Adam Savage Takes the Aluminum Foil Ball Challenge!

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While in the middle of a One Day Build project that leaves him with an excess of aluminum foil, Adam tries his hand at the tin foil ball challenge: creating a shiny solid sphere of aluminum using just a roll of standard foil wrap. It takes literally hours of manual hammering and polishing to get a satisfying result, and at the end of the process Adam attempts to cut this ball in half to see its cross-section.
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[@211inprogress]

Hello, Love your videos. 🛠️

[@TwiztedMemoriez]

Adam & team. You guys should watch Cody's Lab. He did the foil ball challenge a couple years back, except did it with gold. Interestingly, it created an air pocket of sorts and so it ended up being a ball inside a ball and it rattled

[@rjwontheloose9037]

maybe some kind of lathe or a water cutting cnc

[@thomashanna1253]

Maybe try temporary mounting made of wax ? Thinking about how jewelers cut facets.

[@Canyonman44]

Adam!!! On your surface plate??!!!

[@collincutler4992]

I'm sitting here thinking Adam has officially lost his mind, but then I realized I just spent a half an hour watching a grown man play with aluminum foil.

[@Jingling-MelO]

@That's Not Funny, That's Sick! I was just thinking about this lol

[@jedfra9172]

All that equipment and seemed to have no idea. I am sure he must have a vice large enough to secure the ball before using a hacksaw. Disappointing because it would be interesting to see the compressed layers.

[@rodney73991]

did that on jazzer Chanel too. I thought he was losing his mind then mold dragon with aluminum foil, zombie head , zombie hand , some kind giant monster missing legs. there clay too.

[@KertaDrake]

All this on a random impulse too... Sometimes free time can make you do some crazy things!

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

Hahaha it's OK, crazy is funz sometimes lol

[@TheHalf_Canadian]

I feel like if this was done on mythbusters it would've ended with the ball being shot out of a cannon to see how much damage it could do/if the ball would survive

[@Krono3ditz]

Lmfaoo so true

[@hollieginoza7935]

I vote h tries to fire the next one out of a cannon

[@aerofoilmusic]

Or being blown to smithereens with 50 pounds of C4!

[@deskslam4232]

@@aerofoilmusic More. MORE. MORE!!!

[@capitalist_bean9844]

I feel the same thing lad.

[@arianamaria_]

I just love that I grew up watching this crazy maniac of a man show us how cool science can be and now as an adult I get to watch him happily tinker away in his garage making cool dorky things with that same childlike wonder. Thank you for all you do for us Adam ❤❤

[@trevoidc9859]

ur cute

[@Changlang458]

@@trevoidc9859 thank u😘 didn’t know you were into boys😏

[@jeffreyhemphill3831]

oh go to hell with it ariana 🤮

[@faithjoelle02]

I'm straight :)

[@Lucas-Darkin]

I love how straight to the point Adam is, he thinks about something and within 2 seconds he has the equipment necessary

[@Nick-hm6tl]

He literally did not have the equipment necessary 😂

[@Verlisify]

Adam trying to cut the ball is a series of the least safe things I have seen him do

[@danielcongleton2878]

cant you just weld it onto something and make it so much easier?

[@Ch4rmander]

I gasped when he grabbed the stopped band saw blade while the machine was still running

[@frankiemillcarek6976]

Which is saying something.

[@MediocreModeler]

When he clamped the saw into the table then got the other clamp to hold the trigger on. I was like,”Adam,no!!!” Then I thought where’s the table bandsaw thing you made. Then he went to that. And I think the challenge should be cutting the thing in half not making it. 😂

[@Nueztoy]

It was one of the hardest things to watch. I had to stop the video a couple of times wile saying "Jesus Christ". (My father has a wood furniture factory, I have seen too many severed fingers through my life)

[@greenboy770]

That shot at the beginning of Adam violently smacking the ball like a primate who's just figured out tools is one of the funniest things I've seen all week

[@paulrickman7549]

Watch the Australian dude who tosses heavy things into washing machines and runs them until they self destruct. Seriously funny.

[@florianellerbrock8922]

I can't stop laughing

[@PappuDas-fq1ll]

What you doing here Japanese?

[@schloop687]

@@paulrickman7549 thank you lol

[@SquirtleSquad443]

1:25 toddlers with a ball of mashed potatoes after mom leaves the room

[@natewatson6962]

I love how he didn't fully explain everyhing, he just said 3 not fully formed sentences and just started unraveling and absolutely going at it mid sentence. It feels like his soul was just telling him "i have to do this... RIGHT NOW"

[@erikcarlsen2179]

I love how Adam leaves him moving the camera in the video rather then editing it out. Feels so much more authentic.

[@thecore8605]

Adam hitting the aluminum ball against the table and screaming "more" has some of the most caveman vibes i saw in this channel

[@thecore8605]

I must say for a record, that amount of aluminum particles don't look very safe, it feels like they will do just like lead and get to your blood system by your skin

[@Steph-wx4ri]

It was giving “smart man do dumb man thing” and it was fantastic 😂

[@glxblrt]

1:22

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

@@thecore8605 you should be more worried about how the aluminum reacts in the body than the many ways things get into the body! By the way so does water it’s absorbs through your skin just like lead and aluminum elements. So to reiterate what makes you think that aluminum is as dangerous as lead?

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

@@thecore8605 The most caveman vibes might be your response to a question?

[@DAFORCEFilms]

How this man still has all his fingers is a miracle beyond the realm of science.

