Adam Savage Builds His Dream Hardware Storage System!

After prototyping the storage shelf system for housing and organizing his Sortimo storage boxes, Adam turns to the task of building out a massive wall of hardware storage for the new "hardware store" section of the workshop. This wall of orange Sortimo boxes is a beauty to behold, and the process to building and assembling over 70 metal slide-out shelves is no simple feat, especially when things don't go according to plan...
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[@mickeyfilmer5551]

First rule of mass production ... MAKE A JIG FOR EACH OPERATION !! that way you'll achieve consistemcy.

[@caseysmith544]

Why not leave a big rectangle flap for the back of the tray and bend piece in place for your needs? You know have flap a little smaller then a square in width/height so you can have bent into shape.

[@Helyx525]

Adam, have you tried out Google Lens on Android? You can take a picture of any miscellaneous object and it will link you to detailed info about it online such as manufacturers info and part numbers. It might make it easier to populate your database with more useful info.

[@alexsnow3319]

You didn't catch the spelling mistake??

[@lewiscantplay8639]

ITS FINALLY HERE, the day i have been waiting for for 7 years following Adams journey

[@DeltaX-hr2dq]

Adam has an entire shop full of hardware that he exclusively use to build more storage for more hardware. Its an endless circle of hardware.

[@Wheel_Horse]

Soon the hardware system will become self-aware and begin replicating itself!

[@simperous4308]

Shops are just places you build more things for the shop...

[@stargazer7644]

It's the circle of life

[@johnrobertd748]

Haha

[@jonny555ive]

🎶🎙️The circle of life🎙️🎶

[@RyokoVT]

I genuinely love how Tested has become basically Adam's personal channel where he just shares what he's doing in a day. It's genuinely perfect.

[@Twerkulies]

Well it is named "Adam Savage's Tested"

[@MckIdyll]

Yes, especially because I couldn't stand Norm.

[@beefchicken]

I avoided subscribing to this channel for the longest time because it felt like a production. This feels like a KZbinr in their glory days before they get caught up with cameras and lighting and microphones and staff and sponsors and scripts. It’s beautiful.

[@steev6668]

Thank you so much Adam for making me feel like I'm not the only person in the world who sees the value in spending 18 hours of labour to make a way to do a 10 minute task in 8 minutes.

[@edumaker-alexgibson]

You end up spending exactly as much time on the whole project as if you had just had a good cup of tea and got on with the parts. But you had a more interesting time doing it. And that's OK.

[@Tokent555]

To be fair in the long run its a HUGE improvement

[@jonny555ive]

​@@Tokent555 "Fair" ????? Nobody said anything about being "FAIR" 😂 #Shoplife=BIGHAMMERSMASH

[@bigwilliestyleMD]

110% agree, will save enormous time ongoing, assuming its a process he anticipates needing to do a bunch w future projects. Not worth it for a one-off, project-specific task. Arguably coulda been done in a simpler, less labor intensive way (flat sheet w/ mounted L-brackets (or 16" strips of 1/8 or 1/16 aluminum angle) connecting sheet to drawer slide tracks). If said L or angle or corner bracket is already pre-drilled then you just saved yerself another bunch of steps). Haha but i've never had the gumption or ability to do it so who am i to talk?

[@heatherlyc]

I have to tell you that I have a ten week old baby & in the early days of her life we watched two seasons of Mythbusters in a tired blur & my daughter has a real appreciation of your voice. My husband will put on one of your videos & she will calm right down & watch you build absolutely anything with as much joy as a ten week old can muster. Thought this might make your day! We'll be working through your back catalogue of videos bit by bit for a good long while. 😂

[@commonsenseisdeadin2024]

I'm sorry but I laughed really hard at "I have a ten week old baby & in the early days of her life"...... Time seemingly going by that slow? 😂

[@heatherlyc]

@@commonsenseisdeadin2024 it's been a long & tiring ten weeks. 😂

[@commonsenseisdeadin2024]

@@heatherlyc clearly 😂 Is it because the baby or having to play Adams videos on repeat? 🤣 (BaDumTss)

[@jonny555ive]

My son had the same reaction to the narrator from the science channel show, "How it's made" I owe that man hours and HOURS of peace and calmness. 😅

[@DigitalGus75]

Adam is such a relatable builder. He fails to follow his own rules, his builds often have nagging flaws. He’s really excited to begin a build and really loves having the thing at the end…. We’re all that guy….

[@olenilsen4660]

Well... I´m more like: I´d love to have this done! I´ll get the parts for everything, make drawings and everything. Then something else comes up, and I forget about it for 18 months... So I find these pieces somewhere, and I go looking for the rest of it. Can´t find it that day, so forget about it for another 18 months. XD

[@commonsenseisdeadin2024]

Isn't ADHD soooooooo fun!

[@jonmccormick6805]

Nope! I keep the same parts in two, or maybe three places so that I can reach them faster and be confused as to why I put them there in the first place.

[@mm9773]

2010s Adam: “Can’t deal with drawers, drawers are where things go to die” 2020s Adam: “Let’s build hundreds of expensive drawers”

[@viewer-of-content]

I think individually portable drawers were what he was looking for all along. So it's a tool cart in the shop, but portable for on site projects.

