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To paraphrase This Old Tony: Every piece of metal contains a part. We must simply break enough tooling to set it free.

I love how the whole world shakes each time he sets the brass on the table.

“This is day two of our one day build”

Adam, traditionally when machining threads you reduce the depth of cut as you get deeper in the thread. I'm currently turning a 1-1/2 npt on SS and I start with an .0112 pass, and it takes 12 passes with the last pass only being a .0032" pass. This keeps the chip load equal since you're using more of the cutting edge.

"I really screwed this up." ... wasn't... wasn't that the goal?

Adam explaining the portfolio and interview thing and why a project like this is important I feel like was a piece of absolutely priceless advice.

'Everything's difficult until it's easy' is the addage that lurks over all my novice and even advanced skills. Super impressed with your tenacity and adaptability!

Adam's willingness to be transparent is extremely motivating. Even Adam Savage makes mistakes. Doing it on camera, showing the deep breathing he has to do to resettle his mind is quite admirable!

Can I just say I'm loving this new format? Like obviously this was a great channel before, but it felt very... produced? I dunno if that makes sense. It felt like something you'd see on discovery. Now it really does feel like a youtube maker channel. Both are great, this just feels more personal. I look forward to more of the old style, but this new style is very fun as well. It's also humbling to see you struggle. After years of watching your stuff it always seemed like you are an expert in everything you do, but seeing you struggle to learn a new skill was great. I'm a little surprised that you're just learning this particular one though. Cutting threads was one of the first things I learned on a lathe, but then again everyone's machining journey is different based on what they want to make. You make so many things effortlessly that I'd find super difficult to machine. All in all, great job!

You should come back to this build in like a year and try again to see how far you have progressed

I never noticed your tattoo before, having universal measurements on your forearm is truly genius.

Putting your hand on those threads while it was spinning in the large was nerve racking. Just happy there were no burrs to catch

I admire how Adam will admit to his mistakes and bring them up as a talking point to help out other makers. Adam's a great guy.

idk why but i really love the camera shake whenever he puts the chunk of brass down on the table

I was in such a bad mood today and I came across this. This brought back memories to watching Adam as a kid. Thanks, Adam

He's so positive, even when he messes up. Would love to have his mentality

"The terrain of thread cutting is full of peaks and valleys." Har har har.

It’s insane how the “simplest” things can truly be the hardest and most grounding to learn

Couldn't believe when he ran his finger along the thread while checking if it was square! I actually screamed NO! at the screen and expected a cut in the video as he edited out his visit to A & E.

This takes me back to 96 as an apprentice tool maker. Collage had me make this exact excercise and it is not easy. The internal thread in particular it a real test. The clearances and machining to get just the right fit take time, concentration and patience. To atempt this with no tutor or lecturer was very brave. Congratulations to Adam on this. Bravo sir, bravo!

Wow. That portfolio talk was extremely well versed and has honestly made me reconstruct my thought process about how I go about my projects.

I think I appreciate this build more than any other you've done.

I’m a machinist and do this stuff every day. It’s cool to see someone step out of their comfort zone and figure something like this out . Good job !

I am working as a cnc programmer and 10 years as a cnc machinist. For me, this is easy and daily work. And I must say that he is doing a great job! Very professional and accurate. Respect. If you didn't learn it, this is very difficult!

Adam: Puts down Brass chunk Camera: *_WUBWUBWUB_*

My father taught me that when undertaking a car repair (read: undertaking *any* mechanical project.), you MUST observe the proper rituals: 1. Lose or break the proper tools. (Throwing them at the ground is also acceptable here). 2. Recite the proper cuss words in appropriate order, voice and volume. 3. Offer up some of your own blood to the project. (The mechanical deities seem to have a preference for offerings issued forth from the knuckles.). ONLY THEN will you have breathed life into your project. ONLY THEN will it become a functioning mechanism as intended. Good job in this! Loved watching!

I love how you dare to show mistakes and the emotion around it. For many starting makers, such as myself its a real hurdle to get over it

Adam should consider getting a copy of the Machinery's Handbook. It's a reference guide for all things machining. Including what diameter to drill for each thread size.

As a kid, I thought this guy had to know everything. I grew up watching mythbusters. I really appreciate how he shows and discusses the struggles he has. Turning isn't something you pick up overnight. I've crashed a lath multiple times at high speed. It's scary. I think its awesome he is willing to learn new things and share it with the community. (Try a 4 jaw chuck on your Lathe for better accuracy of zero and for this application, Flip your jaws around.)

This video truly shows the humanity involved in learning how to be a machinist on traditional manual machines. Most manufacturing CNC operators never get to experience this. Load program that an engineer wrote.. Load Part. Push button. Get result. That just doesn't have the same impact as manual machining, which is truly an art form.