[@cardbored_]

When he put the saw in the vice 😂💀 love this man

[@jamisoncourtuer2311]

Maybe he made a new finger🫢

[@msnettleswanasmr4951]

My thoughts excatly, lol

[@Ryanummm]

Is he missing an eyebrow?

[@menguzar]

i knew a cokehead carpenter once. the whole video reminded me of him :D the same recklessness

[@atqmra13]

I’m so glad Adam was on mythbusters. Idk how much I would have watched it with 2 Jaime personalities. Adam brought such childlike wonder, enthusiasm & blatant disregard for safety. I’m glad Jaime was there to reel Adam in a bit. They really balanced each other out quite well.

[@eccomi21]

i heard some time ago they both apparently didnt see eye to eye all that often, which is so sad when you think about what a nice team they were on cam

[@SaRkAsMuSoNe-]

They just don’t get on in real life Life. They don’t go out of their way to be unhappy with each other they just have nothing in common as people apart from doing special effects

[@crasheffort]

I have made these for years. You have to start small, and not use too much foil at once because you will get air pockets. You need to get each layer as dense and spherical as you can before you start the next level of foil. The hammer should not sound like it is hitting something hollow, but should sound like it rings like you are hitting a solid ingot of metal. You also want to hit relatively lightly until it is more uniformly dense and round. If you hit hard from the beginning, it will end up lumpy and lopsided because the metal will be too dense in spots for the metal to even out. It should never crack like his did if you get the core of it right. I understand Adam had to do this in a limited amount of time, but you need to take your time over the course of days to get the best outcome. It should be kind of meditative process.

[@wingerding]

That's exactly what he said in the video

[@TheKlokjis]

Seeing the cutting attempts and the attempt to unjam the bandsaw with his hand I am genuinely amazed that Adam still has all his fingers

[@josephwodarczyk977]

Secretly he loses a finger each week. He just also keeps some spare in his pockets.

[@andrew-rn9ui]

All the very best mechanics and engineers seem to do a little dangerous shit from time to time tbh, It's the ones that are always way too safe that end up giving a shitty product , or they end up taking a month to do something that should take a week I'm not saying not to follow safety cause safety is obviously paramount , But the real money makers and people who get shit done are people who do some dangerous shit Example: the entirety of the rigs and pipelining/ being a roughneck

[@cumcumcum148]

​@@andrew-rn9ui my father worked with a table saw. He was cutting a plank of wood for something and it got stuck. While I was helping him. I don't know what cogs where turning in his head, but he reached with his hand to unjam it. I almost shat myself when the saw instantly started to spin. He was ok, but I still think he just wanted to lose one or two fingers that day

[@girlmayris]

When cutting aluminum foil, it is best to use the cutting implement that is attached to the box. Hope this helps.

[@Casta2]

Yeah he must not have known this trick and thats why he went and used it all.

[@Phillip1220]

😂

[@bigricardofuego4587]

.. imagine that.

[@BioClone]

literally, noone ever was able to cut a clean sheet usign it xD

[@thieflack7132]

Lmaoooooooo

[@runefjord8446]

Seeing him holding the ball, by a little tape and turning on a bandsaw sent all my internal alarms going, Adam, you are a national/global treasure, try not to loose your fingers by doing this

[@mrmarkspencer8314]

My wife gets mad, if I'm in the shop working for a couple hours. If she found out I was in there all night, hammering tinfoil into a ball, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be married anymore.....

[@dannybalemusic]

Seeing someone with as much cred as Adam try multiple strategies to accomplish something, nearly lose multiple fingers multiple times, and eventually give up is one of the most encouraging and validating things I've seen in a long time. Thank you, Adam.

[@vantruongthi9105]

ok

[@bryangreene4969]

My thoughts exactly

[@DWSPRODUCTIONS]

Truth

[@chrismcintosh7503]

What about a diamond blade wet saw for tile?

[@toobakededibles8040]

Me to.

[@1wsx108]

i love how adam went to the bandsaw first, realised it was too sketchy, tried the hacksaw and thought it was too hard, then went to the handheld bandsaw propped up in a clamp, probably the worst of the three

[@comradegarrett1202]

that's how my brain would be working after spending 3h hammering on tin foil

[@1wsx108]

@@comradegarrett1202 you know what, me too

[@jeffspicher8627]

Was thinking the same thing... amazing he's still got all 10 fingers.

[@ro_yo_mi]

We got an introductory tour of Adam's bandsaw collection.

[@obrecht72]

The part where it looks like he is about to clamp the power button down had the folks at Dewalt grabbing their faces in disbelief.

[@sevetar1236]

you know I'm sitting here in the dark laying in my bed at 11:40 Pm watching an old man polishing aluminium love it thanks man for the video

[@totalweirdo8538]

Literally exactly the same for me six months later, down to the minute

[@magnuskehr3625]

This video has major caveman energy, I love it

[@csimet]

Probably the only person in the world that can make me spend 30 minutes watching them make a ball out of foil. 10,000 years from now, when someone digs it up and asks... "what the...". LOL

[@clbcl5]

I watched a mechanic change blades on his riding lawn mower and I don't even have a mower.

[@pjabrony8280]

I probably spent a collective 30 minutes watching Pee-wee Herman making one.

[@RubensBudgetCreations]

Well, he also made one out of sh*t. That was a great Mythbusters episode.

[@monopolyshark]

@@pjabrony8280 I was gonna say, my mind went straight to Pee Wee.

