The first thing I noticed was the box labeled NASA and after that I could not pay any attention to the video as I was distracted wondering "WHAT's IN THAT BOX?!"
I don't know who is more awesome: Nate for sending the stuff to Adam or Adam for appreciating this so much he dedicates a whole video to this. I actually wonder if it is a good thing I found this video so … … touching!
A number of years ago I heard a related story about tiny screws. A US company had been buying small screws for their product from Switcherland. When their production needs increased they decided to invest into capabilities of making those small screws themselves. When they had the machine and developed some skills, they sent a sample of their new smallest screw (something like a 00 size) to the source of their previous screws. After a week or two they got their screw back from Switcherland -- drilled and tapped ACROSS the threaded part. Talk about a slap to their pride! The guy who told this story had been a toolmaker before joining our company.
"Ah... I can dill sideways through that thing!" I laughed out loud because I know people in my industry that are so good at what they do, they make the rest of us look like amatures.
Adam, I absolutely adore seeing the inner child in you come out when you are looking at these screws and the gear. Your passion shines through and its inspiring. Thank you for sharing your heart with the world.
Impressive! I had no idea they even made anything that small... so now I wonder what else I'm missing out on... Nate, Adam: Thank you for sharing these very tiny things
Adam has enough hand injuries without adding another sharp object while his eyes are looking down the scope (unless he owns the special zip tie snipping tool which cuts below the surface). 🤔
Fantastic tiny pieces, I'll not dispute, but ARGH tiny boxes in tiny boxes!!! Containers are one of my absolute favourite things, and I can swear I have something very similar _somewhere_ - like a bunch of other things... Thanks for sharing these glimpses into the rarely visited corners of your world. I, and I'm sure many, many others are eternally grateful.
There is something most don't ever see. Thanks Nate for supplying and Adam for showing us. Can't even imagine how any of those parts are manufactured. And the price of those items must be out of whack with what we think of something usually compared to size. No wonder mechanical watches cost so much.
I just had thoughts of the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage ! the Ultra tiny experience from Nate was a great experience !! Thank you so much to Nate and Adam for sharing !!
The sheer amount and breadth of video coming from Adam has been one of the best things to come out of lockdown. Thank you, Adam, your videos are hugely enjoyable and I appreciate them immensely.
For those wondering about the case that has the membranes for protection: www.esslinger.com/square-plastic-boxes-with-elastic-membrane-bergeon-6799-06/
Adam....you're a legend. Love your enthusiasm, knowledge and keenness to explore new ideas. Irish mech engineer here. Also...I hope you're coping with Grants untimely passing as best you possibly can. RIP Grant
Hi Adam, just want to give a shout out to how much I appreciate your videos. I love these little tidbits that might be a little light for some huge full production, but together convey a lifetime of neat little snippets of knowledge.
I can't wait to see the birch ply box you make for this pair of wonders. More than that, the hinge and screw hardware. Kidding aside, it's great to see viewer's gifts and their generosity to show you stuff most of us would likely never see. It's good to be King, eh ?😃👍
Thanks. 20+ years ago I saw a magazine cover showing a tiny gear slipped over a human hair. And I have trouble using a 1/16 drill bit just wows me. So awesome how technology advances.
Hey, Adam, been watching Tested along time and I have to say you are an inspiration to people! I watched you a time ago, when you were on Mythbusters and I loved you on that show as well! You make me feel like I can build things and I've always wanted to be an inventor of some sort! Have my own business and create things, you create things marvelously! Thank you for always putting a smile on my face and creating builds that put forth effort yes, but always make the blueprints for people to follow! Stay safe, Adam!
I used to use an refrigerator egg holder to keep the screws and parts while repairing camcorders. Or other units a whole lot of tiny parts. Each egg compartment would label where on the unit the part was taken. The curved bottom made it easy to pull one tiny screw out. Everything went back where it came from. Every time.
Absolutely one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen. If you didn't share this on your channel I would never have really seen the crazy reality of engineering. Amazing
Adam needs to make a display case for that gear and screws!!! It should have a bunch of magnified glass pieces that incrementally zoom in / get closer and closer. It would so cool cause you could put the display on the side and really get a grasp of how small the gear truly is, with the number of magnified glasses required to zoom in that small. Plus those gear teeth are a master piece and need to be shown off.
I keep and use my old round bite sinker dispensers with tape over the opening that we all use for fishing. I also use round clear screw cap jewelry cases too but I glued them all together lids to bottoms making 4 -12 inch long rod cases.
The watch gear was amazing! Such beautiful engineering and a space age manufacturing technique. On par with anything seen at Baselworld. Thanks so much for sharing!
