The Original Terminator T-800 Metal Endoskeleton Arm Prop! 

I love that moment where Adam looks at a prop during an interview and goes completely silent... because he's already figuring out in his head how he's going to replicate it, and his brain can't do that and talk about anything else in an interview at the same time.

If I ever lose an arm, I fully intend to get a replica terminator arm to wear around as my prosthetic.

I love how after all these years Adam is still so into his own industry that he loves the work of others that he's totally capable of working alongside. I lost that spark years ago in my own career, but it's so refreshing to see people who haven't.

I have been building an all metal arm (T2 Version), so cool to see this one, I will make a T1 version now also. Adam if you need any help on reference or found parts let me know! I can even cast metal parts for you.

Further proof of how incredibly talented James Cameron truly is, also RIP Stan Winston (the G.O.A.T)...!!!!...

i have a lot of respect for the guy asking adam savage specific questions...... hes not afraid or arrogant enough to know that he's in the presence of adam savage....... A lot of people wouldnt ask such questions through fear of "not looking like they know their own job"

Gizmo just chilling out in the back there

I hope this becomes a series type thing. Work well together and the appreciation is a delight.

As a curator, people like Adam are my dream and my nightmare. They know pieces of your collection much more intimately than you do, so my imposters syndrome kicks really hard. On the other hand... well they are the ones that remind me "oh that's true, my job is awesome !!"

It's always interesting to me how imperfect props are but yet you never notice that in the movie. good stuff!

T2 Judgement Day is quite possibly my single favorite action Movies of all time. To see these props, pure elation!! And to see that the articulation STILL WORKS!!! Holy Grail indeed….

I watched a documentary on the 1st Terminator film recently. Stan Winston was just beaming over the creation of the T-800 endoskeleton. Normally he's a very nice chill guy but in that particular interview he was uncharacteristically selfish about making sure all the credit was his on that project, to the extent that he joked that he was fortunate to have such a talented group of people to work with even though he would make sure that none of their names end up in the credits.

The total geeking-out (best way possible) of Adam over that prop is just soooo awesome. He is sooo much into his personal hobby as well as work sphere here. Love it.

I actually had a hands on with the full endo behind them. It amazed me when I worked on it how fragile it really was. It came in on a tour and I was photographing it, the Fat Boy and the Plasma rifle. I was getting ready to do the endo when I realized several pistons were loose and falling off. I had asked permission to fix it for the pictures and was given the green light. They also took a few shots of me on the Fat Boy, wearing Arnold's stolen leather biker jacket from T2. An amazing afternoon, and I am so glad to have the pictures to prove it happened.

I love how this guy is open to, and does, learn from adam as much as adam does so with access to the props, true, honest passion from both sides!

Very cool how the propstore guy immediately defers to Adam when he isn't sure about stuff. He obviously knows him :)

Your videos never ceases to amaze me! I hope I finish my amor project and met you one day! Happy cosplaying my friend! 👍

There's a channel on RU-vid where a guy built a whole Terminator out of metal. The guy went way beyond anything else that's ever been done. It was a passion project and he wanted it to be the best. In my opinion he achieved his goal. What he made is impressive. Ain't no air bubbles in his. It looks like it could be real.

These two gentlemen chatting about props from movies I love has become my new addiction. Moar please!

I’d love a video of Adam documenting a prop for replication

Regarding the "found parts" ,the wrist ball joints you see at the 5:50 mark look suspiciously like the swivels available in some 1/4 and 3/8 drive socket tool sets. Edit, yep, image search "snap-on 3/8 friction ball swivel and scroll down a bit to find the one with the slot in it. Bam!

It doesn’t get better than Adam geeking out on a prop. Thank you for sharing !

Wow man. It's so nice to know this thing is still around. I saw this movie when I was way too young and I love it more than I can even put into words.

I'm looking forward to videos of you building your own!! T2 is my ALL TIME FAVORITE movie!

agreed! it should be a regular segment. Love seeing original props from all these movies we love!

Love the enthusiasm! But that is the great thing about Adam and his interests.