[@docolemnsx]

How are you gonna have all the exact parts in one single case that you're going to pull out and walk away with? Out of all the boxes 🤷🏼‍♂️ It's great for pulling everything out on a bench though.

[@CemeteryLarry]

but with really cheap plywood

[@pete_lind]

Sortimo is the one that makes L-Boxx for Bosch , few other brand use it too , the other system is Systainer , that Festool , Makita and few other use. Both are not cheap and if you want the custom set holding these Sortimo T-Boxx's in order for your van , that cost extra .

[@SyntheticFuture]

He's on record taking that statement back though ;)

[@philh8829]

Adam saying the solution that failed doesn't matter, only the one that works matters. ONLY to the customer. To the builder it is ALL the knowledge, ALL the learning, the solutions that didn't work that hold the value.

[@DadInaShed317]

When I first started watching these videos I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I enjoyed them so much. I grew up with Myth Busters but of course, this isn't that, so why am I so absorbed? I finally realize why now, they're pure stream of consciousness for makers.

[@PJScott-ry4ys]

Having worked in an industrial facility that produced utility bodies for trucks out of sheet metal, for something like this we would nest each piece in a 4’x12’ sheet and punch them out on a cnc turret punch table. Notches and holes would be done and each part would be ready for the cnc press break. 70 of these would take about 4 sheets of aluminum, processing each sheet of parts on the turret punch table would take about 10 minutes and breaking them another hour. We made thousands of similar drawer units this way only ours had rolled edges for rigidity and were made from 16ga galvanized steel. It’s a testament to the power of automation and modern processes how fast we would pump these out. It’s humbling when you have to design a process done manually and makes you appreciate the planning stage all the more.

[@zj6074]

Production engineering is a discipline all its own. There's nothing else quite lick it in the engineering world.

[@manythingslefttobuild]

Having run a CNC turret punch I wonder if there is a 'job shop' company with one in the bay area; if Adam debated using them to punch out the complete blanks. Also if they had a well set up or CNC sheet metal break to do the complete tray. Send cut send would also be an option as they have laser, water jet, sheet metal bending machines and offer hardware insertion.

[@allannewell2089]

One of the things I really love about Adam is that he almost always provides Metric measurements as well as Imperial. As a Metric user this is so nice!! Thank you Adam!

[@J.C...]

Learn the conversion and you never have to depend on someone else for it.

[@tinusg]

The imperial system is dying, good riddance.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Down with the empire.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

@@tinusgwell, except in the entire PCB and supporting industries, and in most carpentry, and in construction, and and and. So yea, except in everywhere it’s not.

[@UncommonCustom]

​​@@c1ph3rpunkimagine if there were other countries in the world and the people who lived in them also watched KZbin but didn't use imperial measurements. Imagine if there were over 200 of them even! What a world that would be.

[@harrycee656]

Blessed is the person that inherits this workshop.

[@Danirio96]

Man discovers drawers, 2024. Colorized

[@randomergy683]

As a hobby tinkerer I cannot express how much of a pleasure it is to be building or fixing something, and being able to know exactly where you need to look to find the part or piece you require. This is on a whole other level. Very cool.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

This build was Adam in a nutshell. A brilliant plan, squirreliness during the build, and perfection at the end. I love it.

[@280zone]

The squirreliness was very trying to me.

[@SW0000A]

Don't forget it was over complicated and overly expensive. Adam has lots of tools and money and this is his job to make content so I suppose those things don't matter in this case.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

@@SW0000A And you felt it was necessary to make this comment on my post? Want to make negative comments, make your own, leave original commenters out of it.

[@battlingmink467]

@@SW0000A It's neither over complicated or expensive since he literally says material was priced fairly and he didn;t get the most expensive things?

[@jllaine]

I love the sound of the "creaking" as Adam adjusts the camera on the loc-line mount. It adds to the personal 1-to-1 feel that he has so well cultivated.

[@richardmaclean5846]

I've heard more people quote Adam Savage than ANY OTHER PERSON that "drawers are where stuff goes to die". I disagreed then and I disagree now. The trick it to make sure the drawer has a specific place for each thing in it. RANDOM drawers can be bad. Purposeful drawers are awesome! Welcome back Adam! :)

[@bakedbeings]

Iirc he's said that in relation to deep, unlabelled drawers

[@richardmaclean5846]

@@bakedbeings Now he says that. That wasn't the original statement, but like I said, we'll embrace his return and welcome him back to the drawer lovers club. ❤️

[@Gio-ds6wu]

"15 minutes, that's 4 per hour. That means I would get 60 done in .... 3 hours......hold on" LMFAO I died laughing cause for a quarter second I was like 'yea that makes sense.'

[@judgedrekk2981]

my greatest nemisis is math....in fact if i was a villain math would foil all my plans every time I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME MATH.....NEXT TIME! YEEEEAHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

[@younghex9577]

6:55

[@elanorgrimes5655]

I am dreadful at maths, I can't do it. But even I knew that was wrong 😅

[@octaviomontano2089]

the math isn't math-ing.🙃

[@zachweinfurter7537]

If you're still looking to add additional complications to your sorting method, you could have alexa/echo recall which draws contain what items when asked. This could also be useful when guest builders are using the space too. " alexa, where are my RCA connectors?" answer: drawer 45.

