Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Staple Sorter and Organizer!

[@tested]

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[@Peter_Enis]

Tested SHOULD earn commission... and Mr. S..... please fill that last hole with anything.... my ocs-alarm is beeping like crazy.

[@alaskankare]

Hey Adam, love your shop set up. Do you still do commission work or is your shop now just hobby work? Thanks for your videosa

[@SNEAKYxWYZRD]

to help hold the bins in place you should glue a magnet to the inside of the bin and put a piece of sheet metal as the back wall to attract the magnets.

[@MrDalfryth]

Further suggestion for this particular build... on the side of the drawers you can include manufacturer details/part numbers so if your usual supplier has none available you have a means of finding a backup supplier

[@DonChartier]

Sorry, what was the material you used? Thanks very much. Oh, just got my Iris thingy today -- very cool! And the ruler thingy is on order.

[@KarlReith]

For the sake of global happiness can Adam's editor PLEASE make a music track using all the nail gun, staple gun, hammering, foot stomping, knee slapping sounds Adam has produced during these one day builds for this year. I, for one, would be the happiest person to end the year off with an awesome track :D

[@beanacomputer]

Yuri Wong collab!!

[@1pcfred]

Until that happens here's the funniest video on KZbin. Give it time, it'll hit you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fovQkpmvlNtrnZo

[@madzendar]

Dubstep mancave grind....

[@buddyclem7328]

This is one valid use of autotune.

[@chrisharrell5945]

Dude!! that would be awesome 💯

[@JakeBiddlecome]

Adam Savage is more of a character than a human being and I love every minute of it. I share his joy as much for doing things right as doing things lazily. I can't wait till he's a muttering old man.

[@Ryan6.022]

I know Adam doesn't usually read the comments but he should attach a small length of bungy cord across the front of each row of boxes. This way all the containers are held in place if the shelf tips but it's still super easy to pull the whole container when you want it. It only takes one accident one trip or one fall to just completely wreck your day with small parts in open containers.

[@lkchild]

“why were you late to work?”. “I was watching some guy on the internet organise his staples. It had a riveting ending”

[@magill4046]

Don’t forget the middle part, he nailed that.

[@MrJacobegg]

I was just talking to someone the other day and I said that Adam is one of those people that I could watch a full 30 minute video off him taking about staples and love it. And here I am!

[@gabiballetje]

Badum tss...

[@googiegress]

I was glued to my seat

[@piratebash368]

Having made several of these over the years my only recommendation would be to run some bungee cord from one side to the other to keep the bins in place when your moving the cart. I learned this the hard way!

[@rhov233]

A simpler way to solve this would be to have the organizer at a slight angle. It will also be easier to see the labels then. Also some padding that adds a little friction would help.

[@Montisaquadeis]

Yeah I think he found that out the hardway at the end there lol

[@RedHeadKevin]

He could have drilled little holes in each shelf to match up with the pegs on the bottoms of the Sortimo boxes. Or have a little ridge near the back of each shelf to catch those pegs. Or he could put shelf liner in each one for some grip. They wouldn't slide out as easily, but that's the point.

[@Ryan6.022]

Yep just a bit of corn across the boxes tight enough to hold but loose enough to pull a tray out over the cord.

[@dimitarkunchev]

What I’ve see done and liked is use thin sheet of metal at the back and glue a small magnet at the back of each drawer. Loved it but probably eon’t work for heavy stuff

[@TheBurnsStuff]

I appreciate that this build was nearly uncut. I know that I've commented this before but, I really enjoy watching Adam's thought process and execution!

[@VideoNOLA]

The way the rest of us use commas, Adam uses "run fingers through hair."

[@Dreddy72]

Sometimes, you just need to check if what you're thinking is knocking your hair out

[@VideoNOLA]

@@Dreddy72 Called getting to the root of the problem.

[@cgirten]

My English teacher would constantly nag us to use Oxford fingers-through-hair.

