Ask Adam Savage: From Messy to (More) Organized

In this excerpt from our Jan. 11 live stream, Adam answers questions from two Tested members. First, Fiona Lieberman asked: "In your book you mention you used to be quite messy. Do you have any advice on how you changed your mindset to get more organized?" Second, Andrew Montgomery asked, "Talk to me about your meditation practice. Does your meditation practice inform your approach to making?"
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[@calimesacox]

Have you met my Savior. His name is Jesus. Hi is for covering your past... To take you day to day.... and to keep you in his hands forever and ever.

[@TechTimS]

while our lives are short, I think we all feel you've been very important to alot of us other specks of carbon

[@TJtheBee]

I have to second this. Adam, you are one of the specks of carbon I care a lot about. We may not be family, and you may not know who I am like I know who you are, and even then I know I see a manicured surface. But my life would be very, very different without your presence, and I am thankful that I have had the chance to learn from you over the years.

[@MetaMarcy21]

It always takes less time than you dread it’s going to! For this reason I’m timed myself doing things that seem to take forever: 18 minutes for an average pile of dishes, start to finish, from organizing to wiping the sink and countertop down; 11 minutes for a quick refresh of all 3 cat litter boxes. I put this information on a sticky note near my workstation. It really helped me keep everything in perspective, AND when I’d have a 15 minute wait for a client I take care of one of these chores and then be soooo happy I was done. 🙂

[@Migger_29]

Great tip! I’m going to make a spreadsheet of all the menial tasks I have to do and how much time they take

[@michaelmuller8877]

Ive avoided cleaning off my workbench for 3 months because of the whole "oh its so much" and the day i just started putting stuff away, it got done in 20 minutes

[@thearrogantcorndog5704]

The rule of horizontal surfaces: if there is a horizontal surface, you're going to want to put something on it

[@Rockmaster867]

True. You can mark them as a no parking zone to remind yourselve to not put stuff there permanently

[@AgentWaltonSimons]

Corollary to the Rule of Horizonal Surfaces: if there is a vertical surface, you'll want to attach things to it (often to create more horizontal surfaces).

[@36736fps]

That is called RHS (random horizontal storage).

[@bryansiepert9222]

Rule of Horizontal Surfaces the Second: You can never have enough Horizontal Surfaces

[@angeldelvax7219]

I believe it was Einstein who once said "If a messy desk is evidence for a messy mind, then what is an empty desk evidence of?" ... :p

[@henrycampopiano5425]

I live by this quote 😂

[@renl4123]

A desk that has a lot of stuff on it, but is highly organized and incredibly clean both amazes and terrifies me.

[@joermnyc]

@@renl4123 my office desk is probably the cleanest and most organized... because I store things away at the end of the day (bit of a physical manifestation of compartmentalization, as I could separate my work life from my home life as I wasn’t allowed to bring work stuff home (pre-Covid, and yes it was a rare thing these days (and also why I took the job.)

[@renl4123]

There is something mentioned in Star Wars comics and books about "working meditation" where a Jedi spends hours working on something: gardening, fixing thing, whatever, but it works. I live by this cause I can't just sit and meditate like most people do, but when I really get into a project or am just working with my hands I can feel my mind loosen and relax as described by most meditation standards. So don't worry Adam, you're far from alone in this.

[@pibyte]

I just love how every simple piece of Adams advice turns into a deep philosophical discourse.

[@sitruk8628]

Listening to Adam always lifts my spirits, but hearing him praise things that also help me is another level. Vipassana was one of the the best experiences I ever had. I was told, one must take the 10 day retreat before attending anything shorter. The best time to start growing a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is right now.

[@243WW]

It's a "trip of two". 1 when you get the tool, 2 when you bring it back. Accept this and you will be closer to organized and having the damn thing back where it came from when you need it again... Of course it's the "when I'm finished with it" thing that get me as it inevitably ends up on the bench pile.

[@Jamesfrancosdog]

I’ve been scrolling KZbin for ten minutes not finding anything worth watching and BOOM! Along comes Adam like some sort of science angel to cure my boredom!

[@westtex3675]

I still have alot of room for improvement, but I've found that the main hurdle I have in cleaning is in knowing where a particular thing should go. Therefore, what helps is having a designated "place" for each type of thing. Then it's just a case of moving an item from one place to another. If you don't have a "place" for a certain type of thing, get one, whether it is a plastic bin or new cabinet, or whatever. Even if you don't have anything to put in it yet.