I do like the large containers with smaller containers in them. For small parts I also really like different sized baggies so that you just grab a baggie slightly larger than you need for any given component(s). Tons of baggies will fit in a contaner and you can flip through them really quickly as long as you write clearly on them with permanent market/attach a label. I love that microscope!
that engineering is beautiful, and I do mean that literally, there is something about precisely engineered machines that beyond being functional, I find very beautiful.
Great video as always. The anti-backlash gear featured in most vintage tube radios. It ensured that as you changed the tuning condenser knob from one direction to the other, the dial pointer moved immediately.
I find it interesting that some people take the time to give a thumbs down on a delightful and enlightening Adam Savage video, for no other reason than to spread their infectious negativity. It's sad that they can only feel gratified by raise themselves up on the act of pulling another down.
@@crashoverride93637 well that would be premature and unjust to form an opinion with no facts to base them on. Social media tends to follow a mob mentality pulling out pitchforks and torches with only self righteous indignation and ignorance as its catalyst. If nothing else Johnny Depp should serve as a reason to excercise caution when judging others.
When I was working in smartphone/tablet repair, one of the first things I did was get a bunch of polypropylene test tubes. They were pretty reasonable at the time and the briefcase that contained my kit had all these handy little sleeves that could hold each test tube. The first batch of tubes were apparently single-use sample tubes made from cheap acrylic and with stoppers, not screw caps. After a rough journey in my car, some of them split right open. Not good. I made darn sure the next pile of tubes I got had actual screw caps. Nice and secure, easy to label. iPhone screws probably aren't as small as watch hardware, but I can easily lose them, and these saved my bacon plenty of times. Even now I have a bag of test tubes in my office drawer so I can hold onto things like the spare M3/M4 hardware that came with the 3D printer, or bootlace ferrules for when I'm building a circuit and I do not want wires to slip out of screw terminals.
you're doing an awesome job on the videos adam, keep it up :) and that small gear is amazing, as well as the screws, but seriously that gear is crazy. like he said they'res no way we would have been able to build that in any other era but this one. technology is truly amazing nowadays.
Adam. Please do a show and tell on what notebook you use and how you organise and catalog your notes! I want to get more organised and start using my notebook/journal!
I know Adam isnt the fondest of drawers and tbh im not either, but a few months back i was lucky enough to get one of those revolving wooden cabinets with multiple sides of drawers like a hardware store would have had back in the 1920s and its absolutely changed my life as its a table but neatly stores all my common bolts and washers. If i ever delve into attempting cabinet making id like to make a mini version of that same structure for small screws, dremel bits etc
So just as a nice Fyi, the sorters/containers that Adam got if anyone is interested, is from a company in Germany. The GMBH at the end of the business name that Adam mentioned stands for "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung,” or the translation of that which means - "Company with limited liability." It's a suffix used after a private limited company's name in Germany. The equivalent to that in the United States would be a company that has "LLC" after their name. LLC stands for "Limited Liability Company" I was stationed in Germany and used to hear the GMBH thing all the time on TV and on ads when it was referring to certain companies.
Find the sorting boxes with plastic cases here: watches.renfer.ch/boxes-with-cases/boxes-with-cases-categories/boxes-with-cases-products/index.html
Does Adam know about Matthias Wandel's Gear Generator program? It's on his website.
The first thing I noticed was the box labeled NASA and after that I could not pay any attention to the video as I was distracted wondering "WHAT's IN THAT BOX?!"
@@johncox9868 ua-cam.com/video/YXzxEqdvuIE/v-deo.html
Here's the box explanation. He made the box himself to storage his microscope.
@@Rodyen1404 Great vid that one
@@Rodyen1404 Thanks!
First I was like "That just looks like any cogwheel", then the closeup came with the springs, omg, that was fantastic!
I first saw the spokes & thought of a bicycle wheel. Then I saw the close up of the teeth, & WOW!
I was thinking it looked very sharp and thought the backlash would be terrible. But....
I'm even amazed at it all
What a cool guy to send these neat things
I know Nate, can confirm; He's a great guy!
Nate should have just sent him an empty case.
“They’re in there somewhere Adam, I swear!”
Omg yes
@NP CHE allegedly... big difference
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12344658
HAHA yes that's exactly what I was thinking when he said "I can't see anything", that would have been so funny to be trolled by a fan.
I don't know who is more awesome: Nate for sending the stuff to Adam or Adam for appreciating this so much he dedicates a whole video to this. I actually wonder if it is a good thing I found this video so … … touching!
