Adam Savage's Pin Gauge Collection Goes Metric!

Adam recently acquired a new set of Pin Gauges for his workshop, and this collection is in metric! Adding this set forces Adam to reassess how he stores is pin gauges and gauge blocks, so the only logical next step is to build a custom rolling cabinet to house it all. Hang out on the shop as Adam tackles this quick shop infrastructure build!
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[@steveh1165]

Could you make the missing metric Guage Pins? Until you find actual replacements.

[@garymyers6638]

I do this as well

[@Djkudos14]

@tested Oh goodness, I thought I was having some type of optical illusion that the handle was slightly off. LOL its craftsmen and on purpose. I have really crazy Idea, and I know the shop space is limited, what if your have carts like you just built and some of them came together and locked up, to form a usable work bench top. While you have you main bench, if these little carts could support larger works or even house large machines. just shooting out the squiggles the brain worms are making here.

[@justinnixon5823]

The tin foil ball that you made a year ago, do you still have it. Could you please shoot it out of a canon like a cannonball, now that would be amazing.

[@DavidFilmore]

Do the gray drawers at the bottom extend the length of the cabinet? It looks like there is a cavity of unused space at the back of those drawers. I feel like you could cut a new access hole on the left of the cabinet for a compartment for the pins that don't fit anywhere else.

[@jeremymartin8613]

I’m so glad they arrived ok and in good shape. I’m happy they ended up in a good home! I love the set I have and use them for reverse engineering metric designed parts.

[@kevinhadley3779]

Me: I never have, and never will, engage in any sort of precision machining. Also me: Ooooh! Adam Savage just posted a half-hour video about gauge pins! Sign me up!

[@lordstraplife5853]

Okay that balancing act of the pin gauges on the box while you put them back in had me super nervous and I was expecting them to fall. 16:55

[@timgelder4263]

Right? This fella is a continuous accident waiting to happen😂

[@lisathurston8265]

"That! Is 150lbs of Precision" Needs to be a shirt! Love your quirky Quotes there Adam.

[@thefuzzbl]

This is a 31 minute video on metric pin gauges. Why the hell would anyone watch this except me? This hits home on SO many levels

[@Tidbit0123]

because as much as you wouldn't like to believe it, there are thousands of people who are like exactly the same things

[@darthseverus89]

I for one am lost on a lot of mr.Savages' tool videos but I listen, learn and offer his channel watch minutes,so as they say "win-win"

[@_Spacecraft]

Honestly it doesn’t matter what Adam is doing or talking about. He always offers funny, insightful, and meaningful discussion. He’s just an interesting guy to listen to no matter the topic.

[@coriscotupi]

@@_Spacecraft ^ +1.

[@txkflier]

I used to calibrate gage pin sets from .011 to 1.000 inches. That's like 990 pins that had to be measured at 6 points - 2 points 90° apart at the center and at each end. The 6 measurements for each pin had to be within a certain amount of each other and within the nominal diameter. That's 5,940 individual measurements to 6 decimal places and I had to re-standardize the measuring machine before measuring each pin. It took me a week to do a set of pins.

[@ironmanmachine]

7:15 had me in tears from laughing so hard. This looks exactly like my workshop space, gotta be careful not to knock things off the thing you are using, gotta find a place to set the stuff you stacked on the tool you now need to use, etc. 🤣

[@dreadpiratekristo]

That's a super cool history of those Gauge Pins. IBM alone is awesome, but possible space or military stuff, too. Neat.

[@lvance3236]

Nice to see that the "rule of space" afflicts you too (where any empty space or flat surface gets stuff placed in or on it). I'm always fighting that with my shop - and saw too.

[@IntrovertCorner480]

I love the challenge between organization and clutter, it’s what makes this channel feel so real.

[@vanepico]

You can't have too much crap if it is all well organised!

[@sinasattari]

@tested there is some space behind the metric gauge set box for the round gauge set. You just have to cut open an access hole and store the round gauge set vertically.

[@PamdaDev]

2:28 I smiled soo freakin hard when Adam identified the material by smell

[@GerritCoulter]

Like that seller, I too miss Still Untitled. Was my favourite Pod for 6 years (after finding it in 2014). I still go back and listen to old episodes from time to time.

[@jonathanisom]

Adam's Cave is going to turn into one of those 3x3 puzzles where you have to rearrange everything whenever you need something with all those carts.

[@michaelholmstrom7677]

Because of Adam I now have 5 carts in my workshop, honestly the attachment (glue, clamps, screws, bolts, zip ties) cart I built inspired by Adam was one of the best things I have built for my shop.

