]

In community theatre, we often use 'rehearsal cubes' for much the same thing - 18"x18"x18" plywood black painted cubes that stand in for everything in rehearsal (and sometimes in a show) and double as anything make higher things when needed. Built a set for my local theatre more than a decade ago and they are still going strong - super useful things. An alternative to apple boxes

[@Karen-se5jw]

Tom Cruise has climbed to the top of many apple boxes in his career.

[@dragonmaid1360]

Probably why he became so good at doing his own stunts. One can only imagine the effort and skill developed ascending those apple boxes over the years. As skills developed old toms goals became bigger

[@notu9315]

Cruise shoes

[@HunterThinker]

😆

[@hogwashsentinel]

Same with Dustin Hoffman. In the 60's they were called "manmakers"

[@csn583]

The movies he stars in always have such great effects because they can make everything half the usual scale.

[@Kortschot]

What a beautiful recognition for people in the industry... "it is like a dance". Very nice. 👍🏼

[@Cornelius429]

Holds up a wooden peg (as they're called here in Australia, I have a basket full of plastic versions on my washing line.) "This is a C47" 🤣

[@TMilner]

In the UK they’re called Clothes Pegs (for the washing line). Wonder if the film industry here also calls them C47 or if they just can them Pegs haha

[@Cornelius429]

@@TMilner my thoughts exactly, or maybe its to be fancy?

[@alex0589]

Set lingo, my dude. The funny part is no one knows the real story of why

[@bobair2]

Wow,the things we do to capture the light! Amazing!

[@DavetheLeg]

There's a pretty cool Jackie Chan documentary where it shows how his whole crew uses apple boxes for everything.

[@moosejaw0050]

Btw, love the outro of cleaning up the cave

[@IanSparksRC]

C47? It’s an everyday washing line clothes peg

[@beolux]

The tightening 'pro-tip' to avoid being a noob - SO GLAD you mentioned this.

[@LunarEclipsism1]

I've never seen so many people miss a joke in one comment section, haha. When Adam keeps saying he "can't remember" the other term for a C47 clip, he's joking about the fact that they're standard ubiquitous clothes pins, they just happen to be very useful on set and in workshops, so they're in every grip truck by the handful. At least in Los Angeles, the lore behind the name involves penny pinching producers who scoffed at a line in a budget that requested a certain sum of money for a ton of clothes pins. Supposedly no one will want to pay for a bunch of clothes pins as essential equipment, but they'll approve the cost for mysterious-sounding "C-47 clips" without batting an eye. So they get a separate name when they're filmmaking gear.

[@jublywubly]

They're not clothes pins, they're clothes pegs. Clothes pins are the older type, made from a single piece of wood (a "pin" of wood) with a slot most of the way through.

[@LunarEclipsism1]

@@jublywubly I don't know what to tell you, homie, in America "clothes pin" has been a ubiquitous colloquial term for both spring hinged clothesline clamps and simpler single piece clothesline clamps for decades. The point of Adam's joke is the purposely obfuscating filmmaking jargon for a simple household item. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothespin

[@DavidLindes]

The quick-made stencil is cool... Thanks for showing how low-tech such a thing can be!

[@PaulMorel-CA]

7:15 This tip is mind blowing. I remember the first time I used a C-stand with gobo heads, it was in a photography studio and I think the flash with soft boxes were on the stands. No matter how hard I tightened the heads, the weight of the lights would make the whole assembly sag over the course of the shoot. Now I know why, user error!

[@scottcates]

You have a lot of heart, Adam. Thanks for sharing it.

[@Rockmaster867]

Adam: Never put any part of your body in the line of a nail gun Also Adam: 29:26

[@JD2jr.]

He also is very adamant about spreading his wood glue evenly... about once every 6 joints. lol

[@johngennusa1317]

Do as I say, not as I do 😂

[@jfbeam]

And, as I would caution in my shop, or anything (or anyone) you care about beyond the gun. (i.e. normal gun safety -- know your target and what is beyond.) The air in my shop is ~180psi (paint sprayers), so if the nailer isn't set for that, the nail comes out like a bullet and will fly right through a 2x4. (when nailig OSB, if you miss the stud, you get a bullet.)

[@chrismberardi]

He also likes to remind people that the lathe and mill are machines just waiting to maim or cripple you and then commences to reach his hand in to remove chips or catch a piece he is parting off.

[@kunot99]

Dude. This video had history, info and a build. Thank you so much!

[@carlosruiz1656]

C for "Century" Stand, the original brand.

[@crashfocusfilms]

I was told when I was a Lamp Op they were called "C47's" due to an old timey order list for expendables the "C" stands for Clamp, but who knows. Love this though Adam giving away all are film industry tricks. I've since moved on from Lighting and now work in Camera, but am still a gear nut, love tools and exploring different uses. One of my favorite trifecta of positioning items exactly where you need it is a mini Cardelini attached to a Noga Arm with a Manfrotto mini ball mount which gives you a 1/4 20 bolt pretty much anywhere you would need it (small lights, Camera, Monitor, mic)

[@otismurederface]

Clothes pin /clip . It’s for line dying laundry c47..........🤷🏻‍♂️

[@lavachemist]

You missed the joke. Nobody on a film set calls these anything other than a C-47.