[@lazyartist1327]

It's not tin

[@36Acebuchanan]

I love when he doesn't even talk about what he's thinking and just goes OH! and runs off to the other part off screen to grab something! Dude is awesome! 😆

[@devastationofmankind3495]

Literal doer mentality

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@devastationofmankind3495 Dad mentality

[@madisonbinkley149]

Watching stuff like this reinvigorates my love for life. Experimenting, failing and coming up with solutions. Doing things just for the sake of creativity and curiosity. Much love Adam Savage, thanks for sharing

[@josephrapp]

Really took me back;I once made a pair of aluminum shoes when I was about 10 and proudly wore them downtown! I love this guy and while watching I felt like a little boy all over again. Priceless! Thank you Adam!

[@matthewscott2987]

I love how human he is about his videos. At no point are you 100% certain that he'll end the video without an injury or keeping all his digits. He doesn't come across as a know-it-all and approaches projects like this the way the rest of us would.

[@kaelis8565]

Shut up mathew Scott, its a metal ball😁😁👍🤟🥱😈🤝🙏👍

[@yeehowdy267]

@@kaelis8565ew no don’t gross

[@beastpatriots9569]

@@kaelis8565 Says the one using emojis on youtube

[@Staypift]

Every know-it-all knows that 250 feet is nowhere near a tenth of a mile, so that's good.

[@SSKazega]

The embodiment of "Growing Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional" God bless this man.

[@camquoc5718]

ok

[@stevelevine1868]

As frustrating as it can be it’s OK to make mistakes and move on. In fact it virtually necessary.

[@kaydencontracting]

Where is the Love button?

[@livedandletdie]

Eccentric old men are the best.

[@paulshack]

i absolutely love this content, this style of editing and the way this was formatted brings a unique sense of chaos that's really entertaining if you pay close enough attention to it. its an interesting dynamic because with youtube we've been conditioned to think there isn't structure to videos and we're seeing everything live in the process however in these videos i love finding the bits that were included intentionally.

[@TheRunningBeanDPT]

This is the energy my brain runs at…Adam savage smashing tinfoil into a ball

[@rustygeorge6695]

I can just imagine the dinner conversation with the wife: "So.... our dining table has been wobbling for 6 months, you have every tool known to man, and you're telling me you just spent the entire afternoon pounding my last roll of aluminum foil into a little ball?"

[@commandrogyne]

To be fair, its a *big* ball!

[@vivanjackson6423]

TO BE FAIR! Letterkenny

[@Ioganstone]

There is lava approaching our property and it's getting close to the picket fence! We just need a little wall of aluminum foil to protect our house being a flash in the pan! There's also a robot with giant Tesla Coils coming our way, and we just need to stop the lightning rod from getting hit, because it will explode the ground! A little aluminum please..

[@GwynneDear]

Wife receives check from KZbin after people watch him hammer a ball of aluminum over 5.5 million times…

[@user-wg8ko7kr9f]

@@commandrogyne not bigger than mine

[@ComicBlaze]

Adam, I must say, a big part of having larger bumps and fissures might have been because you rolled it in just one direction, like a coil, instead of rotating the ball as you were rolling it to evenly wrap it. You were rolling it up like a roll of paper towels when you should have rolled it up like you would a ball of yarn

[@joshwhitworth5455]

No he rotated it. Probably not as often as it should have been, but he rotated it.

[@stellasdoesstuff]

@@joshwhitworth5455 he rotated it a tiny bit at the beginning and a tiny bit at the end, but the majority of the time, he rolled all the tinfoil the same direction

[@industrialdb8039]

And he still spent over 3 hrs, on his very first one. so, if he were crazy enough to do this again, more care and planning can be taken in the compacting process. one person suggested using a cubical shape. not bad..

[@permanentvisitor2460]

@IndustrialDb this is definitely an interesting hobby pursuit, but I actually almost did a double take when I read your 3 hour remark. I don't think I have it in me to spend 3 hours trying to coax foil into denser, shinier spherical foil. But on the other hand I make knives and do some custom blacksmithing as a hobby, so who am I to balk at cajoling metal into a financial deficit-shaped object?

[@bordershader]

It's not so easy to rotate while rolling a wide, flat sheet, as opposed to a thin string or yarn. Especially single-handedly.

[@bpexodus]

I'm from the future. Eventually Adam gets help from someone who uses a waterjet to cut the ball in half. It's solid on the outside and more porus as it get to the center of the ball.

[@Scooged]

There is just something primitively satisfying about watching a grown man bang a ball of metal for hours on a surface.

[@SuperPsychicNinja]

Dear god tell me I wasn’t the only one screaming at the screen for Adam to say “foiled again” every time he couldn’t cut it in half. File this one under missed opportunities Mr. Savage.

[@jordancarter8310]

*foil this one

[@meksi1124]

kzbin.infoddxJSqhXH_M?feature=share 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️.

[@steviecollins8425]

Id never recover if i knew what i could have had

[@patemathic]

this ain't cutting it

[@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou]

🎬 That's a wrap

[@prinnvandegrift9776]

I love this video ! I loved watching g you fumble thru your mind of different ideas and especially realizing you might get hurt so you stopped ! As an artist I’ve been right where this video was a million times . Watching someone else have such a good time going thru the process of the excited unknown and enjoying it even when it didn’t work out exactly like you thought it might and still walkubg away with all your fingers was a joy for me ! Thank you ! We’re from the same tribe

[@petewilson-banks3137]

Absolutely amazing! Strangely mesmerized watching Adam trying so hard to split that ball. 😂

[@dwhite6302]

After watching Adam for years on Mythbusters, and now having watched quite a few of videos from his personal workshop, I have come to two conclusions: 1. Adam is brilliant 2. Adam is a walking OSHA violation

[@LayneBenofsky]

Watching the montage of him hastily trying to figure out different ways of cutting the ball without otherwise securing it was blowing my mind.

