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7:20 yeah everything made back then was amazing I have fridge that still works after 30-35 years. Yes Fluke was the best and mothership for the same products and I think it still is. Not sure how the quality is now but they are super expensive now. Only a business can afford it now. Late Capitalisms is not working well for working class.
Been using the same Fluke 77 since the early 90s and it's still going strong. *It doesn't spy on me and I have **_NEVER_** had to update firmware, download an app, watch an ad on it, subscribe to any of its features, make an account or agree to any sleazy TOS agreements in order to use it.* Also, when the battery needs to be replaced, I can replace it! AMAZING!
Hey Adam, thanks for popping round. Just give me a heads up next time, you scared the web out of me. Hopefully catch up again sometime. Maybe get coffee.
The weirdly esoteric topics somehow make for the most compelling episodes. In particular, the idea of an architectural model of my childhood home is very much alive in my brain right now.
Dumpster diving diving is an incredible access to material. I'm a janitor and every day i see STACKS of palettes by the dumpster ready to be thrown out. Sometimes the wood is just in such incredible condition and i think how great it would be to have around the house for random repairs and projects. Before i could even finish asking my question, the manager just said "don't even ask. Take what you need". Amazed. All you have to do is ask.
First used Fluke equipment in electronics class at college. Our teacher said,"if that meter works, it's a Fluke!" Thanks Ed! I've had a Fluke multimeter for work for 25 years, still going strong.
I've had my Fluke multimeter for over 30 years and it's never failed me. It is the exact same model as the one Adam shared here. It was one of the first of what I considered an 'expensive and specialty' tool I bought when I was a young man building my first tool kit and I'm glad I let someone talk me into that purchase.
I had an uncle (he was born in 1905) that had a TV/Radio Sales & Repair shop in Ida Grove Iowa. He was always getting cool tools, meters and scopes. I would get to go up and stay with him, Aunt Mildred, and cousins Shirley and Wayne. He would put me to work, helping to clean the shop, the warehouse, and disassembling radios and TV's scavenging usable parts. When he passed away in 1995, his son way was going thru his 'treasure trove' (boxes of what anyone else would call junk!) and split it with me! I got loads of parts, tubes, capacitors, resistors, a SIMPSON analog voltmeter, a DVM he build from a kit, and an old Radio Shack DVM, plus a couple of odd oscilloscopes. I hope my kids appreciate this as much as I did! Well, I guess I need to educate them on the history first!
On the topic of Tool Purchases that felt like a coming of age: When i was renovating my apartment, I managed to burn the motor out of *two* cordless drills. One was a Screwfix own-brand, Erbauer, and the other was a Lidl Parkside. And for me the turning point was realising that I now had enough semi-disposable income to buy into the Milwaukee brand. First an Impact Driver and Drill combo, then a Sawzall, then Angle Grinder. My first Fluke was bought 2nd hand from a local microelectronics business that was going out of business, it's a Fluke 17B+. In fact I used it just this morning to diagnose my neighbour's car's inability to start, and I still feel special when i use it!
Adam - thank you for always sharing your passions so vividly and normalizing them for those of us who share them. I was given a fluke 77 multimeter in my first ‘proper’ job in 1989. It is one of my most prized tools. It still to this day lives in its box in my electronics toolkit when not in use. I remember calling my dad the first time I had to replace the 9v battery in it, almost two decades?!?! After I received it. I also enjoyed your treatise on the time reversal that happens to us as engineers and makers - so vividly true - totally resonated with me. Thank you for sharing your passions so honestly and openly.
When I was in my twenties I was dating my future wife., whom I would spend over 40 years with. Her mother was so helpful in my tool maturation. For every birthday and at Christmas she would buy me one serious tool, tool set or tool storage piece. It was during the time of the made in USA Craftsman tools, and she loved Sears, so that worked out great. Over the next 5 years or so, I received 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 socket sets, wrench sets, metric and std, screwdriver sets, pliers sets and eventually a tool chest bottom, top and middle drawers. She's gone now, but I am forever thankful for her contribution to my making career. ✌🏼
Companies definitely take advantage of this kind of psychological effect. Worked at a retail car rental company over 10 years ago now, and I'll bet you'll guess the one, when I say they had an internal marketing newsletter that said something along the lines that they wanted to *own* the color yellow. It was super weird to think about, but corporations want you thinking about their products 24/7.
I know exactly how you feel when you say you felt like a grown up. My dad worked in IT but he started as an electrical engineer. I remember testing battery voltages with him when I was about 5. His little needle meter was like magic to me. Years later I found myself working at a shop that serviced forklift batteries - very large, lead acid. The shop meter was, I think, that same model of Fluke. I ended up keeping that meter when the shop got upgrades and I still have it. It's a very special tool to me. It's one of those things that feels like the "real deal" version of the thing. There's just something perfect about the click of the selection knob and heft and feel in your hand. I can hear the continuity beep.
