I'm only like halfway through. But I so love watching Adam's chair re-inflate in time lapse mode. Idk why I never saw it before, but now I can't stop watching. Thanks y'all!
"I bought this thing on ebay/craigslist" Whenever Adam says this, I always wonder if the other party recognizes Adam as the buyer. Imagine selling a belt sander and then see it again on Tested.
@@Warshipmodelsunderwayyeah I'm not going to lie I think that if I was Adam I would be having one of the rest of the tested crew or something like that pick it up. It's funny karma I tend to kind of feel like a lot of overuse their assistance and things random tasks, but in this case giving Adam more time to do other things directly is what gives gives them jobs. Lol Like saying "he is the whole show" would be disrespectful to the editors and everybody works together to make these episodes for us, but it's definitely in everyone's best favor to give Adam as much time as he can to create and feel comfortable/happy.
@@Warshipmodelsunderway Well, he often have deliveries mid-shooting, so I was leaning towards sellers sending parcels to "Tested HQ, So and so avenue 420, San Franscisco" with "A.Savage" written somewhere as well
I bought some sound deadening tape on Amazon the other day for a SS sink install. I now tape the backside of everything that’s construction of thin steel to remove those resonant frequencies.
I know bandsaw and drill press and lathe get all the love, but let's spare a moment for the real MVP of Adam's cave: compressed air hose. Hose is always there in a video just quietly doing work: "You need more visibility on that work piece? You need that dust cleaned out? You need a hand tool powered? You need your t-shirt brushed off? I got you boss."
IN MY LIFE, I never would have thought "Adam Savage is about to show me exactly what I need to do to my belt sander, because his and mine are the same model". This video could NOT be more fortuitous.
Lovely to see Adam channelling Stan Laurel. Struggling with mounting the vertical arm, when there is a nice vice at exactly the right height to help just behind him in clear shot. Do the hair thing Adam, please.
The problem isn't having enough sanders or abrasive tools, the problem is storing all the abrasives. I have to have over 60 boxes of various grits, belts, wheels, discs, stones. From 1/8" X 24" belts through 36"x75" belts, 46 through 2000 sheet paper, every type of screw on disc possible and cubbys boxes and drawers for all of it. Yet, I somehow still need more and a better way of organising. Getting the tools and equipment is part of the battle, managing it is a whole other game.
My daughters often ask me why my index finger knuckles are so much more calloused/scarred than my other knuckles. I used to grind blades all of the time, and would barely skim the sander with my top knuckles when holding things.
I have one of those sanders, when the bearings go they howl loudly. As a rule, especially with harbor freight or grizzly tools, when I break down a tool for cleaning or get a used tool, I buy quality replacement sealed bearings for the whole tool. All my tools have lasted over 30 years, even my dremel with only a dust and oiling. The only difference between a disposable tool and a reliable quality tool is the care of the squareness and the precision of the moving parts. The tool will let you focus on the work and not on the tool when you do this up front.
While stainless steel hardware may look pretty, a lot of the time it is more for appearance than strength, coming in around Grade 2. Watch your fastener head markings (which might make an excellent Tested tech tip short) and keep high grade fasteners in where needed. Generally, you can always go stronger but should rarely go weaker when replacing fasteners. Also, be sure to never-seize stainless fasteners that are being highly torqued as they have a tendency to gall.
Question: When did you become fearless about taking complicated machinery apart? Was this something you did as a kid, or as you became an experienced mechanic did you realize that whatever you took apart you'd be capable of putting it back together?
There's nothing to it but to do it. As well as if it is already broken and useless you can't break it more. The real trick is as you get started taking stuff apart is to take notes on what went where and lay out screws/bolts in the pattern of how they came off. Keeps nuts threaded onto their bolts. Be organized and certain in your movements. There is no worse feeling than breaking something as you put it back together because you used the wrong bolt and cracked a housing.
I have the exact same machine. I noticed that you never reattached the locking knobs to the left and right of the belt tensioning wheels. Not sure if yours is the same but when they are attached and tightened it changes the belt track a wee bit.
Question for Adam: When making Mythbusters, as a science show, but with a primarily north American audience, was there ever a discussion about using metric measurements and if so, what was discussed and why did you ultimately use Fahrenheit and feet and yards and pounds, etc?
Nice video, always great to see a solid, well built machine get the TLC it needs to bring it back to purpose. Hope it serves you well (and that weld keeps aholdin' on)
I've only just clicked on this video but with the amount of infrastructure videos happening it seems the cave is starting to expand as a workspace and the display area is going to start shrinking and possibly move a chunk of it to another space dedicated to the showing of of his collection.