[@DontBother_YT]

This is the very reason they had other experts on MythBusters. Yes, Adam's capacity for jumping from idea to idea really does make him into a potential living OSHA violation.

[@francisboyle1739]

Watches that, yells "remember what happened with the lathe, Adam".

[@stevekunde123]

OSHA doesn’t apply to the self employed.

[@SirRollAnO]

the level of cob is, honestly, impressive.

[@IceSki117]

Adam is the epitome of the saying "Some kids never grow up, they just get adult money"

[@davidwaynemain]

You beat me by 11hrs. Hit this time stamp 1:23 Your welcome 😁

[@Brixujel_Rimulex]

best definition of a big kid!

[@hadengibbons3539]

That's eventually the goal

[@unom8]

If I didn't know better he looks like someone spending some of that on adult drugs as well.

[@DavidKJohnson1988]

I'm imagining aliens first encountering humans by stumbling across Adam hammering away at a ball of aluminium foil. At least they'll know we can use tools.

[@rjd_frostcor3]

This was awesome. When you proposed cutting it in half. I quite possibly cracked the largest smile I had in a week... all year probably.

[@Pilot8091]

i love how Adam's shop is like a bag of holding where he jumps out of camera and finds a slightly better tool for the job over and over, then proceeds to throw them back into the void to produce another tool

[@TylerPilizota]

That's the best way I've heard someone describe his shop LOL. 10/10

[@patrickjeromeobaldo2450]

It's like he always has a tool for job, and at a certain point in that job.

[@brianstraight9308]

I understood that reference!

[@taylorwilliamm]

I like how he went through the process of clamping his battery band saw to the table, only to see a legit one that he somehow forgot about.

[@CasperLabuschagne]

The mistake was when you wrapped the foil in a ball shape you wound the foil around the foil around the equator thereby creating a north and south pole of structural weakness. What should happen is that with every rotation while wrapping, the ball should be turned by a quarter in order to wrap foil universally around all the axis of the ball. To cut the ball mount the ball in a lathe using two wooden blocks each with a concave surface that holds the ball firmly in place. Spin the lathe at the lowest rpm you can set it to and use your hacksaw to cut it vertically as slowly as possible.

[@goofnugget9875]

Couldn’t have put it better myself

[@rooster5572]

Extremely correct

[@jking0.o121]

🧠👖

[@CompSci10507]

Turning an exact quarter with each wrap will just delay getting to the same problem. You need to rotate it a prime-fractional portion of the sphere with each turn. I wonder if some sort of bonding agent with moderate tensile strength (I'm thinking of a pliable silicon semi-fluid here) might not help with the compaction problem and also deal with the fissuring. And, Adam, I'd love to know the density of the ball you created compared to the density of the original "tin" foil, which ought to be just a bit lighter than a like-sized ball of alumin(i)um. This would let you determine just how much air is in it, to measure the efficiency of your procedure and compare it to your next try.

[@ajlovett6740]

I wanted to say this in my own version but I was to lazy to type all that😂 thank you😉🤣

[@HeatherRose2023]

I am very impressed with Adam’s sculpting skills.

[@MyDailyMeltdown]

He's a model maker by trade

[@fazerbeam5221]

Say what you will about Adam, but he is a grown man who is enjoying his life in a unique way. Which is more than you can say about a lot of people.

[@Ffish69]

This is what KZbin was invented for. Several hours, condensed into 27 minutes of a guy in his workshop making a ball from aluminium foil. And over a million people have watched it! Especially the part at 22:21 where he grabs a band saw blade with his hand, and the motor is still running! Love it!

[@svampebob007]

played back at 3.9x speed because nobody has time to watch a man child (in a good way) look for the right tool to do the job.

[@dionh70]

I believe that was the dust collector that was running when he grabbed the band saw blade, not the saw motor.

[@-JonnyBoy-]

@@dionh70 Correct

[@GalactusTheDestroyer]

@@dionh70 RIght. He clearly pushed the red stop button. At first I freaked out a bit when he grabbed the blade but upon rewinding, it was obvious.

[@danelfernandez6571]

When he did this I came to the comments to see if anyone noticed

[@razorsitch9882]

As a man of similar age, Adam’s childlike glee with some simple things like using a full roll of foil and bashing it around brings a smile to my face every single time.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

I love the childlike enthusiasm and joy combined with adult knowledge and scientific mindset. I relate, even though I am but a fraction as smart and educated.

[@rfiore86]

I would like to start with a huge heartfelt THANK YOU!!! My daughter is a second-grade teacher and they need all the support they can get!!! We even gave her classroom a Christmas present this year. We are always helping out by buying things for her classroom. Jitters Coffee Shop is a hilarious name.

[@vozanderson8665]

This is living proof that Adam Savage could film himself doing literally anything and we'd all still watch in amazement

[@Enyavar1]

10 minutes in and the guy still hasn't stated what he was trying to achieve with an alu foil ball. Absolutely last interest.

