From Adam Savage’s Tested. Every time we visit the studio of Weta Workshop sculptor Johnny Fraser-Allen, he blows our minds with his newest tabletop miniature builds. In this most recent visit, Johnny shows Adam the follow up to his Hagglethorn Hollow city: a dense wilderness scratch built with modular buildings, trees, and hand crafted terrain.…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam have any suggestions on how to store tape so it’s organized yet accessible? Will Adam ever buy a small lathe for watch work? Does Adam think there is ANY speed at which a ping pong ball could be lethal? In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers these questions from Tested…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. We assemble, paint, and build a custom LED display for this beautiful 1/8 scale model of Futura, the humanoid robot seen in the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis! This kit from X-Plus recreates the first android ever depicted in cinema–an art deco design that’s the clear inspiration for many cinematic androids…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam picks up Hasbro’s recently-released replica of the Headpiece to the Staff of Ra from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it prompts him to bring out his long running collection of replicas of this Indiana Jones prop. Here’s what the new toy gets right in its sculpt, and the ways…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam shares with us another piece from his collection of "impossible objects"–replicas of artifacts that we would never be able to touch and examine in person. He has just received perfect recreations of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Forester III: the artist’s notes, diagrams, and sketches pertaining to locking devices, architecture, and…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam builds another hand tool from scratch, this time a jeweler’s hand clamp with vise jaws that actually open wide and parallel. He machines this tool from raw cast iron stock and carves a walnut handle with a satisfying grip. Sometimes the best tool for the job is the one you…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam has been loving all the questions he’s been getting lately about starting out as a professional maker: making bids, dealing with clients etc, so we’re dedicating a whole livestream as a "business of making" advice session! Adam will be taking Tested member questions about difficult clients, sticky situations, and complicated…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam Savage unboxes a new tool that automates the simple task of peeling strips of tape to specific lengths. It works with all kinds of tape, including Adam’s favorite 1-inch paper tape. This tape dispensing machine is one of the more ridiculous tools he’s collected, but it could prove its worth…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Today’s video is made possible by our friends at iFixit. iFixit’s Spring Yard Sale is going on right now! On top of the discounts on tools and parts, you can enter to win a mystery box filled with iFixit tools. Just visit http://www.ifixit.com/tested Adam makes use of his new digital microscope…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. On a MythBusters episode, Adam had mentioned he once had to buy a roommate a new microwave. Why? And is Adam a good cook? In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers questions from Tested members Adam G and Mark Blair, whom we thank for their support! Join this channel to support Tested…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Every workshop’s storage system is like a tile puzzle–an arrangement of various storage solutions that fit the needs of its maker. And after Adam recently incorporated a repurposed medical storage cabinet to hold much of his build supplies, he’s left with extra empty carts and a reinvigorated vision for how he…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam have any advice on sharing a small maker space with a partner who has a different working style? What’s Adam’s preferred workbench size and gadgets? In this live stream excerpt, Adam answers theses questions from Tested members Robb Badlam and Aaron Lehnen, whom we thank for their support! Join…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. At the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco, Executive Director Anita Engles walks Adam through the history of the past two hundred years of book covers, progressing through the innovations that allowed publishers to add more design and flourish to their books and make them more eyecatching. Plus, Adam gets to…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam has long held the belief that drawers are where objects in your shop go to get lost and never be used, due to common types of storage drawer designs. But he finally finds a cabinet–previously used in the medical field–that has large low profile drawers that are actually useful for…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Blue Surgical Towels: https://amzn.to/2BfnJsw "What kind of shop towels do you use?" "Are there any routines or practices that you do to help your body handle the abuse the body goes through during long hours on projects?" "What do you have on the background if anything to help you focus while…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Cosplayer Beverly Downen of @DownenCreativeStudios introduces Adam to Fosshape, a thermoplastic fiber fabric, a felt-like material that can be patterned, heated, and formed to make lightweight dimensional shapes! Using her dressform pattern, Beverly and Adam make a collapsible and portable mannequin shell using the Fosshape material in this One Day Build!…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. When Adam built his custom Ghostbusters Proton Pack, he designed and scratch-built a unit to mount on straps to add some extra lights to the front of the pack. Imagine his surprise when he found that a fan had replicated this made-up "attenuator" device and added their own electronics controls! Adam…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. In this live stream excerpt, Adam talks a bit about balancing what it takes to make something vs. what the market will bear. Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking questions during live streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA/join Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications):…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam is so pleased to come into possession of a vintage Sony TC-510-2 reel-to-reel tape recorder, which is the model of recorder that inspired the meticulously crafted prop used for the opening title credits of the show Mindhunter! Not only is it a beautiful piece of analog technology, but the way…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. How does Adam set prices for friends vs clients, as well as for rush jobs? Has Adam ever turned down low-paying jobs? In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers questions from Tested members George Farren, therealmalky and Skydance Don, whom we thank for their support! Join this channel to support Tested and…

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From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam finally tackles his shop’s logjam pile: the accumulation of random hardware that’s too valuable to throw away but not important enough to sort in the moment. And he makes this task a sorting challenge, attempting to parse and identify every bolt and screw without the aid of any measurement guide.…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. In this live stream excerpt, Adam answers questions from Tested members TrilogyOutliers, Michael Schnell and john paul molloy about turning his handwriting style into a printable font, his feelings about Comic Sans, and his desire to visit the LEGO headquarters in Denmark. Thank you for your questions and support, Trilogy, Michael…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam shares two posters that he just got into the workshop: a replica of the papyrus map of the Shandor Mining Company as seen in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, as well as a print of a comprehensive map of Middle Earth that Adam actually compiled and designed years ago! It may actually have…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. In this live stream excerpt, Adam answers a question from Tested member snypa 1080: "Have you ever gotten into motorcycles?" Thank you for your question and support, snypa! Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks like asking Adam questions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA/join Subscribe for more videos (and click the…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. While visiting the American Bookbinders Museum, Adam encounters one large machine that makes a very specific kind of book: the ledger. Its importance to financial institutions and almost every kind of business in the industrial age cannot be overstated, and Adam learns exactly how it literally drew the lines where business…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Continuing with his R2-D2 astromech replica rebuild he started last summer, Adam tackles the feet of R2. It’s going to take the skills he learned and honed on the mill and lathe over the past few years, which gives him the confidence to remake resin cast parts out of machined aluminum.…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam have any advice for how to stay positive when you lose a job? How should one go about pricing items you’re selling? Having worked at ILM and made a replica prototype of the Thermal Detonator for Master Replicas, does Adam know how the original was weathered? In this live…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam and master stop-motion animator Tom "Gibby" Gibbons take a deep dive into the making and animation of the Cyclops creature Tippett Studio created for the show Poker Face! From the machined armature on the inside to the hand crafted body and kitbashed parts, Adam learns how processes new and old…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. When cosplayer Beverly Downen of @DownenCreativeStudios recently visited Adam workshop, he couldn’t resist the opportunity to get her eyes and advice on his Dune Stillsuit cosplay project, which began its life as a replica costume he purchased from The RPF. Beverly’s expertise and experience making her own stillsuit helps Adam prepare…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam see AI affecting physical makers? What’s been his most terrifying machining setup? In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers these questions from Tested members Michał Rogowski and UncouthJ, whom we thank for their support! Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks like asking Adam questions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA/join…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Metrology–the science of measurement–has been on Adam’s mind a lot for the past year, especially as he hones his machining skills and makes more use of his gauge blocks. Today, Adam revisits the topic of metrology as he tests a new measurement device–a vintage Johansson Mikrokator gauge that measures with a…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. We test and review the Bambu Lab X1-Carbon 3D printer! Since its release last year, it’s shaken up the FDM 3D printing world with its fast CoreXY printing capabilities, hands-off accessibility, and convenient features like remote monitoring and automated filament switching. And at its fastest, we were able to print a…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam visits our friends at Tippett Studio to check out two stop-motion mechanical puppets the team there created for The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett! Mark Dubeau and Sean Charlesworth walk Adam through the process of designing and fabricating the mobile loading gantry "scrap walkers" that are a more…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. You’ve got to see Adam Savage’s magical collaboration with @ZachKing on @tested !