[@seanlewis34]

Any flat surface in a workshop (certainly mine) attracts crap, or other projects in progress that has to me moved to another 'visible' flat surface close by, so equipment can be used for the current project. I say 'visible' because if you put it away in a box, draw or cupboard it will get forgotten about until the deadline hits. So pleased that you Adam, have that self same problem especially with your table saw.

[@snafu2350]

I wish I could multi-like this comment! :)

[@jeffshafer7269]

I enjoy the out loud and silent thinking process. Plus you manage so much work in such a tight shop. Always enjoy your work. Thanks

[@Bigrignohio]

So, in "chasing zeros" are you up to the challenge to replace the missing ones? :)

[@kathrynmoore4071]

I don’t know if you do this, but whenever I find out history of an item of purchased or a tool I’ve acquired I always include the story somewhere either in it’s box or make a box to hold it with its story so that the next person who receives it always has a story to tell:)

[@jeremymartin8613]

So I’m the guy who sold these. When I saw who the buyer was I knew I had to give him the history of these. Everyone thinks of Silicon Valley in terms of the history of high tech electronics development in the mid century, but New York really has a rich history of high tech government programs. Kodak and Bauch &Lomb were huge in anything optical and IBM had a heavy footprint in the area. Sadly what is left is quickly disappearing and most of these factories are put on the auction block and a lot of the equipment is just sold for scrap metal. I’ve bought Hardinge (another NY manufacturer) tool room lathes in amazing shape for $500-$1000. I have 2000 sqft packed with equipment from Kodak, IBM, and other companies. I always try to leave the asset tags on them, and the best ones have markings from the manufacturer saying property of IBM or similar.

[@kathrynmoore4071]

@@jeremymartin8613 that’s awesome, I’m so glad you let us know the story of the item, I always love finding out the history of an item.

[@ahuggingsam]

For real Adam, leaving in your mistakes like that, is the single most inspiring thing you do. It makes the rest of us mere mortals feel like we could do the same thing.

[@tommcd5146]

Watching Adam do these builds takes me back to my childhood and watching shows like the Old WoodWrights shop and the New Yankee Workshop. Absolutely love watching a maker or craftsperson go through the process of making something from the super elaborate to simple and useful.

[@erectspin5812]

Watching his videos is like watching a race at Talladega. You know the checkered flag is coming but there's going to be some "Oh My!" moments along the way.

[@synisterfish]

I can't imagine there are many people 'out there' who are able to make pin gauges sound interesting to a guy like me for half an hour!! ' great episode, as always. Thanks.

[@smashyrashy]

The world should go metric it will ne difficult for some in the short term but in the long run makes undeniable sense

[@TomLichti]

Should someone tell him?

[@MrNBridger]

The world is metric except for the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar.

[@adamt4742]

as the saying goes, "there are two types of countries in the world, the ones that use the metric system; and the ones that put a man on the moon"

[@KodakYarr]

As if you couldn't put men on the moon using metric. Dumbest quote in quite a while.

[@korova_mesto]

@@adamt4742think how quicker they would of got to the moon if they used the metric system. All the calculations would of been a whole lot easier.

[@Mojova1]

Adam going Metric means that the whole America will. Finally.! :D

[@mike-carrigan]

I have a 1950's edition of the Machinerys Handbook stamped all inside it; Redstone Arsenal Library. I like to think someone consulted that book for the space program

[@tasos0140]

The best part of these videos is to listen to a legend like Adam calling himself dumb for making (albeit tiny) errors. Makes me more calm while I'm correcting the mess from stupid decicions while working on my projects.

[@CrazzyJon]

This is so awesome, thank you for letting us see your notes on this production. That was cool. Also, your shop is awesome is existing in total chaos and total organization at the same moment, so that is great

[@MarkSmith-wg4kf]

Isn’t there some dead space behind the metric pins? You could cut a slot to place your round pins in that area. Always enjoy your infrastructure builds!

[@edschultze552]

Or make a little kangaroo pouch box for the round blocks box on the blank space below the handle

[@DorianXLII]

I should've looked before I posted a second or twelve ago... The way I saw it, there is actually a huge amount of empty space in that rolling cart. Behind the Metric Pins, on the other side of the SAE/Imperial pins, and especially under that handle where a new addon could be glued and pinned in place for extra items. If there's enough space, he could just open slots in the top to drop the Tile Gauges in behind the Pin Gauges, thus sorting Metric, SAE/Imperial Pins, Discs, and Blocks in different orientations to be certain which box type is being grabbed. The white written labels he puts on the boxes are great, but the way he has each "Type" going a different direction, it appears to leave a significant amount of space in the cabinet... And we all know how much Shop Infrastructure "First Order Retrievability" is to Adam. Wouldn't it, therefore, make more sense to open a bit of space between shelves to orient more carrying cases for gauges in the vertical plane? The only limit at this point is weight, I think. Adam may need to install two more casters under that shelf to maintain the strength while rolling.

