Quarantine is the best thing to ever happen to Tested members that enjoy the shop talk and building. Thank you so much!

Damn it, I just spent 5 Minutes trying to figure out what was wrong with my internet connection just to hear Adam say "Sorry I was low-res for a while!".

Adam, I am a graphic artist and printer. Many years ago, as a young man, I worked with a gentleman who had, in his day, been a quite successful and notorious counterfeiter. He was also an example of how the rehabilitative aspect of the criminal justice system can get things right. He rarely told "war stories" and conscientiously avoided glamorizing what he had been and done. Nonetheless, from time to time he'd share interesting bits of his knowledge, often in an offhand way that seemed like just mundane "shop talk." One of the things I remember him talking about, lamenting really, was the difficulty in making counterfeit currency look legitimately circulated and used. He described a number of things he'd done, but the one he seemed like best was putting the money in a feed sack or pillow case with coffee can's worth of roadside gravel and leftover fresh coffee grounds, then tumbling it for a couple of hours without heat in a clothes dryer. He'd laugh about bribing laundromat attendants to let his crew in after hours where they would load dozens of dryers with scores of bags of "money" to be aged. And, of course, immediately point out that it wasn't perfect since he'd been caught more than once. He was, if nothing else, colorful.

about this blood colour question; for a video we did some experiments and a mix of 70% cocoa and 30% tomato mash [leave this for a few days] gives a convincing result. dark, brow and a little reddish. Simple and effective

My friend had a remote control for his 60s era TV. It was a broom stick with a nail driven into one end to push buttons and a notch cut into the other to turn knobs. The TV was just close enough to his bed that he could reach it with the stick without having to get up. I think it was one of the most clever, most lazy things I've ever seen.

Love to see weathering jobs, just so satisfying to watch the before and after!

You are the Bob Ross of engineering, I can watch your videos and just relax, it's really amazing, keep it up Adam!

Build the "Back to the Future" Briefcase that was full of Bills for "Emergency" :)

8:24 As long as you keep coming out with all these live/one day builds every week, you can upload at 140p for all i care.

I love how dainty Adam ISNT! Just throwing, banging stuff around. Great stuff!

I'm very grateful to have Adam and his heartwarming personality he shares with us, his process at making and sharing his thoughts and problem solving. As much as I miss mythbusters, I am thrilled to have his Tested channel. Inspiring.

I'm usually the most anxious person but watching adam work on things with such enthusiasm gives me the most relaxing feeling its weird😂

That brush is something similar to what we use in the uk, it’s called a “tarmac brush” generally used to rubbing diesel or your tools when your laying tarmac to stop it sticking to your tools

That money really looks dirty, you're gonna have to launder it!

YES FINALLY footage of Adam using his ruler tattoo!! I have been waiting so long to actually see it in use.

Such wholesome lockdown content, listening to Adam telling stories is so satisfying

24:30 150 degrees Fahrenheit should be fine, I've heard paper only ignites at Fahrenheit 451...

“Human beings are bad at being random” as he folds 10 bills exactly the sane

one of the good things this pandemic has given us is more adam videos. last month, we had more than double the videos of him that we got in the entirety of last year.

I don't know if you read the comments, but I just wanted to say that you're a huge inspiration and a hero to me! I loved watching MythBusters as a kid (still do but I rarely watch TV anymore) and everything from your cheery and energetic attitude to your love for your craft somehow just really gets to me. I'm not a maker myself, but a general lover of science and (hopefully) a future medical doctor, and your continued nerdy antics always cheer me up! - A hello from Finland, I hope you never stop doing your thing

"Destruction is part of the job." How many t-shirt slogans can Adam Toss out when not thinking about it .

Regarding the weathering process, most $100 bills that I've run across are, in fact, rolled up tightly 🤣

The tech aspect of Adam having to setup his own shots and deal with problems like low res is super relatable and makes these videos a bit more personal and awesome.

Thank you for keeping us sane during lockdown without your KZfaq videos I think we would all go mad. You even persuaded me to get a router and play with it !? Never used one before! They are great for improving woodwork it makes it fun

Adam PLEASE keep making the *"Week 1,356 of lockdown joke"* , not even being sarcastic. Some of us have to keep the Dad jokes alive 🦾. It's even funnier when you explain that you should stop doing it, and then do it again 🤣.

16:43 made me bust out laughing - he starts like he's going to be so dainty with it and then just starts smashing it

Also, along side the random British money fact I posted, I really want to thank you, and your team. Your daily uploads really have helped to break monotony of our current situation. I can well imagine I'm not the only one to be so grateful. Cheers Adam, all the way from the little town of Washington, in the North East of England!