[@srussert28]

I never never to think about it again.... It is such a soft pillow when you might have to think about it again for each of the next nights and days you have to live.... a Very Soft Pillow

[@shelbykingnfs7216]

There is something just so satisfying about watching Adam make shop infrastructure improvements. These have to be my favourite one day builds for sure

[@sweagboi]

the amount of organizing one day builds makes me want a before and after of everything in the shop thats been organized

[@eithan6985]

15:09 nobody gonna talk about the air kick when he sneezes?

[@SirLightfire]

25:54, this argument applies really well in the software development world too. There's often a half dozen hacky ways to do or fix something, whereas the proper solution might be more time consuming or harder to logic about (and thus less likely to be done). One of the caveats with the hacky way is that, it's more cryptic and thus more difficult for someone else to understand what it's supposed to do, when the hack inevitably breaks. In fact, I've often sacrificed the "clever solution" or "convoluted one-liner" just for the sake of readability or clearer conveyance of intentions. Another caveat is that it makes extending the code (say to add new features) much more difficult, because hacky solutions are often super specific to the structure of the code as-is. And thus unrelated changes elsewhere can break the hack. We have a term for "the buildup of hacky solutions". We call it "technical debt"

[@robodabbler]

I just spent two years discharging the technical debt in our organization. Worked the development team to develop best practices, standards, and then rewrote code to standard, and changed structures to be maintainable. Future me will love past me. Future team will build on this.

[@RobertTempleton64]

I've seen this so often that I ran my own software development business by myself because potential 'candidates' to team up with were of the 'hacky solutions' type. I find hacky solutions loathsome. Would rather find the algorithm/maths and write the code from scratch than use some very limited but easy to implement solution full of caveats and mysteries. Also, it is great that my QA supervisor is cognizant and anal enough to consider standardization upfront. Starting from scratch on programming some of these inspection machines (including CMM) does mean that we have been modifying our system in the process - but the system is becoming more standardized and, most importantly, 'obvious'. Once such obvious processes are determined and proven, it becomes easier to apply them for everybody, including future participants, than any ad-hoc band-aids and duct-tape methodologies.

[@Blaze22F]

*2:32** this is it.* *This is all the convincing I needed to get a ruler tattoo on my arm*

[@mm9773]

A fisting depth gauge? Why not.

[@mm9773]

Not a huge issue, but yeah, make a fist when the transfer goes on.

[@kevinvermeer9011]

@@AnthonyBowman Where I work (an ISO9001 aerospace shop) all tools not NIST traceable are required to have a sticker reading "For reference only" - that's most of the everyday calipers, machinist rules, tapes, etc. When testing for conformance to a spec, you have to go to the surface plate and use the calibrated stuff. This would need a "For reference only" label...not a bad idea....

[@lgerback34]

@@mm9773 Ha!

[@jasonmanuse39]

Seriously it’s genius

[@tzisorey]

"Oh my god, *_that's_* where my circular saw is" TFW you tidy and organize everything so well, you can't find anything anymore.

[@chrisharrell5945]

Adam, your enthusiasm and passion for building, making, tools and just being in the shop in general is so stirring. Don't ever change man.

[@_WillCAD_]

I love how much joy Adam gets from shop storage projects. It's much the same joy I get from such projects. I doubt we'll ever see it, but I'd love to see Adam buy himself a whole new space and move everything into it. That kind of organization - packing for the move, moving the stuff, and finding places for all of his storage and tool caddies - is the sort of thing he thrives on. But maybe one day he'll decide to paint all of the various caddies and tables to make them match. Not necessarily one color, but a family of consistent colors. Maybe even color coded - something for hand tools, something for power tools, something for accessories, something for consumables, different patterns for woodworking tools, metalworking tools, sanding, painting, finishing... Adam would come up with something cool.

[@AndrewBahls]

Next week's one-day-build: Adam builds a storage solution for his various lengths of wire, and puts it right next to his intergalactic space ship.

[@houdin654jeff]

Andrew Bahls oh my, yes.

[@juriaan13]

Don't be silly, his time machine is there.

[@buddyclem7328]

Well... I am already in my pyjamas.

[@houdin654jeff]

Buddy Clem thought about using that joke too, I love that line for as briefly as they used it I though the first season.