As a UK Design & Technology teacher I found this exercise, and the craftsman, inspiring and entertaining! I hope to get the chance to explore more of Adam's content asap.

Remember what This Old Tony says.... "When it comes to chamfers, there's no cutting corners".

Im so happy that Adam is always honest about learning and making mistakes, and that he doesn't hug the persona of the flawless master of everything. I definitely know what a wasteland treading is when I learned it at 15 years old. Man I miss how plastic my brain was back then

Adam's Glance at 18:30 is golden. He has such a wonderful attitude, while being honest about the pain. Grateful that he shares his process.

Adam, had this ODB went exactly to plan, with no mistakes had, I honestly believe you wouldn’t have been as happy. The reason I speculate this is like most analytical people, you truly do enjoy learning from your mistakes. For the simple fact that you LEARN from them. Case in point, had you not screwed up (pardon the pun lol) the threads on this project, you might have done it on a mission critical piece that you might have been working on for days. So to see your reactions as you progressed through this build, even though you said you were a lil upset, I could tell by your emotions that you were truly having the time of your life. And to see the end product come out as good as it did, was truly a joy for me to watch! Keep on keeping on good sir and enjoy the process!!!

"BE CAREFUL. THIS MACHINE HAS NO BRAIN. USE YOUR OWN." Love that sticker.

Adam, you've literally saved my life with these videos. I've been struggling with grief and mourning for the loss of my estranged father, as well as suicidal thoughts, all while trying to restore a drum kit (learning new skills in the process). I got greedy, rushing through the surface prepping and coming out with a terrible finish, culminating in the clear coat I was using clogging and sputtering all over the drum shell. I was beside myself, angry and bitter at the horrific mistake. I took a week away, watched some of your videos where you talked about your mistakes and skill pushing/learning. I've started reworking the drum today and I'm SOOOOO much happier with how it's going, taking the time to make sure I prep it fully. Thank you so much for all that you do!

28:00 I would absolutely love to see a piece of merch or an artwork with like a ton a failed attempts of a project in the background, with Adam still working on making a perfect one in the front with the quote “this is how we acquire knowledge.”

Adam. The lathe thread cutting anomaly you found and corrected recently was so interesting I signed up to ‘Tested’. But I am concerned that this one day build may have a thread pitch other than the one you planned. I believe the lathe setting wheel was installed 180 degrees out straight out of the factory.

“You go to school on the first one.” -Jimmy Diresta Time to make the next one. 😉

A silver lining to this quarantine is the abundance of one day builds videos that Adam has been pumping out.

Loved the fact that you're real with your mistakes and admit them. Feeling your frustration and exhilaration Adam - great job and thanks for the journey!

The most important thing I have learned by watching a 100 Adam Savage videos is it is OK to make mistakes. Even as a seasoned woodworker I still make mistakes, particularly on one-off items and first builds. There are plenty of professional machinists and builders on KZfaq but not many who show their learning processes. Good on ya Savage!

Right so this will probably be buried, but here's my two cents on why it was grabbing so badly, given on what little I can see of how you're doing it (and it may help other people just learning, and that's what I love about the internet) When you turn a thread, by plunging the tool straight in perpendicularly to the work, the threading tool has to cut on both sides, which will chatter and grab due to cutting forces colliding. Setting the compound slide to 30 degrees from the ways and feeding on that instead of the cross slide means the tool follows one side of the v groove and only cuts on the other edge. If that's what you were doing, I apologise, and hope that this gets to someone who is just starting out. Gorgeous bolt, by the way!

"How fast should I have the lathe set for this material?" "turtle."

Hi Adam, I worked as a toolmaker for 4 years and we made cutting machines out of brass. If they got corrupted or damaged we soldered material on top an then polished or machined the surface again to its original state. The damages I saw in the bolt could be easily fixed by applying brass solder. maybe this one thing for the next project .... cheers love the show ....

This build made me very happy. My grandfather was a machinist and made many of his own nuts and bolts for his projects. You took me right back there. I need to go turn some metal now!

It took me a lot of energy to watch this one day build, because by coincidence I worked as a toolmaker for 20 years of my life. I already saw what mistakes he was about to make, and I wanted to shout "stop!" I was so sorry for him, I wanted to help him all the time. In this way, however, he was able to learn a lot the hard way, just as I had to learn other things, and hopefully will do in the future. Above all, however, you have to learn to deal with failure without giving up. And I admire Adam‘s honest handling of this process. In this video you don't really learn how to cut threads, but how to motivate yourself again and learn to live with compromises. And in the end he was satisfied with his achievements. Thanks for this video!

"So this is day 2 of this One Day Build..." Wait, that's illegal.

I *love* the camera vibration when he sets that chunk of brass down. "Court is adjourned!"