[@graymanprepper88]

I completely agree with you about the organization. I need to get more organized but I'm honestly trying. However not to get into a big argument, but as a Christian I don't think we're insignificant speck. But I'm happy that someone has control over this world and my life. I'll leave it at that. But you are one of my greatest inspirations and influences.

[@Psysium]

"Only total despair precedes a change in consciousness." My own experience agrees with this sentiment a lot. In 2020 I really came face to face with my own mortality, and in the end have been making healthier decisions. I feel better now than I did in high school, and I'm 30. That quote is incredibly astute.

[@ALuckyGrenade]

Almost every one of these Q&A's I find myself looking up a word that Adam has just used, that I've never heard before and/or that I don't know the meaning of. This time it's "assiduous," which according to Google means "showing great care and perseverance." Thanks for teaching me in so many ways.

[@Blindman875]

One of the best pieces of advice I've heard for organization is to put things where you'd most likely look for them, not where you think they should go.

[@kevjohnson1804]

they say money can’t buy happiness but adam seems pretty happy surrounded by that workshop full of everything u could dream of. i wouldn’t even have time to be sad with all the stuff i could create with a fraction of that! i’m jealous. i’m so jealous.

[@jakobvanklinken]

It's a bit of a trapping you can easily get into when looking up to makers who are more well off and perhaps have had more time to collect their tools. I've considered many times to stop watching savages videos because he is promoting so mich stuff he considers "necessary". He's just justifying why he needs a jack of all trades workshop, and the truth is you dont. Make the space around you according to the things you actually use in your practice!

[@rdc2724]

Eckhart Tolle really changed my life, one of his quotes; "We changed from human beings to human doings"

[@walrus68000]

I need this video so bad. My shop is in need of more organized use of space.

[@No-ti2sn]

I go by the old organizational saying, “Put it where ever you want, I don’t care”

[@joermnyc]

I was like that until it started saying to myself, “now where is that thing I need?” One too many times. Still trying to organize so it’s a basic “system” that works for me... which meant going through a lot of parts and stuff that I had to decide “keep or dump (recycle)?” Since I’m not doing as many projects as I used to.

[@lauram8504]

Oh this is making me feel better. And really more motivated to get all my supplies and fabrics in order. Even an illusion of control sounds good right now. I keep feeling frozen, looking around my apartment at the disarray of everything, even though there are so many projects I want to do.

[@Prop-A]

Thank you Adam. I am happy that I am not the only one with lots of projects, in sorted boxes, waiting to be finished, or modified. Other things, "clutter" one might say, to remind oneself of ideas, or future projects. I just finished another micro drone, at my maker space. I enjoy your episodes about maker psycology 😉 a lot. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

[@meaganm3429]

I was just talking to my mom about this (upholsterer/artist as well)... how I love that your videos are real... your a real maker with real advice. This isn't staged. Your not on a stage. You have your real shop and your real tools and in real life thats what it looks like. Not some pretty little work space and its a nice change to see something... real. Especially when your a maker... and everyones trying to organize you... but this is what my brain looks like. I am sitting here, surrounded by 8 sewing machines, a couple 3d printers, 4 computers, airbrushing art and clay equipment... the walls are lined with tools, theres wires filament and fabric scraps everywhere and i feel better about this disaster I call my studio because I put your videos on and here you ramble surrounded by the same stuff. Anyhoo... my really flat velcro just got here today that really rocked the sewing world, thanks to you. Now I can finish these low profile colostomy belts ... I really don't know what I would have used until I saw your video👍👍

[@TomDetka]

Its a dumb little game I play with myself called the that don't go there game. Rather than trying to "clean up this bench" I just walk around the shop grabbing handfuls of stuff off the bench and go put them away and where ever I end up in the end I grab another hand full. Once I can make a couple full laps of my shop without filling up a handful I "win"

[@robertsoucar5355]

There are a lot of people out there that collect tools but never use them to make anything. They are for show only, so a messy shop is a sign of a life well spent.

[@koloth5139]

Honestly I have always found the hardest part of organizing is just the creation of a system. Once you have a system in place it is easy you just have to do it. This is a persistent problem at my place of work and a constant annoyance to me. So I have taken it upon myself to create the systems of organization at work because it makes me feel better. Of course then there is the secondary problem of getting people to do it, but that's not my job.