[@jonas2431]

And next to his space ship his time machine

[@jackharvey6992]

My grandfather was quite the woodworker, but he was also an orthodontist. Nearly all the hardware in his shop (from nuts and bolts to clamps) were stored in empty dental X-ray compound containers with this exact same type of labeling. Having an example of the price you’re looking for ON the storage space is probably the most effective way to label it.

[@davidwfisher]

Silicone works amazingly as a label glue. As an electrician we used it to attach phenolic labels to painted switch gear and you can not get one of those labels off without breaking it.

[@gsussMC]

Adam Savage, you make me a happy man. What a joy to watch.

[@cemx86]

My $0.02. As always I have an alternate thought to using a rivet to hold the label. My thought began early in the video with "these drawers each need a cute small round graceful brass pull knob to prevent scrapping my finger while poking in and pulling out drawers day after day.". Then the serendipity hit me ... IT WILL HOLD THE LABEL TOO! Enjoy!

[@nate8088]

The thing I love more than anything else (and I think it's an important life lesson) is that you admit when you make a mistake AND you capture yourself owning up to it on film. That's huge, and it's really important for anyone who supervises anyone else to be very honest about when they screw up. Letting people know you are human, and that you realize you are human, is very important. Kudos.

[@kennethwehrs8924]

Adam, I'm not a builder of things in the sense that you are, but I find your method of thinking and reasoning, as well as your explanation of the way your methods have evolved (as evidenced by your reasons for the rivets) extremely valuable and enlightening.

[@aserta]

That's how i keep track of my caps and buttons. Large amounts sit in paper bags with one example ear marked in the top left corner, but small samples for quick use sit in old photo film boxes with an example glued, sown or capped on the cover.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I skipped all my breakfast time KZbin videos when I saw this!!! Clear the decks, Savage is on!!! 6:49 ... 8 long and 3 high, 32 bins ... where's the problem? It works in the Tardis!!

[@Ashley.Jennelle]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who caught the 8 across and 3 high thing haha

[@MikeClayton]

Ditto

[@dbstelly]

Guilty!🖐

[@benburoker5192]

That’s some Savage math...

[@evalynn1863]

I got goosebumps when Adam said he was going to glue an example of each staple to the labels and if that doesn't perfectly capture how big of an OCD, nerdy crafter I am I don't know what does lol that is perfection.

[@norkel99]

I enjoy watching these storage/organizer projects. Too often, I'm trying for perfection and spend way too much time trying to come up with, or looking for, the "ideal" solution and end up with no solution at all for long periods of time which leads to frustration when I can't find things that I know I have. Years ago, we used the term "analysis paralysis" for that when I was an engineer. Its good to see Adam coming up with a solution and getting it done even though it may not be the perfect or prettiest solution. It gives me something to think about when I'm struggling to do the same.

[@googleplusisvetkutgast]

Honestly, these organisation videos are my favourite thing on the channel

[@philiphochendoner2540]

I take note of the energy and excitement Adam has just about gluing the examples of the drawer contents and that's the kind of energy you want as a maker.

[@aaronlandry3947]

Should add drawer stops for the bins so they don't fall out so easily. On the roof lip of each slot you glue/nail a small bar of wood so that the back of the bin hits this piece of wood when pulled straight out. You can tilt the bin up to make the back edge go under the piece of wood if you need to pull the bin out all the way. This could be a life saver if the whole organizer tips forward and bins start sliding out from gravity... they should all get caught by that lip and your mess to clean up is minimized. This also why many of those organizer bins are sold with a high back, so it catches on the smallest of lips to stop it.

[@FordWMaverick]

I love how in the time-lapse it looks like the knife display is doing jumping jacks.

[@littlekong7685]

I saw one of these at a mechanics shop (Big oilfield engine repair), the guys made it out of welded steel because they could. They also did something quick and clever for it. On each row they welded a bolt, threaded end to the outside wall with only 1/4 inch of threads before the bolt head. This was done in line with the lower 1/4 of each bin. Then they strung a regular bungie cord from bolt to bolt. It held all the bins in place, but you could pull it down and draw a bin out. It had the double benefit of keeping bins locked when the tool chest was moving around the floor (and over the ramps between bays), and it kept each bin in place when it was half out of its slot as the bungie would push up from the bottom and the top of the box would press to the top of the slot. If they had to, they could unhook the bungie as it was just looped over the bolts.

