Adam Savage's Miniature Vault Door Build, Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/SiL8IzJSnyU/v-deo.html Adam Savage's Miniature Vault Door Build, Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/OoMgiXfHbj0/v-deo.html
number 1 rookie mistake in polishing, starting at too high of a grit. shoulda been at 120 or 220, 400 grit on steel is already extremely close to mirror shine
Adam are you adding pressure bars? That specific type of door gets "sucked in" with pressure bars to align the door into the frame and makes clearance so the bolt work can throw. Id be happy to share some pics and video from my collection of Main Vault Doors.
Adam, for your final display, as the inside of the vault, you could build an infinity mirror box diorama with gold or money and some cool lights. It would be awesome!!! (it already is 😜)
Hi Adam, fellow Adam here. I live in Oregon and work on safes and vaults for a living. Also have my own fabrication workshop for making replacement safe and vault parts. I wish we could have collaborated before you started the design. I have scans of vault blueprints from older vaults like this and lots and lots of experience working on these doors. Looking forward to seeing the end result.
Same here. I used to work for Mosler. Albeit mostly I installed counter steel and drive up, I loved servicing the old doors. Some bore needless complexity for the sake of visual art. It was fun to be a part of.
Hey, I wouldn't be surprised if Adam's up for making a Vault Door 2.0. He frequently revises old designs and makes new models with other stuff, so no reason why he won't do it here. Maybe send him something through a more official channel than a comment?
The body of the hinge is supposed to have a significant clearance from the door and wall. The purpose of the second hinge (at the center of the door) is to allow the door to pull STRAIGHT OUT of the hole a short distance before it begins to pivot the rest of the way open.
Yes, I totally agree! In fact, since the hinge plates and rotating shafts made by Adam are eccentrically designed, the existing hinge plates can be installed flipped over and leave space between them and the door panels, leaving an inward rotation angle for the door panels so that the front edge of the door panels Just avoid the door frame.
@@Z2hstudioDamn, good catch! It's right there in our face, still I did not see it. I wonder if he overlooked that too, or if not doing that was a concious design choice.
So really the big mistake was machining the body of the hinge to be a perfectly flat surface. If he'd made it in more of a saddle shape, he might've avoided all that headache.
Adam, another vote for making the back out of acrylic. Being able to see the mechanism at work would make this an even more amazing project. Though it might mean that conversations over the coffee table stop for several minutes while guests play with the bank vault and see how it works.
Polishing out tool marks. 30 years after doing an apprentiship and always having machines , i had to go on a machine corse to use lathes ect at a tech compny i joined, H&S. five days over five weeks, one job C clamp I took home and polished it for hours, probaly about 4 , to a mirror finish. The next week, showed it to the instructor, ive finished this one. He got the apprenitces from other companies round and said it was exhibition quality. the first measurement he made with his micrometer was .000. moments of joy I see in Adam . the fit of shut the front door.
@spankyjeffro5320 student projects have the luxury of being polished, or exhibited... because the stuff we use every day, we buy in bulk. I have plenty of student projects cluttering up the world, in various states of use or exhibition... some I use because they solved very specific problems, some I show for the same reason. Let OP have his moment in the sun, if he wishes.
I am happy to see you managed to save the door Adam! I am teached in the old school way of manual machining and during the first years of working as a machineist there was a few duds that humbled me to the core! Measure, measure again, theorize some then measure again just to be sure! It takes time but it's nothing compared to the hours it takes to redo the labour at the machine! This brought me back to my youth!
You should be so proud of the legacy you are leaving the world. It is such a joy watching these videos you create and your story over the years. Thank you Adam.
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. Adam is just an all around brilliant and talented person. I go through phases where I binge watch his channel for a week and then I break for awhile and binge again.
Now I want to see Adam dress up a full bank vault with mini piles of money, gold bars, and the piece de resistance: a mini safety deposit box with the Jason Bourne stuff inside it.
Eh, just a miniature vault inside of the vault as well as a delorean. That way you can vault while you vault while you travel back to a time when people were still concerned with the ability to do the same thing while doing the thing.
I had a really crap day at my studio today and walked away so demoralized. Thank you so much for this. It really made me feel connected to a community of people who face shit like this every day. They might walk away ... but they never give up. I really appreciate what you do. Tomorrow I go back and try again.
Here’s hoping today was better at the studio. Some days, you gotta just shut the lights off & slam the door behind you before you sling a wrench through the windshield (or equivalent). I’m pulling for ya: we’re all in this together 👍
Hi Adam While working in the machanic shop at a shipyard in Norway back in the eighties, we cut a lot of aluminum. We experimented with different types of coolant and lubrication while cutting, milling, tapping and drilling, and found that the best was to use denatured alcohol or red spirits. It prevents tools from clogging up, and makes it a lot easier to work with aluminum. Cheers PK
@@lagweezle Red spririt is the same as denatured alcohol. In meny countries denatured alcohol is colored red with dye to make it stand out from other spririts.
I love when Adam uses "non-trivial". It's a beautiful expression that I would have heard unless I watched him. It should be in more people's vernacular. Also that flatting plate looks fun as hell to use.
A 2 in thick clear acrylic box would be such an amazing home for this. Would not only make it a functional “safe” but would also allow you to see the mechanics and engineering of the door. Functional art!
@@robloughrey That sir would be an exaggeration. There is simply no way the LPL would open a real bank vault in 12 seconds. Simply because he would be behind schedule from then on. And he can't afford being behind schedule. No Señor, maximum of 10 seconds required. But probably more like 6.
My Uncle's neighbor from back in the 70's and 80's used to work for one of the vault door companies. He was flown all over the world to balance and do final fit on the vault doors. He was a wild guy, and I never actually learned his real name as a kid because everyone called him Worldwide because he had traveled to so many countries. It's really neat to see this miniature version of what he used to talk about as a kid.
Adam may be over dramatic about most things he nerds out on, but anyone that has a love for any kind of hobby can fully understand that inner child being overly dramatic. I'm nerding out just as hard over this build as Adam is. I've always been fascinated by bank vaults and never thought that I'd see anyone build a model of one. And now that this thing is a real object, I MUST BUILD ONE MYSELF. Thanks Adam for planting that brain seed and sharing this with us!!