Hey Adam! Industrial turbine engine tech here… I use a GE XL VU borescope for internal engine inspections. Quite pricey ($30k+ Canadian) but is an excellent camera. Always fun to mess around and scope random things
Adam, a suggestion that you may want to use the bore scope on…. If you have access to a firearms museum, take the bore scope and send it down the barrels of vintage rifles. See how gunsmiths created the rifling on 17th - 20th century guns. Also if you are interested see the barrels of the 1903 Springfield rifles made by different companies, how some only have 2, some 4 rifling lands. I use my bore scope to check barrel wear on my rifles.
My dad was an engineer at the power co. And i definitely remember as a child taking his fluke 87 to a kitchen outlet and shorting the leads. I still have that 87, and it is a grey rubber model before the yellow. Still the best meter i own out of many.
Adam did a tool recommendation video a few years ago about endoscopes and i immediately picked one up for about $30. So, okay, ive never used it...but im glad i have it, and one day it will come in clutch.
I can remember getting a borescope at the place I worked in the late 80s - it cost us 1100 gbp then, which equates to about two Fluke DS703s adjusted for inflation. Of course, it was purely optical with no screen, just an eyepiece on the end of a stem about 18” long, which was rigid - no looking round corners for us, then. Plus the light source was a separate heavy metal box with a fan cooled projector type bulb connected to the ‘scope via a fibre optic cable. But it did the job and allowed us to check down inside a narrow ceramic tube to see if it was assembled correctly and if it was cracked or not. And for taking home and looking inside old cars to see if they were rusty inside the box sections!
Suggestions - all serious: * Any space in your landcruiser. Under the seats, inside the dashboard, down the doors, any area that is a drain for rainwater. * Under your shop floor - its raised up, so stuff could be collecting underneath. * At home, behind cabinets like kitchen. Can often get through above the toekick. Power points, light switches, any kind of plate - take it off and poke around inside the walls. * Your coffee plumbing nightmare at home - I bet it looks like a dystopian gasworks up close. * Any tool with gears and moving parts. The lathe's gearbox perhaps? Up the apron of your mill. Can see those parts moving and working without risking your fingers. * Ultra-close to the nozzle of a FDM printer, watching it lay down the squish. * Time lapse record inside an ant's nest or some other kind of colony. * Yeah - noses, ears and mouths are candidates too. Expect to be grossed out.
UA-cam seems to get dry when school picks up again for the kiddo. It's always great to have something consistently interesting to look forward to after dropping her off in the mornings
When I first got a wood router, that's when I felt like a real "woodworker". I had been building things for years, and reading the magazines, but the router made it real!
During the early 90's I was a Radar Specialist in the Air Force and we had that exact meter in our tool chest, since then, I too have wanted a Fluke DMM for my own but can't justify the expense (I really don't have the need) but the 77 and it's big brother the 87 were the meters I learned on and would love to own... maybe I could find one used now for almost nothing. Thanks for the idea. Also, it's good for you to have Fluke in your shop as their ruggedness would definitely benefit you as it seems you're very rough with all your equipment (LOL!). Have fun with your new toy... I'm not jealous at all (LOL!)
I've been in the RC hobby for over 10 years now and did a lot of soldering. Most of the times with a cheap noname brand soldering station. Then when the last one got broken I saved me some money and bought a TS100 soldering iron and it's awesome. Nowadays at work (a prototyping department) I sometimes do some soldering as well with a Weller soldering station. So with that experience I can say this TS100 works better than a Weller soldering station. It's so easy to use and compact. Ideal for in the field repairs as well.
My first multimeter was the Simpson 260. The first digital multimeter I purchased was the Fluke 77/AN. I still own both, they still work and I still use them. The Simpson is a work of art!
I totally get it about buying a Fluke multimeter. My first meter was a VTVM, which dates me! Early 1970s dad took me to the Heathkit store then in Rockville, MD and bought be a vacuum tube voltmeter kit. Total surprise. Turns out, it was a test. He watched as I built it then took me back to Heathkit, again without explanation. He bought their top of the line color TV kit, something like $800+. For me to build and the family used that thing many years. So I totally share your passion for quality instruments!
I started helping borescoping jet engines in the mid 80's with ridged scopes and I remember the 1st camera scopes and how much better it was to be able record the damage we found.
I've found a consumer endoscope to be very useful at home! Plus they are so inexpensive now. Just used it a few weeks ago to see what fell behind the fridge to see if it was worth going after.
You have taken cushion diving for coins to a new level. My first exposure to bore scope in an industrial environment was for the examination of boiler tubes. Being able to see the pitting and scrubbing of superheater tubes was cutting-edge technology in the early 1980s. In your shop, it would be interesting to see the inner workings of your lathe or mill. Diagnostic examination of any large tool from the inside would be useful. Imagine how valuable a bore scope would been for Dr. William Beaumont's studies of Alexis St. Martin.
my first several experiences with fluke devices were while i was stationed at ft bragg, early on in my military career. many years later i used several more fluke devices on ft campbell & in afghanistan, always to great effect, generally while repairing mission essential equipment. i finally bought my own fluke multimeter when i saw one at a pawn shop in clarksville, tn, & have used it countless times since on more projects than i can possibly name. i recently added a noncontact probe to the kit in which my lovely fluke is kept & will likely continue expanding my capabilities until i eventually can't use my tools anymore & find a deserving soul to pass them on to.