[@shan0802]

25:08 hmmm decisions... Ending with 25:15 the energy there is a mood I'm aquainted with! Brilliant craftsmanship, an elegant solution! Thanks for going through all the process with us... Thoughts and all!

[@TheBlueMuzzy]

MORE SHOP OGANIZATION VIDEOS PLEASE! I may not have as much as you, or the space, but limited space makes these videos even more important to me.

[@punkboyblue]

Recommendation: have front stops for the bins so you can slide them out and they don't fall out, but you can still take the bins all the way out if need be.

[@christianbarrett3040]

I love the shop infrastructure builds because they are practical and seem to serve more of a purpose then building something that is more artsy.

[@gabrielemarabello1638]

Adam you could put magnets in the back of the organizers to keep them from slipping off😉

[@andrewdonatelli6953]

This is just what I needed. It beats rifling through drawers trying to find the right brads and staples.

[@r3ngokuking]

That ruler tattoo on your arm always gives me a good chuckle, Adam. Very nice organizer.

[@michaelyackovich155]

Was wondering if a new build came out today and lo and behold, one did, I am addicted to the 1 day builds and love how you basically take a mousetrap and make it better, I used to do that in my shop I sadly don’t have anymore, always looking to improve on storage and other things, keep up the great work

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

In art, the "finishing details" often is the longest part of a project. Your rivets are part of your finishing details. Next level labels, stamped metal labels.

[@mikebonkowski5190]

I built 2 of these structures years ago, on a larger scale, as a shoe sorter for our closets. Later I made a free standing model with the plywood sides, like yours, for our boots.

[@Joe___R]

Nice build, the only changes I would make to it would be (1) Put rubber grip tape on the bottom of all the bins and a piece of steel under the nails/staples to give them a little weight so they won't get knocked over as easily. (2) Lift the front edge of the box up 1/4"-1/2" to help prevent the bins from sliding out when moving the whole rack around.

[@mmdurfee]

I put those staples on the front of those containers the moment I saw them at 2:05. Then jinxed you at 22:09 while watching. Good thing you found that saw!

[@lukasspeckhardt1524]

“Filmed during the fires” is the most offhanded 2020 thing to say

[@1pcfred]

That really nails it down. Aren't the fires still burning?

[@1pcfred]

@@cakearmy_maxgaming6346 totally

[@azyrael96]

during the fires is basically during 2020. what a great year

[@douglashinds6114]

I guess he should have shed a tear and then all is well? Come on man...

[@jsnipn]

Not really. There have been fires for decades

[@groermaik]

I like the installation of each kind of staple on the outside of each container. Inspired.

[@MooseZ71]

I 1000% understand the joy in this project's finished result. 👍🏻

[@ektopia]

Brilliant! I glued examples to all my nail and pin boxes a few months ago. Great minds!

[@DC-mm3wy]

These videos have become a calming Zen moment to me during the lockdowns and stressed times. I Don’t even have a workshop anymore but love the content . Thanks guys .

[@gwildor84]

Hi Adam. It was so funny to hear you use your last name after you made a mistake I've been making for years. Thank you for everything you do and stand for.

[@boydmerriman]

I love it when I find the right piece of wood I didn't know I had - then I say "Nah, I need that for another project!" I have many opportunities to screw something up. It's amazing how much I take advantage of those opportunities!

[@beckermen]

And dig that about you Jerry! Congratulations, you're still my agent.

[@Direrain72]

The amount of relief I felt when he said he was going to label them...phew.

[@majormajormajortom]

That final-act twist was... riveting.

[@stophnerf]

I take comfort in the fact Adam speaks to himself through the entire build. I appreciate that he's filming a semi-instructional format, though I would imagine he enters the creative fugue state and forgets the camera/audience. I speak to this extent or else my ADD brain forgets the process and gets distracted by something shiny.