Adam, You are my favorite person on this planet. I remember when i saw you at your mythbusters convention and even shook your hand. Thank you for being my hero sir.

Adam: "dang. i have so much stuff to do i dont have time to do them all! i should do something else " relatable right xD

“Cooking with Adam”. Totally need to have Alton Brown back.

Just found your video because I was trying to figure out how to make prop money look aged, and you were WONDERFUL! Your directions worked great, and my prop money looks perfect. Thank you so much… (I also love to play with prop money 😂, glad you enjoy it too)

Really enjoy these style of videos. It's like sitting with you as you chat (which it is in a way) and also very much enjoy the energy.

you know it's Adam when he gets excited about old book colognes

Finally! I learn how to make perfect fake money! The only problem... We have Euro in Germany.

You are such a nice person, and an inspiration to many. The world needs more people like you.

Adam doing the camera work and directing is probably the best thing I’ve ever seen

In response to Adam's query about youtube not being able to give good feedback, i wonder if you could generate word clouds based on comments?

Please design a t-shirt with "It's hard to remember all the things" :) on it

38:35 - I love that you use the word excelsior... as someone who's lived in SF, it feels like a very SF word, and yet, it's more than just the name of a place. :)

Adam is the person I most want to meet in person, followed only by Matt Mercer. Thank you for making me feel good about becoming a maker.

Adam. FYI, Leicester is pronounced 'Lesta'. Don't worry, everyone gets it wrong 8-) Greetings from Leicestershire.

Then you realize the prop money is worth more than real currency from Zimbabwe

This is the tested I know and love. I have missed the one to one you and a camera just having random conversations or thoughts and builds or walkthroughs of the shop. Do these every day and I will watch everyday.

I liked his point about not being sad about props that were made to be destroyed. In a way, the prop is not truly complete *until* is has been destroyed. There are props who's purpose is to look a certain way to the eye at rest. Other props' sole purpose is to look a certain way for a very brief moment in time, and that *moment* is the art.

16:17 I believe those are used by witches for flying on.

congrats on 5 million subs Adam BTW you are so cool this is a relay good video don't stop the content!

Coffee is such a universal stain producer in prop making. I shouldn't be surprised you're using it.

I love that he just uses his tattoo so instinctively. It seems so useful!

Could you use a rock tumbler with random items to get a similar effect on the bills?

20:19 If you just keep skipping through the video with the 10 seconds skip, you can see the money shrink down as it dries

16:40 "I'm going to..." * drip drip * ... * WHAP WHAP WHAP! * i just found that slight pause hilarious even though it was such a small thing.

My favorite part about prop money is getting to test all the different counterfeit detection methods. I own an iodine pen and a solvent pen, and have access to one of the blacklight bill checkers that has a guide to all the UV stripes and security features labeled on it. Doing it with kids is awesome.

Where are these livestreamed? I haven't been able to find them and Id love to watch along live.

“I’m going to...” *smashes money*

Adam saying "It's not my bag baby" at 2:43 xD. Adam picked up some new slang in quarantine

"don't send me counterfeit shit." - Best part of the episode lol

Hi Adam, is your finger allright? I hope it is. Thank you for everything.

Any chance of discovery releasing every episode of Mythbusters on Blu-ray? Also rust leaves a dried blood like colour on paper and other fabrics.

As an Australian, one thing I really like about our plastic money is the transparent windows and the iridescent foil, I think it looks really neat. One thing that's really cool is the accessibility features of our money. Each value of note is a slightly different width and length, so if you have a stack in your hand you can tell how many are of each value without looking, and some values have a small design embossed. Also each value is a different colour, so you can tell what the notes are at a glance, even without my glasses (I'm very shortsighted) I know immediately what note I'm looking at. Even our coins are all different sizes and thicknesses with different lines around the rim. In addition to all of that, the money has special printing that only shows under UV light. It's very difficult for a counterfeit to have all those features (not that the average person carries a UV torch to use at every transaction).

Hi Adam, I'm not sure if you read these things but I wanted to let you know how proud(that sound daft but I can't think of a better word) I am of you. I've always enjoyed watching you, but your recent Twitter comments really show your character, well done sir. Respect from the UK!

*I.R.S.:* _My, that looks like a lot of weight you're carrying, let me take some off your hands!_ *F.B.I.:* _Hold on now, I need to look at it first for... uh... "research purposes"_

Adam: Getting excited about durable cotton US money. Everyone in Europe looking at their polymer notes: I can boil this in a stew for 6 hours, then just wipe it and it's good to go.