At my former workplace I used a small webcam on a USB cable hooked up to a laptop as a proof of concept to make a case for buying a similar borescope. We used it to inspect the inside of high-power transmitters (powered down, of course) looking for evidence of arc marks, burnt insulation, dropped screws, etc. Possibly more fun than the FLIR camera.
He already did that! I feel like that progression would normally go the other direction, from the shop tool to the medical, but erm, it's maybe better he got the inside-the-body camera out of his system already
Those scopes are ideal for looking at the inside of an acoustic guitar. You'll appreciate how much engineering goes into the bracing on some guitar's bodies a lot more.
When i was in school learning IT and small electronics we used fluke too. I always wanted a fluke multimeter after that, but never could afford one. Last year I finally got one as a gift from someone who didnt even know what it was, it was just sitting in a box with random stuff.
35 years ago, a 73 and 77 were my first in college/early work trades. I was 15. My first job about 1992 they gave me an 87. I was SOOOO excited because my boss said if I left, it was still mine. Avondale Mills. I was a troubleshooter and electrician. I drooled over the 787 and graphing Flukes the instrumentation guys had. Good times...
I had that same Fluke 77 meter that I bought at the local electrical supply while in college! The old guys looked at me funny when I walked in, and I probably shouldn't have spent the money, but it's given years of service. Still buying Fluke, just picked up a 117 the other day!
When I was doing network setup and configuration we always used Fluke network analyzers and test equipment. I've used other brands, but for me Fluke was the best choice for both capability and usability.
Fluke yellow is so modern. I remember buying my first fluke and it was gray on gray. Basically your fluke but the yellow part was light gray. After that i bought some used fluke equipment which was beige.😊
I remember back in the late 70’s as an apprentice coveting Fluke meters unfortunately I was never able to afford one and how jealous I was of colleagues who had one.
I have a Craftsman multimeter I bought almost 20 years ago. I really wanted the Fluke, but they didn't have any in stock. The Craftsman has been decent. I also have a Radio Shack multimeter from the 80's. Still works.
I bought a borescope on amazon for 30 bucks and I use that thing way more than I thought I would. I mainly use it when I'm working on my motorcycles and I need to peak into tight spaces (like cylinders or gas tanks) but it comes in handy for all sorts of stuff.
My mature equipment was music related and it was a Taylor Big Baby. Wasn’t the most expensive guitar, I think at the time it was $300, but having an acoustic guitar with the word Taylor on the headstock was an awesome feeling.
I had a few different analog meters and was introduced to my first digital meter in the Navy back in the 80's. My first digital meter was a fluke and a fluke. I was given it by an electrician that I assisted on numerous jobs. My newest, I bought used and it was a Fluke ( I paid$80.00 for it too), it's a bit more complicated and it did take a learning curve to use it. I still keep a mini manual I printed in the soft case. I just used it today while diagnosing a bad GFI outlet.👍
I have an affinity for the old Fluke 25 because it's the first multimeter I ever used. It was what I used as an electronics apprentice, and as qualified engineer at the same company. I still have occasional muscle memory from it when using a new Fluke, in that I want to turn the selector dial anti-clockwise to turn it off rather than pushing the power button.
As someone who was taught electronics in the RAF using an AVO meter, when on my first posting, I had to be early to beat the others to the only fluke DMM we had. I have a DMM now, but would kinda like an AVO!
"This is how we get good at stuff. We trade our time for skill until our skill replaces the amount of time we're going to take." Going to try and remember that every time my ADHD makes me start a new hobby :D in particular the bit where I wonder why I'm not immediately perfect at whatever it is... haven't traded enough time for skill yet :P
My Dad recently passed. Gave a bunch of his things to a family friend and in turn that friend had a friend that passed that was a electrical engineer. He had got a bunch of his stuff and gave it to me maybe a week or so ago. Now I have a nice Techtronix 2236 osciloscope I just need probes for, a couple other linear DC supplies and a ancient eeprom programmer. Along with a box full of IC's, some of which are displays. I have 3 that go for $20 per on ebay.
Watching you try and fight that stick and weight while keeping the scope on the chair was like watching Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau. Thanks for the laugh! Now where is Kato hiding? Nothing like getting a new toy to play with!
Used to attend the Foothill Swap religiously. Get there in the dark and the early birds would go through what you brought as you tried to unload and set up.
I agree with your assessment of meters. I’m not an electrician. I need to test for standard home voltage (120/210), check batteries and a “buzz” to check for broken wires. When you talk to Fluke ask them to make a simple meter for home owners. 😊
In my early years of servicing Aids to Navigation (buoys, beacons, and lighthouses) in the Coast Guard the Fluke Meter was the standard. Mine unfortunately was stolen a few years back but it was well over 35 years old and I swear I only remember changing the batteries a couple times.