A number of years ago I heard a related story about tiny screws. A US company had been buying small screws for their product from Switcherland. When their production needs increased they decided to invest into capabilities of making those small screws themselves. When they had the machine and developed some skills, they sent a sample of their new smallest screw (something like a 00 size) to the source of their previous screws. After a week or two they got their screw back from Switcherland -- drilled and tapped ACROSS the threaded part. Talk about a slap to their pride! The guy who told this story had been a toolmaker before joining our company.
6:11 - that 2019 penny gives a good cents of scale.
I don't know whether to cheer that or jeer that!
you've really coined a good pun there
@@incrediblefrown1288 Thanks. Thought I'd change it up a bit.
Haha, I always appreciate a good pun. Good one and have a nice day :)
That's amazing, and that gear was genuinely beautiful
Adam got so excited about the micro parts that he forgot to get close-ups of the sorters
By "micro parts" do you mean those he had when he was masquerading as "The Raping Blob"?
"Ah... I can dill sideways through that thing!"
I laughed out loud because I know people in my industry that are so good at what they do, they make the rest of us look like amatures.
Like.... armatures. **Buh dun tssss**
Adam, I absolutely adore seeing the inner child in you come out when you are looking at these screws and the gear. Your passion shines through and its inspiring. Thank you for sharing your heart with the world.
I'm guessing the "search party" method for finding one of those screws if dropped won't work...
Gotta call Ant-man for those.
given how small those screws are I'm sure they'd just stick the ground and get lodged
Magnets, my son, magnets.
Paul Lockton if you dropped one of these then just say screw it (pun intended) and grab another.
@@jeric_synergy8581 but how would you even know if your magnet grabbed anything?
Impressive! I had no idea they even made anything that small... so now I wonder what else I'm missing out on... Nate, Adam: Thank you for sharing these very tiny things
Check out nano gears or "MEMS"
I love these shorter videos alongside the longer builds. Great snippets and tidbits of the shop. The little gear was so interesting!
✂️ Anyone still feel like clipping the end of that zip tie on the microscope ??? 🔬
Thank You! Yes! that bothered me way too much.
Mind you, I wouldn't put it past Adam to do it on purpose to troll us as well.
Adam has enough hand injuries without adding another sharp object while his eyes are looking down the scope (unless he owns the special zip tie snipping tool which cuts below the surface). 🤔
I'm more worried if he ever put that gasket back in. I need closure dammit!
@@philscott7949 I would bet that he has a zip tie gun, considering all the other stuff that he has.
or route the god dam optics cable through the friggin Pipe, would be much cleaner and no ziptie needed
Fantastic tiny pieces, I'll not dispute, but ARGH tiny boxes in tiny boxes!!! Containers are one of my absolute favourite things, and I can swear I have something very similar _somewhere_ - like a bunch of other things...
Thanks for sharing these glimpses into the rarely visited corners of your world. I, and I'm sure many, many others are eternally grateful.
Imagine trying to sell those screws on Amazon. "0 stars. Seller sent me an empty plastic bag!"
And Amazon puts it in a box the size of your body
@@tim.e.l SERIOUSLY sent me a ring once in a box fit for a microwave oven. TF?
There is something most don't ever see. Thanks Nate for supplying and Adam for showing us. Can't even imagine how any of those parts are manufactured. And the price of those items must be out of whack with what we think of something usually compared to size. No wonder mechanical watches cost so much.
I just had thoughts of the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage ! the Ultra tiny experience from Nate was a great experience !! Thank you so much to Nate and Adam for sharing !!
The sheer amount and breadth of video coming from Adam has been one of the best things to come out of lockdown. Thank you, Adam, your videos are hugely enjoyable and I appreciate them immensely.
Seeing Adam's joy was a delight.
For those wondering about the case that has the membranes for protection: www.esslinger.com/square-plastic-boxes-with-elastic-membrane-bergeon-6799-06/
Adam your enthusiasm for learning new things and exploring new worlds is magnetic and makes every video a joy to watch. Thank you.
I like how Adam holds burp like 30% of the video!
just ftr: "gmbh" is roughly the german language equivalent to "limited" in a company name
It's literally the german version of Limited Liability Company or "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung".
So, gmbh - in Germany is the same as ltd - in England? (interesting)
I nearly got emotional when I realized how tiny and intricate that gear was. Just incredible.
Adam....you're a legend. Love your enthusiasm, knowledge and keenness to explore new ideas. Irish mech engineer here.
Also...I hope you're coping with Grants untimely passing as best you possibly can. RIP Grant
Hi Adam, just want to give a shout out to how much I appreciate your videos. I love these little tidbits that might be a little light for some huge full production, but together convey a lifetime of neat little snippets of knowledge.