Adam asking alexa/siri/whatever about some maths reminds me of how we used to watch sci-fi movies and shows where the crew asked the "computer" about some distance to a target or time until explosion and today we basically have exactly that
I firmly believe that "Alexa" was developed with exactly that in mind. Same thing as the first mobile phones, and correct me if I'm wrong on that one, were based on/inspired by Star Trek's communicators.
Please, just please make part four already! I don’t need anything on UA-cam now except this vault door, I’m fighting war here and might not have much time ahead, just make this vault dooooooooooooor
I’m loving this series Adam, it would be great to see the rear of the wall in acrylic so we can see every pin in action. Plus please add a scale tile floor in front of the door for scale.
As a person who works ALOT by themself and also enjoys talking out loud through the process. I very much appreciate the knowledge and the process Adam.
Fantastic! You could also build out a scale room behind it, with a bunch of tiny safety deposit boxes. Then make a little wooden table miniature to go inside with a miniature green bankers light that turns on when you open the vault :)
Was coming in to state similar with an acrylic side and top. Could build in a wireless charger so he could set his phone on the floor in the safe and get some juice lol
Although I have been a machinist for 15 years I still enjoy your videos. The majority of people don’t realize how much work goes into making something like this much less realize the precision needed
Another awesome video where Adam shows some of the less glamorous but far more visceral sides to making. I think we all have felt exactly how you were feeling when you first noticed that door wouldn't fit. You've been working away, a labor of love mind, on this piece for a long time. You're tired but invigorated to see it come together...only to have your heart drop as you realize you've screwed up. You workshop and problem solve your way to a viable solution to rework the piece, and you can feel yourself getting more and more impatient as you push yourself to get back to where you thought you should have been hours or even days earlier. Its not a pleasant part to the process, but its a reality we'll all face as makers. And frankly, it makes the final completion all the more rewarding. Thanks for continuing to be awesome Adam, can't wait to see where this project goes!
About halfway through the video, Adam walked out of the shot for a few seconds and I just came to the realization that someday... that shop might be empty and we'll have lost Adam. I honestly got teary eyed at the thought of a world with no Adam Savage in it. What a treasure to humanity you are Adam, and we are truly blessed to share this existence with you.
I’ve been watching old guys messing around in their shops & garages for well over 50 years now. The smells-and pranks-were much more interesting when it was IRL, but the fact that I can watch Adam freakin Savage or Tim Hunkin faffing about with just a click is truly awesome. Talk to your competent elders while you still can, whether it’s beekeeping, baking, gardening, machining, or wrenching, because you’ll be pouring one out for them all too soon-and that’s when you think of the things you want to ask.
Adam, you can never waste my time. Every moment with you is wonderful. Brilliant people like you and Hank Green keep me going. The fact that you guys can know so much and still be so excited to learn new things and still see the wonder of the world.
Love this build so far, I love vault doors too, but because of the Fallout games. I had the pleasure to meet you at Phoenix Fan Fusion and was surprised at how star struck I was when I got to meet you, so I ended up being more reserved that I wanted. Just wanted to say I have looked up to you since I was in High School and have appreciated all the shows and projects that you do. I truly enjoy Tested and the work that goes into all the projects big and small. Thank you for being a positive influence, one of my sons now loves watching your videos too.
52:57 LOVE "The Odd Couple" I was born in 1966 and it's one of my fav's No need to apologize for reliving those moments that hold such deep meaning! I am known to the do the same thing to the younger generation I work with and they almost always come back with affirmation for the viewing choices I recommend.
Short time binger, long time lurker. At time mark 38:04 and then again 38:30 - I've never seen anyone so clearly think the way I think, and it was amazing to see. You're stating your error. You've been watching your livestream through your eyes and making your own commentary, which we now get to see. There's that joy when present you defeating past you's attempt to sabatoge your work in a playful way. At 38:04 you state the exact root cause - you set a goal, knew it was unrealistic, and there will be downstream improvisations you'll have to clean up. 38:30 you're trying to put together an absolute, but you keep getting interrupted by your brain fighting the terms you're stating. Movement is necessary, just along a useful axis. It's not lateral all the time, there are various vectors. Finding holes in the broad strokes you were drawing as you drew them, then circling back to approximate your point as you were to getting the door mounted by the end of the day by way of compromise was a level of meta that is just - *mua* chef's kiss. To see you at 48:35 then experience that joy and say, "yep - I have notes too, but come at me - this thing's great, and I did it using my process" was pretty great. Purely in the spirit of being academically pedantic, I would say that vibration is the manifestation of Energy not being directed toward intended Work. I'd love to see that too get picked apart as Energy and Work are both misunderstood terms, quite possibly by me...I, too am a flawed measuring device. Watching you self edit and be so accountable to your real-time critique isn't something I've ever seen anyone do. I've been so drawn to your stories since Mythbusters specifically because I see that sort of literal self-accountability. It took me a long time to figure out that other people don't do this, and it accounted for a lot of struggle. Thank you
My Dad, in the 60's, and 70's used to work for Boing, and the air plane windows are made out of about inch, and a half acrylic, Circles, so, he brought home about 20 of the drop part from the original squares on the sides of the circles used... we, the kids would drill holes in the stuff, and paint colors in the holes.. Trippy.
Hey Adam, Manufacturing Engineering student here! I dont know if you've been introduced to them, but cutting the 6 in hole in the plate would've been a perfect job for a trepanning bit, which is essentially a grooving/parting bar designed to plunge into the face of a part to make a useable disc afterwards.
Hey, My Dad was a metal polisher and seeing you removing tool marks gave me an even greater appreciation for what he did, especially the fact he would often super mirror polish alot of his work.