Learned to love inspection cameras from the electricians at work. These things are great if you have to work out a battleplan for things like home repairs.
Adam... the one thing I'd want one of these for, would be to look inside the engine block on my 1997 VW Cabrio... You have a vintage land cruiser... I've been asking you for years to do a video on the land cruiser! You know what you must do! I want to see inside your land cruiser like noone has done since it left the factory! Also... it'd be rad if someone built that architectural model in 3D, so you could load it into a vr set, and walk through it... XD
my guess is power consumption. cameras get hot, so you must sacrifice something to keep the power low enough to not overheat the sensor. in this case the obvious choice is to sacrifice frame rate before quality. another reason may be level of light. in low lighting conditions, cameras require longer exposure time per frame to get an adequately lit picture.
I don't have anything as nice as a Fluke, just a $50 Amazon special from an off-brand, but it has both forward- and side-looking cameras and a light, and honestly it's a gamechanger in an old house to investigate what's in your walls, your ceiling, and other inaccessible places in your house. Highly recommend. I also find it funny how many people aren't aware that endoscopes aren't just for colonoscopies and immediately crack out the colonoscopy jokes as soon as they see an endoscope. I told my mother over the phone about buying an endoscope to troubleshoot a rat problem a few years ago, and her immediate response upon hearing the word 'endoscope' was to interrupt, "Oh my, I'm sorry." I said, "No mom, it's to find where the rats are nesting in the walls." She said, "Oh, right, right."
I'd like the see the inner working of the air compressor ive seen you use to dust yourself off, lower the psi to something very low so you don't cause damage or hurt yourself but id like to see the valves at work when you press the trigger
They need to make one with a 3D camera probe so you don't have to try to point the lens in any particular direction. You could just insert the probe and look around.
Using the borescope with the house model was cool-it made you feel like your were there. It could be a fun filming tool on other models of all kinds. I got my dad a cheap borescope a couple years back. First thing he did was use it as a cat toy, which was pretty funny because it made the cat look more like Godzilla.
Working for a large UK vacuum cleaner manufacturer we used to have free access to the skips and it was a great source of material , inspiration and learning aids about construction methods for young engineers. Sadly thats all stopped with paranoia and managment clamp downs turning the place into a rigid rule based box, crushing free thinking. And they wonder why new ideas don't flow. Hope you never stop browsing those dumpsters.
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7:20 yeah everything made back then was amazing I have fridge that still works after 30-35 years. Yes Fluke was the best and mothership for the same products and I think it still is. Not sure how the quality is now but they are super expensive now. Only a business can afford it now. Late Capitalisms is not working well for working class.
12:24 yeah doesn't look like the recording from fluke has much fps. It looks like it has more fps on the screen.
Been using the same Fluke 77 since the early 90s and it's still going strong.
*It doesn't spy on me and I have **_NEVER_** had to update firmware, download an app, watch an ad on it, subscribe to any of its features, make an account or agree to any sleazy TOS agreements in order to use it.* Also, when the battery needs to be replaced, I can replace it! AMAZING!
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I love that
Loved it. Wonderful. 1:1.
Hey Adam, thanks for popping round. Just give me a heads up next time, you scared the web out of me. Hopefully catch up again sometime. Maybe get coffee.
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You created a new email address and UA-cam channel just to leave this comment. Well played sir!
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The weirdly esoteric topics somehow make for the most compelling episodes. In particular, the idea of an architectural model of my childhood home is very much alive in my brain right now.
Dumpster diving diving is an incredible access to material. I'm a janitor and every day i see STACKS of palettes by the dumpster ready to be thrown out. Sometimes the wood is just in such incredible condition and i think how great it would be to have around the house for random repairs and projects. Before i could even finish asking my question, the manager just said "don't even ask. Take what you need". Amazed. All you have to do is ask.
First used Fluke equipment in electronics class at college. Our teacher said,"if that meter works, it's a Fluke!" Thanks Ed! I've had a Fluke multimeter for work for 25 years, still going strong.
I've had my Fluke multimeter for over 30 years and it's never failed me. It is the exact same model as the one Adam shared here. It was one of the first of what I considered an 'expensive and specialty' tool I bought when I was a young man building my first tool kit and I'm glad I let someone talk me into that purchase.
I had an uncle (he was born in 1905) that had a TV/Radio Sales & Repair shop in Ida Grove Iowa. He was always getting cool tools, meters and scopes. I would get to go up and stay with him, Aunt Mildred, and cousins Shirley and Wayne. He would put me to work, helping to clean the shop, the warehouse, and disassembling radios and TV's scavenging usable parts. When he passed away in 1995, his son way was going thru his 'treasure trove' (boxes of what anyone else would call junk!) and split it with me! I got loads of parts, tubes, capacitors, resistors, a SIMPSON analog voltmeter, a DVM he build from a kit, and an old Radio Shack DVM, plus a couple of odd oscilloscopes. I hope my kids appreciate this as much as I did! Well, I guess I need to educate them on the history first!