[@shortchanged.]

Better yet drawer pops out and opens. And lights up. Lmao then alexa says its here.

[@andrewbaillie2475]

What a brilliant idea.

[@TheDarkbandit88]

Every day we get closer and closer to Tony Stark's Jarvis lol

[@hhjhj393]

I've had this dream for a while. Just having some sort of AI system that knows what item you have in relation to some sort of chart. I don't even think it would be THAT hard, just make a list of all your compartments with the items, then all the AI has to do is match the item to the drawer....... "What is in drawer 20?", answer: 10 mm sockets "where are my 10mm sockets?", answer: In drawer 20. Doesn't seem hard at all.

[@johnsathe2429]

10mm sockets should be in drawer 10...

[@TheZooman22]

This was a big project. I still think Adam needs a label maker. That would really be the icing on the cake.

[@zachnichols3882]

I love how his shop looks so disorganized and organized at the same time

[@scottanastasi2527]

"I just want to stop and tell you I don't want to clean up right now, and yet I'm cleaning up. " Atta boy! Great attitude. Thinking forward to tomorrow-you walking in to a clean shop. What I like is that you can totally clean up while in a bad mood, but it's hard to be inspired during a bad mood. So going ahead and doing what you're fit for means that your best can be used to do your best.

[@nitrousshovelhead]

that is great.

[@kevindesilva4588]

Nice honest video. I did the same 12 years ago here in the UK with my 20 sortimo cases . I dont have any metal working kit so used angle iron and ply and they are still going strong it is a shame that you tube does not allow pictures in the coments section . Not having to take each case fully out each time is a massive time saver over a week of working .

[@AlexanderGibbonsAudio]

Somebody once said to me that 'batching and botching are only one letter apart' in the sense that repeated tasks lead to complacency. Well done in your diligence through this task!

[@OmarAhmad-gm1uc]

Adam your positivity is infectious! Makes me wanna go down in my basement shop and organize

[@dog3y3]

A friend converted his garage to a shop, but he needed a lot of space for equipment that just didn't fit. SO, he utilized the ceiling and attic to make draw-down storage for almost all his hardware, making space for his equipment that used the walls and floors. They each sit on a hydraulic piston. There are 4 large platforms that drop down. They only became useable once enough weight was put on the platform. He put racks for bolts/nuts/bearings/electrical/hinges.... etc...onto the platforms along with a section for storing portable tool boxes for traveling. All he has to do is pull on the cord that hangs from the platform and the hydraulics slowly bleed the fluid out, lowering the heavy platform toward the ground. It stops at waist height and the bottom stores away at just over 7 feet. You can't do jumping jacks inside but he now has a fully equipped shop. He's an excellent wood worker. To put them away, you start lifting it and the hydraulics kick in and start the heavy lifting.

[@williamrgrant]

Wow. This deserves a 'shop tour' video!

[@bunyan2422]

Working in a shop on a cutter and printer, printing and cutting all day I am 100% with you on efficiency. Any place I can shave off minutes or even sometimes 30 seconds is a bonus without sacrificing quality. Especially if I'm making many parts, a streamlined process makes that workflow super easy!

[@Slack3rDav3]

dude, that same concept goes into anything. I have test reports to do, and spend hours automating as much as i can, as it saves SOOOOO much time for everyone in the lab when it's all said and one.

[@CJWarlock]

@29:22 The way to keep the drawer slides parallel by laying two rack walls aside and using a common distancing block - pure genius. I admire it. Respect. :) Cheers.

[@MarkPorter-oo4xv]

You are a wonderful teacher been watching you for years thank you for all the information and encouragement and wonderful work

[@IgorIppolitov]

at first I was like: WOW! Someone can do slides one by one, with no story stick/spacer! That's almost impossible! And then I was: Alright, at least I'm not going mad here. A very interesting roller coaster of emotions. And thank you for sharing this! It's pretty educational

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I truly love seeing someone else obsessed with organization, I feel a lot less insane.

[@ozzfestisbadass]

Agree

[@xlerb2286]

There's a hardware store in town that has a whole aisle full of those small hardware drawers on roller slides. Walking down that aisle and seeing all the weird little bits and bobs they have there will bring a tear to your eye. I think the place will stay around for awhile too, the company that owns it got their start in the hardware business and they have a strong interest in keeping that store as a tribute to their past.

[@stargazer7644]

Every Ace hardware, Lowes and Home Depot has this.

[@xlerb2286]

@@stargazer7644 Around here the Lowes and HD's don't anymore. They have little blister packs of the more common stuff at crazy high prices. Ace has this as well, yes, agreed. But this place has way, way more bits and bobs than Ace does. If you need a knurled retainer nut for a left handed monkey wrench I bet it's in one of those little drawers ;)

[@johnrobertd748]

I'm 65 years old, and when I grow up, I want to be just like you, building things, creating things. Sone day, I'd like to have a cave like yours

[@williammcdowell3718]

This is why I love this channel. Seeing into the mind of another person's style and thought process.