Am I the only one that thinks this would look super cool in a fitting that looks like it's been ripped out of a wall with a section of the wall with concrete rebar visible
When I look at the tools at your disposal that practically make cutting metal such a breeze, I'm reminded of why a younger me failed at turning a flat length of what I think was an aluminum alloy into a Gunblade prop from Final Fantasy VIII using a hacksaw and a somewhat dull file. In the immortal words of Aerosmith "Dream On". 😂
Absolutely impressive. Very well done and NEVER undervalue your skills. I received my Tool & Die accreditation in the mid seventies, had the honor to machine some of the 1st mechanical heart valve prototypes, and later, after being lured out of the shop for technical sales, represented Cincinnati Milacron as our machines were being installed at what is now ULA, Decatur, Alabama. Machine tools are glorious and being able to create is a gift. As proud of my son earning his ME and being a part of a major program on Redstone Arsenal is that he knows his way around a Bridgeport, and the Clausing. I trust he will pass that knowledge on to the next generation.
Me too, I was somwhat mentally preparing for a really severe materiel damage incident, since he seemed physically ok "3 days later". But seeing that lathe shot still had some part of my brain go _"oh sh?! oh f&$k here comes grave bodily harm"._
Kind of comforts me that such an intelligent, talented, wise man also does "stupid" mistakes. And that improvising and beeing open to failure is just big part of the game have to get used to. Thank you for showing us failure and beeing honest about those things
Industrial Design Consultant with 40 years experience here. I started with a drafting machine at the beginning of my career, but 30 years ago switched to CAD (Autocad, Pro-Engineer, then Solidworks). My wife laughs at me because I won’t even hang a shelf or a curtain rod at home unless I model the whole thing in CAD first. 😂
Hello Adam! Watching your build projects are very therapeutic and relaxing since my dream was always to be a professional model builder. Mom thought it was a lousy idea but seeing your career timeline speaks volumes. I am still striving to be a great model builder, but tools are always needed. Thank you.
Adam should have watched more Cutting Edge Engineering videos. By now he would have converted from Inches to Meters and made it more accurate and easier to measure! 😁😁😁😁
Hey Adam, the main plate on the hinge, if you flipped it so the hollow side faces the door it would give your door the extra space to move parallel out of the frame.
My two fav recurring episodes going right now: Adam's Vault and Furze's Garage. Thanks for the great ride. Love the stories and I remember that Odd Couple episode :)
im so glad i get to continue watch a guy who i loved watching in my childhood. Adam was always the best part of myth busters. its crazy how talented adam is though because to make something like this, it takes a good 5-6 trades youd need to learn maybe more. Also love how hes so chill about messing up, he makes no excuses and hes just like "welp, guess ill just have to fix it" instead of raging like most of us would do lol
My cousin went to school with a napolean dynamite looking kid with a big cheeto puff looking afro of hair. Everyone called him "cheese" cuz of his hair color and he hated it. On the last day of school, he dyed his hair bright blue....Everyone called him "blue cheese."
I use the "assumption" joke all the time. "...everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of 'u' and 'umption'." Love that movie - Long Kiss Goodnight from 1996.
We love you Adam. Nothing is more motivating than watching you problem solve. It shows even the best of the best have to go back and try again before it works. Thank you so much for the amazing videos
Couldn't you just have put a big shim between the hinge and the wall? The safe door is double-hinged anyway so with a shim you'd first move the safe straight outwards until the first (inner) hinge is fully extended and then rotate the door on the second (outer) hinge
You put a cliffhanger at the beginning??!! I had to go back to the start of the video to make sure I hadn't imagined it. What happpeeennnneddd??? Can't wait for part 4. Loving this series.
I agree. He skips alot and I don't know if it's because it all wasn't filmed, or if they cut parts out to keep for the premium membership version. I still think they could build a robot with a camera that somebody could drive remotely so even when he's alone in the shop we wouldn't have the shoulder shots and offscreen work. I figured he would layer aluminum for the wall, taper the hole, and fill the center of the wall with resin or one of the plaster/resin materials.
@@Kami8705a brief VO just to explain that the significant missing material is members only would have been much appreciated. I was so confused to go from [Adam holds a chunk of metal] [scene missing] [Adam holds most of a vault door with brass inserts]
Part of the reason a lot of work shots are cut is that while working he listens to music and most of it would get a copyright strike. Those get saved for the member videos because they don't have to worry about ad revenue for those.
I wouldn't be able to do anything like this, and I am nitpicking here, but should the wall not also have the 10 degree tilt, giving the door a really tight fit? That might not be center of attention here, but it would block the light from "inside" when the door is closed. I love Adams giddiness, even when he hits a point of "oh I have to redo all of this". To have such pleasure in learning is something everybody should try to achieve.
I think if this looks like I think it will, this will be your greatest build ever! I too have always been fascinated by large steel vaults and having a miniature would be my most prized possession.
Adam just remember this Vault Doors are just as Dangerous as Meat Cleaver's when weight Momentive Force is involved Watch those fingers >Toe digits !! YES REALLY COOL BUILD!!😊
This gives me such a beautiful mix of emotions. Scratches that creative/mechanical part of my brain in the best way. Somehow feel pride and nostalgia as well. Appreciate and support your work and excited to see more ⚙️
Love Adam's excitement and enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge, but with his spastic and fidgety nature I don't know if i could work with him in a glass shop lol Also, how awesome is that tiny vault door!
As someone who knows very very little about machining, I’m sure my opinion means very little but I think you’re doing great and I’m excited to see you finish such a neat project!
47:43 Michelangelo would find you a kindred spirit Adam!! This is NO surprise to those of us who have watched you over the years. You see things MOST people do not. You are a true modern age genius.. own it and find your peace in this universe my friend!
I love that someone i enjoyed watching while i was growing up. Also enjoys the stuff i chose as a career path. Machining is so much fun and so annoying at the same time !!!!
I worked in Demolition for many years. In my time I have demolished 3 bank vaults. I can tell you the walls off a vault is filled with steel beams, off cuts of chain, rocks, bricks and it is all incased with concrete. They were built to last. Thankyou for the one day build.
Former designer here..I worked on very complex prototype stuff..some stuff surpassed this project in complexity.. most of.it wasn't. CADD doesn't solve your problems, but it's really great at keeping track of all your mistakes faster...it's up to you to double and triple check as you go.. So anyways...full steam ahead Mr. Savage!