On the topic of Tool Purchases that felt like a coming of age: When i was renovating my apartment, I managed to burn the motor out of *two* cordless drills. One was a Screwfix own-brand, Erbauer, and the other was a Lidl Parkside. And for me the turning point was realising that I now had enough semi-disposable income to buy into the Milwaukee brand. First an Impact Driver and Drill combo, then a Sawzall, then Angle Grinder.
My first Fluke was bought 2nd hand from a local microelectronics business that was going out of business, it's a Fluke 17B+. In fact I used it just this morning to diagnose my neighbour's car's inability to start, and I still feel special when i use it!
Adam - thank you for always sharing your passions so vividly and normalizing them for those of us who share them. I was given a fluke 77 multimeter in my first ‘proper’ job in 1989. It is one of my most prized tools. It still to this day lives in its box in my electronics toolkit when not in use. I remember calling my dad the first time I had to replace the 9v battery in it, almost two decades?!?! After I received it. I also enjoyed your treatise on the time reversal that happens to us as engineers and makers - so vividly true - totally resonated with me. Thank you for sharing your passions so honestly and openly.
Looking at the springs in that all I can think is "back when things were made to last". Lovely.
When I was in my twenties I was dating my future wife., whom I would spend over 40 years with. Her mother was so helpful in my tool maturation.
For every birthday and at Christmas she would buy me one serious tool, tool set or tool storage piece. It was during the time of the made in USA Craftsman tools, and she loved Sears, so that worked out great.
Over the next 5 years or so, I received 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 socket sets, wrench sets, metric and std, screwdriver sets, pliers sets and eventually a tool chest bottom, top and middle drawers. She's gone now, but I am forever thankful for her contribution to my making career. ✌🏼
That comment did not go how I expected after the 1st paragraph.
Fluke: We have a state of the art camera system with multiple camera probes, lights, video screen and settings.
Adam: Does it come in yellow?
Companies definitely take advantage of this kind of psychological effect.
Worked at a retail car rental company over 10 years ago now, and I'll bet you'll guess the one, when I say they had an internal marketing newsletter that said something along the lines that they wanted to *own* the color yellow.
It was super weird to think about, but corporations want you thinking about their products 24/7.
Adam takes looking for change in the couch to an entirely ridiculous level
I'm french and when I was younger I had a pair of virtually identical club chairs I inherited from my parents
"oh there's that pen" at 19:05 had me laughing pretty hard!
I was young man in the 80s and just loved the older guys Flukes!
I know exactly how you feel when you say you felt like a grown up. My dad worked in IT but he started as an electrical engineer. I remember testing battery voltages with him when I was about 5. His little needle meter was like magic to me. Years later I found myself working at a shop that serviced forklift batteries - very large, lead acid. The shop meter was, I think, that same model of Fluke. I ended up keeping that meter when the shop got upgrades and I still have it. It's a very special tool to me. It's one of those things that feels like the "real deal" version of the thing. There's just something perfect about the click of the selection knob and heft and feel in your hand. I can hear the continuity beep.
"There's some swarth in the spindle of my lathe" is poetic AF.
Hey Adam! Industrial turbine engine tech here… I use a GE XL VU borescope for internal engine inspections. Quite pricey ($30k+ Canadian) but is an excellent camera. Always fun to mess around and scope random things
Adam, a suggestion that you may want to use the bore scope on…. If you have access to a firearms museum, take the bore scope and send it down the barrels of vintage rifles. See how gunsmiths created the rifling on 17th - 20th century guns. Also if you are interested see the barrels of the 1903 Springfield rifles made by different companies, how some only have 2, some 4 rifling lands. I use my bore scope to check barrel wear on my rifles.
Thanks for the suggestion!
My dad was an engineer at the power co. And i definitely remember as a child taking his fluke 87 to a kitchen outlet and shorting the leads. I still have that 87, and it is a grey rubber model before the yellow. Still the best meter i own out of many.
Adam did a tool recommendation video a few years ago about endoscopes and i immediately picked one up for about $30. So, okay, ive never used it...but im glad i have it, and one day it will come in clutch.
Forget going out on Saturday nights, this is how I get my kicks.
I can remember getting a borescope at the place I worked in the late 80s - it cost us 1100 gbp then, which equates to about two Fluke DS703s adjusted for inflation. Of course, it was purely optical with no screen, just an eyepiece on the end of a stem about 18” long, which was rigid - no looking round corners for us, then. Plus the light source was a separate heavy metal box with a fan cooled projector type bulb connected to the ‘scope via a fibre optic cable. But it did the job and allowed us to check down inside a narrow ceramic tube to see if it was assembled correctly and if it was cracked or not.
And for taking home and looking inside old cars to see if they were rusty inside the box sections!
