Adam Savage Takes the Aluminum Foil Ball Challenge!

While in the middle of a One Day Build project that leaves him with an excess of aluminum foil, Adam tries his hand at the tin foil ball challenge: creating a shiny solid sphere of aluminum using just a roll of standard foil wrap. It takes literally hours of manual hammering and polishing to get a satisfying result, and at the end of the process Adam attempts to cut this ball in half to see its cross-section.

Shot by Adam Savage and edited by Norman Chan
Music by Jinglepunks

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[collincutler]

I'm sitting here thinking Adam has officially lost his mind, but then I realized I just spent a half an hour watching a grown man play with aluminum foil.

[LU_Taita]

That shot at the beginning of Adam violently smacking the ball like a primate who's just figured out tools is one of the funniest things I've seen all week

[Verlisify]

Adam trying to cut the ball is a series of the least safe things I have seen him do

[Lucas-Darkin]

I love how straight to the point Adam is, he thinks about something and within 2 seconds he has the equipment necessary

[TheHalf_Canadian]

I feel like if this was done on mythbusters it would've ended with the ball being shot out of a cannon to see how much damage it could do/if the ball would survive

[DAFORCEFilms]

How this man still has all his fingers is a miracle beyond the realm of science.

[thecore]

Adam hitting the aluminum ball against the table and screaming "more" has some of the most caveman vibes i saw in this channel

[crasheffort]

I have made these for years.
You have to start small, and not use too much foil at once because you will get air pockets. You need to get each layer as dense and spherical as you can before you start the next level of foil. The hammer should not sound like it is hitting something hollow, but should sound like it rings like you are hitting a solid ingot of metal. You also want to hit relatively lightly until it is more uniformly dense and round. If you hit hard from the beginning, it will end up lumpy and lopsided because the metal will be too dense in spots for the metal to even out. It should never crack like his did if you get the core of it right.

I understand Adam had to do this in a limited amount of time, but you need to take your time over the course of days to get the best outcome. It should be kind of meditative process.

[csimet]

Probably the only person in the world that can make me spend 30 minutes watching them make a ball out of foil. 10, 000 years from now, when someone digs it up and asks... "what the...". LOL

[dannybalemusic]

Seeing someone with as much cred as Adam try multiple strategies to accomplish something, nearly lose multiple fingers multiple times, and eventually give up is one of the most encouraging and validating things I've seen in a long time. Thank you, Adam.

[dwhite]

After watching Adam for years on Mythbusters, and now having watched quite a few of videos from his personal workshop, I have come to two conclusions:
1. Adam is brilliant
2. Adam is a walking OSHA violation

[atqmra]

I’m so glad Adam was on mythbusters. Idk how much I would have watched it with 2 Jaime personalities. Adam brought such childlike wonder, enthusiasm & blatant disregard for safety. I’m glad Jaime was there to reel Adam in a bit. They really balanced each other out quite well.

[TheKlokjis]

Seeing the cutting attempts and the attempt to unjam the bandsaw with his hand I am genuinely amazed that Adam still has all his fingers

[SSKazega]

The embodiment of "Growing Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional" God bless this man.

[rustygeorge]

I can just imagine the dinner conversation with the wife: "So.... our dining table has been wobbling for 6 months, you have every tool known to man, and you're telling me you just spent the entire afternoon pounding my last roll of aluminum foil into a little ball?"

[runefjord]

Seeing him holding the ball, by a little tape and turning on a bandsaw sent all my internal alarms going, Adam, you are a national/global treasure, try not to loose your fingers by doing this

[girlmayris]

When cutting aluminum foil, it is best to use the cutting implement that is attached to the box. Hope this helps.

[Acebuchanan]

I love when he doesn't even talk about what he's thinking and just goes OH! and runs off to the other part off screen to grab something! Dude is awesome! 😆

[matthewscott]

I love how human he is about his videos. At no point are you 100% certain that he'll end the video without an injury or keeping all his digits. He doesn't come across as a know-it-all and approaches projects like this the way the rest of us would.