[@Parker4Prezident]

Anytime I do stuff like this my friend group calls it *Fake Productivity* but if you asked me where anything I own is... I know exactly where to find it.

[@tested]

You get it!

[@nilremuk]

Yup A couple of days sorting stuff out so you, and potentially even more importantly anyone else working with you, can find bits without hunting for it, or a place to put the box down every time pays for itself surprisingly fast. Even just 30 seconds or a minute each time adds up over a year or three, especially if you keep having to do something multiple times an hour. Even just the "index" will probably pay for the time it took to do the first time Adam has someone helping him in a large build that uses a lot of small parts as they won't need to keep asking "where is the thingywursit" (British technical term, circa 1950's Newcastle probably ;)), interrupting Adam's thought process or workflow. The really hard part is maintaining such a system, and keeping track of when something is running low, although I guess Excell on the phone could do it more or less in real time (open the spreadsheet up and mark down row 3 or whatever with "low").

[@eric12345098]

I know your pain haha 😂

[@kren1101]

I know exactly where my hammer is. It's over there in the corner of the bench under all that other stuff.

[@markroberts1101]

Can’t put a price on avoiding that feeling of frustrated rage while you can’t find the thing you’re looking for

[@Mike___Kilo]

Archiving pics of the drawer contents is actually pretty genius.

[@GizmoKid]

Can't help feeling that there is an association of organisation nerds who reach out and recognise one another every so often, before retreating to the safety of their own little (neatly organised) shed, cave, workshop etc. Enjoyed this build. Did occur to me in the preamble where the lack of available horizontal space is identified and bemoaned, that the new cabinets offered a possible solution to this. Each cabinet features 13 T-Boxses mounted on drawer runners. Starting from the bottom, every 3/4 boxes add an additional intermediate set of drawer runners. These runners simply hold a plywood shelf that can be extended outwards. This would give an additional 10-15 horizontal spaces. If you had to retrieve multiple items from multiple Sortimos a shelf can be pulled out and the items gathered there prior to transferring everything to the workbench. Keep up the interesting work.

[@lynn858]

Fabulous! A pullout tray solution will do exactly what I need for my comparatively modest parts collection. I was thinking he could get a table height rolling cart that fits one parts box. But that solution wasn't going to solve my modest collection.

[@dansdayoff]

Always enjoy your organizational projects. When I built my sortmaster rack, I built in 2 swing out shelves in the middle to set the cases on. Much cheaper than all those drawers slides. Having hardware organized is a complete game changer though. Lots of ways to skin the cat. Your original build is what inspired me to build mine.

[@maxthompson1263]

That’s what I was thinking, why not just build one pullout drawer at waist height and leave it empty, he already had the nice organizer, when he needs something he just grabs the case he need and uses the empty pull out as the flat surface to rest the case on

[@that_morrigan6184]

The music during the time-lapse was very nice. Ambient repetitive tasks in space station vibe. Perfect for the not-drawer drawers of the future!

[@Vigopl]

Ambient music with Adam sped up making stuff is just mesmerizing. What a trip :)

[@mastashadow5031]

I think this may have been one of my favourite videos I’ve watched on tested, it’s so simple when u say it but the whole adding 1 min to a job across 70 items is over an hour of work throughout the day, is so true and mind blowing 🤯, it would be interesting experimenting to see what the diminishing returns are have a build off with one of the team and see how much time building the templates and such takes vs just smashing out the work 1 at time

[@rolandgdean]

We make little 10" x 3" pine boxes for a lady here that sells jam in small jars. We've made up to 200 per batch at times and (you're right) the tedium of that is a "particular type of tiring". I refer to it as "brain stiffness"...similar to the stiffness you get from sitting in one position for too long.

[@3.k]

Quicker and cheaper solution for the actual problem: Make one sheet metal drawer for each of the case columns, that you can draw out and use as the “table space” for every single occasion. 😊

[@EEKloveable]

Only issue with that is you still have to lift the containers. Depending on how heavy they are, decides the design.

[@daltong1261]

A quicker and cheaper solution to shelter is just to live in a cardboard box outside, but that's not very convenient or productive, so we usually rent or buy homes.

[@ericswenson7468]

Westley Treat did that in his video. "Sorta Sortimo"

[@3.k]

@@virtuserable I’m the same, that’s why it’s a drawer, a temporary shelf that doesn’t accept permanent things. 😄

[@peter65zzfdfh]

@@EEKloveableif they’re too heavy to lift you don’t really want a sortimo at all, just a drawer with individual bins in it.

[@vitale6633]

Awesome !! You just gave me the idea on how to enhance my Steelcase filing cabinet to better support organization and storage of small parts! I'll remove one (or more) of the large drawers and fabricate a pair of low profile slide-outs in its place. Thanks Adam!

[@HeyRonni]

I am always in awe of your problem-solving abilities. Putting the drawer slides end-to-end to make sure they matched up 🤯 I know you have years of experience in problem-solving but just... wow. Such a satisfying watch.

[@amosmoses139]

I'm inspired and overwhelmed at the same time. There is only one Adam Savage for sure. Genius for sure.