Suggestions - all serious:
* Any space in your landcruiser. Under the seats, inside the dashboard, down the doors, any area that is a drain for rainwater.
* Under your shop floor - its raised up, so stuff could be collecting underneath.
* At home, behind cabinets like kitchen. Can often get through above the toekick.
Power points, light switches, any kind of plate - take it off and poke around inside the walls.
* Your coffee plumbing nightmare at home - I bet it looks like a dystopian gasworks up close.
* Any tool with gears and moving parts. The lathe's gearbox perhaps? Up the apron of your mill. Can see those parts moving and working without risking your fingers.
* Ultra-close to the nozzle of a FDM printer, watching it lay down the squish.
* Time lapse record inside an ant's nest or some other kind of colony.
* Yeah - noses, ears and mouths are candidates too. Expect to be grossed out.
UA-cam seems to get dry when school picks up again for the kiddo. It's always great to have something consistently interesting to look forward to after dropping her off in the mornings
Those pants he is wearing are awesome.
When I first got a wood router, that's when I felt like a real "woodworker". I had been building things for years, and reading the magazines, but the router made it real!
We need this for all of Norm’s future diorama projects. Something about the lens sells the small-scale as the full-scale really well
😂 always nice to see Adam happy playing with his tools.😂
During the early 90's I was a Radar Specialist in the Air Force and we had that exact meter in our tool chest, since then, I too have wanted a Fluke DMM for my own but can't justify the expense (I really don't have the need) but the 77 and it's big brother the 87 were the meters I learned on and would love to own... maybe I could find one used now for almost nothing. Thanks for the idea. Also, it's good for you to have Fluke in your shop as their ruggedness would definitely benefit you as it seems you're very rough with all your equipment (LOL!). Have fun with your new toy... I'm not jealous at all (LOL!)
Ah, I was looking for something to watch, and as always Adam comes in clutch!
2:37 this sit down bit was really cool, Adam, maybe start doing some of your Q&A's from a comfy spot? I liked it :) Story time with Adam Savage 🔨🤓
You should run the scope under your large tools to look for lost screws, if there's a gap.
gotta affix a magnet to the head first, so that you can pick up the lost screws... =p
"Today on 'Will It Endoscope?' Adam explores the depths of Tudor furniture, a boiler, and John Smith 1967 Buick Skylark."
Ha! Well done.
NGL: I'd watch that series xD
Read that once in the voice of Robert Lee, then in the voice of “How it’s Made” (cue soundtrack)
I would watch this weekly series lol
I've been in the RC hobby for over 10 years now and did a lot of soldering. Most of the times with a cheap noname brand soldering station. Then when the last one got broken I saved me some money and bought a TS100 soldering iron and it's awesome. Nowadays at work (a prototyping department) I sometimes do some soldering as well with a Weller soldering station. So with that experience I can say this TS100 works better than a Weller soldering station. It's so easy to use and compact. Ideal for in the field repairs as well.
“O my gosh, I can’t believe someone would scope a chair and film it for UA-cam”
-someone who watched the whole video
It is just me or does Adam have the toy box we all drool over? ;)
My first multimeter was the Simpson 260. The first digital multimeter I purchased was the Fluke 77/AN.
I still own both, they still work and I still use them. The Simpson is a work of art!
I totally get it about buying a Fluke multimeter. My first meter was a VTVM, which dates me! Early 1970s dad took me to the Heathkit store then in Rockville, MD and bought be a vacuum tube voltmeter kit. Total surprise. Turns out, it was a test. He watched as I built it then took me back to Heathkit, again without explanation. He bought their top of the line color TV kit, something like $800+. For me to build and the family used that thing many years.
So I totally share your passion for quality instruments!
I started helping borescoping jet engines in the mid 80's with ridged scopes and I remember the 1st camera scopes and how much better it was to be able record the damage we found.
I've found a consumer endoscope to be very useful at home! Plus they are so inexpensive now. Just used it a few weeks ago to see what fell behind the fridge to see if it was worth going after.
You have taken cushion diving for coins to a new level.
My first exposure to bore scope in an industrial environment was for the examination of boiler tubes. Being able to see the pitting and scrubbing of superheater tubes was cutting-edge technology in the early 1980s.
In your shop, it would be interesting to see the inner workings of your lathe or mill. Diagnostic examination of any large tool from the inside would be useful.
Imagine how valuable a bore scope would been for Dr. William Beaumont's studies of Alexis St. Martin.
my first several experiences with fluke devices were while i was stationed at ft bragg, early on in my military career. many years later i used several more fluke devices on ft campbell & in afghanistan, always to great effect, generally while repairing mission essential equipment. i finally bought my own fluke multimeter when i saw one at a pawn shop in clarksville, tn, & have used it countless times since on more projects than i can possibly name. i recently added a noncontact probe to the kit in which my lovely fluke is kept & will likely continue expanding my capabilities until i eventually can't use my tools anymore & find a deserving soul to pass them on to.