@Adam ,To me, it makes sense to have multiple sanders for a maker such as yourself since you like streamlining things. You can have one strictly for woodwork and one for metal. and if you have more then that, you can have them set for the most common grit you use, and the others for finer/coarser as needed.
This guy is a genius !! How do you get 6 million subscribers doing shop organizers/random miscellaneous tools/custom screwdriver stand ?? Etc.., I can only conclude that he is indeed a marketing genius !!! I'm not saying he doesn't deserve it !! I like his channel !! Surely the youtube gods are shining on you !!
It would be so cool to see Adam take on apprentices or something and if he already does (like are workshop assistants like that?), I’d be super interested in seeing their perspective of working with/learning from Adam.
I have a sander that I think is based of the same casting. The switch is in the worst location. Where I have it nestled into my shop is similar to yours, where you have to lean across the belt to start it. Haven't re-run it yet but its on my to do list. Also it appears to be missing the wheel to attach the sanding disc on the upper pulley. Note the additional mounting hole for the table underneath the upper pulley.
Hey Adam. Might I suggest that when you’re using something that produces fine particulates that you might use a protective face mask. You really don’t want to inhale them. I learnt the hard way and now have respiratory failure. It’s really no fun and I would hate to see someone else go through it if it’s preventable.
Since you are not using the disc sander part, you could attach a flywheel there and it would have a bit more momentum and not slow down as much under load.
There are some excellent automotive sound deadening products out there, both as self-stick sheets and spray-on coatings, that might be useful apply to even further deaden machinery sounds like the ones you were fighting. I hadn't considered this before, but may now do so on some of my machinery.
The base of the machine looks like it is drilled on the left side for an on/ off switch. I am curious why you didn’t wire it that way while you had it apart. It also looks like it’s missing the disc sander attachment on the right side of the as machine. Put a shelf on the bottom for belt storage.
Adam. I love you. Can you please do a VO during these 1,2,3 minute timelapses. They are really difficult to watch. We don’t know what you’re doing and the stock music (would be fine if low volume with narration) is grating. Again. Lifelong fan. Love your work ON CAMERA.
You say you need more sanders, Adam? You have to try expanding-drum lapidary wheels. They make it so easy to get smooth blending of curves while removing lots of material at a time. We use one every day in making our work in brass. Stop by next time you're in our neighborhood at Meyer Sound or Tippett Studio...
Wife: "Your gonna have to choose, me or the tools" ... Judge: "So, your both filing for divorce? This should be easy." Wife: "I want all the money from selling his tools." Judge: "And so the end times begins..."
Add electrical tape on plug ends of your power tools and on machinery side. Small piece of different coloured tape speeds up your work, when you don't need to raffle thru your same coloured leads! I only have few powertools and it's driving me mad when i second time plug wrong lead on the socket. I hope this helps someone if not @AdamSavage !
If you make a little attachable bucket on the bottom of that sander, please bring us along for the project. I'd love to see what you consider while designing it!
That craigslist seller must've been happy to see you show up. Is it annoying can't go anywhere and do your thing without being recognized? Do you have an assistant to pick it up for you so you don't have to deal with that?
The noisiest parts of that sander now are the side walls of the stand. They boom like hell - stick some rubber sheet on there, or even better, heavy panel damping material for cars.
I wish I could get to this level of comfort taking tools apart. My belt sander makes a horrible racket now. There is a piece of plastic broken off in the main roller for the belt. I cant even get that piece apart to take out the broken chunk...
Everytime. Your workshop reminds me of some kind of shop that would have been in something like the Matrix movies. Just EVERY inch of space in the shop is used for SOMETHING
But the bearing hole is still not square with the other hole. Wouldn't it be better to re-drill that hole so its not at an angle and use slightly larger bearings?
This machine seams to have a really awkward table setup with the drive shroud and drive assembly in the way of the sanding table. Is it going to stay like that?
Can you possibly go into your air compressor setup? You seem to have an air hose just about everywhere and always available. As a weekend "hobbyist" I just have a little 6-gallon Porter Cable that never seems to hold its pressure. It comes on at random intervals and makes me jump out of my skin. I'm curious what a real "shop air" setup looks like.
The 'new' ceramic belts (The orange or green ones) are amazing compared to the old Alum Oxide ones. The part stays cooler and they will rip off material even on low HP machines. Plus they last much longer. A bit higher price, but well worth it.