[@rickmaudlin2160]

Harbor Freight (or Adam) needs to mass produce these frames with drawer slides for the Harbor Freight, Stanley, and Sortimo cases. Make them easily adjustable to mix and match tall and short cases. Make sections 2 to 3 ft tall that are designed to stack together as well as joining side by side columns together. Have an optional kit for the front to slide over and prevent drawers from sliding out in mobile applications. Great design Adam. With over 100 cases I've been working on this idea for many years. Have seen all the KZbin videos, this is the best.

[@zadams5596]

Great idea in theory, but the price point to realistically manufacture something like this would be a deal killer for a lot of people. I have the metal drawer system he showed in the beginning, and the empty frame with 4 slide racks costs more than the 4 sorting boxes inside.

[@zadams5596]

Also, drawer racks for mobile applications are a whole other level. Some of my metal cabinets are 10 years old but spent their 1st 2 years in a service truck. Those have a lot more wear and tear than than ones that saw daily use in a shop for 20 or 30 years.

[@rickmaudlin2160]

​@zadams5596 . Yes, I agree it would not be cheap , and I am very familiar with those industrial parts however, Harbor Freight sells their General and Icon tool chest and side cabinets from 300.00 to $3,000 all day long. The mobile service technician also is a huge Market in their existing van shelving and drawers are extremely expensive already. Milwaukee packouts are expensive and you can't take the drawers out individually ie. The cheaper option would be to sell the drawers and sliders assembled as a kit, and the user builds their own Cabinetry to put them in

[@fortfun46835]

They make them like the ones he showed as an example. Grainger gives them as part of their stocking for bolts and parts. It's nice that you can slide them out to get something or take it with you if doing a project.

[@austinroessler7705]

@rickmaudlin2160 there is a brand that makes something like this, a bit better imo, called rolacase I am not positive but I believe there is a patent on their design which could be a reason that there aren't many clones on the market.

[@Toddaloden]

Adding QR codes to the front wouldn't hurt either. I was supposed to be asleep a long time ago to get ready for work but here I am watching Pop reorganize his man cave. Love it tho because it's like watching my Adhd take over.

[@chatbox6045]

I was genuinely smiling when you showed the first complete rack! 😊 Great job 👍

[@VilleWitt]

I'm still surprised Adam hasn't done an episode of Gridfinity. I think it would fit his mindset, and his love of knolling.

[@d1986ben]

It’s shocking to me that you’ll drop probably north of 7500 (retail) on the sortimos, sheet metal, slides, bcx, and casters. Not to mention labor. But the extra 150 for quality sheet goods is where you saved. I do appreciate the honesty regarding this. Great system, great effort, and great result none the less. Also, the quality of certain materials has become shocking in the past 10 to 15 years. As a finish carpenter and cabinet maker the last three years has been a wild ride in the paneling and hardwoods market. Love the content from the entire tested crew.

[@Sgreubel]

Because my budget is limited, I think I would build one drawer slide table, and leave it empty. Then when I needed the horizontal space just pull out the one drawer at a perfect height to set it on. Yes, I am a cheapskate!

[@stargazer7644]

He already had that with his old sortimo cabinets. He built a roll around cart to put the sortimo box on that he needed.

[@Knasern]

I envy you the whole space, the fact that you have time to do what you love and just have a blast doing it..Man. you have won in life. Just amazing.

[@chasg5648]

Next time... A faster path for drilling and cutting 1. stack the sheets and clamp them together with edges very carefully aligned. 2. TIG weld the corners together so the stack now acts as just one piece of metal, probably at the corners. 3. Do almost everything on the mill, drilling, cutting... all on that one big slab. All your drawers will match. 4. Last operation is cutting off the corner weld.

[@Steamroller17]

Was a bit perplexed why he didn't do a lot of it on the mill since he was already setting it up. Welding them all together is an even better idea 👌

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

If the frames that held the draw slides were kept small but had the capability to be connected together, you'd have a modular system that you could reconfigure over the years. You'd have many small cabinets, each holding two or three sortimos on rails, stacked-up into whatever height you had available over a given floor footprint.

[@Sigh_Bold]

This system is already modular because each sortimo can be moved and configured how ever you want. It would always take up the same foot print but I dont imagine changing the footprint would be needed for the hardware store use Adam requires.

[@CullenJWebb]

I think that 2 or 3 columns per module/rack is already optimized to reduce redundancy of caster wheels and walls with only 1 side supporting sortimos.

[@zachmoyer1849]

would have been a crap ton more plywood and would have added height to the overall stack for a use he really doesnt need his new ethos is keeping all the stuff in this area now.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

The height is pre-determined by Adam's physical height. He wanted to be able to see into the topmost Sortimo when slid out. A taller individual may have built it taller, but the height is custom to his height. Also, way more plywood and weight and "wasted" space with all that plywood.

[@jacobolsen790]

This level of organization just inspires me.

[@thomast7748]

If you want to waste a lot time, it’s a fantastic source of inspiration. At least Adam is getting money from making the video of him wasting his time.

[@Slowhand871]

Every year Adam is getting closer and closer to Doc Brown!