[@kathharper]

As they say... all this is relatable! Much including your stacking organization style ... and your meditation sources of inspiration as well. Too right about the personal change, to put it another way it typically takes a disastrous life changing (or perceived as such) event to move one's consciousness in a different direction. I'd say there's a lot of shifts happening out there since March.

[@Ghostselkie]

Short reminder that Adam Savage and his content feels very important to me.

[@RightOnJonCrane]

Right On! 👍 I was not expecting that! Ram Dass has been a huge teacher in my life! It is a small world after all. That made my day to here that. 😌☺️💫💫✨ Be Here Now.

[@JohnFleshman]

Qouting Tim Minchin just made me respect you even more than i already did... and that was already a lot of respect!

[@chrismccarthy7539]

I had an intervention where three friends helped me clean my garage. After that day (and a few more days of work and an additional tool box) I can say I've saved ten times the time on KNOWING WHERE MY TOOLS ARE ALWAYS! It can still be a mess but it's an organized mess.

[@mauroangst]

Follow Marie Kondo organization method. Just get rid of everything you don’t need/use/want to keep, then divide everything into categories and assign a container/drawer/box to each category. Don’t put anything over surfaces, save everything out of your sight so it looks clean. Every time you use something pick it up from its container, use it and put it back there. That way it’ll be harder for you to clutter your space, and when you finally got everything messy you just have to put everything that’s over a surface in the container that it belongs so even if you mess up your order it’s really easy to put everything back. Also with this method it’s really hard to loose stuff cause everything it’s always in the container from its category. I recommend having extra miscellaneous containers to save the stuff you don’t know to what category they belong to until you know where to put them or you get rid of them.

[@rafezetter8003]

Doesn't work for "makers" - if you were a "maker" of ANYTHING you would know this. - Kondo's "get rid of stuff" method only works for clothes, niknacks and miscellaneous ephemera - for makers we hang onto "stuff" we've collected for that one perfect moment, when it's EXACTLY the thing we need; just as Adam had that skull for years until it's purpose became known - to be the head of his "demon" for his hellboy sword build.

[@AshGCG]

It's a good rule of thumb to not think about tidying up and to just do it. If you see something that needs to be put away, if you think about doing it you'll possibly conclude that it can be done at some later time or that there's something far more important that you could be doing instead (even if you don't quite know what that is yet). If you just bend down, pick it up, and head to where it belongs, probably take less time than the convo you'll have in your head that leads you to leaving it where it is.

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

The answer got more philosophical than I thought it would get. Always interesting to hear Adam‘s thoughts.

[@brianwaskow5910]

Here I go again, when I was a mechanic in the USAF every tool had to be in its place after every job and end of shift. I try to continue that to this day.

[@xx1simon1xx]

my old boss was the same way (carpenter shop), in the beginning i was annoyed but after only a year i was the one telling people to put their stuff away. nothing worse than looking for something that isnt in its place.

[@nirodha7028]

I absolutely love that explenation about getting to experience the wonderfull illusion of control during making something become a tangible object on your workbench! I sooooo relate to that. My closest comparrison is the control I have ‘over my imaginary world’ when I am modeling up projects in 3D CAD programs. The second moment I experience that is when those projects come to life in the physical domain. Wow... such a wonderfull connection to someone I admire and appreciate. Thank you Adam! The second question you answer is about meditation. I practice it too. Not as much as before and not as much as future me thinks I should ;-) One of the outcomes of the path meditation sets you on is an end to suffering caused by attachement (nirodha). For it to be even remotely possible as an ‘outcome’ one must first stop craving for it as a goal since that emediately proves one it still attached to obtainable things and occasionally suffers from not having them. Here’s the kicker: Our need for illusionary control by emersing ourselves in a world where we get to be the main influence (if not the only) in creating objects we crave... is very much the opposite of meditating :-) That ofcourse does not matter a single bit as it is ‘also’ important to stop judging. Not only others but certainly yourself. And... there is a beatifull ballance to be found between the illusion of control during creation and the realisation of the absence of it during meditation. Thank you so much for this wonderfull section.

[@ScottHebert604]

I would love to hear Adam talk about someone or something that fascinated him. Like a mini Maltese falcon statue story with no visual aids or like the story we just heard. Nothing too polished or anything just a good chat about something that captivated him.