[@lonatog6267]

Thanks for not being a super editor.. It is awesome to see someone engaging in the shuffle "_ _ _ _" moments trying to get the space set for the task at hand. Ssssoooo the reality when every project is an original.

[@meatball1974]

Thank you for continuing to show me that my shop is in fact NOT crowded. and that clearly I can fit more crap in it.

[@michaelbraaten]

I think you should build a little vertical slot/cubby on the side with the handle for your remaining pin gauge set!

[@InadequacyinaBucket]

Well that is freaking surreal. I was a security guard for that exact facility in Endicott, NY after IBM sold it. The property has changed hands many times since then but most of the original buildings are still standing and still have much of the original manufacturing equipment still in it (no one has had the money to tear anything down). It's currently an urban explorer's wet dream and the perfect setting for a horror movie. And one of my favorite content creators, living in the LA area on the other side of the country, is talking about it.

[@phoenux3986]

idk why the infrastructure builds are my favorite of the channel. As cool as the prop builds are and such, there's just something that's next level satisfying about these.

[@robwgeorge]

Nice to see Adam is among the masses who starts some process, realizes there's too much crap in the way, incrementally cleans rather than cleaning up the entire mess. Tables Saw Shuffle

[@JoJoTavern]

Metric is so beautiful

[@stuartculshaw5342]

Yes it is. I'm in the UK, we use meters and milimeters in construction which is just so much more logical; but we also have a lot of imperial baggage especially in weights. I have to say though, we still have mph which is the one imperial measure I can't think about parting with.

[@JoJoTavern]

I cross the border into Mexico 🇲🇽 Just so I can talk some metric sense

[@snafu2350]

@@stuartculshaw5342 Pints of milk or beer? 1/4 or 1/2 pounds of comestibles eg meat (steaks, bacon) & veg (mushrooms) :) For the most part tho I agree (I'm also UK)

[@stuartculshaw5342]

@@snafu2350 Yes a pint is a measure I'd struggle to leave but I can understand litres. I've never quite understood weights anyway so I don't mind either method. It's the fractions that get me. Comestibles is a new word though, thank you for that. I just looked it up and the example was "A fridge groaning with comestibles" Fantastic!

[@scottanastasi2527]

Your cutting bench philosophy (7:27) totally looks like my drawing desk in that "I only need just enough room" way.

[@theHardChargerVids]

Adam…because of you…I love shop furniture too…you crazy wonderful maker…

[@KryssCom1]

Infrastructure builds are always among my favorites!!

[@apollolux]

The initial drawing was 14" x 18" horizontal space. That's ambitious to think that all the gauge measurement that Adam would ever have would fit in such a small space no matter how far he expands vertically! XD

[@9madness9]

Challenge now to remake the missing ones!

[@9madness9]

@@nopinionocomnt but that the love of challenge of metrology crafting

[@ironmanmachine]

The equipment he would need to do this is extremely expensive, and takes up a lot of space.

[@9madness9]

@@ironmanmachine agreed I think a visit to a top lab is in order and I am sure he knows some.

[@genecarden780]

@@ironmanmachineyeah kinda like buy $10000 in equipment to make $100 in parts. I say just buy the few missing pins from someone like McMaster then leisurely search for the proper manufacturer replacements which may take years.( not familiar with the manufacturer maybe they are readily available)

[@genecarden780]

@@9madness9a top lab? Why? A top lab will be using their tools and equipment.

[@ad8916]

Mr Savage, as a person who is OCD, you are really fun to watch. I don't look as OCD is a disability. I really like who I am. I buy tools that I probably will never need. But it makes me happy to just to have them. Also while I know you are a very bright guy, I was totally impressed with how you did with Neil deGrasse Tyson! Keep up the podcasts, I really enjoy them.

[@ad8916]

Also, it would bug me that some were missing! 😂

[@coriscotupi]

22:39 - Precisely when I was thinking _"Now all is needed is to re-write the labels on the new faces of boxes #1 & #2"..._ Adam grabbed the pen and started doing just that. Not one second before, not one second later.

[@jeromefeig4209]

Adam, as a maker as well, have you considered using nylon strapping as handle materials that can be screwed onto the side of rolling carts. The strapping can be screwed onto the sides, with the use of washers for added support, and move (flatten as needed) for tight spaces. Your upper legs will appreciate the lack of stiffness as with a wood handle as collisions occur in a small work space.