I can't wait to see the birch ply box you make for this pair of wonders. More than that, the hinge and screw hardware. Kidding aside, it's great to see viewer's gifts and their generosity to show you stuff most of us would likely never see.
It's good to be King, eh ?😃👍
I,ve seen videos on watches been put together , but i had no idea the parts were THAT tiny. Simply mind blowing !!
Thanks. 20+ years ago I saw a magazine cover showing a tiny gear slipped over a human hair. And I have trouble using a 1/16 drill bit just wows me. So awesome how technology advances.
that was awesome. the education was as much of a wonderful gift as the box sorters. amazing
Hey, Adam, been watching Tested along time and I have to say you are an inspiration to people! I watched you a time ago, when you were on Mythbusters and I loved you on that show as well! You make me feel like I can build things and I've always wanted to be an inventor of some sort! Have my own business and create things, you create things marvelously! Thank you for always putting a smile on my face and creating builds that put forth effort yes, but always make the blueprints for people to follow! Stay safe, Adam!
I used to use an refrigerator egg holder to keep the screws and parts while repairing camcorders. Or other units a whole lot of tiny parts. Each egg compartment would label where on the unit the part was taken. The curved bottom made it easy to pull one tiny screw out. Everything went back where it came from. Every time.
Absolutely one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen. If you didn't share this on your channel I would never have really seen the crazy reality of engineering. Amazing
That gear made my jaw drop and get a little teary eyed. That is amazing.
Adam needs to make a display case for that gear and screws!!! It should have a bunch of magnified glass pieces that incrementally zoom in / get closer and closer. It would so cool cause you could put the display on the side and really get a grasp of how small the gear truly is, with the number of magnified glasses required to zoom in that small. Plus those gear teeth are a master piece and need to be shown off.
I keep and use my old round bite sinker dispensers with tape over the opening that we all use for fishing. I also use round clear screw cap jewelry cases too but I glued them all together lids to bottoms making 4 -12 inch long rod cases.
Adam is so cool... he notices every thing.... and appreciates it. I am watching this with so much interest.
You are definitely not alone. Thank you for entertaining and educating through all of this. Your live sessions have so helpful.
The watch gear was amazing! Such beautiful engineering and a space age manufacturing technique. On par with anything seen at Baselworld. Thanks so much for sharing!
Fabulous examples of amazing technology. Thank you and your generous viewer.
I do like the large containers with smaller containers in them. For small parts I also really like different sized baggies so that you just grab a baggie slightly larger than you need for any given component(s). Tons of baggies will fit in a contaner and you can flip through them really quickly as long as you write clearly on them with permanent market/attach a label. I love that microscope!
Yes! The small square sorting case is pretty much what piercers use to store their jewelry too!
Seeing the tiny screws is fascinating and then you think about the machines that produce the screws.
Nate..... thank you for sharing that with Adam, who in turn shared with us! Awesome stuff
that engineering is beautiful, and I do mean that literally, there is something about precisely engineered machines that beyond being functional, I find very beautiful.
Adam, every time I watch you I am never let down.
Great video as always. The anti-backlash gear featured in most vintage tube radios. It ensured that as you changed the tuning condenser knob from one direction to the other, the dial pointer moved immediately.
How does it get even more complex the tinier it gets? Beautiful craftsmanship 🙌🏽👏🏽
Literally the most eye opening show and tell. Very very cool and educational.
I found that kind of fascinating, too. So, thanks, Nate!
What's fun are the machines that make and deburr those tiny screws.
That is so facinating! Would love to see the process that goes into making these!
I find it interesting that some people take the time to give a thumbs down on a delightful and enlightening Adam Savage video, for no other reason than to spread their infectious negativity. It's sad that they can only feel gratified by raise themselves up on the act of pulling another down.
It might be from the new allegations he raped his sister
@@crashoverride93637 well that would be premature and unjust to form an opinion with no facts to base them on. Social media tends to follow a mob mentality pulling out pitchforks and torches with only self righteous indignation and ignorance as its catalyst. If nothing else Johnny Depp should serve as a reason to excercise caution when judging others.
@@sophie5582 too bad adam doesn't do that.
The tiny screws that make things so much better!!!; )
It's not often you see Adam truly humbled. And he does it well.
Oh man, those containers look amazing for storing SMD components in!
I’ve got big frumpy paws, and avoid micro parts, but omg that’s beautiful and TINY work. Amazing
I just love when I learn something new that I had literally no idea about 12 minutes ago. Thanks Adam!
When I was working in smartphone/tablet repair, one of the first things I did was get a bunch of polypropylene test tubes. They were pretty reasonable at the time and the briefcase that contained my kit had all these handy little sleeves that could hold each test tube.