I really love getting to see your thought process in all these builds, and the organized chaos of your shop. Makes me realize I’m not alone in how my brain works
Great video, i love when Adam admits he’s made a mistake and works through it, its what us makers tend to do when we make on the fly. Cad can help but thats too precise, i like Adams projects. Keep at it Adam👍👏
When you told us about that your door was getting convex when you tried to flatten it, I was like : Yup, that's how telescopes (refractors) mirrors are made ! Here's how you make a refractor mirror : you start with two pieces of Pyrex. One thicker than the other. You press two pieces of Pyrex together, the thiner on top, with water and grinder powder. You start with the biggest grain, and while you physically walks around the future mirror, you hold the upper piece (called the "tool disk"), you imprint shapes : a W, an 8, and some other. This process could take HOURS of days of work. In the end, you have you tool disk getting a convex shape, and the mirror, a concave shape. But it's just the first part. The second part is getting to the most perfect shape : a parabolic surface curvature. And to do that, you use finer sand grinder, a lot of water of course. Then, on the tool disk, you have to apply some kind of resin (I forgot the name, in French it's called "poix"). I'm fast forwarding through the details here, but in the end, the way you correct your mirror for a perfect parabole, is just using some liquid and a finger. At the very end of the process, it's just about getting the near perfect parabole, using an optical instrument, and getting back to the table, and so on. When it's done : you send the mirror to be aluminized, the piece of Pyrex is coated with an atom wide reflective material like aluminium. And you have you refractor mirror. 20 years ago, I participated in the construction of 40 cm telescope (15,74 inches), that was exhausting, we -the makers- doing shifts around the the table. And when it was all done, the secondary mirror, the armature, the tracking system, we could watch the sky with an instrument we made, from scratch. It was GREAT !
Best episode on the vault door so far. Just a thought, most vaults I have seen have a stainless steel finish around the inside of the door. It could make for some nice contrast to the front of the vault, especially if you machine turn it.
Former aircraft mechanic here. Can confirm that bandsaws and aluminum really don't get along at certain sizes. Chain drilling is a fantastic trick to have in your arsenal too!
Another vote for the acrylic back for the door pins to lock into, seeing the mechanism working is a whole part of the charm to me. Loving the project so far though.
Dang! - seeing you start part of that again broke my heart! I've been there! But totally understand the joy and energy that comes from improvising and designing as you go!
Adam, I worked in a National Reserve Bank. We had vault doors set into the vaults in the teens and twenties when the bank was built. Remember at that time it was mules and steam power. Our vaults were so precisely made, that there were indentations of paper clips and staples in the metal of the vault's threshold when the door was closed and locked. That was an example of the tolerances the vaults had. The doors were so big, they had a lever on the side of the door you had to insert into a fitting in the floor to actuate the floor. Yes, the floors had to float downward for the door to be moved and locked into place at night. Due to security reasons, we cannot take pictures of these indentations or the vaults themselves.
Adam Savage's Miniature Vault Door Build, Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/SiL8IzJSnyU/v-deo.html
Adam Savage's Miniature Vault Door Build, Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/OoMgiXfHbj0/v-deo.html
number 1 rookie mistake in polishing, starting at too high of a grit. shoulda been at 120 or 220, 400 grit on steel is already extremely close to mirror shine
Thank you. Will watch these very soon👍
Adam are you adding pressure bars? That specific type of door gets "sucked in" with pressure bars to align the door into the frame and makes clearance so the bolt work can throw. Id be happy to share some pics and video from my collection of Main Vault Doors.
Let me hand engrave that door. 😉
Adam, for your final display, as the inside of the vault, you could build an infinity mirror box diorama with gold or money and some cool lights. It would be awesome!!! (it already is 😜)
Hi Adam, fellow Adam here. I live in Oregon and work on safes and vaults for a living. Also have my own fabrication workshop for making replacement safe and vault parts. I wish we could have collaborated before you started the design. I have scans of vault blueprints from older vaults like this and lots and lots of experience working on these doors.
Looking forward to seeing the end result.
Same here.
I used to work for Mosler. Albeit mostly I installed counter steel and drive up, I loved servicing the old doors.
Some bore needless complexity for the sake of visual art.
It was fun to be a part of.
Hey, I wouldn't be surprised if Adam's up for making a Vault Door 2.0. He frequently revises old designs and makes new models with other stuff, so no reason why he won't do it here. Maybe send him something through a more official channel than a comment?
as a novice, I feel like the 'hinge' should be away from the door, not flat against it. wouldn't that alleviate his binding issue?
Adam should get in contact with these guys!!
@@grelgen On some vaults that is the case. It's all a question of geometry.
The body of the hinge is supposed to have a significant clearance from the door and wall. The purpose of the second hinge (at the center of the door) is to allow the door to pull STRAIGHT OUT of the hole a short distance before it begins to pivot the rest of the way open.
Yes, I totally agree! In fact, since the hinge plates and rotating shafts made by Adam are eccentrically designed, the existing hinge plates can be installed flipped over and leave space between them and the door panels, leaving an inward rotation angle for the door panels so that the front edge of the door panels Just avoid the door frame.
I was thinking the same thing and know nothing about vaults.
@@Z2hstudiothis is perfect!!!
@@Z2hstudioDamn, good catch! It's right there in our face, still I did not see it.
I wonder if he overlooked that too, or if not doing that was a concious design choice.
So really the big mistake was machining the body of the hinge to be a perfectly flat surface. If he'd made it in more of a saddle shape, he might've avoided all that headache.
Adam, another vote for making the back out of acrylic. Being able to see the mechanism at work would make this an even more amazing project. Though it might mean that conversations over the coffee table stop for several minutes while guests play with the bank vault and see how it works.
Polishing out tool marks. 30 years after doing an apprentiship and always having machines , i had to go on a machine corse to use lathes ect at a tech compny i joined, H&S. five days over five weeks, one job C clamp I took home and polished it for hours, probaly about 4 , to a mirror finish. The next week, showed it to the instructor, ive finished this one. He got the apprenitces from other companies round and said it was exhibition quality. the first measurement he made with his micrometer was .000. moments of joy I see in Adam . the fit of shut the front door.