[@MrBlack-vg8rv]

@@Enyavar1 says it in the desription

[@sunshynff]

@@Enyavar1 ...And shows it on the thumbnail pic

[@glp.1337]

You might speak for a large group of people, but I'm sure a lot of people just can't stand the unprofessional approach to solving all these problems. The amount of times a facepalm is justified is just ridiculous. I (and I'm sure a lot of other people) was not amazed by anything in this entire video. Maybe this speaks more to the average person instead of people with a background in science. The only thing that amazed me was the amount of unnecessary dangerous acts in the video. Which is why I reported the video. He shows multiple dangerous ways of cutting a tin ball. Not only that, but doesn't even address it or warns younger viewers.

[@Enyavar1]

@@glp.1337 Oh, agreed. The way the guy handled his multiple saws, and the aluminum coating of his hands, and not wearing protection gear while handling chemicals... nothing was really _stupidly_ dangerous, but his musings told the viewer everything he does there is harmless.

[@FixedKarma]

decades of engineering, inspiring thousands of youth into such a technical field, collaborating with others of such high caliber. And it's all lead to this man hammering tin foil into a sphere. Love ya Adam! Never change.

[@shabath]

And then dismissing basically every safety precaution to ever exist when trying to cut it.

[@bitbreaker_creator]

@@shabath truly a sigma male

[@CloveCoast]

Those polish spinner machines are soooo fun to use. Very satisfying and you never wanna stop

[@mmeade9402]

If you just want to get a look at the layers of the inside and how well compacted/compressed they are, you could drill and tap two holes where your gaffer tape was, insert to handles for a better grip, and be sure to tap them in the direction that the rotational force of the band saw just wants to tighten your handle inserts. I would assume that would work?

[@jakeking974]

Y'know, for years, I was like "man, the Mythbusters legal and insurance teams are so lame, they put a stop to some awesome experiments" But now I know why. Adam just can't stop himself from doing something stupidly dangerous and sometimes dangerously stupid

[@ccmmrrnn]

It's reminiscent of a child playing with things they're not meant to. I felt like I was watching the kind of impatient moron you avoid at the jobsite because if they don't hurt themselves first they'll end up hurting you. Perhaps it's no coincidence that youtube suggested this mindless bedlam after I'd watched ten minutes of cranes falling over.

[@SKEC212]

I'm dying laughing.

[@tramnguyenduy954]

ok

[@TIVIS014]

I have never been so nervous to watch a prerecorded KZbin approved video in my life

[@numbersix8919]

@@TIVIS014 Amen to that. The guy is out of control. Hate to say it but this video should be banned for safety's sake.

[@zedmeister8832]

I've made a few of these, different sizes, different foil weights. The "fissures" and flakes are a function of the way you wrapped the sheet foil. Initially, you wadded the foil together (perfect), but you very quickly switched over to wrapping the sheet foil around the wadded core. This creates layers of foil that don't completely lock together and leads to that "flaking" behavior at the end. If you try this again, squish and smoosh (technical terms) all of your foil into the initial form, don't wrap. Thank you for the excellent video. It was a fun watch. -Zed

[@live9die945]

Lol no fr you needa stop kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ3almOQjqloebc

[@angelicawarnke112]

I knew it!

[@jazzywillo10]

Thanks Zed -William

[@Lord_Verminaard]

Excellent, I now possess another bit of information that I will probably never need however very glad I have it! 😂

[@robertslocs1264]

and the use of wayyyyyyy too fucking much foil at the beginning

[@rutalorp4777]

Adam is just running off of pure adrenaline and I love it!

[@keqrou]

Adam litterally sculpted my childhood.

[@RolandHazoto]

that's rather poetic; well done

[@McArRuIzO]

Lol! My goodness, Adam, the cutting portion... The whole time I'm thinking "Is this really it? Is THIS how Adam will finally lose his finger?"

[@RDGoodner]

Especially when the stationary bandsaw didn't work, so he got out a less stable bandsaw.

[@LeftCoastStephen]

I was thinking the same thing. It should be an OSHA “how not to video”

[@The_Forge_Master]

I kept saying "Adam, ADAM! Put the ball in the clamp! You JUST had your hands on the clamp, take the portable band saw out and put the ball in. No, don't move to ANOTHER band saw!"

[@Engitainment]

That whole last quarter of the video I was howling "GLOVES, man!" Clamping it would have been ideal, especially if he made two wood blocks with round divets to hold it tightly. Then he could go nuts with a saw or dremel.

[@Zathurastra]

@@Engitainment Gloves would make the danger worse. Gashing your finger is way better than getting some leather caught in the blade and yanking your whole hand toward it.

[@SeaGLGaming]

When I tried this, what I attempted was to slowly build the ball up. I started with just a handful got it down to a little above the size of a golf ball. Then I did a second later making it about the size of a baseball, and then a third layer, and so on until I used up the whole roll. This allows a lot more air to escape reducing the amount of fissures. I then sanded it down to smooth it out and followed that up with a nice polish. Basically, looked like a mirror ball almost.

[@isaacdelev4858]

This is the way

[@rogerborg]

Agreed, that's the right way to do it. Of all the things that Adam has been accused of, "patient" is very near the bottom of the list.

[@Bulldog1878]

Why?

[@charlesblithfield6182]

Did you use a particular method to bunch up the foil at the beginning. If I make one of these I want to maximize density from the start to get close to the 2.7gm/cm^3

[@charlesblithfield6182]

@Butter-Fingers Boy 😊

[@ianbarnhart7659]

This is peak "middle-aged man tinkering about in his workshop" content and I am HERE FOR IT

[@TrapSquad]

I love adam very genuine soul awesome content and a great guy all around ❤ that was pretty cool

[@mndlessdrwer]

Watching Adam smacking the ball of foil on his stand like an excited otter trying to crack open a particularly tasty oyster just makes my day better.