[@BryanGorges]

As he's talking about punching all the holes: Use the mill! Use the mill! You have them all stacked up anyway for the corner holes. :)

[@marpheus1]

Yeah! I just commented the same! He already had the setup! For some reason he wanted to make the holes after cutting the corners on the bandsaw, but he could still have restacked them even that way

[@BryanGorges]

As he was drilling the big holes, it made sense with how sticky the aluminum is, too small and you'll just be snapping bits with that big of a stack, but maybe even just a stack of two?

[@marpheus1]

@@BryanGorges I think he could do at least 5, maybe 10 on the mill. But I'm sure he could do 2 at a time on the punch

[@guitarchitectural]

Have you ever drilled a hole that tiny in aluminum? Did you see how he had to keep cleaning off the big end mill? Do you know how much a tiny bit like that would wander when drilling that thick? It's a good idea but it won't work, unfortunately.

[@mabster314]

Keep a fixture in place on the mill, drill the bandsaw clearance and rivet holes ~15 or so sheets at a time. You have to do the milling operation more but I bet it would save time

[@DanielPetti]

Interesting that you have a Sortimo spreadsheet. In my lab I printed out a sticker sheet of QR codes, and stuck them on all the bins that we have. That way you can scan a code, and it will link you to a row in a spreadsheet that has a list of everything in that bin. Might not be worth it for the sortimos, but it works well for big bins on shelves that are a pain to take down and rummage around in

[@xlillo6175]

Nice job! I went through the exact same thing with many of the same hurtles. I used the Stanley bins and made the cabinets from 3/4" MDO, with slides from 1/2" MDO. Works perfectly. Mine is about 36" High by about 11 feet long with about 60 bins of two depth sizes. The length is comprised of several modular cabinets. The non surface part really frustrated me as well after built, and I decided to build a flat pull out shelf at the bottom of each cabinet. It's an extra step, but doesn't take extra space. It made the upfront cost lower, and kept the cabinet much more compact than an individual draw system.

[@jameshiramoto9474]

Hi Adam! Love it! Recommend making an extra empty rack system for your work area. That way when your working on a project you can pull the Sortimos you need and have them right next to you and not have to go back and forth to the “store” in the back every time you need a small piece. Also this will keep all small pieces you need in a place where they won’t clutter your work area and roll away. The thought came to me from my son who you continue to inspire after visiting a patient shop he may work for.

[@WWB9mm]

A fun project, I really appreciate the fatigue that can set in. Also, when I first saw the backs of the cabinets, I shouted out loud "diagonal bracing!" and then, lo, you added it subsequently.

[@coolbugfacts1234]

Yeah I was like NO NO NO those things are going to collapse instantly with all that weight! And then rewatching I saw the braces

[@bunker551]

Sometimes it feels like you spend 6 hours trying to turn an 8 hour job into a 2 hour job.

[@theJonnymac]

he probably does, and I do sometimes too. I have found that usually I learn something in that 6 hrs that either keeps it from being more than a 8 hr job, and that I usually learn something that improves my skills and processes. so the next time I do something similar it goes faster and better.

[@whenurefree]

But then every job after that is 2 hours and less, instead of 8 hours and less

[@tmeyer2022]

For the back 2 holes, "Stack and Drill". Use a scrap piece of plywood or MDF as a base. Stack and fasten/clamp the stack to the base. Layout the hole locations. Drill the 2 holes (to a desired diameter - 3/8", 1/2", etc. - your choice). Vois là ! No one piece at a time "Hole Punch". No "Milling" (machine set-up)

[@jdavidkatz]

You're a crazy person. Oddly entertaining, but truly out there in the zone.

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

As shop hermit who almost never works elsewhere, a set of regular old drawers with small containers works just fine. When I do actually emerge from my cave (the light! my eyes! 🙀) I have a hardware tote that I populate for the job. Anyway, for those of us who dont already have a wall of sortimo it's a good option.

[@geraldrossouw4425]

Agree 100%, plain old drawers just work best in a workshop. I find storage boxes fiddly to use, I've almost completely eliminated them, just have a few for my portable-only tools.

[@LimestoneCoastCustoms]

Goals!! (my electronics with it's work station are in a different shed, along with all my construction tools & a few other things) my gardening gear, oils & fuels are in another shed. My main workshop has most other things but.... I also have a 20' shipping container with mixed stuff & over the highway a few blocks away, I have a 40' container with the workshop equipment I've yet found room for in my 3 bay workshop! One day I hope to have it all in the one place. I absolutely HATE not being able to find things that I know I have!! I think listing everything is a great idea!!

[@Duzz14]

That infinity gauntlet falling was hilarious to me for some reason. He had no reaction to it, like it was a book or something that fell hahaha.

[@Thee_Dr_Evil]

when projects multiply themselves, love it.

[@matatath]

If anyone ever asks me what my ADHD hyperfocus looks like I’m going to send them this video from now on. It’s easier than trying to explain.

[@greasedragon77]

🙌🙌🤣

[@janajeffsilvernickelladventure]

I absolutely love this. I am myself learning excel, at the age of 56. Adam you have so profoundly increased my organization skills. Thank You. Hope all is well with everyone with the Tested Family.