My country moved to plastic money a couple of years ago, and this video made me realise that I miss the smell of money really quite badly, like you miss an old friend or a drug you're recovering from an addiction to.

I kept waiting for the Secret Service to come in from behind!

Discord is a cool thing for letting audience to give some live feedback. I would happily connect to your videos :)

16:42 Ådam Såvåge the Swedish chef låundering møney

Grateful just for your company again today Adam! Now go tackle that big ten episode project!

If you make a precise machine imprecisely is it still a precise machine? This is the type of question we now ask ourselves in these times of isolation.

24:44 : If my literature classes are of any help, I'd wager a dollar or two that 150°F won't make paper burn, and that you'd have to ramp it up to, say, something like 301°F more...

21:07 It’s pronounced “Lester”

Today was great weather around Philly actually. 83 and sunny. I've actually got the sliding door open late at night for the first time this year.

I don’t know about anyone else, but if this content continues i hope quarantine last FOREVER!!!!!!!

Ahhh 240p we meet again

Leicester is pronounced “Lester” not “lie-sester” or “lie-Chester”

I’ve been mesmerised with prop money since I saw the Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen. Love playing cards with prop bills.

Thank you Adam, for the video it's nice to know that someone is out there that cares.👍 Stay Safe 🙏😷

Money laundering: step one

Just watch "To Live and Die in L.A."

So much daily Savage content, I don't even care what it is :). Thank You

Words from a cashier. The easiest way to weather bills then just stuff them in the back pocket of your jeans for a few weeks. You can fold them sure or just wad the bills into your pocket. The amount of bills I get that are ripped, torn, missing a bit of it, crumpled beyond belief, etc. would boggle your mind. This is the easiest way to do it truthfully. Soaking some in sweat or a sweat like substance (as gross as this sounds it IS true) will also add a realistic look and feel

too bad for video quality...

Adam savage: one of the few who know what warm money feels like

When I was in graduate school Boggs did a lecture And afterwords we went out with him and he bought us all drinks with one of his $50 bills I also got him to sign a camel buck and do a little drawing on that. He was one amazing artist.

I made a lot of props for the TV show "The Carbonaro Effect". Lots of magic props. But we also did a lot of tricks with money. Most of the money tricks used fake money because we had to build it to be special in some gimmicky way. So we circumvented a lot of the counterfeit rules by making our own money. We found great paper that matched the feel of US currency after we worked it a bit. It was quite amazing. But we aged our fake bills in similar fashion by beating and staining it with coffee. Bending the corners to 'break' the stiffness.

I really want to see the shop in all its glory, like a really close up view to all the different things that were created. It's really interesting.

I love that he's explaining how to recreate blood, when the easiest way is use blood. Some of best art has my actual blood on it/ in it. Weather's beautifully, especially on nice old style paper and canvas.

A popular story about ww2 Germany was that a man takes a wheel burrow full of money to the bank and he leaves it outside for whatever reason. Another man sees the wheel burrow full of cash and dumps it out and steals the wheel burrow.

Adam channels his internal Bob Ross with this weathering technique.

Your brush looks like something the Chef would use in a BBQ pit to soak the meat with their secret marinade sauce

Adam, Twitch has live chat and that is actually one of the biggest draws of the platform. Video creators chat with their audience live and there is a lot of fun back-and-forth. Sounds perfect for you!

I believe the brush was used for gluing up large posters when they were common for things like the circus and shoes coming to town. When you would "plaster" the town.

i think both stacks at the end sell as different ends of a spectrum, the neat stack sells well as freshly minted, entering circulation bills while the second sells well as a stack of old, beat up, possibly illicitly obtained bills. great work adam.

My store got successfully passed one of these exact fake 100's! It was TOTALLY FUN and I'm totally bummed I wasn't the cashier that day and didn't get to NOT pen test the bill or even look at it long enough to know it was fake! I didn't even get yelled at by my boss! The company LOVED IT.

I live in the uk we gave just changed our money to the plastic money watching this I relished how much I miss I smell and feel of paper money

Adam your vids theas days has bin great and a Really great way of passing time😄

My father and I love your work.

Years ago I needed “money” for a play. I had art students draw the money. I had a picture of the school’s mascot, said it was the school’s cash, and was an inch longer and an inch longer that a US bill!

Super stoked to see Grandad’s mechanical volume remote

I met JSG Boggs once. He was staying at a hotel I worked at at the time. The owners accepted his money as payment. It was pretty cool.

36:10 Maggie doesn't like the word "Destroy". 38:19 Those "air quotes" you did made me laugh haha