I still have mine from 1989 when I started my refrigeration apprenticeship , still works
At my former workplace I used a small webcam on a USB cable hooked up to a laptop as a proof of concept to make a case for buying a similar borescope. We used it to inspect the inside of high-power transmitters (powered down, of course) looking for evidence of arc marks, burnt insulation, dropped screws, etc. Possibly more fun than the FLIR camera.
Its time for that "At Home Colonoscopy Kit"! 🧐
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You're the reason for the "no! no!" at the end lol
He already did that! I feel like that progression would normally go the other direction, from the shop tool to the medical, but erm, it's maybe better he got the inside-the-body camera out of his system already
Somebody had a Fluke digital meter and it was awesome. Awesome that it still works, can't say that about my Heathkit meter from the late 70s.
Those scopes are ideal for looking at the inside of an acoustic guitar. You'll appreciate how much engineering goes into the bracing on some guitar's bodies a lot more.
When i was in school learning IT and small electronics we used fluke too. I always wanted a fluke multimeter after that, but never could afford one. Last year I finally got one as a gift from someone who didnt even know what it was, it was just sitting in a box with random stuff.
35 years ago, a 73 and 77 were my first in college/early work trades. I was 15. My first job about 1992 they gave me an 87. I was SOOOO excited because my boss said if I left, it was still mine. Avondale Mills. I was a troubleshooter and electrician. I drooled over the 787 and graphing Flukes the instrumentation guys had. Good times...
SCRAP sounds like something we need in LA
I had that same Fluke 77 meter that I bought at the local electrical supply while in college! The old guys looked at me funny when I walked in, and I probably shouldn't have spent the money, but it's given years of service. Still buying Fluke, just picked up a 117 the other day!
When I was doing network setup and configuration we always used Fluke network analyzers and test equipment. I've used other brands, but for me Fluke was the best choice for both capability and usability.
Fluke yellow is so modern. I remember buying my first fluke and it was gray on gray. Basically your fluke but the yellow part was light gray. After that i bought some used fluke equipment which was beige.😊
I loved the bit at the end! So cool to be able to do that :)
I remember back in the late 70’s as an apprentice coveting Fluke meters unfortunately I was never able to afford one and how jealous I was of colleagues who had one.
Look inside some of the costumes/space suits you’ve built! I think it would be cool to get an “inside look”!
THOSE PANTS! where did you get them from!
Also want to know!
Looks like it’s Nostromo Pants, from Nostromo Crew
I still have my original Fluke 77 from 1991 and it still works too!
This is one of the most stylish outfits 🤩👌
been amazed by such simples things. lovely to see. thanks!
I have a Craftsman multimeter I bought almost 20 years ago. I really wanted the Fluke, but they didn't have any in stock. The Craftsman has been decent.
I also have a Radio Shack multimeter from the 80's. Still works.
I bought a borescope on amazon for 30 bucks and I use that thing way more than I thought I would. I mainly use it when I'm working on my motorcycles and I need to peak into tight spaces (like cylinders or gas tanks) but it comes in handy for all sorts of stuff.
You dropped something on the floor when plugging in the bore scope at 9:46!!!!
My mature equipment was music related and it was a Taylor Big Baby. Wasn’t the most expensive guitar, I think at the time it was $300, but having an acoustic guitar with the word Taylor on the headstock was an awesome feeling.
That was almost 30 years ago, the guitar has taken a few beatings, but it still sounds amazing.
I had a few different analog meters and was introduced to my first digital meter in the Navy back in the 80's.
My first digital meter was a fluke and a fluke. I was given it by an electrician that I assisted on numerous jobs. My newest, I bought used and it was a Fluke ( I paid$80.00 for it too), it's a bit more complicated and it did take a learning curve to use it. I still keep a mini manual I printed in the soft case. I just used it today while diagnosing a bad GFI outlet.👍
Thank you, Adam... Such fun to watch you with new toys. 💙🌻💙
I remember being so excited for my first drill press. $25 for my bench top that I still use. I love it!
I have an affinity for the old Fluke 25 because it's the first multimeter I ever used. It was what I used as an electronics apprentice, and as qualified engineer at the same company.
I still have occasional muscle memory from it when using a new Fluke, in that I want to turn the selector dial anti-clockwise to turn it off rather than pushing the power button.
Sweet! I have Fluke 77 that's been around the world. Still works!
As someone who was taught electronics in the RAF using an AVO meter, when on my first posting, I had to be early to beat the others to the only fluke DMM we had. I have a DMM now, but would kinda like an AVO!
"This is how we get good at stuff. We trade our time for skill until our skill replaces the amount of time we're going to take." Going to try and remember that every time my ADHD makes me start a new hobby :D in particular the bit where I wonder why I'm not immediately perfect at whatever it is... haven't traded enough time for skill yet :P
My Dad recently passed. Gave a bunch of his things to a family friend and in turn that friend had a friend that passed that was a electrical engineer. He had got a bunch of his stuff and gave it to me maybe a week or so ago. Now I have a nice Techtronix 2236 osciloscope I just need probes for, a couple other linear DC supplies and a ancient eeprom programmer. Along with a box full of IC's, some of which are displays. I have 3 that go for $20 per on ebay.