[@kirk1968]

That's great that you're learning Excel! I'm the same age but have been using it since 3.0 back in the early 90s, and it's really come a long way for data organization and formula variations. I hope you enjoy discovering all it can do! There are many instructional videos here on KZbin as I'm sure you're already aware, they've been quite helpful especially when Microsoft adds new formulas and so forth.

[@user-zh7sj3su9z]

30:13. 😂 Adam loosing his mind. I presume from the monotony of mass production assembly and a long drawn out non stimulating project. Lol love it. That's usually how I feel towards the end of most of my projects.

[@HumanShield117]

I recently started 3D printing these little briefcases for Gridfinity bins. Each one has a space for a label, and I'm trying to color-code them by what's in them. (Screws/fasteners are one color, connectors are another color.) They also lock together when stacked, which has done some nice things for my personal storage.

[@Dagley918]

A spreadsheet with an accompanied binder of hi resolution images that lived in that empty space between the 3rd and 4th upright might prove useful if you are on the other side of the shop and want to “pre shop” your hardware store. Then you could quickly look through the drawers without physically pulling and then realizing maybe the other connector is what you really needed. Also seems like a fun Tested coffee table book.

[@swiftswamp4599]

i love just watching you talk to yourself and figure things out as you go, i love that you kinda leave it unedited in that sense.

[@cospittner3526]

Nice to know someone else is working on problems that are… either madness….or….GENIUS!

[@DarkEffectsStudios]

28:30 About 20 years ago, I made a 4-drawer cabinet, like what you were doing here. What I did, due to making a mistake the first time like you did here. I put the pieces of wood together, placed the rails on each wood, and screwed them in, and this way, as long as they aligned up while laying flat together, they would be aligned when across from one another. It worked for me. So, the next time you do a job like this, or anyone else doing a job like this, Make sure you do the following. #1: Lay the two pieces of wood on a flat surface. #2: Butt the fronts together. #3: Make your lines all the way across both pieces of wood. #4: Lay your rails down on your lines, making certain they are perfectly lined up. #5: Next, screw in your rails. #6: Put the two pieces of wood where you are going to install them. #7: Slide the drawers in. #8: (This is my favorite number, so I had to add in something. :) )

[@Notzen238]

Acquaintance had a similar problem. He weaseled 3 inches between his shelves and rigged a hinged table on a slider. He pulls the table out of its 3 inch cubby and the gravity pulls the legs down from the table top…think a more sturdy version of a TV tray with a hinge. Very time and cost effective alternative to 60 custom aluminum shelves.

[@samellowery]

Thus is the real answer

[@ed6012]

make just one draw (without a sortimo box) at the lower- or lowest shelf of the sortimo cabinet. Put the draw out, put a sortimo box on that flat surface....done!!

[@wwaxwork]

Seriously. A flat piece of wood on a drawer pull at working height every other row would have done the same job. Though I use Stanley sorters, I guess if you can afford sortimo you can afford to rebuild your system though lol.

[@RamenPoweredShitFactory]

Yeah that was my first thought as well lol

[@rodflancher4547]

I should have read some comments before posting....I said the same thing!

[@brianciuffini4582]

Same here, that’s how I built mine. It also has the added benefit of the open bin being at the same accessible height. I’ve been using mine for 3-4 years now and it doesn’t slow me down to pull the bin out and set it on the shelf(on drawer slides) I love it!

[@vladkor5272]

Adam's system solved another big problem. Some of these boxes are heavy. And considering Adam's age it is pretty exhausting to move them from theirs drawers to one universal surface.

[@TintagelEmrys]

I have a friend that bought all the drawers from a local hardware store when they were going out of business. Metal versions of the blue ones at the beginning that were just setting on the drawer so you could pick them up if you needed to carry the whole box.

[@kevinmorin7965]

Jamie used to say "If you can't find it? You don't have it" and Adam's build shows that truth, not that many shops have this volume of inventory on hand to classify and store.

[@itarry4]

I can't help wondering if you could have drilled the holes for the draw slides same as you did to help with the corner cuts? Seems that would have been so much faster. As impressive as it is the mixing of colours in the double cabinet would cause me sleepless nights.

[@rockstarfan886]

Yeeeessssssss long form content reorg video im so excited. Oh and this is how ace hardware has been sorting there fastners forever like 20+ years so basically adam is now ace hardware i love it

[@dvigusharma5891]

He is always excited just like a little boy playing with his toys😂😂

[@codewizard58]

30 years ago, I would make small runs to double sided PCBs. Starting with pre coated UV sensitive copper clad. 6 boards per sheet, expose, etch, drill populate, test. I could make 20 units in a weekend with $100 profit per board : ) Refined the layout and moved some stuff into the code to make fabrication easier. Was up to rev 6 by the time I had made 200 units.

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

5:57 - I love Adam using a broad enough vocabulary that when he uses a word like "Cogitating" it sounds like he misspoke or is making up new words, when that's not the case.

