Adam Savage Revamps Our Studio! 

Can we PLEASE get Adam to use a camera tripod/mount that doesn't bounce? I for one find the bouncing camera really distracting...

@@VAXHeadroomif you get a tripod that doesn’t bounce you won’t get half the shots that make this channel interesting. A static tripod means very limited shooting options.

@@catherinebhicks strongly disagree, there are many options that would work perfectly and Tested owns all of them.

It's just called 'Billy'? Boring! Not Hyllenhet or something cool?

that camera mount noise is absolutely horrible!

Very meta.

Holy crap, I did the same thing when we moved to our house two years ago, spent a week of assembling IKEA furniture while watching Tested and Adam. Too funny...

Somehow, it's MUCH more hypnotic when someone else is doing it...😮

This is the way.

And if you know that it won’t be disassembled glue everything! It will last much longer that way and won’t get wobbly.

Another protip is most IKEA screws are pozidriv not Philips.

Makes sense. These fiberboards are damn awful on the inside...

Yep, increasing the durability by a bit

@@jefferyyoung6836 Be careful with the dowel holes. Too much glue there will cause the outside surface to pop out when you tap the dowel in. AKA put the glue on the dowel instead of filling the hole

Walks straight into a wall *twice*

I'd have done the exact same thing, and have. Adam's got me by a couple years, but even at 49 I know that I can't do what 29 year old me could do.

Do you ever have that, where your brain just kind of "optimises" your path through familiar spaces to the point you brush your shoulder on all your corners, but sometimes you miscalculate your steps or something and BOOM!?

@@Taurusus I've heard this called "postural sway," I think. Moving your hips and spine around objects instead of changing the path your feet are taking

@@dragynphyre1 At age 58 I'm stronger and more capable than when I was 28, I just hurt more afterwards.

Hahaha the sarcasm is oozing

truely SHOCKED, BAFFLED even

bamboozled me for sure

how DARE that room get FILLED

Adam would never do that, come on bro !

Hard work is easy: just do it!

Starting is the hardest part. But I put the radio on and force myself to get going and every time without fail I end up enjoying it. Today painting outside of the house tomorrow sorting the garage. Living the dream 😢

Yous gotta do what yous gotta do.

and at the same time, humble enough to admit he's not too good for Ikea. A true "right tool for the right job" moment.

"Overqualified" has always struck me as a pompous non-seuitur.

He’s talented, experienced and knowledgeable, but “overqualified” is not the first attribute that comes to mind.

​@@MrSatyre1While it's possible for someone to use it in a pompous way, it's VERY rarely the case. You do NOT want to be over-qualified. Over-qualification creates problems just like under-qualification does, but you can't train away being over-qualified. In this case Adam is NOT overqualified because Adam is the primary face of the brand, and it's an easy project to relate to audiences, so he's the right laborer for this work - he isn't just assembling bookshelves, he's making a video about assembling them. His on-screen personality makes him appropriately qualified for this on-screen task. But take away the camera and put him under someone else's supervision, and then he would overqualified. His time on screen makes Tested the most money out of all the people who they put on camera. As a builder, his modelmaking and other skills also make more money. If someone else were his boss, they would put Adam on higher value work and give this job to someone less qualified. If you have 2 workers, 1 capable of doing high level work and costing $50/hr and the other not capable of that making $20/hr and you need a half hour's worth of kit shelves put together, you're going to spend the $10 to have the second employee do it. And that's what over-qualification is, he's priced out of doing that kind of work because he's too qualified. As his own employee, though, qualification isn't a factor anymore. Adam can do things he has more than enough experience for like this, and he can do things he's not experienced enough for like his various projects where he's tried new things like the projects he used to learn machining a few years ago. No one is deciding if he is a good fit for it (ie. qualified), he's just doing the things. That's also true of applying for work. If Mark Rober shows up for an entry level software dev position, he's probably not getting hired for that job. You generally can't pay someone that qualified at an entry level salary but you hire at an entry level because you need to pay a lower amount for lower ROI work. You also need entry level positions to grow employees into more qualified employees, so you often can't afford to waste those positions on people who already are qualified. And you need entry level employees to be entry level because they fit into positions in a team where they work with others who are growing into leadership positions...which can be a problem if the leader is perceived as less qualified than someone they lead. If you sat next to Mark Rober at your regular job, would you go to your boss for guidance on your project or would you be constantly asking Mark for that guidance? And that very human instinct would result in lower work output and disunity in guidance. While I doubt Mark will ever be hurting for work because of his work ethic, name recognition and connections, a lot of people pidgeonhole themselves into being highly qualified for a job that nobody is hiring for. They're too qualified for entry level, but not qualified for the openings with as much experience as they have because the technology has shifted. Being over-qualified is something a lot of us in technology jobs have to work very hard to prepare for. Inevitably our experience by sheer passage of time makes us overqualified for certain positions, so if we haven't diversified our experience, we get trapped.

65K in 9 hours. I guess we know the answer....

I am one of those people that find it relaxing! I specifically saved the video to watch later today when I get home from work and i'm enjoying dinner 🤷‍♀

There's people that would pay to watch Adam pick his nose for 12 hours.

That somehow reminds me: Amazon should hire Adam for some practical warehouse tips, so that their workers can take a normal restroom brake during work hours !

​@@skillaxxxGlad someone said it

Same here, my Billy has been moved 6 times now. So long as you take care assembling /disassembling they travel well enough

@@apexdown I never even took them apart!

Batch grouping is actually the slowest way and it's a big no no in a lean manufacturing environment. By the time you get every unit to the last step, you could have completed an entire unit.

yep, i'd have been trimming the baseboard in a heartbeat.

And if you can it will likely be better to staple the back boards in instead of using the nails

The dark brown? I chose that for my library too, and it sucks that it's not available anymore. At least I grabbed several extra shelves and extension units since I was paying for shipping anyway. That'll give me a little reserve capacity or repairability for the future, but I do really hope they bring it back. It's a great mellow color compared to the white or light wood options, but still warmer and more classic than straight black.

That was my first thought too.

I've got two Billies and found that my plaster walls don't play well with anchoring them. got creative and they're secure though.

I would have preferred 5 of those magnetic part dishes. Cheap but keep parts from rolling under things ! I use one for sewing as well. I always know my needle & pins are ! If you have pets, it is a sensible precaution. (I worked as a Vet. Tech. years ago & watching a cat get surgery to remove needle & thread stays with you. The cat was lucky & survived. Thread will cut intestines, needles will also do damage! )