[@PhelpsAllison]

Hi Adam and everyone! The Insight app is an amazing tool for meditation it has many teachers of meditation for free and it has changed my life and even classes like your looking for Adam that you can do on your own time ! My favorite teacher is Kenneth Soares 💖 I hope this helps!

[@VonBlade]

Adam quoting Tim Minchin's Storm is lovely.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Love that, conversation between present me and future me

[@isaachoffman9167]

You know, that's why making something is so rewarding. It's hard to feel as insignificant as you mentioned when you have created something new from effectively nothing. Is it a new world? No, but it can feel like it on occasion. Sharing in the process of making is akin to touching infinity.

[@sawdustadikt979]

I’d like to add my experience, to add to this great point made here on organization. 1st we have to list what is most important to us. For me that means, unfettered workflow that allows me to be in a constant state of mental flow. 2 Execution, for me this means do I buy a solution, or do I make something, make it fun, satisfying a curiosity. 3 Boundaries, where do I draw the line in how far I go, but allowing for inspiration to do things differently in the future, near or far. I’m a self employed finish carpenter. I move my portable work shop from job site to jobs site. When I’m doing a task I can have random lightning bolt ideas on jigs and work station mods or complete rebuilds. Or just minor set up changes. I have large graph paper notebooks to record my ideas so I can pick up my train of thought on my own time but writing it down frees up my mind to execute that glorious work flow. I worked for many highly unorganized contractors, the epic amounts of time lost looking, in a pile of tools or materials to either not find, or find but it’s broken from being in the fray was deeply upsetting for me. I am a soloist, I prefer to work alone. So efficiency is easily measurable. Also, putting fun hours into a new setup for you to play with on the job layers the fun factor. Put you intention into stacking the fun factor and be grateful for how far you have come.

[@charlie9ine]

Organized is relative to the individual. Mess is sometimes necessary. Baseline order is fundamental but during the process if being organized is front in your mind there is a priority deficit. Control of the environment is the most critical, after the creative process

[@NightOwlModeler]

I've been rearranging my entire shop space for the last week or two in preparation to start a new project in the shop. It's still a lot of work, but I'm happy seeing progress after two years of the shop space becoming more storage space. NOM

[@2kidsnosleep]

So for me it is this. I try to clean up at the end of a session and put everything away/ organized where it goes so that I can jump back into it when I get time without having to clean up a past mess first. Second prong of that is keeping equipment in good shape, charged up etc so that your weekend dedicated to making something isn’t turned into fixing something else first before you can even start. Would love to say I have conquered both of these statements I have made😉

[@megadestroyer454]

"There's no chaff it's all wheat." - every hoarder ever.

[@grahamwalls2051]

At the end of the day I guess its all about appreciation. We've all heard sayings like you don't truly appreciate someone until there gone. Or you don't know just how great having enough money to eat and a safe place to live is unless at some point in your life you go without. Meditation is exactly the same. There's no possible way you can appreciate the joy of getting shit done unless you stop... and do nothing. :D

[@florianrohner2263]

That's why I like being in my hobbyworkshop so much! There I feel like I'm in control of my life

[@jubb1984]

I noticed that elevated flat surfaces are an attractor of stuff, like its just waiting to get things thrown onto it. Im going to be trying a trick of retractable flat surfaces. Like folding work surfaces etc. That way if i ever get around to clean up a surface, i can "hide it" by folding it together, so it wont invite more clutter.

[@mnoxman]

Containers and containers within containers are a boost to productivity. Containers let your group objects your brain defines as similar together. A well labeled container will let others find things. A container within a container lets you speed things up. A 15L bin of "screws" lets you find screws. A sectioned box or zip bag in that container lets you find things like machine screws and deck screws easily. A container is less than worthless if you have to spend 45 minuets pawing around in it to get what you want.

[@olsonspeed]

Being respectful of your future self is a good policy.

[@JimOMoore]

Glad to hear Adam is a fan of Tim Minchin's :-) FYI, the quote is from Tim's beat poem called "Storm". He has an animated video for it on his channel, although personally I prefer the recorded live version you can also find on YT.

[@chiarabernardi2705]

ADAM I AM BEGGING YOU: if and when you clean/reorganize your space please please make a video of it!!!!