[@LaxerFL]

Adam, you should have made a "story pole" to layout the drawer slides on the plywood. Take a scrap length of wood, plywood, whatever you have, long enough to cover the entire height of the cabinet and just wide enough to mark, ie tall and skinny, and carefully measure and mark the location of the slides. The you just position the story pole carefully on you cabinet side, transfer the marks, repeat for each side, and you'll know they are identical. I've seen story poles used for siding, louvers, etc. Anything that requires many marks where accuracy is paramount. They are a great tool of opportunity as my Dad would call them. A tool you can make onsite when needed and even discard or recycle after you're done. Otherwise, GREAT idea and a perfect solution for your storage issues. Maximizing efficiency and space!

[@sundaynightdrunk]

I like what he ended up doing better: he determined the distance between the slides, cut a template piece of wood and lined them up relative to each other using that board, screwing each slide base in with the board in place. That guarantees that distance is correct. A story pole requires marks, and marks can be off by a sixteenth or more. I've generally seen them used for rougher work where such accuracy isn't required.

[@unclebob7755]

Funny thing about Adams workshop is, it’s every maker’s dream. However, if I could snap my fingers and make that work shop mine I feel like I would be overwhelmed. I would be so frozen in an overjoyed state that I had all those tools and supplies at my fingertips I would never know/decide what project to start. I would probably just do what he is doing and just try to build things to make the space more organized/functional. All that being said… I’d definitely build a rocking chair, a light saber, and some kind of machine that would fold my laundry for me, haha

[@seeteasea5497]

First time I actually noticed the slope of the shop’s actual floor. I’ve had a wee break from tested since before Christmas, I just sometimes go through stages with the media I’m consuming, but the upside is I have a load of stuff to binge on the channel.

[@AJpalma23]

R2D2 *lurking*

[@WalterRiggs]

For the price of these boxes, they should come with their own drawer slides

[@jackbraine2276]

Adam Savage has a great idea here, but he geeked it. He wanted a pull out surface to hold the tray as he accessed the container, they're worthless when they're over your head or located around you ankles. He should have a pull out shelf at waist height. Remove his container and pull out his shelf, and place it there. It would save a crap load of money and time on drawer slides and assembly time. I think I'll build this correction.

[@PetruStrimbeanu]

Adam, a suggestion would be to store the item names within the photos. In the Bridge you can add tags to the metadata info. Then do a search, let's say "screws". Bridge will look into the metadata section of each picture and will show you all the pictures that have "screws" in the tags. No Excel needed!

[@smittymoo]

Great system! But did you think about a pull out shelf at table height in your shelf system, So when you need a part you can grab the box of parts and pull out the shelf for your ready flat surface? You can have one for each stack.

[@Ali_Clarkson]

I was literally about to suggest this too. Don't get me wrong I think his final product is superior but I would never have the patience to make so many shelves when I could just make one. You'd always have your box at the optimal height then too.

[@TF0011]

And if you have the single slide out shelf mid height is good on the body. How do you look into the top drawers if not removable and bending down and looking in the lower ones might be hard on the back

[@justinsjoberg4013]

Was looking to see if somebody said this. Would have been far more efficient to just build a single pull out surface at optimal height.

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

Another quality view into the place where Professor Farnsworth keeps his various lengths of wire.

[@ElwoodSharit]

I love how beautifully a maker's mind demonstrates how we will spend 24+ hours planning how to reduce 18 hours of work down to a a few hours.

[@A-MR.E]

I always get an ASMR feeling when watching Adam build something. It’s very peaceful.

[@Mellow_labs]

Hey Adam, I made an open source pick to light system called M.I.M.O.S.A, Basically a web interface where you can very quickly locate things in your drawers. I have a video on it. It's super easy to install, And it makes retrieving things much faster than indexing an Excel sheet. I would love to help you set this up!

[@johningram2153]

I found your project online and it looks really cool. As a career programmer who loves making software to make people's lives (and jobs) easier, I was unsurprised to see Excel adopted as the "database" here, even though it's far from ideal. I will also be unsurprised that the answer of most people (probably including Adam) is "Nah, this is fine," because there's something about crossing that line into the software part, where suddenly "fit and finish" don't seem to matter as much anymore. And I guess part of that reason is because there's so much awful software out there. At least you know what you're getting with Excel. But people don't understand how much potential value they're leaving on the table by not looking further.

[@vettepilot427]

I was inspired by Adam's original Sortimo video from a number of years ago, so don't take this as negativity. However, if the "common man" wants to duplicate the same basic functionality for far cheaper, you can use Harbor Freight 20 bin storage cases, white block zip-close bags, and a label maker. I use the same system in my shop (I'm a gunsmith) to organize hardware, spare parts, and customer builds. I made 4 station shelves out of formed sheet metal that can be bolted and stacked on top of each other or mounted under a shelf. No expensive sliders required. One of the advantages to the system IMO is to be able to take the organizer to the work and not have to walk back and forth, so I didn't bother with hard mounting or slides. However, I understand why Adam would want this in his application.

[@LiqdPT]

I haven't fully watched this video (but have watched the one on the prototype). AFAIK, he's able to remove the case from the shelf.

[@helleye311]

Feels like a great system to make voice-searchable. Just "Hey , where are my brackets" seems like a quick and more convenient way to do this than searching a spreadsheet.