"Nice night fo wok." "Nothing clean, right". ..literally just watched The Terminator about a week ago for the bazillionth time! A fabulous movie. Thanks for the look at this forearm! 🤖🎥❤

I can’t stop thinking how the wrist joint looks a lot like a 1in drive swivel adaptor. It’s really cool.

Adam makes it okay to keep and express our inner child. Full of wonder, amazement, and creativity.

Watching Adam needing out is always a delight

Cant wait to see him work on the replica!

I look forward to that build!

I cannot wait for that build!

Behind them is a full endoskeleton, a field jacket of Arnold's from T1, and the Mylar outfit worn by Pasha Afshar, the stuntman who doubled for Robert Patrick during one of the fight scenes in the steel mill as the fully liquid T-1000 (the scene where Arnold flings him against the wall and his face comes out the back of his head).

I have the same emotions that Adam is having! That is so cool!

adam’s reactions of pure joy are priceless

Another distinct difference between that endo arm and the T-2 endo arms is the fingers of that one are like flat popsticks. The fingers of the T-2 hands are round. Looking at their shape, it seems certain that each finger piece in the T-2 endo hands were made by cutting down solid metal with the use of a milling machine. A lathe may have been using to cut the basic shape, but a milling machine was certainly used to cut the slots down the centre of each finger piece. I have literally hundreds of reference photos of screen-used endo arms, that I've gathered over the years. I also attempted to build a Thailand knock-off resin model kit of the T-2 arm that's seen in Cyberdyne. Just like all the licensed life-size endo arms and endoskeletons, this knock-off kit is also filled with glaring errors that require a lot of reworking and scratch building to replace erroneous parts.

Adam's enthusiasm is a gift I never get tired of.

This is the best! Adam’s enthusiasm always makes me want to immediately head out to my humble workbench and get tinkering.

I can't wait to watch Adam build one

What a wonderful piece of history. Incredible workmanship. I understand why you get so excited over this stuff!

Keep up the great work team

Amazing. I've always loved The Terminator, the Endoskeleton and the Endoskeleton arm from Terminator 1 and 2. I had the chance to buy a replica of the arm from T2 in the 2000s via Sideshow from Stan Winston studios. Its epic, however it is static so I totally understand what Adam means. The version I have was limited to 1000pcs and is covered in chrome. Its still got a bit of weight to it. I believe that one of the differences between the T1 and T2 arm was the finger and knuckle joints, they where smaller in T2 because they wanted it to represent an accurate size that would look like they'd actually fit inside the flesh of a normal sized hand (aka Arnold's).

I will never get bored with watching Adam geek out over things.

WOW!! This helps you appreciate how much work went into this movie.. I was watching some of it last night and I was like.. this movie has lasted the test of time and not is now a part of cinematic history!!

what i would do to be able to have the opportunity to be WITH Adam for a time like this. I'd DIE to experience something like this, especially with one of my idols.

Adam. Did you ever finish the weathering of your very own T800? What beer did you put in its hand? Is it still sitting? Did the red eyes get fitted? Did you fit the T800 to have an Arduino installed to track people as they move across the room?

I think Adam means the scene where Arnold cuts the skin off his arm! And flexes the fingers! THAT was an awesome scene!

More Brandon please. These conversations are a delight

I cannot wait to see Adam machine and build one of these for a "ODB"

Cool love to see you make one Adam 🤘

That is definitely holy grail territory right there. I'm struggling to think of movie props that would be as iconic in person as on the screen, as in, expected size and offscreen look of it.

Really awesome! Acting was over the top, still a cool piece.

I love seeing parts I recognize from RC airplanes within this prop!

Adam dude, your channel is the best!!!. You are one lucky dude.

Ive always wanted to make the arm that Cyberdyne has in T2. I look forward to watching Adam make his.

Adam... You got some kind of amazing life to see so much cool stuff close up. I'm so Jelly brosiff.

it's always nice to see an SKX

That is definitely a grail. Such an iconic movie.