Nope. You don't polish any sort of clamp to a "mirror finish", nor do you exhibit them. You clamp things with them.
@@spankyjeffro5320you're wrong. You do. I bet you hate Mymechanics 😂
@spankyjeffro5320 student projects have the luxury of being polished, or exhibited... because the stuff we use every day, we buy in bulk. I have plenty of student projects cluttering up the world, in various states of use or exhibition... some I use because they solved very specific problems, some I show for the same reason. Let OP have his moment in the sun, if he wishes.
@@juliojimenez9794 bet he hates Clickspring too
The closeup shots of Adam's shoulder are really part of the charm of this channel and I love it. The message I get is: You can do this stuff too.
If you don't have tiny safe deposit boxes, a tiny table full of mint and a miniature cart with gold bars in there, I will be disappointed.
I wouldn’t discount the possibility that Adam will do exactly that longer 1234!
@@robertweeks4240 I'm already planning the bank heist!
Na it would have to be a tiny Borne red bag.
Some more Bobby Fingers action needed
And a tiny vent with a intruder hanging from a wire… and ofc lasers covering the floor🤔🤔
I am happy to see you managed to save the door Adam! I am teached in the old school way of manual machining and during the first years of working as a machineist there was a few duds that humbled me to the core! Measure, measure again, theorize some then measure again just to be sure! It takes time but it's nothing compared to the hours it takes to redo the labour at the machine! This brought me back to my youth!
You should be so proud of the legacy you are leaving the world. It is such a joy watching these videos you create and your story over the years. Thank you Adam.
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. Adam is just an all around brilliant and talented person. I go through phases where I binge watch his channel for a week and then I break for awhile and binge again.
Now I want to see Adam dress up a full bank vault with mini piles of money, gold bars, and the piece de resistance: a mini safety deposit box with the Jason Bourne stuff inside it.
Or…(and?) a Pink Panther diamond!
looking forward to the addition of 1/12 scale gold bars and bank notes
Need some wires and Oddjob smoking in the corner...
If Adam really wants a challenge 1/12 scale fully working safety deposit boxes 😂
Eh, just a miniature vault inside of the vault as well as a delorean. That way you can vault while you vault while you travel back to a time when people were still concerned with the ability to do the same thing while doing the thing.
Love it, @ceeaybee!!
I had a really crap day at my studio today and walked away so demoralized. Thank you so much for this. It really made me feel connected to a community of people who face shit like this every day. They might walk away ... but they never give up. I really appreciate what you do. Tomorrow I go back and try again.
Here’s hoping today was better at the studio. Some days, you gotta just shut the lights off & slam the door behind you before you sling a wrench through the windshield (or equivalent). I’m pulling for ya: we’re all in this together 👍
Hi Adam
While working in the machanic shop at a shipyard in Norway back in the eighties, we cut a lot of aluminum. We experimented with different types of coolant and lubrication while cutting, milling, tapping and drilling, and found that the best was to use denatured alcohol or red spirits. It prevents tools from clogging up, and makes it a lot easier to work with aluminum.
Cheers
PK
+1 on using Alcohol as a coolant/cutting fluid for Aluminum. I use Isopropyl frequently. Works well.
What is (are?) "red spirits"?
@@lagweezle Red spririt is the same as denatured alcohol. In meny countries denatured alcohol is colored red with dye to make it stand out from other spririts.
Love this Vault Door series. Watching Adam work through the mental gymnastics we all go through working on "From Scratch" projects.
Metal gymnastics too!
I love when Adam uses "non-trivial". It's a beautiful expression that I would have heard unless I watched him. It should be in more people's vernacular.
Also that flatting plate looks fun as hell to use.
Any software engineer uses it 1200 times a day. Mostly to justify our salary.
A 2 in thick clear acrylic box would be such an amazing home for this. Would not only make it a functional “safe” but would also allow you to see the mechanics and engineering of the door. Functional art!
I agree
It may just be a miniature but Adam will be damned if it ain't still bomb-proof
It's to keep the mice out of the cheese. Channeling Warner Bros. or Chuck Jones.
Yet the Lock Picking Lawyer opens it in 12 seconds... :)
@@robloughrey That sir would be an exaggeration.
There is simply no way the LPL would open a real bank vault in 12 seconds.
Simply because he would be behind schedule from then on. And he can't afford being behind schedule.
No Señor, maximum of 10 seconds required. But probably more like 6.
nothing a cement truck cleaning couldnt fix ;)
My Uncle's neighbor from back in the 70's and 80's used to work for one of the vault door companies. He was flown all over the world to balance and do final fit on the vault doors. He was a wild guy, and I never actually learned his real name as a kid because everyone called him Worldwide because he had traveled to so many countries. It's really neat to see this miniature version of what he used to talk about as a kid.
Adam may be over dramatic about most things he nerds out on, but anyone that has a love for any kind of hobby can fully understand that inner child being overly dramatic. I'm nerding out just as hard over this build as Adam is.
I've always been fascinated by bank vaults and never thought that I'd see anyone build a model of one. And now that this thing is a real object, I MUST BUILD ONE MYSELF.
Thanks Adam for planting that brain seed and sharing this with us!!
Adam, failure is always an option. It only makes you human. As always, love to see you work and im glad i can join you on your long project
Failure is also a teaching/learning moment.
Adam asking alexa/siri/whatever about some maths reminds me of how we used to watch sci-fi movies and shows where the crew asked the "computer" about some distance to a target or time until explosion and today we basically have exactly that
I firmly believe that "Alexa" was developed with exactly that in mind. Same thing as the first mobile phones, and correct me if I'm wrong on that one, were based on/inspired by Star Trek's communicators.
Ah, a Star Trek the next Generation connoisseur
And it is about to get a lot better.
"Hello computer?"
I rewind just to see if I heard it correctly. I thought the same thing.
Please, just please make part four already! I don’t need anything on UA-cam now except this vault door, I’m fighting war here and might not have much time ahead, just make this vault dooooooooooooor
Adam sometimes imperfection is perfection. Most of us average makers look at your makings in awe.