[@brianrydzeski6108]

Maybe add a vertical pocket below the handle to hold your round gauge block, box. Will only work if they are 'registered' in the box so they won't get mixed up; Or if the box does not stay latched. Like you pointed out earlier, spilling one of these boxes is a Paigne de Assee.

[@maxsnts]

Like the gentlemen that sold the blocks, I also listen to Tested while on the workshop. Many times its better than Music because its engaging while i do mundane tasks.

[@donevans1884]

brilliant build Adam as usual , hell would i love to just spend the day walking around you shop , Talk about Aladin's cave , brilliant .

[@Phoenix407]

I would check the pens that you have doubles of to make sure that they're not one off of the number In case you have some pins in the wrong spot

[@214rwoz]

Thank you for all your time and effort. Question: Is there anyway we can get under your floor ? I feel something really needs to be done to give you a more firm footing. The flex in the floor in some of shots was just unbelievable.

[@BROON71]

The concrete floor in that shop slants like a ramp. Thus he had to build a timber and plywood platform on top of it. And, yeah, as you can tell, it moves..

[@nathantron]

I wish someone would make a workshop remix of all the machine sounds and working in Adams shop. it would be sick.

[@MrJfaschin]

So....I worked at TTM Tech. here in Western Wisconsin when they bought and moved lines from I3 Electronics several years ago.

[@Muscleduck]

I can appreciate you put everything on wheels. I've noticed before that 1 or 2 small karts on wheels would work well with my workshop. So taking your idea of doing this by default seems great. I'm planning on making a workbench with back wall with French cleats and I'm planning on putting it on wheels too. Plainly because the garage is a bit cramped and also because the layout is far from final.

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

Let me just say, the noises you made moving a heavy object were very relatable.

[@williamcooper2368]

WOW, the HISTORY is amazing.❤️

[@patrickhennessy510]

I'm surprised you didn't build an extra shelf for the small set. Always room for expansion 🙂

[@kennethelwell8574]

I found the two-sided approach strangely satisfying, with the metric drawers and the standard sets in cases aligned to best share the smallest floor plan. The well on top is nice, and the steering handle above the metric drawer handles 😘👌.

[@elv_on]

That handle....Some oddly satisfying stuff right there.

[@mailos1772]

As a quick suggestion, depending on how far back the metric pin cabinet goes, you might be able to add a place below the other imperial pins for the round gauge blocks

[@ditzfough]

I love watching the stool reinflate in time lapses😂

[@nathkrupa3463]

Great video bro nice collection

[@jamesupton143]

I see Adam has the same problem I do. My table saw has to be cleared off before I can use it.

[@VintageGearMan]

Nice Cab!

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Love shop infrastucture builds.

[@VeniVidiVid]

150 pounds of precision™ Love it!

[@cheapneasy1981]

Small side holster below handle for the round guages in their box would finish it perfectly!

[@wtfusernamecrap]

Thanks for leaving that "dumb mistake" in. ❤️

[@patrickdiehl6813]

WOW! so very cool to have the background of something your going to use and appreciate even more in having that knowledge is alone awesome! you and I conceptualize and create in such the same manner, I see a goal, visualize it, gather critical dimensions then sketch a rough design with those dimensions and go with it. Creative solutions to minor fitment ensue! Lol, @7:30 clearing the mayhem of the previous so rings true of my own shop🤣there is never enough space! @12:17 Eyeballing the height.... If you lay the rule of your combination square across the cabinet to the board you get the exact height of the cabinet reflected then adjust for clearance desired. Nothing more annoying than big box store plywood and lack of quality....And not surprised you finished the top captured as I visualized it in my own build. That kind of presion deserves that kind of love thought behind the home it will live in👊

[@BROON71]

Adam continues to add more drawers to his Cave.. 😄

[@ianmason.]

If it was a proper cave he could just dig the gauge pin tunnel.

[@tomhorsley6566]

You need one of those Young Frankenstein style tables you can hang just over the table saw to put all the junk on, then crank up to the ceiling when you want to use the saw :-).

[@Starganderfish]

The moment when Adam rolled out the table saw and then had to arrange and move the huge stack of random crap on one side... even in a huge shop like his, flat surfaces are always at a premium. From 27:45 onwards I was just "Aw man, that handles crooked". Kept seeing it throughout the rest of the video thinking "put all that work into measuring and making it and then stuck the handle on crooked!!" And then, in the last few seconds of the video Adam turns around proudly, looks at it, and "Oh, that's not level..." LOL What do you bet next time we see that cart he's straightened out the handle? Can't unsee it otherwise.