Its almost refreshing to see how raw and "ugly" it is up close. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful piece, but I feel like the natural instinct if you were trying to create a replica would be to grind down those rough moldings and polish everything up all smooth and pretty. That would STILL look amazing, I'm sure, but that unfinished look adds a TON of organic character (and probably caught the light really nice on film ; ) ) and I'm wondering if they kept it that way for that very specific reason. Rather than looking ENTIRELY mechanical, the bubbles, scuffs and imperfections from the molding process give the metal itself a lot of visual and textural characteristics you'd expect to find with real, organic bones from where the muscles and flesh would attach. If they were to make the same "prop" today with CGI, it would ALL be polished chrome. And as simple as it is, the little details are pretty astounding. You can tell that someone legitimately put time and effort into making sure that it didn't just LOOK good, but could function with mechanical logic. The pistons are exactly where the hands tendons would be and it bulks out the palm of the terminators hand in a way that actually makes sense. That's not a NECESSARY detail for a prop that's going to appear on camera for what probably amounted to a few brief seconds, but that difference mattered to the artist tasked with creating it and the piece is/was all the more impressive for it.

Stan Winston was the Master of Creatures!

I can't wait to see the one week build

that would be a holy grail piece, done right(in metal and with a control/motion actuation) and using hydraulics

All this stuff belongs in museum!

What a piece of history. Stan Winston was a genius wizard.

YEEEEEESSSSS! Make it!!! And so will I. You as my guide and inspiration.

The main wrist joint looks like they modified a half inch impact swivel socket for the ball joint assy. I see the notch and the pin that it moves about on. Lot of talent to pull those effects off

Amazing

A compellation of all these Propstore videos would be great

I can’t wait to see you make one from scratch

The T1 Endoskelleton Looks way more intimidating than The T2 model. So Nice To See These original prop From the First T1 . Thanks Adam 👍🙏

The main wrist ball and socket looks like a swivel adapter for a 1/2" or larger impact driver.

The ball joints are impact tools the small ones are swivel impact sockets and the big main one is an impact universal joint. (I use similar sockets to these, everyday)

Adam is wearing Seiko watch! This is great choice!!

Oh man. I really hope Adam makes one of these for real.

I may have to make one of these. Too cool.

that's pretty cool

that's awesome

Im convinced Adam is the only person who can make a receding hairline work

... was waiting for Adam to raise its middle finger ...

Nice to see Adam wearing a Seiko SKX, which is one of my favourite watches. 👍

Gizmo is just chillin

Remember when Terminator was a great franchise?

Thanks.

I really miss Stan winston…the t-Rex that him and his team built for Jurassic park still blows my mind to this day….really love the prop vids you do

Adam is right about the T2 knuckles having and additional articulation where they tilt over when clenching a fist. Would love to see a video like this about that prop too.

I made the T2 version using 3d printed parts, it came out looking awesome.

The relentless pursuit by a virtually indestructible T-1 was much more horrifying than anything in subsequent movies.

Iconic

Please make one, with the diagonal moving knuckles under tensioning, great stuff :)

As far as I know, Stan Winston Studios didn’t really get into using practical pneumatics until Jurassic Park, so yeah, I’m guessing all the actuation was done via cables, with the pistons being cosmetic articulation. But still, the workmanship that went into this… just beautiful! I was wondering if maybe this arm was used for the shots at the end where the endo busted through the factory door, and then later when it was crawling after Sarah, grabbing a metal support during the first lunge, then clawing along through the metal press before finally trying to grasp her throat. Those are the only times I can think of that the hand required articulation… but there’s one problem: this is a left hand/forearm, and I’ve just checked to see and while there’s one shot of the left hand when the endo grabs at the pipe bomb, it’s a non-articulating hand. All the shots of the hand actually articulating are of the right hand, not the left (the left was blown off by the pipe bomb), so was this an alternate, a test piece or what? Interesting…

Terminator has to be the greatest robot movies

Adam! I see that Seiko SKX009. Nice man! I'm wearing the 011 right now! You have great taste in timepieces.

Adam Savage is my soul animal

I could be mistaken, but I believe Richard Landon made the hands for the first film. You guys should really try to have him on. He's still working in the industry as a mechanical designer, and is one of the nicest guys.

As a massive T1 and T2 fan, I'm jealous. Very jealous.

Stan's the man.

Currently machining one at home, it's a lot of work 😵‍💫 but totaly worth it

Wao this is amazing

yes make one