I’m loving this series Adam, it would be great to see the rear of the wall in acrylic so we can see every pin in action. Plus please add a scale tile floor in front of the door for scale.
As a person who works ALOT by themself and also enjoys talking out loud through the process. I very much appreciate the knowledge and the process Adam.
Absolutely love The Long Kiss Goodnight. I still quote it regularly and I am thrilled to know others love it too!
Awesome movie!
The quote is how I learned to spell assume. Today I learned where it comes from ❤
Fantastic! You could also build out a scale room behind it, with a bunch of tiny safety deposit boxes. Then make a little wooden table miniature to go inside with a miniature green bankers light that turns on when you open the vault :)
Was coming in to state similar with an acrylic side and top. Could build in a wireless charger so he could set his phone on the floor in the safe and get some juice lol
10/10
And on the table he could also put a miniature miniature vault.
Although I have been a machinist for 15 years I still enjoy your videos. The majority of people don’t realize how much work goes into making something like this much less realize the precision needed
So, the hacksaw finally finished....
Lmao I remember it going the whole last video in the background
Bruh 15 hours to cut through 6" of steel is wild haha. At this point he is just using that thing out of spite 😆
@@Ohenry92 And it was backwards. :D
He cut the last part manually iirc. It's in one of his videos.
yeah. finally
Another awesome video where Adam shows some of the less glamorous but far more visceral sides to making.
I think we all have felt exactly how you were feeling when you first noticed that door wouldn't fit. You've been working away, a labor of love mind, on this piece for a long time. You're tired but invigorated to see it come together...only to have your heart drop as you realize you've screwed up. You workshop and problem solve your way to a viable solution to rework the piece, and you can feel yourself getting more and more impatient as you push yourself to get back to where you thought you should have been hours or even days earlier. Its not a pleasant part to the process, but its a reality we'll all face as makers. And frankly, it makes the final completion all the more rewarding. Thanks for continuing to be awesome Adam, can't wait to see where this project goes!
About halfway through the video, Adam walked out of the shot for a few seconds and I just came to the realization that someday... that shop might be empty and we'll have lost Adam. I honestly got teary eyed at the thought of a world with no Adam Savage in it. What a treasure to humanity you are Adam, and we are truly blessed to share this existence with you.
You okay ?
We're all adrift on time's river together.
I’ve been watching old guys messing around in their shops & garages for well over 50 years now. The smells-and pranks-were much more interesting when it was IRL, but the fact that I can watch Adam freakin Savage or Tim Hunkin faffing about with just a click is truly awesome.
Talk to your competent elders while you still can, whether it’s beekeeping, baking, gardening, machining, or wrenching, because you’ll be pouring one out for them all too soon-and that’s when you think of the things you want to ask.
Adam, you can never waste my time. Every moment with you is wonderful. Brilliant people like you and Hank Green keep me going. The fact that you guys can know so much and still be so excited to learn new things and still see the wonder of the world.
Love this build so far, I love vault doors too, but because of the Fallout games. I had the pleasure to meet you at Phoenix Fan Fusion and was surprised at how star struck I was when I got to meet you, so I ended up being more reserved that I wanted. Just wanted to say I have looked up to you since I was in High School and have appreciated all the shows and projects that you do. I truly enjoy Tested and the work that goes into all the projects big and small. Thank you for being a positive influence, one of my sons now loves watching your videos too.
We will pass your comment on to Adam! Thank you!
52:57 LOVE "The Odd Couple" I was born in 1966 and it's one of my fav's No need to apologize for reliving those moments that hold such deep meaning! I am known to the do the same thing to the younger generation I work with and they almost always come back with affirmation for the viewing choices I recommend.
If you are a machinist you are always learning. It will never stop. ;)
Short time binger, long time lurker. At time mark 38:04 and then again 38:30 - I've never seen anyone so clearly think the way I think, and it was amazing to see. You're stating your error. You've been watching your livestream through your eyes and making your own commentary, which we now get to see. There's that joy when present you defeating past you's attempt to sabatoge your work in a playful way. At 38:04 you state the exact root cause - you set a goal, knew it was unrealistic, and there will be downstream improvisations you'll have to clean up. 38:30 you're trying to put together an absolute, but you keep getting interrupted by your brain fighting the terms you're stating. Movement is necessary, just along a useful axis. It's not lateral all the time, there are various vectors. Finding holes in the broad strokes you were drawing as you drew them, then circling back to approximate your point as you were to getting the door mounted by the end of the day by way of compromise was a level of meta that is just - *mua* chef's kiss. To see you at 48:35 then experience that joy and say, "yep - I have notes too, but come at me - this thing's great, and I did it using my process" was pretty great.
Purely in the spirit of being academically pedantic, I would say that vibration is the manifestation of Energy not being directed toward intended Work. I'd love to see that too get picked apart as Energy and Work are both misunderstood terms, quite possibly by me...I, too am a flawed measuring device.
Watching you self edit and be so accountable to your real-time critique isn't something I've ever seen anyone do. I've been so drawn to your stories since Mythbusters specifically because I see that sort of literal self-accountability. It took me a long time to figure out that other people don't do this, and it accounted for a lot of struggle.
Thank you
I’m so stealing ‘I, too, am a flawed measuring device’
-thank you for that!
That cut scene from hand lapping to the drill, pure comedy. We've all been there.
My Dad, in the 60's, and 70's used to work for Boing, and the air plane windows are made out of about inch, and a half acrylic, Circles, so, he brought home about 20 of the drop part from the original squares on the sides of the circles used... we, the kids would drill holes in the stuff, and paint colors in the holes.. Trippy.
So cool!
Hey Adam, Manufacturing Engineering student here! I dont know if you've been introduced to them, but cutting the 6 in hole in the plate would've been a perfect job for a trepanning bit, which is essentially a grooving/parting bar designed to plunge into the face of a part to make a useable disc afterwards.
Just a parting tool in the lathe face on would have worked. A few thou smaller than needed then machine to size.
Were they originally for drilling a hole in a skull?
@@clawrence034 yes
Hey, My Dad was a metal polisher and seeing you removing tool marks gave me an even greater appreciation for what he did, especially the fact he would often super mirror polish alot of his work.