[@jevonlambright557]

Came here to say that, almost burst out laughing

[@youngkingpin298]

I haven't made it past that part of the video, it just made me laugh so much

[@UkrainianBazooka]

Jamie would look like a whole walrus

[@paulmarin1507]

The way he says "more!"

[@cappachino20]

My absolute favorite thing about this video is Adam occasionally leaving frame for a few seconds and coming back with just another piece of random equipment to aid in his wild endeavors

[@roberts.708]

I work as a technology teacher in Ireland and every time I see your videos I'm reinspired. 😂

[@danielcalabrese5769]

Thank you thank you thank you Adam, almost instantly I started smiling while watching you enjoy yourself so much and I felt as if I was right there with you just like the both of us were kids again and it was awesome thank you so much for being you and sharing it with the world. 👍😊

[@skim9802]

Sometimes when the aluminum ball makes flaps, the first instinct is to keep it flat against the ball and hope it some how magically melds seamlessly back into it. But the thing to do is actually fold it back or bunch it up so it can be hammered into oblivion. So fold the flap backwards, so the aluminum actually has something that can be smashed instead of just a flap that dangles no matter how much you hammer it.

[@plovet]

I eventually just tore my flap off ... However, it took me a LONG to figure that solution out. *laugh*

[@MishaDaBear]

Maybe it could be cut as it spins clamped on a spindle like on a lathe!

[@CommadoreGothnogDragonheart]

Could you encase the ball in a cube of clear resin and then cut that in half? Not only would it keep it stable, but it could make a REALLY cool display. :)

[@PeeVee1979]

Was thinking the same.

[@chton]

You could, but the problem is the inner layers. The outside might be nice and polished but inside it's thousands of sliver of sheet that don't adhere to each other well. The resin doesn't penetrate it, so as soon as you cut it in half the entire insides will flake and ruin it.

[@william4661]

Or put the ball in a square mold, and pour epoxy all around it, then saw the square block in half... Hopefully the inside doesn't look super boring though! xD

[@rhiiazami]

I was thinking using superglue to affix it between two square blocks of wood the same length/width as the diameter of the ball and then cutting it might work, but your idea is probably better.

[@antraxxslingshots]

Those look rather dull on the inside. Quite some Vids around where they are cut open.

[@infected_fish3909]

Watching 30 minutes of a mad scientist hitting aluminum foil like a caveman, not complaining just funny to think about

[@KeturiTeddy]

I love how Adams willing to fail and learn , like a true scientist, infont of us too ❤

[@ploppyploppy]

Lol how has Adam still got all his fingers?! The last 10 minutes had me squirming - it was like watching Wile Coyote with his ACME gear :p

[@davehayhurst1780]

OMFG sooo true! I think he should stick to cutting it with a saw, but find the finest-tooth blade possible. Even a coping wire saw (it's aluminium after all) and gently gold it in a vice. He needs to form (perhaps wooden) inverse of it's shape to hold it....two bowls

[@nathanrcoe1132]

Wile E Coyote had the advantage of being a cartoon, were things fail in a comedic manner. Real life isn't anywhere near as comedic when things go wrong...

[@SixthScaleAtYale]

@@nathanrcoe1132 fun at parties

[@aarond8678]

I watch mythbusters reruns religiously. and ive always wondered how any of them have fingers left. lol

[@Wishbone1977]

Yeah, those last 10 minutes were equal parts fascination and mounting horror.

[@kyleenderle6538]

My favorite part is when Adam realizes that a bandsaw isn't gonna work so instead he clamps a portaband into a vise to make... an even less safe bandsaw. I was waiting for him to clamp the ball in the vise then band saw it but I guess we'll never see the bisected orb.

[@kal465]

good thing your comment aged poorly!

[@michaelwest2388]

@@kal465 amen i found this video cause i was recommended the cut vid

[@GeeklingNo1]

oh hoho my good man i have joyus news!

[@bigholli8449]

He finally goes home and the wife asks, "what did you do today babe?" Adam "well it took me all day long, but I made a shiny ball out of your last roll of aluminum foil"

[@kevindisorda1017]

1 - Get an 8" square piece of wood and a few scraps to make a shallow box. At least 30% of the ball's height. 2 - Use plumber's putty to create a stable base beneath the ball. The putty will grip the ball, preventing spin. 3 - Cut the whole thing in half. The more putty you use, the more grip you will get on the ball.

[@grumpyguy5443]

I always enjoy Adam. Hes the actual definition of, "Do not try this at home".

[@imperialspacemarine1539]

He missed an oppertunity though. he could have named the vid "Watch adam savage slap his ball with a hammer for hours"

[@Luke-ic8qi]

Come with me And you'll be In a world of OSHA violations

[@BillAnt]

"When it all fails, just use C4." lol

[@ci.netproductions]

Yes

[@ell6323]

watch styropyro. this is PG to his R.

[@Lordtopic]

Cast the ball into a cube of resin. You then could polish the resin having a nice way to look at the ball. while also it would be safe to cut the ball inside of the cube not only half but you could do cross sections if you'd like.

[@obseletereaper9897]

Casting the ball (into a cube shape) is what I immediately thought of when thinking of a safer way to cut it in half.

[@mrgw98]

Nah, cast it in silicone mold making material inside of a wooden box. The wooden box would give the silicone mold structure while the silicone holds the ball in place. At the end, pop it out of the molds and and it is cut in half without losing its original design.

[@BrianB14471]

Water jet

[@drjasonharrison]

Drill and cut threads for bolts in to hold it from turning. Or don't cut threads screws and use screws. Frankenstein it.