[@32bitDK]

That is a nice build! Wish i could build boxes like that! (My boxes never fits :D )

[@rafaelcoli4797]

Just Love shop infraestructure

[@essexmirage]

Drawers and drawers of handles and you make one ha ha, magic video thanks....maybe add some rubber mat to the top recessed area for tool protection, very enjoyable and something I'm doing making trolleys and adding castors where I can 👍

[@tomliemohn624]

Measuring stick tatoo. I had an apprentice have an entire fractional to decimal drill chart tatooed on his forarm along with some other relevant formulas for RPMS, feed rates, standard to metric and back.

[@blockarthur]

Nice sunset lol over that Moon

[@jasonsimpson6397]

You may what to add a Perspex door on the side of the red trays and a locking bar on your new set. So when you move your unit round, if you Not anything the trays will not fallout. I remember dropping a small set and the pain of cleaning and put them back, was I nuts.

[@andy2950]

Quality 👌 It needs a magnetic plate on the top.

[@fc1133]

What are you not looking straight into the camera? Happy for your success and happy for you always seeming to be happy. Thanks.

[@patrickhennessy510]

It would be nice to SEE Adam use the guage pins on a ODB.😊

[@deepnothing5274]

Those round blocks are probably Van Keurens. Interesting company, still in business. Makes optical flats too.

[@GregStanton.]

I wish to high heaven that when adam expands the shop, he makes more room for the table saw haha

[@Swingwombat]

so if you took out a slot at the side behine the smallest red box, would you be able to slide the round guages under the new handle in the dead space?

[@kingj2144]

Or just rotate the #4 box the like the #2 box.

[@kip9777]

You could IF enough room, add an access opening behind the small case on the right side of the second shelf on the same side of the handle and see if that container of round blocks can fit there, then they will all be contained with the cabinet :)

[@appalachianunderground8474]

I dig it 👊🏻

[@balcorn9211]

I never noticed that Adam has the same shoes as Marty McFly in 1985. Man, I must've seen that movie too many times!

[@Kami8705]

Whats your thought process/reasoning for making shelves vs drawers? When you were looking at the blocks from the metric set, I was expecting you to do something similar for your other set and make drawers for them. Having them offset like that between drawers and shelves on two different sides would also drive me nuts as you'll always need to reach whichever side is least accessible when it's between tables

[@snafu2350]

'If it's in a drawer it doesn't get seen [& therefore not thought about/used]' was (roughly) a quote from an earlier vid I suffer from this syndrome too, which makes my kitchen a pain to clean as almost everything is on shelves rather than in cupboards or drawers :(

[@RichardCalder67]

With the edges on the top your round gauges can just live there now!

[@Morphyne_Cowboy]

Adam!!!! Love the box. I was thinking what it you put a small box/shelf in the bottom of the box that is the exact size of the round gauges you have? Almost a stealth set up. Anyway, just a thought.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

As soon as the handle went on I thought “ now there’s room to hang the box of cylindrical gauge blocks underneath” 👍😀

[@The.Pickle]

There's enough clearance created by the wheels to attached a small box/shelf to accommodate the round and miscellaneous pins/blocks. All these units on wheels is going to make it so much easier if you ever move shop, or rearrange... *or,* as the handle protrudes somewhat, you could attach a small, thin storage unit below the handle, to accommodate the round pins box vertically maybe.

[@coops4x4]

I bit of leather on top for sitting the cases on would be a nice touch imo 👌

[@Pistol_Knight]

Underneath the handle I would build a Pidgeon slot to hold the round ones very easy to do

[@Guvna947]

Loved the Bond theme song😀

[@brendanrobertson5966]

Since you have the handle on the front anyway, you could attach a leather pouch between the handle and the metric to drop the round gauges into.

[@Motorboot-Hoedan]

And here we are, Mr. Savage building a nice cabinet for METRIC stuf, using the IMERPIAL system 😅

[@TheCombatartist]

Love your enthusiasm! How does one use these?

[@glitchout0137]

I grew up playing at the IBM country club (aka traditions at the glen) It always makes me giddy when people talk about my home town and the fact that Thomas Watson decided to home IBM there. Much love Adam. Thanks for all you have given us through the years. ❤

[@snip3r416]

I actually loved This 3 videos in 1 😊 I liked how I’m done yup but no no there’s more 😂😂😂😊

[@SpartanFarron]

You should print out that message and slip it underneath one of those drawers so the history lives on beyond what's in our heads. Although it's also archived on youtube now.