The first batch of tubes were apparently single-use sample tubes made from cheap acrylic and with stoppers, not screw caps. After a rough journey in my car, some of them split right open. Not good.
I made darn sure the next pile of tubes I got had actual screw caps. Nice and secure, easy to label. iPhone screws probably aren't as small as watch hardware, but I can easily lose them, and these saved my bacon plenty of times.
Even now I have a bag of test tubes in my office drawer so I can hold onto things like the spare M3/M4 hardware that came with the 3D printer, or bootlace ferrules for when I'm building a circuit and I do not want wires to slip out of screw terminals.
How cool would it be to send something to Adam and have him be flabbergasted in joy at what was sent.
Wow! Thanks to Nate! What a fascinating segment!
The fact screws this small exist is crazy but whats even more crazy is that we have machines that are able to create screws this small...mental!
Yay! We finally get to see the 'tiny screws'....
That wheel is incredible! Also nice to see your handy work pay off so quickly with the ring light on the microscope.
Sorry Adam, I'm going to need a banana for scale.
Are you a 9gager ?
I want to like your comment, but it would be the 70th. Sorry
Bananas are regularly used at Imgur for scales. I'd like to see a ruler against the screws.
THAT is impressive and WAY cool! The possibilities and processes boggles the mind.
There are fibres in paper that are the same length... that's... Amazing! I'm now trying to imagine the production process that makes these screws.
I like attention to detail, those gears got my attention! Very cool of the fan to do.
Thank you Nate! And thank you Adam.
Love seeing these videos all the time with Adam! Keep em going!!
The cutting out on that gear is amazing (and beautiful).
That was fun! Thank you Nate and Adam
Bloody remarkable. The last word is .... Adam don't you dare loose those! Those are like collector peices.
Some heavy machinery guy is thinking anything less than a 2" diameter bolt is tiny :D
Abomb79
@@joelkton1 He feeds his spray welder with these
That is the cleanest mill I've seen in my life
Now this was an interesting video! Amazing what man can make these days. Gives you a true appreciation for old school watch makers.
It's a belt screw for an ant's rocket jet pack. :) *_"Don't drop that."_*
you're doing an awesome job on the videos adam, keep it up :) and that small gear is amazing, as well as the screws, but seriously that gear is crazy. like he said they'res no way we would have been able to build that in any other era but this one. technology is truly amazing nowadays.
Wow you just never stop learning. Thank you
Adam. Please do a show and tell on what notebook you use and how you organise and catalog your notes! I want to get more organised and start using my notebook/journal!
How is that even possible? Mind blowing engineering.
Thanks, Nate! The screws are cool, but the gear is awesome.
Awesome! Another step towards Adams inevitable clockmaking project!
Pure Adam bliss.
I know Adam isnt the fondest of drawers and tbh im not either, but a few months back i was lucky enough to get one of those revolving wooden cabinets with multiple sides of drawers like a hardware store would have had back in the 1920s and its absolutely changed my life as its a table but neatly stores all my common bolts and washers. If i ever delve into attempting cabinet making id like to make a mini version of that same structure for small screws, dremel bits etc
Thanks for showing us that Adam. That gear was awesome!
Truly fascinating. Thanks Nate and thanks Adam.
So just as a nice Fyi, the sorters/containers that Adam got if anyone is interested, is from a company in Germany. The GMBH at the end of the business name that Adam mentioned stands for "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung,” or the translation of that which means - "Company with limited liability." It's a suffix used after a private limited company's name in Germany. The equivalent to that in the United States would be a company that has "LLC" after their name. LLC stands for "Limited Liability Company" I was stationed in Germany and used to hear the GMBH thing all the time on TV and on ads when it was referring to certain companies.
Your subscribers are so much the BEST!
It's the little things that makes us happy.
Preloaded gears exist on motorcycles as well. I have one on my primary drive gear. It helps with constant mesh
Amazing little gear. It looks like a bicycle wheel. This is approaching MEMS technology.
The event greater thing about people sending you stuff is that you then show it to us!
Wow. That gear is amazing. Those screws can probably fit inside the slot of the screw that holds a common Stanley utility knife together.
That gear is not just engineering its feaking ART!!!!!!!!!
Check out the watch brand that Nate works on. ua-cam.com/video/_ccGK5jaL5o/v-deo.html
you're not all alone you have 139,327 watching you. amazing content thank you.
For storage of tiny screws and parts I used my old contact lens clean/disinfect wash containers. And the little bottle new lenses come in.
In the end if I had screws that small I would loose them the instant I take them out of the package.