[@Mistyswirl]

This needs more likes!

[@Walt_Dismal]

To get an absolutely perfect sphere, just stick it in the microwave for 1:30s. 😂

[@nathanbetz3241]

This quickly turned into all the many ways Adam can cut things in half.

[@ShawnGilgore]

My 4-year old daughter asked to watch this video again as “that grown up boy making a silver ball” and I have no qualms with how she described Mr. Savage. I just really appreciate he’s helping us cultivate a love of science and making for her!

[@Marconel100]

Hahahaha

[@Poluact]

"This is the most fun I've had with a roll of tin foil. Well, you can chew on it, but this is the second best!" - this phrase pretty much confirms it.

[@Puukiuuki]

Grown up, as in adult-sized!

[@Marconel100]

@@Puukiuuki no as in grey beard, talks like an old man, but gets exited about the same stuff kids do

[@DannyB-cs9vx]

For cutting aluminum put the blade in backwards and coat the blade with wax occasionally. I worked on aluminum shipping containers. to cut sheet we used a circular saw with plain wood blade put in backwards. Wax kept the aluminum from sticking to a blade or drill bit.

[@jugernoty9]

Was going to say ive never worked with aluminum but ive worked in enough shops to know its a pain to cut

[@christianweis439]

He knows what he doing lol

[@buninayrosedator4100]

i love the effort he did to make the ball, bit the whole bit of trying to cut it im just screaming "STOP!! STOP!! the fingers... shit STOP!!!" that was crazy

[@tomperry1048]

We heard ya here in Sydney, mate.

[@whpromo]

YES!! I was so happy when he said he wants to saw it in half. It was exactly what I wanted to see! Maybe drill a hole in it, the cut from hole out ?

[@spankyjeffro5320]

For future reference: Starting out by hammering a tin-foil cube will greatly help to compact the inner layers. Then you can start the spherical shape by hammering the corners of the cube, continuing as new corners form. :)

[@cal5566]

I don't think he'll ever do this again lol

[@quewerty8401]

Haven't done this sort of things since I was a kid, but onion layering it is where she messed up and that why you could see the layers shift when he hammered. I remember using crumpled sheets and compressing them. I can't remember if I used carpet or just something solid to polish.

[@GalactusTheDestroyer]

@@cal5566 I don't know about that. In the video hes said If I do this again, then changed it to WHEN I do this again so I foresee another tin foil ball video.

[@laura-ann.0726]

As I watched Adam trying to cut the ball in half, what was running through my memory was a fireball exploding in his face, and him saying to the camera, "Am I missing an eyebrow?". Also, I got an image of a bookshelf full of OSHA Safety Manuals just bursting into flames.

[@dailyrecipe543]

If you put ALUMINUM PAPER on your ARM, what happens will SHOCK you👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3LMq5h6h6mfqbc

[@taffysaur]

In which video did he get hit by a fireball..?

[@colinpeet2389]

@@taffysaur That was a Mythbusters episode

[@laura-ann.0726]

@@taffysaur - It was Season2/Episode 2: "Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station". They were testing to see if a cell phone could generate a spark that would ignite gasoline vapor, and Adam was a little too close to the test cell, and got a little singed by the fireball.

[@RaphaeLoh01]

My inner child was very excited, seeing your progress. My inner DIY enthusiast thought it was interesting how it looked like a silver meteor before you started using tools. And my inner survivalist was crying, because I know how useful aluminium foil is, and you wasted over 200 feet...

[@ServJesus7]

So in the zombie apocalypse we can make cannon balls outa aluminium foil

[@ironwolfstudios2857]

I love the fact that the first like 5 straight minutes of this is basically just Adam banging this wad of foil on a rock like a caveman with a coconut. I feel like Adam might have really gotten in touch with his evolutionary forebears in this process.

[@robertomalatesta6604]

In nomen omen

[@-danR]

I'm not sure this is relevant, but I found long ago that a large wad of well-chewed gum can be, after about 5 minutes, fashioned into a strikingly symmetrical sphere by the teeth, palate, and tongue alone. Somehow it's possible to feel and correct gradually smaller and smaller irregularities. Even further, when you get bored with spheres, you can convert them in the same manner into equally regular cubes, albeit with rather rounded edges and corners. I've never tried a tetrahedron;

[@madebykame]

Hahaha yes!!! I thought the same 🤣🤣🤣

[@richardpike8748]

Chaotic straight from the start. I laughed so hard with him banging it and yelling "more"

[@RogueNoble]

17:35 "I want to handle it, but I also want to look inside it!" - reconnecting with his primitive inner being, no doubt.

[@derekbroestler7687]

This went from being one of the more relaxing videos Adam has done, the the most anxiety inducing videos Adam has ever done, the SECOND he starts trying to cut the ball in half... and safety wise, I've done some REAL sketchy stuff in my shop...

[@DoYouLikeThisName]

Exactly how it went for me watching as well. lol

[@ultrabee7103]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXqbiYJ-iLiqfMU

[@CoryMp3]

It was crazy. A lot of that was really sketchy.

[@GalantVR41062]

For your density I would submerge the ball in water and measure the displacement. Then look up the density of that amount of aluminum and compare for a % density. As for cutting the ball in half, cast the ball in some clear epoxy in a square mold, at least up to the equator.

[@lannybrasher2452]

Congrats Adam, you created the smallest aluminum planet known to mankind.