Nice One Adam - For future reference. Nut & Bolt ratios - Bolt Diameter = Ø . Across Flats 1.5 x Ø - Bolt Head Height 0.7 x Ø - Nut Height 0.8 x Ø. The bolt end which you chamfered is normally rounded on large bolts, the radius r= Ø. The chamfer on the top of the bolt is 30° and taken only to the Tangent point of the flats. As you observed only one side of the bolt, but both sides on the nut. Thank you for sharing and taking us through your journey of thread cutting Purgatory.

When he ran his fingers on the thread when the bolt was turning, I flinched hard. A tiny burr would have shredded his money makers

I love when a boss fails their own job interview

Love this! The struggle is real! Your enthusiasm is inspiring. For the past 6yrs I have been teaching the machinist skillset to the RCN Sailors and I have seen some very "interesting" treads, haha! But you adapted and overcame the challenge! Truly inspiring.

Thank you for sharing your process. Not just the results, but also the mistakes and failures. I think this is a great lesson to all makes and artists alike.

Ratchet and clank flashbacks... God I loved those games.

Savage, it's absolutely imperative that you get in contact with 'This old Tony' and collab something fun. He will take your lathing skills to that next level. Then when you're ready for absolutes when machining, get a hold of Abom79 for that masterclass finesse. TOT and Abom are such patient men and incredibly skilled at teaching. Give the fans that hot hot lasagna of a video :P

I know im late to the party, and i know adam will never see this. But this video hit me hard today because i just did something similar. Prior to today, id never touched electronics or soldering. But after a few stumbles, i was able to wire 3 flashlight bulbs together and install a temporary switch! The whole thing works perfectly, my skills have increased, and im super happy with how everything worked out :-) knowing someone as perfect as Adam Savage still learns new things really hit me.

Well done! having only achieved hand knurling hammer and bar handles myself, it is a skill. I have known many mechanical geniuses. My wife's father invited the Diamond Knife while working for DuPont in Delaware. In my past as a machine tech I was in their many machine shops. The ones in Wilmington had 6X6 oak beams on end for the floor. Lathes, milling machines bolted down. He was a refugee from Hungary, after the Diamond Knife he worked on other projects. As a moon light job he repaired old electric organs. The kinds that used strings, gongs etc operated by an motors. The greatest machine work I saw finished was a scale model of a WWII P47. It was the fighter flown by a Dupont. He had a real on in hanger in Toughkennon PA. The scale model had fully operating landing gear. I believe it was the first generation that the gear folded up into the wings. He quickly repaired my several MGB's. One afternoon he was winding up a new gas engine for his RC plane flown in the flats of Delaware. My wife's younger sister there with her husband a true idiot. The engine was buzzing to a whine as Steve tweaked it. The guy asked and poked his finger at the invisible whirling propeller. It small version of the scene from Indiana Jones. We all watched as his finger grew shorter. The next summer at a BBQ he got impatient with the slow start to the charcoal. He grabbed the can from his lawn tractor and pored it on the grill. Lucky or not the whole thing went whoosh, his other arm lost hair and the can shot up 50 ft. Everyone ran while he stood stupified as the can came down.

As a machinist, I love that you made a good representation of how skillful and hard it is to make the things that we make every day as a experienced maker. Keep on learning! Cheers

That moment when he screws it together for the first time is possibly the most satisfying thing I've ever seen 😂 Adam is a national treasure

I just started an apprenticeship as a machinist, and we're doing threads on manual machines. It's been a huge challenge, but seeing you go through the same issues is really inspiring. Thank you for making this.

Showing young people how to deal with failure by failing in front of a camera with all the feelings that go with it, despite being an accomplished successful adult and demonstrating how one can get through this. That's how you give the next generation a good start! What a wonderful teacher!

I think the reason Adam had problems work holding when cutting the thread in the bolt was the compound was on the wrong angle. This Old Tony's thread explainer video has a pretty good detailed explanation, but basically if you're cutting threads and have it at the wrong angle (29.5º for standard threads), instead of single point cutting, you end up form cutting, which increases the forces involved by quite a lot. It also looked like swinging the compound correctly would have fixed the tool clearance issue, and given a stiffer setup overall.

I worked at a professional school teaching lathe and mill for some years, this was one of the exercices we used to give to the students to practice. You have found all the basic tips by your own!!! and you have found solutions for the problems ... so you have passed this practice with good marks

Was a machinist for 50 years i remember my first set of threads turned out like Adams first try. Lol

That permanent look of joy on Adam's face whenever he's doing......well, anything.... it's just great!

Can I just say for us machinist out there that this is really fun to watch because we do this on the norm. also with threads its about taking your time

The fact adam has acctually been around since ive been in kindergarden being able to keep up with him is awsome

I love how the brass cylinder T. rexes the camera every time he sets it down.

