Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Knurling Tool Storage!

To decompress from running the SiliCon convention this past summer, Adam machined his own clamp knurler as a personal project. While he may rebuild it in as a future One Day Build, today is a demonstration of the knurler (all knolled out) as well as a build of a custom storage tray for this beautiful handmade machining tool.

Shot by Adam Savage and edited by Josh Self
Music by Jinglepunks

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[fifty]

Extra kudos to the editor for the beginning and the "a few moments earlier" repeat slow-mo in black and white when Adam lost the lil doobers, except that one XD Can always buy more, but the footage is priceless!

[manmade]

I’d recommend using each knurling die set to knurl a small piece of material and mount that next to the die set in this holder. That way you can get a visual reference of the actual knurl each set creates as opposed to trying to judge from the dies themselves.

[denvercoker]

I work in corporate finance and I never realized needing a reset after a big project was a thing people did. It's something I've always felt I needed to do but never heard of anyone else feeling it so I just internalized it and kept working. Thank you for being honest about that part of your life. I'm going to start incorporating that into my schedule!

[Thrill_House]

Everyone needs and deserves a “me day.” I love that you choose projects to do off camera. You can blast the tunes that inspire you, you can be your most personal and vulnerable self while you jam out and get weird in the shop. Every project you choose to document is all the more better for it!

[seanylewl]

"how well a tool does its job is part of its aesthetic" - that is so incredibly true, in fact I would say it is the primary factor in how aesthetic it is. Nothing about a tool is more beautiful than how it does its job! A good looking tool will be ugly to you the second it fails at what you want it to do. What a bizarre but incredibly truthful insight.

[dwnxx]

Adam is the only person i know that can professionally assemble something backwards and still make it look like nothing was wrong with it

[almightytreegod]

I love the dedication to the maker community morale by including assembling it backward and having to reassemble. We’ve all been there.

[Adolar]

I love hearing your explanation of what’s going on in your head. It really jives with the way I think.

[machine]

Loved seeing the knurling clamp apart, hearing how it works, and seeing it put back together. Reminds me of when I would take stuff apart as a kid.

[dannop]

I’m with Adam on making My Own™ tools. I have built so many of my tools, clamps, jigs, etc., for my CNC shop—it has become an absolute obsession at times.
Moreover, it is an EXCELLENT cleanser for your creative palette and/or technique to get the juices flowing when the CrEaTiVe BlOcK stomps into town…

[trave]

I totally agree on the addictive quality of tool making. It seems lately that I've found excuses to make at least one tool for every project I'm working on at the time. So first I make the tool, then I use that tool to make my piece. I love it! Glad to see you share that feeling!

[ThePhoenixAscendant]

Adam, there is beauty in simplicity and that clamp knurler is a perfect example. It's wonderful and you did a fantastic job. Kudos to you, my good man. Kudos to you!

[phirebird]

I love all this little noises of revelations and frustrations adam makes when making the holding tray.

[sickghandioofers]

I would 100% love to see a collab between Adam and Alec Steele where Adam forges his own tool

[johnstrange]

I've always liked the old wooden boxes from the likes of Starrett and Greenfield Tap and Dies. They have a charming kind of craftsmanship all their own.

[ItsBugtronic]

19:56 this section looks like it's right out of a This Old Tony video, complete with talking hands and everything. Knurling was my favorite thing to do in shop class so this video just hits differently. ❤️

[shaleary]

I love going back and rewatching shop infrastructure projects and having a little chuckle knowing you are going to love your future self 😂

[BreezyBeej]

I would love to see this labelled haphazardly with a "THIS SIDE UP" to prevent mis-assembly. There's something I love dearly about exquisitely beautifully made objects that have shoddy labels attached to them

[Ryan]

Living a piece of my dream man. A workshop is definitely part of my endgame.

[VeniVidiVid]

What a gorgeous useful elegant piece-of-art tool! I love it by proxy! And now it has a bespoke home tucked right where you need it.