[@moze_R]

Clearing surfaces is just reverse Knolling. 🙂

[@candyflossinct]

Thank you just what I need as I embark on turn chaos into a workshop

[@discgolftrainnut]

I usually clean my shop about once a year and it usually takes about 3 days.

[@cariiinen]

Loved this talk on meditation

[@CatalinaThePirate]

😲 Tim Minchin! 😁 *VERY* cool! 💕

[@atreyurath8492]

this reminds me of my dad, he's a woodworker and tinkerer and his shop is a mess

[@jambay4785]

it's all about re-arranging the mess and not getting yourself hurt when you do it. ;)

[@HeadCannonPrime]

Adam just described the BEST way to clear clutter.. DO NOT THINK OF IT AS A WHOLE or you will never clean it up. Cognitively and emotionally, humans have a hard time dealing with a process of more than 4 tasks. It causes stress and anxiety down in our "lizard brain". Instead, try to pick up 1 thing in each hand and decide where that item lives, then put it there. Repeat until done. This way you are only ever focused on 1 or 2 items, which as humans, we can deal with.

[@geoh1896]

Most shops have tool rooms of some sort in my experience, and someone else to take care of the tools if it is big enough. It can be a full-time job!

[@russell28533]

From the start of the pandemic, to right now, you can chart a course using these videos to illustrate Adam's decent into madness.

[@GadgetflashMinecraft]

I'm a very tidy person and if I could give anyone a single piece of advice it would to to allocated 10 mins at the end of everyday to tidy up. All of my benches end everyday totally clear with projects sorted into their own shelf space and tool all in their spot. I've worked at places with colleagues that don't care about organisation and it really makes life hell as an organised person, missing tools, materials, consumable. You all know what I'm talking about...

[@VladQuake]

This was very inspirational.

[@graefx]

Music and flow state cleaning. If I learned anything, it's how helpful that is.

[@IAMSatisfied]

Fiona Lieberman... I, myself, have recently come to the realization that the disorder in my shop (and my life) is a direct result of my belief that I do not have enough time right now. Of course, that is a lie... there is no time but the present, but my point is that I have had a belief in a lack of time, so I haven't put a tool/material back where it belongs, and it accumulates like debt. The solution is to take a block(s) of time to "three "S" my shop/jobsite/etc. and I find that the increased order is motivating (and, conversely, the disorder is depressing). And if you're not familiar with "three "S"-ing", it's an element of "Lean Manufacturing" that refers to: Sort, Sweep & Standardize, a practice one performs on a jobsite in preparation for a motivating production environment. I hope that helps... I'm still evolving/maturing in my life journey. P.S. You might look up "Paul Akers" & "2 Second Lean" for inspiration.

[@bubblesculptor]

Organizational debt is a brilliant concept, very applicable. It accrues interest by consuming increasingly more of your time (an resourced) at growing rates the longer it remains undealt with. Conversely, successfully investing efforts towards improving that organization pays dividends by increased productivity & sharper mental clarity.

[@emmettpickerel5016]

I come back to this video regularly. I always end up with the same thought: I need more containers.

[@TheJesterstoybox]

Thank you for sharing! I try and stay organized with all the large builds we do, but it's not always easy 😅

[@86fifty]

My exposure to meditation has been all thru books, living in the Midwest where meditation is much less 'in' than it is on the West Coast. Specifically Brad Warner and his first book 'Hardcore Zen' because the picture of the graffiti-covered public bathroom stall on the cover. Not what you'd first think of when looking at books on Buddhism! From there, I've been following his writing career since, like, 2009, I think - he's still going! I'd have never gotten the exposure to the Shobogenzo without him. He made punk rock and Japanese Monster Movies! And he's from Wadsworth, Ohio, a place I'd been to before I knew of him! There's such a lower threshold to entry with his books, it feels like something I can just read for fun and learn something in along the way. What I know of Eckhart Tolle and Pema Chodron, I feel like they're very focused, serious writers - like I'd have to be in the mood for Big Thinking when I read them.... Ergo I don't often think of reading them, ya know? So Brad Warner occupies an extremely important space in the learning of Buddhism - a friendly greeter, the popularizer - he may not have the deepest knowledge or the most meaningful quotes (I stake a claim that he has some of the funniest, tho!), but if he can make me feel at home in a psychologically-confusing, unmapped landscape where the only advice that matters is literally 'shut up and listen to your own brain'... then that's a service to the whole community! More like a gift, really!