As a machinist your skills impress me more often than you suprise me with lack of knowledge I think you are very hard on yourself
20:01 I just saw a 20 minute tangent on cross feeding (that I would have loved to hear) born and die in Adam's mind 😥
Am I the only one that thinks this would look super cool in a fitting that looks like it's been ripped out of a wall with a section of the wall with concrete rebar visible
One could write Ocean's fourteen around that contraption, so lovely work.
When I look at the tools at your disposal that practically make cutting metal such a breeze, I'm reminded of why a younger me failed at turning a flat length of what I think was an aluminum alloy into a Gunblade prop from Final Fantasy VIII using a hacksaw and a somewhat dull file. In the immortal words of Aerosmith "Dream On". 😂
Adam's laughter, starting at 18:40 makes the entire thing.
Mad scientist laugh
Absolutely impressive. Very well done and NEVER undervalue your skills. I received my Tool & Die accreditation in the mid seventies, had the honor to machine some of the 1st mechanical heart valve prototypes, and later, after being lured out of the shop for technical sales, represented Cincinnati Milacron as our machines were being installed at what is now ULA, Decatur, Alabama. Machine tools are glorious and being able to create is a gift. As proud of my son earning his ME and being a part of a major program on Redstone Arsenal is that he knows his way around a Bridgeport, and the Clausing. I trust he will pass that knowledge on to the next generation.
After that cold open, knowing something goes horribly wrong, my heart stopped when it switched to that slowmo footage of the laythe 😵💫
saaaaame
Me too, I was somwhat mentally preparing for a really severe materiel damage incident, since he seemed physically ok "3 days later". But seeing that lathe shot still had some part of my brain go _"oh sh?! oh f&$k here comes grave bodily harm"._
Kind of comforts me that such an intelligent, talented, wise man also does "stupid" mistakes. And that improvising and beeing open to failure is just big part of the game have to get used to. Thank you for showing us failure and beeing honest about those things
These are the kind of videos I subscribe for!
Industrial Design Consultant with 40 years experience here. I started with a drafting machine at the beginning of my career, but 30 years ago switched to CAD (Autocad, Pro-Engineer, then Solidworks). My wife laughs at me because I won’t even hang a shelf or a curtain rod at home unless I model the whole thing in CAD first. 😂
The joy chuckle at 18:50 makes my heart smile
Hello Adam! Watching your build projects are very therapeutic and relaxing since my dream was always to be a professional model builder. Mom thought it was a lousy idea but seeing your career timeline speaks volumes. I am still striving to be a great model builder, but tools are always needed. Thank you.
Adam should have watched more Cutting Edge Engineering videos. By now he would have converted from Inches to Meters and made it more accurate and easier to measure! 😁😁😁😁
Homie!!!
Hey Adam, the main plate on the hinge, if you flipped it so the hollow side faces the door it would give your door the extra space to move parallel out of the frame.
Glad you did use Cad. You are building this vault just as they did in 1880.
Work of art!
sand blasting hides tool marks really good
I put a blasting cabinet in my shop specifically for this reason. Glass beads give a really nice surface.
Watching Adam is nostalgic to working with my dad in his shop. I love the over the shoulder shots which is what I used to do as a kid.
Thanks Adam.
Nice vid , but why drill all the holes first to remove material before the lathe?You could just make the large hole directly on the lathe?
Its great seeing someone as put together as Adam gets flustered. I can't wait to see the rest of this!
Wonderful! Was looking forward to a new part of this build. 👌🏻
My two fav recurring episodes going right now: Adam's Vault and Furze's Garage. Thanks for the great ride. Love the stories and I remember that Odd Couple episode :)
Vault-tec door next?
im so glad i get to continue watch a guy who i loved watching in my childhood. Adam was always the best part of myth busters. its crazy how talented adam is though because to make something like this, it takes a good 5-6 trades youd need to learn maybe more. Also love how hes so chill about messing up, he makes no excuses and hes just like "welp, guess ill just have to fix it" instead of raging like most of us would do lol
Your new Wild West nickname is "Magnetic Chuck."
I think this is the first time that I have actually seen the magnetic chuck used
I used to work with a guy who was always losing his keys. We called him Keyless Chuck.
My cousin went to school with a napolean dynamite looking kid with a big cheeto puff looking afro of hair. Everyone called him "cheese" cuz of his hair color and he hated it. On the last day of school, he dyed his hair bright blue....Everyone called him "blue cheese."
Mistakes are data. All data is good. 👍
I use the "assumption" joke all the time. "...everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of 'u' and 'umption'." Love that movie - Long Kiss Goodnight from 1996.
I was going to make the correction, but I knew another fan had already done it😂🎉
I do, too! Realizing that it was from 1996 made me feel quite old.
I am truly riveted by this build series! Thanks so much for bringing us on this journey Adam!
Your lapping plate can’t be on a teetering table. You will introduce a crown again from the rocking back and forth
Basically, precision equipment needs to have the stablest foundation possible to function properly.
We love you Adam. Nothing is more motivating than watching you problem solve. It shows even the best of the best have to go back and try again before it works.
Thank you so much for the amazing videos
Couldn't you just have put a big shim between the hinge and the wall? The safe door is double-hinged anyway so with a shim you'd first move the safe straight outwards until the first (inner) hinge is fully extended and then rotate the door on the second (outer) hinge
You put a cliffhanger at the beginning??!! I had to go back to the start of the video to make sure I hadn't imagined it. What happpeeennnneddd??? Can't wait for part 4. Loving this series.
Me too.......what was wrong with it?
The editing seems to be wrong on this - you jumped forward a long way after showing us the cleaned chunk of steel.
probably didnt film some parts
I agree. He skips alot and I don't know if it's because it all wasn't filmed, or if they cut parts out to keep for the premium membership version.
I still think they could build a robot with a camera that somebody could drive remotely so even when he's alone in the shop we wouldn't have the shoulder shots and offscreen work.
I figured he would layer aluminum for the wall, taper the hole, and fill the center of the wall with resin or one of the plaster/resin materials.
