Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Mini Chop Saw!

Once Adam finished making his mini bandsaw, he was inspired to try his hand at making more custom tools and developing his own machining skills. The mini machine vise he previously made finds its home in an awesome mini chop saw, which actually takes Adam a whole week to design, sketch, and build piece by piece. After a huge amount of trial and error, Adam is so pleased with the finished build--it might be his favorite One Day Build ever!

Shot by Adam Savage and edited by Joey Fameli

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Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman

Thanks for watching!

[NENHavoc]

It's amazing how much more personal this feels with out a professional film crew

[tylerharness]

Everyone else is going crazy in lockdown and Adam’s just building a miniature version of his shop

[LaceLoop]

I love how personal this is. This feels like we are in the shop with Adam watching everything in real time. It almost feels like behind the scenes on Mythbusters.

[MarkChuCarroll]

It's great seeing someone so articulate talking about the joy of making tools.
Making things is one of the most rewarding things in life. But making things that will be used to make things is special.
I'm just a hobbyist maker. By my career is being a software engineer who makes tools for other engineers - and it's the same kind of joy. You're making things that make it possible to make more things. And there's nothing else quite like that.

[robpaly]

Love this. Keep them up Adam!

Already mentioned but around 34:00 to 38:00 the scene is repeated.

[RavenWolffe]

Those shots of his notebook/sketchbook were amazing. I hope he publishes them someday, seeing as he’s certainly got many of them (the one he showed was way to thin to have 30-40 years of tinkering in it).

It would be the absolute be-all-end-all for anyone doing propmaking/machining/anything under the sun.

[UndercoverFerret]

I actually like these "intimate" episodes better than the ones with camera crew etc.

[z_man]

"Welcome to Adam's one day build"
*two minutes later...*
"So about five days have passed"

[brett]

Taking a tool you love and moding it to make it better has to be one of the most intoxicating and rewarding experiences in my opinion.

[punkybob]

Everyone else: buys a tool
Adam: makes a tool to make a tool to customise a tool that replaces the original tool.

[vizionthing]

30:12 Adams drawing of the vise ... would make a great T shirt

[justingoodwyn]

It’s amazing watching someone who is able to take that much pride in his work. This is by far one of my favorite channels on YouTube!

[kageofkonoha]

When Adam said "I dont want to reinvent the wheel here", I dont know about you guys but I would find it hilarious watching Adam reinvent the wheel.

[infi]

"how do you cut an allen wrench?"
...idk, some kind of cutoff tool with a vice might help ^^

[jacejk]

Oh my god. That last bit of humility, showing your do-overs. It really made me feel good, it's not just me. I screw up constantly. I'm working on a HO train layout. It's kicking my butt.

[SeventhSwell]

Around 36:00 I figured I was having déjà vu, or maybe a stroke.

[ericwosinski]

The detail in the drawings and plans for this build was my favorite part. I'm blown away, how did you learn how to do that? I just have so many questions on how your mind works, thank you for making these videos.

[orandilu]

In moments like "dueling screwdrivers" Adam makes me feel like it's okay to be my strange self. All the silliness is so very enjoyable. It often seems as if my brain is at odds with myself, at best a minor annoyance, at worst an internal cacophony of chaos.

Seeing him organize, thrive, and be exceedingly successful with his chaos is inspiring and motivating. I have an immense amount of gratitude for the entire Tested team for what you do and thank you Adam for taking the initiative to film and the confidence to leave in your mistakes.

[JohnWehrle]

Here, at 52:28, we see the emergence of the elusive Savage tongue. Notice how it looks around, checking for the presence of the Hyneman before doing the happy dance of concentration.

[tylerbrauer]

I've been a machinist for 10 years and this is one of the coolest little machines i've ever seen. Great work!