Adam Savage’s Tested is a content platform and community playground for makers and curious minds. On Tested.com, the highly- engaged Tested YouTube channel, and at conventions and events, dynamic makers share ideas and inspire each other to build their obsessions. Led by Adam Savage, the Tested team explores the intersection of science, popular culture, and emerging technology, showing how we are all makers. Adam also takes viewers behind the scenes of films, TV shows, theater, and museums, shining a spotlight on the craftspeople and artists who make the magic we all enjoy.
Tested is also: Norman Chan, Joey Fameli, Josh Self, Ryan Kiser, Kristen Lomasney, Kishore Hari, Sean Charlesworth, Kayte Sabicer, Bill Doran, Ariel Waldman, and Darrell Maloney.
From Adam Savage’s Tested. How has Adam Savage’s approach to team communication evolved over the years? Does Adam’s communication with his team change when a project is for himself vs. a client? And how does his energy level change across different mediums? In this live-stream excerpt Adam answers these questions from Tested members Dominick Mongelli,…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. How does Adam Savage stay motivated when he’s drained after a long day of work? All projects being equal, how does one avoid analysis paralysis? Does Adam have any thoughts on Hunter Thompson’s legacy given the current media landscape? In this live stream excerpt Adam answers these questions from Tested members…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. The Hornet needs you! Help them here: https://giving.classy.org/campaign/692790/donate or here: https://uss-hornet.org/support/wish-list/ Adam roams the USS Hornet museum’s machine shop, where Air Boss Richard Deaton walks him through the equipment that would have been used by the ship’s machinists to fabricate and repair parts needed anywhere throughout the vessel. Most of it…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. While ILM never built a physical model of the Hammerhead Corvette for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, fans have nevertheless taken it upon themselves to create their interpretation of a studio scale miniature of this awesome Rebel Alliance ship. Model maker Carter Cooksey is one of these model makers, and…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam Savage tours the USS Hornet, a decommissioned World War II aircraft carrier that’s now an aviation and space museum with an impressive collection of aircraft and NASA artifacts on display. Getting around this historic ship involves a rare treat: a ride on one of the USS Hornet’s aircraft elevators that…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. For this live stream, Adam Savage will be joined by our good friends @Nerdforge! Martina and Hansi will be asking some questions of Adam and answering some questions from Tested subs and members … and Adam himself! We can’t wait! Note that during live streams, Tested memberships are gifted. Be sure…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Here comes a new challenger! After we reviewed the XREAL One line of display glasses, Viture has just announced its own lineup with four glasses. We review the Luma Pro, a pair of display glasses with built-in diopter adjustment, bright micro OLED panels, and slightly higher resolution and field of view…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Of the many Star Trek starship models we saw at this year’s Wonderfest modelmaking show, this is one that’s actually a 1:1 prop replica instead of a scaled down model! Eric Gonzalez is one of the Star Trek fans obsessed with this model of the Constellation Class ship seen in Captain…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam Savage get insights for his work from non-maker sources? Are less-tactile art forms like writing really "making"? In this live-stream excerpt Adam answers these questions from Tested members gwyndyn alexander and alex coltrin, whom we thank for their support! Do you think writing is making? Rebecca Solnit: https://amzn.to/40ygep1 Join…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam Savage have advice for new homeowners? How difficult is it for Adam to open his cave up to other makers? In this live stream excerpt Adam answers these questions from Tested members @TheJMReedy and @Vickie-Bligh, whom we thank for their support! What’s your advice for new homeowners? Adam Savage…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam upgrades his workshop’s dust extraction system with a new powerful dust collector he’s hauled up to the shop loft. After routing new ducts to different tools around shop, let’s see how well it sucks under the high-speed camera! 30 gallon dust collector: https://www.woodcraft.com/products/oneida-air-systems-supercell-high-pressure-dust-collector-30-gallon Shot by Adam Savage and edited by…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. We catch up with model maker Chris Benware of the Nerf Herder’s Workshop build group to get an update on his studio scale Sandcrawler build at WonderFest! This year, not only has he completed his Sandcrawler miniature, but he’s taken on the challenge of turning Ralph McQuarrie’s concept drawing of Jabba’s…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. At this year’s WonderFest, we couldn’t help but be drawn to this 1:650 replica of the USS Enterprise 1701-D, as built by Andrew of CanadianStarships. Andrew shows how he built this resin garage kit with a custom metal internal structure to prevent any drooping over time, and gives us a close…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam Savage is finally ready to show the project he’s been working on for the better part of this past year: an animatronic Grogu puppet sculpted and designed in collaboration with a brilliant team of Star Wars fans, artists, and engineers. In this kickoff episode, Adam sits down with animatronics engineer…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. One of the standout builds from this year’s Wonderfest Amazing Model Contest was this original concept for a mining vessel, painstakingly designed and built by Craig Dowell. Craig walks us through his entire build process for this awe-inspiring model, from its modular 3D printed sections to eye-catching rotating centrifuge. And the…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam welcomes to the cave @EvanAndKatelyn, two awe-inspiring makers and YouTubers who we’ve admired for years! Among the many kinds of projects they’ve tackled are experiements with resin casting, and they bring a selection of their resin work to show and demonstrate to Adam! From embedding objects in resin to mixing…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Is Adam Savage happy with his reorganized workshop, and does he have separation anxiety from the props he used to display there? How does Adam organize his sandpaper? In this live stream excerpt Adam answers these questions from Tested members Adam Funkhouser, Prohibitor and Shane Munro, whom we thank for their…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Does Adam Savage ever get any free time to explore the cities he visits when attending cons? In this live stream excerpt, Adam answers this question from Tested member @marcelborgman_yyc, whom we thank for their support! What do you think are the obligations that come with fame? When Fans Physically Touch…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Modelmaker Kevin Hoppert shares with us his jaw-dropping model of a deconstructed Star Destroyer! Inspired by the David West Reynolds illustration in the Star Wars: Incredible Cross Sections book, Kevin scratch-built this two foot model with the intention of eventually scaling it up to a four foot version. Plus, we take…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. We review both the XREAL One and One Pro display glasses to explain how they use very different optical systems to create a large virtual image floating in front of your face. Here are the tradeoffs you’ll have to consider to go from 50 to 57 degree field-of-view, and why the…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam welcomes former ILM colleague John Duncan to the cave to spend the day building some new R2-D2 parts for their own astromech replicas. They discuss their first droid builds in the secretive R2-D2 builder’s group at the ILM model shop and their access to the original props during the filming…