[@rsolsjo]

This challenge was realized in the most Adam way possible. The whole challenge is about discipline: doing something utterly meaningless for as long as you possibly can because the final result can be utterly smooth, round and shiny, a testament to your perseverance. Adam: let's cheat! It's not quite round, I don't care, let's cut it in half though! 😂

[@1992jamo]

I see you also play osrs

[@crazyraccoon1064]

@@1992jamogod bless

[@ultrabee7103]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXqbiYJ-iLiqfMU

[@chris15252]

My best guess on sawing it in half is a sacrificial wooden box with the ball in it. Build the box around the ball and then cut through the center of the box. That would safely keep fingers away from the cut as well as hang on to the ball, even if it spins.

[@mobomediachannel7101]

use an ax

[@jeffmansfield914]

My thought, as well. Could get a couple of board of decent length, put a hole in each that is maybe an inch smaller than the ball, put long bolts and nuts through the boards behind the ball, place the front of the ball close to the blade, then bolt the front ends of the boards. Essentially, you’re using the boards as a clamp but with the ball and blade on the inside. Hopefully, the grip of the ball inside the holes would be enough to keep it from spinning, and the length of the boards would keep the whole fixture from jumping/rotating. Once you cut far enough into the ball, you could use a wedge to keep the ball from clamping around the blade.

[@TransfemMarta]

Similar to the trick that magicians use to look like they’re sawing someone in half, however you are actually sawing the ball in half.

[@bm5298]

actually the very best thing to do would be to make a wood vice jaw to the shape; and then lower the hand bandsaw down using a press jig. this will ensure not only the best cut but the highest safety.

[@denhamhattenfels8355]

Given the odd shape of a ball don't u think it would hard to get a tight fit, my thought was so in case it in acrylic or resin then saw through the box, same idea tho

[@Ser3nityRain]

You know you've got a grip on the internet when 5.9 MILLION people watch you make a shiny ball

[@TheOneWhoSometimesSaysOk]

Adam Savage smashes his ball with a hammer for 27 minutes straight.

[@grcdcknsn]

Nothing could’ve made me happier than hearing him say “I wanna cut it in half” bc that’s ALL I could think about the whole time! Sad you couldn’t find a way to actually cut through it but glad to know we had the same idea LOL

[@justanadams5374]

Your a creeper with attitude yep

[@MrTarfu]

If you want to see inside one of these balls Codyslab made one out of gold and cut it in half

[@CoryFPS]

I was yelling "No don't cut it!" to my screen. I like how mirrored the surface it was becoming and got sad at the idea of it being cut in half.

[@grcdcknsn]

@@MrTarfu omg thank you!!

[@grcdcknsn]

@@justanadams5374 wtf?

[@destroythehuman3380]

21:16 warns us about impatience. Mere minutes later, impatiently trying every conceivable way to cut a round polished aluminium ball with gaff handles 😂

[@vectoralphaAI]

Yeah incredibly unsafe.

[@MrCh3wy]

I was nearly in tears the entire last 10 minutes with how comically bad everything went at the end.

[@generalkayoss7347]

I was dying as he stopped using the bandsaw, only to clamp down a portable bandsaw, effectively ending up with a much less safe version of the same thing lmao

[@joeannpeople7392]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHasXnxpiZ1qmbM

[@antonchigurh3794]

Every time I watch Adam doing something in his shop , I’m half expecting a young Marty McFly to knock on his door…..

[@tomperry1048]

Or an old Mr Wizard ....

[@BuckScrotumn]

The sound of the hammer hitting the tin foil ball is perfectly in sync with the background music at 4:21 😂😂😂

[@Nighthawkinlight]

Move the object, not the saw. Clamp the hacksaw in a vice. That's the best way to cut fragile things.

[@Qwarzz]

This does sound like the best thing to do. I assume it will just start breaking apart once you get deeper inside. Do want to see what happens tho!

[@Imatallguy1]

Came here to say this

[@mattymoney96]

My thought exactly

[@elijahgooley385]

If the work was clamped down or in a vice, it wouldn't move, especially if you made a jig for it. Also circular saws would have made the power tool option work just by nature of geometry. Circle plus plane equals wheel plus road. Circle plus sphere is 2 semicircles. Moving an object like that over a handsaw would take ages especially considering its made of metal. You ever cut metal with a hacksaw? it takes forever to get through uniform material, let alone stuff thats not going to chisel off and going to bend when it comes in contact with the teeth. I personally would have went stupid and put an axe head on top of it and used a hydraulic vice. Chop. easyclap.

[@Nighthawkinlight]

@@elijahgooley385 I have used this very method to cut metal spheres in half. You cannot clamp a foil ball in a vice without destroying it.

[@DrSnap23]

"How do you make a sphere ?" 2018 Adam : gets super specific apparatus for precise operation of the lathe from a dusty box 2022 Adam : THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK

[@ethanbrucker9222]

1:24 is just my last braincell trying to be a productive member of society.

[@boneclawwalker3778]

2022 has just been a percussive maintenance kind of year...

[@ultrabee7103]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXqbiYJ-iLiqfMU

[@dugderg5249]

Whitespace is the best teacher.

[@volta3148]

Pro tip- put a mound of Bondo on a wood board and press the ball (with some release) into it. Make sure some it passes the tangent of the ball. Dot some super glue on some of the edges. This makes a fast, cheap jig you can run through the band saw. I've used this method for drilling holes and even milling parts that are hard to hold in a vise. The wood board keeps you hands away from the cutting blade too. Alternatively, you can melt machinist wax in a box, freeze it and then melt it back out.