Now you need a brass washer and cut washer to go with it. Looks amazing. Great work Adam.

Great job. And as a machinist myself I can attest to the mistakes and failures that come with creating new skills and traits especially machining because you do not have any room for error and when you do find those errors like you did they can be catastrophic. I am glad that the errors that you found did not injure you or your lathe. I am also glad that you were able to take a step back and breathe and learn from said mistakes. I am always very interested to watch somebody try and learn new things when it comes to machining because I get to look back and remember the mistakes that I made when I was learning and I think that makes me better because I can watch the mistakes over again and remember my own and it kind of just keeps me in check. So thank you for going through this trial and bettering yourself because at the end of the day it better to me as well and I want to thank you for that. Really I want to thank you for everything that you do. You have been a massive inspiration to me ever since I was a kid and I continue to grow with a very similar mindset that you have instilled in me.

"I don't necessarily enjoy the process, but I enjoy the process." This is such a relatable quote. I have two degrees in history, and that requires a painstaking amount of time learning how to properly research and write papers. I love it, my mind seems made for it. I love learning about how things happened and why they happened as they did. But learning how to write that down so it makes sense was a whole new animal to me in my early years. I came to find that process was difficult, but I really, truly enjoyed every second of it regardless of how difficult it was. I always wanted to get better at writing history no matter how hard it would be. This quote sums it up for me.

6:00 Just casually splattered in an inconspicuous red liquid

Your references to lathe and mill being jumbled up in this is hilarious. He mills it in a lathe. And turns it in a mill haha

I'm still a young engineer and Adam has always been a massive role model for me and the way that I approach problems. This episode in particular has helped me so much recently in solving problems on an electric go kart project. Your awesome

Pretty sure I heard Abom79 and This Old Tony both saying "yup" at the same time just then !

The next day: "Hey Adam have you seen that big hunk of brass I have been saving?" "Adam?"

I remember back in 1997 when I began working as an engineering technician at an automotive supplier. The company had a 'model shop' which was a machine shop by another name. My supervisor told me that I'd be working in there a lot and not worry about 'not knowing' how to do things. The guys with experience would help me...YEAH RIGHT! But seriously, they did help me BUT...I was scared to death the first time I began working with a vertical mill and a lathe. I kept imagining the work-piece flying out of the vise at blinding speed and cutting my jugular! Everything turned out OK, though. I came to really enjoy machining and the satisfaction of a finished part or thingy after a few hours of work. It's one of the best feelings of accomplishment I've had to date.

your the only one who can make a nut and bolt on KZfaq. Make it worth watching thanks for the video.

Slams giant chunk of brass on table, camera shakes - perfection

The words "I make a new one" popped up in my mind

This was a fantastic video. So great to watch someone troubleshoot and learn a new skill. It inspires me to learn a new skill and accept that it won't be easy and mistakes are a vital part of learning! Also. Adam is such a great role model. Such great work ethic and he's so wholesome.

I absolutely love the organic format of these videos... The process of creation with all its flaws. GENIUS!

Adam, you NEED a Machinery's Handbook!

When you don’t achieve what you set out to achieve, you’ve learned more than you expected to learn.

Thank you for showing the foul ups, mistakes, and frustrations. Great job !

There's something comforting watching someone smart have to struggle. Not in a mean way, but it makes me feel better about my own mistakes. I know everyone has to start somewhere, but it can be disheartening watching people succeed so easily. I really really love these videos!

My machinist friends, say, "Now do it in copper" then chuckle.

As someone who actually went to school for machinists (CNC though), and since it was a long time ago i won't be so technical, but you should really not take your workpiece out of the jaws that often. you're gonna mess the center of the piece and your nut is gonna be crooked. Interesting build, nevertheless. Love from Croatia

Man, I wish I could apprentice under this awesome, wacky genius.

very honest build. I love how you kept the nut as is. Means that you didnt leave the original project even tho the bolt decreased in size. Very authentic and wholesome video.

When cutting threads, I was taught to set the compound just under 30° and feed with the compound instead of the cross so you're cutting with just one edge of the tool. This reduces cutting pressure and gives the chip somewhere to go.

I love how Adam is willing to learn something while he’s on camera and show us all the mistakes and how he overcomes them. Makes it a lot easier to go try to learn something yourself.

Looks like they should be mounted on a pedestal as an achievement award. Amazing job! And watching you accomplish it is an education, in so many ways.

Wonderful to watch the highs and lows of the work, and the wonderful end result. Great vid, Adam :)

Love the camera jumping each time he moves the brass stock. Like he’s saying “yes it’s heavy” 😁

Please tell me I’m not the only one that said “is that blood spatter?” when Adam introduced the dividing head...

It's frustrating when it doesn't go right BUT VERY satisfying when it all goes to plan!