Watching you try and fight that stick and weight while keeping the scope on the chair was like watching Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau. Thanks for the laugh! Now where is Kato hiding? Nothing like getting a new toy to play with!
Used to attend the Foothill Swap religiously. Get there in the dark and the early birds would go through what you brought as you tried to unload and set up.
This episode is very reminiscent of Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capone’s vault on live TV.
I agree with your assessment of meters. I’m not an electrician. I need to test for standard home voltage (120/210), check batteries and a “buzz” to check for broken wires. When you talk to Fluke ask them to make a simple meter for home owners. 😊
"Fluke 101 Basic Digital Multimeter". Usually $50-$60, has a continuity tester (beeps if circuit is completed).
I've had that same meter since the 1980s. It still works perfectly.
Looking under the floor of the Cave, make sure your framing of the floor is holding up well after the load of wheeling in the new mill.
Brilliant video Adam .
In my early years of servicing Aids to Navigation (buoys, beacons, and lighthouses) in the Coast Guard the Fluke Meter was the standard. Mine unfortunately was stolen a few years back but it was well over 35 years old and I swear I only remember changing the batteries a couple times.
From now on when I'm trying to explain to someone why I love Adam so much, I will show them this video 😂
Wow, today Adam is looking like a Raver that just stepped on the dance floor in 1999. Fresh
Hell yes dude.. I would rock those every day of the week!
Learned to love inspection cameras from the electricians at work. These things are great if you have to work out a battleplan for things like home repairs.
those pants are insane, the the entire outfit is crazy
in a good way
Ahh... Was so close to give my suggestion there for a sec.
Love the stabilized borescope video!
Adam... the one thing I'd want one of these for, would be to look inside the engine block on my 1997 VW Cabrio... You have a vintage land cruiser... I've been asking you for years to do a video on the land cruiser!
You know what you must do! I want to see inside your land cruiser like noone has done since it left the factory!
Also... it'd be rad if someone built that architectural model in 3D, so you could load it into a vr set, and walk through it... XD
I got an ear camera on Temu, I spent hours with that thing, this very much reminds me of this. My ears have never been so clean.
Is there a reason for the low frame rate of the camera? Great quality thought. But the frame rate is bugging me.
Definitely just low frame rate capture. The screen showed a much higher rate
my guess is power consumption. cameras get hot, so you must sacrifice something to keep the power low enough to not overheat the sensor. in this case the obvious choice is to sacrifice frame rate before quality. another reason may be level of light. in low lighting conditions, cameras require longer exposure time per frame to get an adequately lit picture.
I had wanted a Fluke multi-meter back in the day, but never could afford one. So just went with a basic one from local stores.
Boroscopes and endoscopes are cool. It's like having a camera on a small drone that you can fly into small spaces. 🙂
My mom bought me the the fluke 117 for Christmas when I started HVAC classes
I don't have anything as nice as a Fluke, just a $50 Amazon special from an off-brand, but it has both forward- and side-looking cameras and a light, and honestly it's a gamechanger in an old house to investigate what's in your walls, your ceiling, and other inaccessible places in your house. Highly recommend.
I also find it funny how many people aren't aware that endoscopes aren't just for colonoscopies and immediately crack out the colonoscopy jokes as soon as they see an endoscope. I told my mother over the phone about buying an endoscope to troubleshoot a rat problem a few years ago, and her immediate response upon hearing the word 'endoscope' was to interrupt, "Oh my, I'm sorry." I said, "No mom, it's to find where the rats are nesting in the walls." She said, "Oh, right, right."
I'd like the see the inner working of the air compressor ive seen you use to dust yourself off, lower the psi to something very low so you don't cause damage or hurt yourself but id like to see the valves at work when you press the trigger
Topdon and Vevor also have borescopes with the lil' right angle bits. The Chickanic loves her depstech brand
They need to make one with a 3D camera probe so you don't have to try to point the lens in any particular direction. You could just insert the probe and look around.
Mine has a pretty wide fish-eye lense on it.. which isn't the same thing, but it definitely helps
Using the borescope with the house model was cool-it made you feel like your were there. It could be a fun filming tool on other models of all kinds.
I got my dad a cheap borescope a couple years back. First thing he did was use it as a cat toy, which was pretty funny because it made the cat look more like Godzilla.
An old chimney flue for the borescope. That'd be a neat perscpective.
Working for a large UK vacuum cleaner manufacturer we used to have free access to the skips and it was a great source of material , inspiration and learning aids about construction methods for young engineers. Sadly thats all stopped with paranoia and managment clamp downs turning the place into a rigid rule based box, crushing free thinking. And they wonder why new ideas don't flow. Hope you never stop browsing those dumpsters.