[@R.Craig.Collins]

As the weather turns, I find myself doing more organization. Love the motivation, and inspiration... thanks

[@OneComputerGuyWorking]

Adam: 10:48 "This is so I don't make the 'watch him die inside' subreddit" Me: 32:27 and that's how you make that subreddit xD

[@wobblysauce]

Yep.

[@wcfdemt]

You sir are my spirit animal...if only I had a fraction of you creativity

[@pieterpossenier4191]

i have a tool tip for your rived gun. i use a similar one, but on the back it has a clear container. so after you pop a rived, you hit a second trigger, and that shoots the steely thing in the container and you are set for your next rived, and at the end of the job, you just unscrew the container and there you have all the nails collected.

[@doncarlton4858]

"Classic move Savage!" That's why God created magnets on a pole! I admire your ongoing battle with shop organization. With the hobby of model railroading there seems to be a never ending story of tiny parts and tools that need organization!

[@UnholiestJedi]

Adam, manically, "I don't have the energy!" Does it anyway. Love it.

[@kevingerman100]

Love the labeling. I also choose one color marker for each gauge and draw a line down the center of each bracket of nails so when they do break apart and get mixed together I at least know right away which gauge they are.

[@neilperry2224]

Your Swiss tool, in the background looks like you've got an exotic dancer in the shop, when you do the time lapse.

[@zwarrior1983]

The little tiny cinematographic touches these videos have are absolutely awesome. The detail is nice and subtle but well appreciated none the less. Awesome job with every video Keep up this quality of content awesome job!!!

[@alexandramahairas2337]

Weird suggestion: If you put a length of string around the front for each row, connected to the side (with some tension), then all the bins will stay in and not fall if you're moving it around the shop. It solves the problem of spilling the tubs when you don't want to.

[@bbardin]

Adding the fastener to the front is like an IRL Minecraft item frame... PERFECT! Super easy to identify and elegant to maintain.

[@englishboy79]

Hi Adam, FYI, it wasn’t FedEx, it was DHL who recognised that shipping out customer paperwork ahead of the actual package would save a lot of time. I believe they started with shipments between SanFrancisco and Hawaii in 1969. Thanks for another great video

[@1pcfred]

Yeah all Fedex ever did was strand Tom Hanks on an island. Which in hindsight was rather forward thinking.

[@dragonmaid1360]

Watching Adam hyper spin around his workshop makes me so happy. Buttherascal in me wants to mix up the bins so the colours are random. We all know adams ocd would never allow that.

[@IanTheWoodchuck]

I didn't think rivets, but rather I always seem to get fiddly with trying to actually grab the drawers (I have Vienna sausage fingers!), so I was thinking some kind of cabinet knob through the label and screwed in from the back side would have served the purpose of holding the label as well as giving me a grab point. I love the tab-slot design! I 3D print card-type models for friends and kids and tab-slot is usually the assembly design for them. SO MUCH FUN!!!

[@laughingjack9509]

I love watching Adams Videos to see how My favorite mythbuster i grew up with is doing on a side i remember being at a convention and seeing adam and jamie and them talking about an unaired episode of testing the myth of the cardboard of a cereal box is healthier then the cereal inside

[@EEtransmit]

Come on Adam. Clearance and tolerance. You should have it right. 😜

[@DefaultProphet]

I’m never jealous of the skills Adam has but damn i would be stoked to have like 1/10th of the tools and materials he has

[@kennethelwell8574]

One refinement to the visual cues of the staples/nails, would be to angle very similar ones like the 18ga. and 23ga. in different directions (L/R) on the label. That way you can identify without reading the words (once committed to memory), and notice if in the wrong spot when returned to rack (pattern is off). This could apply to fine/coarse threads on screws, aluminum/steel pop rivets, anywhere there's a subtle distinction to be made.

[@marktaylor865]

Lol "right, right, right, right, right." Where do i get that kind of excitement and childlike innocence?.

[@tatts4life838]

Your videos like this has been an inspiration for me to finally organize my dads tools for him to make it easy for him or anyone else to find things.

[@marcdaslama]

my 3 years old daughter just said, that you build that very well. :-)

[@TheTrueTek]

I feel like every infrastructure upgrade to a shop is an infrastructure upgrade to life.