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Earlier this year, filmmaker@ZachKing and his team reached out to Adam with an idea for a collaboration. We won’t give the gag away — you can watch it on Zach’s TikTok channel (https://www.tiktok.com/@zachking) — but let’s just say it required a particular and somewhat challenging practical effect involving the Leaning Tower…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Last minute live stream! Hang out with Adam for an hour as he catches folks up on his latest travels and answers members questions. Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking Adam questions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA/join Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testedcom…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Among the objects Adam collects and reveres are old books, some of which were bound and made in the era of the industrial revolution. But the craft and art of bookmaking began long before machines were invented to manufacture books, and Adam learns the storied history of bookbinding at the American…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Cosplayer Beverly Downen visits Adam in the workshop to show her recently made Lucifer Morningstar cosplay from the Netflix show The Sandman! Beverly walks Adam through the design and fabrication of this costume, from patterning for the upholstery PVC vinyl fabric to the prototyping of the EVA foam wings! Find more…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Should you ever anticipate what an employer might want to see and build it for your portfolio before an interview? What advice does Adam have for hobbyist makers looking to start freelancing? How do you know if a job is for you? In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers these questions from…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Mailbag time! Adam unboxes a lovely gift from viewer Alan Marcus: a portrait sculpt of the great Carl Sagan, which Alan has been working on for the past three years. This sculpture allows Adam to share what Carl Sagan means to him, not only as a great scientist but as the…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Mailbag time! Adam unboxes a lovely gift from viewer Alan Marcus: a portrait sculpt of the great Carl Sagan, which Alan has been working on for the past three years. This sculpture allows Adam to share what Carl Sagan means to him, not only as a great scientist but as the…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Examine the scans of Adam’s Y-Wing molds here: https://www.lumafield.com/article/recovering-star-wars-history-with-adam-savage Adam digs out three silicone molds of a Y-Wing starfighter model he made over 23 years ago as prototypes for Star Wars-licensed toys! These fragile molds are prime examples of the challenge that all effects shops face in preserving the work of…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam finally completes his build and paint-up of this incredible studio scale AT-AT Walker garage kit inspired by the stop-motion miniature used for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back! He builds a snowy platform to mount the model and then adds a few extra elements: a crashed snowspeeder and a miniature…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. During his visit to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Adam not only learned about how Fraggle Rock’s Doozers are built, he spoke directly with Architect and Cotterpin Doozer about how they approach their performances on the series! (Well, veteran puppeteers John Tartaglia and Donna Kimball HELPED, but still.) Watch Fraggle Rock: Back…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. One of our favorite shows of late has been the murder mystery show Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne and created by Rian Johnson for the streaming network Peacock. And in its first season, the show pays homage to stop-motion animation with an episode inspired by the work of Phil Tippett! Adam…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. One of our favorite shows of late has been the murder mystery show Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne and created by Rian Johnson for the streaming network Peacock. And in its first season, the show pays homage to stop-motion animation with an episode inspired by the work of Phil Tippett! Adam…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. What does Adam think of space suits for animals? Was dipping his hand in molten lead as surreal as it seemed? Any advice on getting correct scaling when using reference pictures? In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers these questions from Tested members Jared Chapin, Tigershire W, DFriendly and kenny tait, whom…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam is always on the lookout for ways to augment and level up his machining capabilities, and keeps tabs on local Craigslist offerings for used tools. He’s excited to find a rotary table attachment for his mill, and begins the process of cleaning it up. But he soon discovers it’s not…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. On his continuing journey and obsession making pizza at home, Joey reviews the new Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza Oven, the first Ooni oven designed for indoor use. Here are the kinds of pizzas you can make with this oven, and how it compares with Ooni’s outdoor offerings. Time to get…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Studio Find: 1997 Speeder Bike Design Maquette (by @cinodrome): https://youtu.be/eDIrcoQygig Adam finds a surprise sculpture left for him at the cave by an old ILM colleague, visual effects supervisor and fellow modelmaker Dave Fogler. Here’s the origin story of this speeder bike design maquette and how it’s connected to Adam and…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Savage Industries Sortimo T-BOXX: https://adamsavage.com/products/savage-industries-sortimo-t-boxx All Sortimo T-Boxx orders comes with a free PDF of the cabinet plans. BONUS: Buy five Sortimo T-BOXXes, get 20% your total Sortimo T-BOXX order! (Discount appears in shopping cart.) Watch this build in real time [MEMBER EXCLUSIVE]: https://youtu.be/EIJ710U4zn8 Every shop is a philosophy about how…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. The original Fraggle Rock premiered in 1983, and it was Jim Henson’s intention that the Doozers, one of the series’ hallmark (and tiny) characters, be puppeteered in much the same way as a normal hand puppet. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop creative supervisor Peter Brooke and animatronics supervisor John Criswell walk Adam…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam shares his recently-acquired replicas of Alexander Hamilton’s famous dueling pistols used in his 1804 duel with Aaron Burr. These rare reproductions were made by Uberti for the US Historial Society back in 1981, and feature exacting details from the beautifully engraved octagonal barrels and locks to the checkered walnut stock.…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. "How do you increase pricing for existing clients?" "Have you ever underbid for a job to the point of making a loss because it was a job you really wanted to do?" "How do you go about pricing a job?" In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers questions from Tested members CMorgan,…

From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam’s currently obsessed with his new digital microscope, and as he does with all his new tools, builds a way to make it better. In this case, it’s modifying an old dissection microscope stand that he’s had for 10 years and combining it with the new microscope. Adam machines and modifies…

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