@@Kami8705a brief VO just to explain that the significant missing material is members only would have been much appreciated. I was so confused to go from [Adam holds a chunk of metal] [scene missing] [Adam holds most of a vault door with brass inserts]
Part of the reason a lot of work shots are cut is that while working he listens to music and most of it would get a copyright strike. Those get saved for the member videos because they don't have to worry about ad revenue for those.
He did mention that he decided not to film and just started working with full mental compacity on it
I wouldn't be able to do anything like this, and I am nitpicking here, but should the wall not also have the 10 degree tilt, giving the door a really tight fit? That might not be center of attention here, but it would block the light from "inside" when the door is closed.
I love Adams giddiness, even when he hits a point of "oh I have to redo all of this". To have such pleasure in learning is something everybody should try to achieve.
I think if this looks like I think it will, this will be your greatest build ever! I too have always been fascinated by large steel vaults and having a miniature would be my most prized possession.
Adam just remember this Vault Doors are just as Dangerous as Meat Cleaver's when weight Momentive Force is involved Watch those fingers >Toe digits !! YES REALLY COOL BUILD!!😊
This gives me such a beautiful mix of emotions. Scratches that creative/mechanical part of my brain in the best way. Somehow feel pride and nostalgia as well. Appreciate and support your work and excited to see more ⚙️
as a CNC-Machinist it hurst my heart to see you lathe after drilling the holes but othervise love the projects and content you produce Adam!
You are absolutely incredible Adam.
Who else wants one??? I feel your proudness. Such a beautiful piece already.
Love Adam's excitement and enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge, but with his spastic and fidgety nature I don't know if i could work with him in a glass shop lol
Also, how awesome is that tiny vault door!
As someone who knows very very little about machining, I’m sure my opinion means very little but I think you’re doing great and I’m excited to see you finish such a neat project!
47:43 Michelangelo would find you a kindred spirit Adam!! This is NO surprise to those of us who have watched you over the years. You see things MOST people do not. You are a true modern age genius.. own it and find your peace in this universe my friend!
I love that someone i enjoyed watching while i was growing up. Also enjoys the stuff i chose as a career path. Machining is so much fun and so annoying at the same time !!!!
love that ethos: improvisation requires accepting the risks! RIGHT ON ADAM.... RIGHT ON!
At 6 million subscribers Adam Savage is a beast!!! What a great intellectual as well. Much respect.
I worked in Demolition for many years. In my time I have demolished 3 bank vaults. I can tell you the walls off a vault is filled with steel beams, off cuts of chain, rocks, bricks and it is all incased with concrete. They were built to last. Thankyou for the one day build.
Former designer here..I worked on very complex prototype stuff..some stuff surpassed this project in complexity.. most of.it wasn't.
CADD doesn't solve your problems, but it's really great at keeping track of all your mistakes faster...it's up to you to double and triple check as you go..
So anyways...full steam ahead Mr. Savage!
You are the most charasmatic, entertaining, knowledgeable and brilliant man on UA-cam. Thank you for the effort you put in. 👍🏻
The magnetic chuck! So cool to see it in action, proving that the magnetic hold is good enough for work like this!
I really love getting to see your thought process in all these builds, and the organized chaos of your shop. Makes me realize I’m not alone in how my brain works
55 minute video only on the creation of a mini vault door?! I'm in. Will have to watch it in parts though. Happy Adam is able to chase his dreams. :)
Great video, i love when Adam admits he’s made a mistake and works through it, its what us makers tend to do when we make on the fly. Cad can help but thats too precise, i like Adams projects. Keep at it Adam👍👏
When you told us about that your door was getting convex when you tried to flatten it, I was like : Yup, that's how telescopes (refractors) mirrors are made !
Here's how you make a refractor mirror : you start with two pieces of Pyrex. One thicker than the other. You press two pieces of Pyrex together, the thiner on top, with water and grinder powder. You start with the biggest grain, and while you physically walks around the future mirror, you hold the upper piece (called the "tool disk"), you imprint shapes : a W, an 8, and some other. This process could take HOURS of days of work. In the end, you have you tool disk getting a convex shape, and the mirror, a concave shape. But it's just the first part. The second part is getting to the most perfect shape : a parabolic surface curvature. And to do that, you use finer sand grinder, a lot of water of course. Then, on the tool disk, you have to apply some kind of resin (I forgot the name, in French it's called "poix"). I'm fast forwarding through the details here, but in the end, the way you correct your mirror for a perfect parabole, is just using some liquid and a finger.
At the very end of the process, it's just about getting the near perfect parabole, using an optical instrument, and getting back to the table, and so on.
When it's done : you send the mirror to be aluminized, the piece of Pyrex is coated with an atom wide reflective material like aluminium. And you have you refractor mirror.
20 years ago, I participated in the construction of 40 cm telescope (15,74 inches), that was exhausting, we -the makers- doing shifts around the the table. And when it was all done, the secondary mirror, the armature, the tracking system, we could watch the sky with an instrument we made, from scratch. It was GREAT !
Best episode on the vault door so far. Just a thought, most vaults I have seen have a stainless steel finish around the inside of the door. It could make for some nice contrast to the front of the vault, especially if you machine turn it.
This is a amazing build Adam.
Former aircraft mechanic here. Can confirm that bandsaws and aluminum really don't get along at certain sizes. Chain drilling is a fantastic trick to have in your arsenal too!
Another vote for the acrylic back for the door pins to lock into, seeing the mechanism working is a whole part of the charm to me. Loving the project so far though.
Dang! - seeing you start part of that again broke my heart! I've been there! But totally understand the joy and energy that comes from improvising and designing as you go!
Adam, I worked in a National Reserve Bank. We had vault doors set into the vaults in the teens and twenties when the bank was built. Remember at that time it was mules and steam power. Our vaults were so precisely made, that there were indentations of paper clips and staples in the metal of the vault's threshold when the door was closed and locked.
That was an example of the tolerances the vaults had. The doors were so big, they had a lever on the side of the door you had to insert into a fitting in the floor to actuate the floor. Yes, the floors had to float downward for the door to be moved and locked into place at night. Due to security reasons, we cannot take pictures of these indentations or the vaults themselves.