[@yourpalborno]

This makes me so happy! Going to make one for myself!

[@larrystrayer8336]

The flustering clumsy spill is so madding. My magnet gets a workout. Great build. And very entertaining video.

[@darylh8657]

My oft-used DIY: magnetic broom.

[@inactive67]

Best part of the build is Adam flipping off the excess ply from table saw. J/K seriously its leaving enough space to put the drawer on the cabinet.

[@davidwhelchel8774]

All I can say is that Adam and these tested builds have cost me a lot of money ;-) I have built this for my little shot!

[@barrettdent405]

Infrastructure builds are the best.

[@bcostell69]

You must be reaching for a world record of content creation by one person in a year

[@JCWren]

Replace the back with a thin sheet of steel, attach a magnet to the back of the drawer, and they'll have some positive retention.

[@jcardwell3rd]

You may want to put a rubber pad on bottom of bins or take them to the belt sander to take their feet off. They are tilted forward the way you have them protruding and want to come out.

[@scottyost6246]

"fix it now" So true. Like the Swiss Army blade!!! I can't watch the videos without looking for the backwards blade in the background. Can you just move the pin? This was a great build. I am already planning mine in my shop. Keep the videos coming.

[@Lynx7725]

A couple of suggestions: 1, perhaps a strip of wood under the front of the staple box, so that it's a bit tilted up; this gets gravity to help pull the trays into the slot and lessen the risk of the trays falling out during movement or usage. 2, perhaps some sort of handle or a milled detent on the trays themselves. There isn't much room between the tray and the slot so it can be a bit hard to pull one out. A milled detent for a finger to hook the tray out might be useful.

[@fjr2go]

Very nice improvement! I really like how you did this, totally agree with the seeing the nail to find the one you need!

[@alexwake850]

Really enjoy watching your one day builds, great problem solving ideas for storage. By the way in this video right in the back ground I could not help to noticing something glowing like a furnace, you haven't installed a blacksmiths forge in there too now have you, I bet that's something you'd love to have a go at. Happy building! 😁🗜️🔩🔧🔨⚒️⚙️📏📐

[@kraigson]

I'd add a small rare earth magnet to the back of the bins, and a small pieces of ferrous metal to the back of the shelf. That might help prevent everything dumping out.

[@darjanator]

1:56 That Serenity poster.

[@richardmarkinco1475]

It would be really, really cool to be Adam Savages apprentice.

[@lightfire33]

Soo here I am watching Adam put labels on the sorters, thinking. "you should really do something to prevent them from sliding out accidently" 30 seconds later staples are on the floor. I feel obligated to make a suggestion. You could feasibly put a small block on the "roof" of each sorter section near the outside edge to function as a catch for the sorter drawers. make the blocks tall enough that they only just reaches into each sorter and they should be unable to fall. The only downside is that you would have to tilt the drawer up slightly when you need to remove it from the shelf.

[@ThrowingItAway]

I'm learning more valuable knowledge from Tested than I ever did from the last seasons of Mythbusters. It's honestly a huge success IMO and I'm grateful that it's easy to access.

[@PredatorNine]

"These are the horizontals, these are the verticals" took me right back to the intro to The Outer Limits

[@ernestsilva3612]

Looks like a hardware store display.👍 Every good shop does have that. Homemade.

[@MichaelHuikeshoven]

You really nailed this one Adam.

[@1pcfred]

I think he pinned and then stapled it. Everything but nailed.

[@philsburydoboy]

You should put stops in so that the drawers can't fall out. The drawers could still be removable by tilting the front side up, but they couldn't fall out because gravity will always pull the front side down. You can pick a height+depth for the stops that makes the angle required to remove/replace the drawers as steep/shallow as you like. Edit: an easy method to pick a stop height would be to remove a drawer and trace the top of the back against a vertical plane, then tilt the drawer to the desired height and trace the (now lower) top of the back against the same plane. The distance between these two lines plus the margin between the top of each box and its shelf is the height of your new stops.

[@harleychaplin5534]

I can see that unit being rolled around the shop and the castors coming to a complete stop on a power cable or bolt laying on the floor. May want to add a retaining strap to those containers.