Adam Savage Sets Up His Shop's Second Lathe!
PREMIUM/PATRON EXCLUSIVE: Giving the New (Old) Lathe Some Love youtu.be/3MFUo2zQD0Q With the newly expanded workshop, Adam reclaims his second Shenwai lathe and sets it up for use with a
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Adam Savage's Alligator Clip Leads Problem
While Adam is by no means an expert in electronics, he's done his fair share of wiring up lights and simple circuits to his projects.
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Adam Savage's Mystery Tool Mailbag
Tested viewer Victor sent Adam this interesting hand tool he found while holiday shopping late last year, and Adam attempts to deciper its original purpose.
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Stories From ILM’s Former Soundstage
What does a magic trick have to do with the house implosion in Poltergeist? On which movie did CA glue (aka "superglue") replace five-minute epoxy in modelmaking?
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Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Drawer Dividers!
Adam comes into the shop during the weekend for a quick build of custom drawer dividers for his kitchen. As Adam and Mrs.
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Adam Savage's Post-Death Plan for His Shop and Collections
Does Adam Savage plan to use any of the materials he inherited from ILM's former model shop? What's Adam's end-of-life plan for his collections? How does one know when it's time to cull items?
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Why a Former Astronaut Was 5’13” vs 6'1"
Tested member Ian Rigby wondered about the process of fitting a spacesuit, including whether astronauts need to maintain a certain weight, and our good friend former astronaut Mike Massimino (who is
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Tips From a Sesame Street Puppeteer!
Puppeteer Stacey Gordon ("Julia" on Sesame Street) stops by the shop to give Adam Savage a lesson in puppeteering, from eye focus to speaking to walking.
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There Are No Pictures of Neil Armstrong on the Moon
Former astronaut Mike Massimino describes to Adam Savage what it was like for him on his very first spacewalk, including the first thing he did upon exiting the space shuttle and the first thing he
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Framework 16 Teardown: Fully Modular Laptop With Upgradeable GPU!
We take a look at and inside the new Framework Laptop 16, the new fully configurable laptop with fully replaceable and upgradable components.
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Meet Adam Savage’s ILM Supervisor!
You may be familiar with Adam Savage's scissor-lift toolboxes, but did you know it was a colleague's comment on Adam's first day at ILM that inspired their design?
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Adam Savage's Live Streams: Wednesday, Jan 24, at 1 pm PT
Time for another virtual hang-out with Adam Savage!
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Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Exploded Phone Sculpture!
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This Ultimate 'The Shining' Guide Took 12 Years to Make
Adam shares with us his unboxing of Taschen's compendium detailing the making of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
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Scariest Explosion Adam Savage Ever Witnessed
What’s the scariest explosion Adam Savage witnessed during filming? Would Adam change how firearms were portrayed if he were filming MythBusters today?
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Adam Savage's Mind Blown By This Vintage Audio Player!
Sean stops by the cave to show Adam a new acquisition: a vintage music player invented and manufactured in Germany in the 1930s called the Tefifon!
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How to Transform a (Very) Crowded Workshop
SO many questions arose from our recent tour ( youtu.be/j8LqMv416mw) of Adam Savage's transformed workshop, including where everything in the display area WENT.
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In Space, No One Can … Lift Their Arms?
Tested member Vickie Bligh was curious what it feels like to hit orbit, and former astronaut Mike Massimino was all too happy to answer! Does his response make you want to go to space more? Or less?
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More of Adam Savage's Favorite Things of 2023!
Adam presents coda to his list of favorite things from 2023, adding three things he forgot to mention the first time around!
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Worst Thing That Can Happen to Someone Who Gets Famous
What's it like for Adam Savage that MythBusters is now part of the cultural lexicon? Did his life change after starting MythBusters?
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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Review: Actually Good?
We test and review the new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, the 2nd-generation glasses that capture photos, video, and work as bluetooth speakers.
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Tour of Adam Savage's Shop (2024)
Adam Savage's shop is almost unrecognizable since our video tour a decade ago.
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Adam Savage's Favorite Mechanical Handheld Game!
Before we had the Game Boy and other handheld video game systems, toymaker TOMY released a line of electro-mechanical handhelds that emulated the video game experience, fully mechanically.
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Adam Savage Unboxes The Batmobile from The Batman (2022)!
For our first unboxing of the new year, Adam and Norm open and check out the 1/6th scale Batmobile replica model from The Batman (2022)!
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Adam Savage's Live Streams: Tricky Work Situations (Tues, Jan 9, at 1 pm PT)
For the first live stream of 2024, Adam Savage thought a good theme would be how to deal with tricky clients, but we thought we could expand that to include difficult work situations/colleagues as
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How Modern Superhero Costumes Are Made!
Adam gets up close with two of Aquaman's costumes created by FBFX for the new film Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom!
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Adam Savage's Search for a Replica French Driver's License
At the back stacks of The Earl Hays Press, Adam realizes he may find a prop that has beguiled him for over a decade: a replica French driver's license to complete his Bourne Identity go-bag replica
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LAST LOOK Inside the Former ILM Production Studio
Adam Savage gets a tour of the iconic 32Ten Studios before its permanent closure, courtesy of Academy Award-winning sound designer, film director, editor, screenwriter and voice actor Ben Burtt.
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Why Are These Movie Props Oversized?
One type of movie and television prop we didn't expect to find at The Earl Hays Press are these comically oversized props, like a giant tennis racket and magazine cover.
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The Design of Police Badges in Film and TV
In the back stacks of The Earl Hays Press, Adam stumbles onto a deep catalog of printed graphics, decals, and seals created to dress the police vehicles and buildings in film and television shows.
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