[@tommihommi1]

@@lavachemist Also "CP 47", "C47", "47", "peg", "ammo", or "bullet", according to Wikipedia.

[@lavachemist]

@@tommihommi1 I've never personally met anyone who calls them anything other than a C47 (or maybe a 47 if they are being concise for some reason). I'm sure the other names have been used, but 100% of everyone on a film set will know what a C47 is. I would be bet my hat that you'd get a raised eyebrow if you asked for a peg or a bullet, lol

[@williamscalzitti217]

@@lavachemist they are usually called bullets on set

[@lavachemist]

@@williamscalzitti217 What country/region do you work in?

[@MichaelBritt23]

Finally see the clamp on the workbench in action!

[@BryTube]

the key to making a perfect S is to draw the number 8... hope that helps :)

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Nice tip

[@WayneWerner]

Draw an S... And then a more different S

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Draw a number 8, but stop halfway.

[@FalbertForester]

I grew up on a farm where we had a little sawmill, so there was always plenty of boards and planks around. We'd build all sorts of temporary structures and scaffolding, with boards and 2" x whatever, and a dozen screws to hold it all together. We would sometimes brace it with a vehicle moved up against it. It's all in making use of what you have, or what you can get, easily, and a bit of imagination.

[@ReverendTed]

12:49 - This use of "plumber's tape" threw me off the first time I heard it a while back. "Plumbers tape" can apparently refer to Teflon tape (or thread seal tape), or it can refer to metal "tab tape" or "hanger strap". I was only familiar with the former definition.

[@Matt-zr4qu]

Hi Adam, Many times I’ve seen you measure things on your arm. Can you talk to us about your tattoo? How technical is it? Is it really accurate or is it more of a representation. I totally appreciate the necessity of it and that alone adds to the beauty of it. Would love to hear you talk about it on one of your Q&A‘s. Thanks so much for the videos. Please continue to make them. They are both informative and entertaining I have learned so much from watching you not necessarily building things but just your talks and your views and eyes bought and read many of the books you recommended. Your outlook on life as a maker and a builder and as a person is unique.

[@PatFarrellKTM]

You left out the main reason for using them: when your leading man is short and his romatic interest is taller, have him stand on an apple box so he looks right

[@adambelanger]

I've worked with crews who refer to full apple boxes as "Tom Shoes" because it rhymes with an actor that always has them under his feet.

[@gustavofigueiredo1798]

Isn't there a famous "iconic" example of this? I mean an old/classic film where the lead actor had to stand in a (apple) box to appear taller than the actress playing his romantic interest? I'm thinking "Casablanca", but I could be wrong. I know I've heard something like that.

[@gustavofigueiredo1798]

I know they still use "height enhancing artifacts" today, with Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. and others. Why do men always have to be taller than women? Aren't we past that?

[@willmfrank]

@@gustavofigueiredo1798 Alan Ladd...In practically all of his pictures.

[@rocbolt]

@@gustavofigueiredo1798 A more modern example is The X-Files, Gillian Anderson is a lot shorter than David Duchovny. The apple box used on the show was bigger than standard, “an apple and a half” which became known as a Scully Box or a Gilly Board. Still used today in some studios

[@jigga272]

ANOTHER thing I must make now. You’re killing me man.

[@RekPhilipp]

Is it killing only me that he missed nailing one side? aaaaahhh

[@globaldude100]

Came here to say that!

[@metal666metal666]

saw that right on the spot and he's holding it to the camera an not noticing it even when spray painting it.

[@richardhjones5576]

I have in my shop three metal milk cartons. They are strong and stackable and on one I added 3/4" plywood that I often use as a seat or stack up for a step up. I also use them to put tools and material into to take to a job site or for use to clean up miscellanies left overs to move off the job site.

[@thepiratecats801]

C47 = Clothes Peg.

[@EntertainThemcom]

In my experience in the film world, I never ran across a Grip or Gaffer who didn't know exactly what you meant if you said "C-74" instead of C-47, which is simply where you take the clothespin apart and thread it back into the spring backwards so that the "grips" are the handles and the "handles" are the much longer and more tightly-sprung "grips".

[@sortysciaofiscia]

"If you can't afford the Apple iBox Pro, you can get yourself an Apple iBox Mini for only 399"

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Also not available with a headphones jack.

[@dheijnemans]

Only $2000 with a fake aluminum finish

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

I need a playlist of all these essential and obscure film equipment Adam makes. Forcerner bits, Apple Boxes, pliers, deadblow hammers, all that. Just film stuff

[@JeffJK000]

C47... They have another name aye?... I wonder 🤔

[@karlspace5695]

Congrats, you're the only other person in here who got the joke.

[@hoz40]

Well done for teaching about tightening the stand in the right direction, big health and safety tip