[@MetaMarcy21]

Old student in the house!! Any other of you complete a 10-day course?

[@B-A-L]

Messy means you have stuff all over the place and you have to move stuff around to find other stuff but cluttered just means you have a lot of stuff but know exactly where everything is! You, my friend, are just cluttered not messy!

[@pixelkatten]

>It always takes less time (to clean) than you think I've been saying for six months now that I just have to clean up my bench and then I can start making stuff again.

[@lightyar1]

The way I would describe my view on organisation is this: Organisation and messiness are not mutually exclusive. Organisation is personal. Sure, an area being clean might make organisation easier a lot of the time, but you could very easily have the messiest shop in the world and simultaniously the most organised for you. You could still find your way around it like the back of your hand. And vice versa, the shop could be perfectly clean, and yet so unorganised that you can't even begin to find what you're looking for.

[@gillywild]

That is the most identifiable eight and a half minutes I have ever spent with anyone on KZbin.

[@415s30]

I have done three day retreats where you can only drink liquids for part of it. You get to a happy high for sure.

[@jambay4785]

I need a workshop, so far I make a mess of my desk. I'm into some mechanical but of late doing stone polishing and pseudo jewelry making. Must get gloves and lotions so my hands don't hurt so much.

[@DavelyDriven]

Organized Disorganization is the only way

[@vinylvinylvinyl]

Putting it all back is half the fun for me.............

[@raidengl]

Thinks about 7 days without speaking. Looks at two year old daughter. Thinks about 7 days without speaking. Looks at two year old daughter. Laughs.

[@elcorado83]

Hey Adam, can you put some links to the meditation books, and people you mentioned?

[@oGTheDannysaur]

Adam Savage quoting Tim Minchin. My soul is happy.

[@oGTheDannysaur]

AND DAFT PUNK A FEW SENTENCES LATER?!

[@jonggisiagian8970]

Adams shop, is, an organized mess. And that's beautiful.

[@jessemarshall7176]

Horizontal surfaces will always attract clutter. It’s science!

[@Reksrat]

My problem in organisation is purely in execution. I know it needs to be done but if I tell myself it needs to be done I'll never do it. I feel like it needs to be an order for a higher cause rather than something for my own sanity.

[@FlameMage2]

Make a shelf of future one day builds! I'd say container but then you'd forget what's in there easier

[@charlesjennings93]

That's when you make labels for the containers. It makes things soo much easier.

[@typethe1316]

You should sent the spear point off. It's just sitting on your desk waiting to be mail. It's been there since you did the video talking about.

[@Dsschuh]

The Do It NOW Club!

[@peterpemrich6962]

Keep up the good work bud!

[@NeroWolf42]

oh damn, he knows Tim Minchin. mad respect, bro

[@jerjer626]

The point where all the stuff is on top of all the other stuff and there's no point of origin gives me anxiety. I always start in whatever space is the most comfortable and make it nice before moving on.

[@charlesjennings93]

I wish I could do that. I try to work on one area, but when you take something from the area and go put it away in another area where it's supposed to go and then you start working on that area and etc. And it just gets frustrating.

[@MobCat_]

It takes less time to clean up then the time you spend thinking about cleaning up.

[@AshGCG]

I just wrote that. My fault for not reading further down. ha ha

[@IAMSatisfied]

One rule of an orderly shop: Don't use your production space as a material storage space... have a dedicated area for materials apart from your organized tools/production area.

[@MetaMarcy21]

That was not at all what I expected from that video but I’m not disappointed at all.

[@chrisconversino6294]

@adamsavage would your increased organizational ethic make it easier or harder to work with Jaime?

[@antidexterous3902]

Hey, Adam. I think control is real, but it is not universally available. Control is knowing what can be done, and using that insight to do what you intend to do.

[@jasonanderson255]

Anyone know what the open box to Adam’s right is?

[@edbennett8257]

zero to twelve inch micrometer set, I think.

[@johnboynb]

"Control is an Illusion" .....Morpheus?

[@36736fps]

That is called RHS (random horizontal storage).

[@nilamotk]

Sorry, I had to pause as I started to clean my bench so its not a mess tomorrow morning 😂

[@charlesjennings93]

Honestly, I could watch a video of him just cleaning his job lol.