Ask Adam Savage: "The Tools I Always Have With Me"

I have a Leatherman Wave+ on my hip most times I go out!! This was at the recommendation of Adam in one of his videos! It may be a tiny bit expensive, but it was BY FAR the best purchase I have ever made in regards to EDC.

Another tool you always have ON you is your Tattooed Ruler ... how could you possibly forget that!!??

Adam would need a tractor trailer combo for his mobile shop.

Technically Adam, it's impossible to pay less than a fraction, unless it was free - it'd just be a smaller fraction.

But that force gauge is quite cool.

I want one even though I have no shop or use for it.
Maybe I could weigh myself with it with the right calculations...

Please try out the new Linus Tech Tips Screwdriver!

I always have an opinel #6 and I also have a proto screwdriver on my keychain from probably the late 60's to today

I’d like to see a one day build structured around having to use that force gauge at some point 🤔 could be interesting, not to mention a good challenge

Adam savage (within my phone) is my EDC

There's a guy building a mobile machine shop in the town i live in. The owner turned a old school bus into a machine shop he has a added milling machine , a band saw , a lathe , a small forge , anvil post vice , a hydraulic press, belt sander , material storage. He beefed up the suspension , added a hydraulic leveling system and put electric phase shifters on all the machines turned it into a hybrid and put solar panels on the roof along with a tesla batterie pack he's ab,out 70% of the way done and has about 250,000 in it so far he has plans to add a collapsible car lift on the back of it along with a engine hoist

In my case as a mechanic, I always have on my person, a keychain, a liner locker pocket knife, and my phone. Three very handy tools to have around.

I however have considered starting to carry a screwdriver pen tool, like a small Philips head and a slightly wider flat blade on the other end with caps on both ends. Seeing as I already carry a pen most places

Thank you for talking about the value of sketching - I will be sharing this with my Robotics club and Engineering Design class this Fall!

Adam's ruler tattoo counts as EDC measurement tool!

Shocking Adam isn't smart enough not to flash his keys on a high resolution video. Just compromised his own security in a single video. Better re-key your shop, home, car?

You mentioned looking for a mini mill/lathe for the sprinter van build. I run a small shop making stage combat weapons and would love to get both a mill and a metal lathe, but likely do not have either the space or the budget to get both. I've looked at combo machines in the past but they always look gimmicky and underpowered compared to dedicated machines. When looking into the sprinter van build did you have a specific machine in mind? Or do you have any recommendations for a small machine that would be used mostly for turning pommels and cutting slots into guards made from soft metals like brass and aluminum?

Great video as always! BTW, according to the official Knipex channel, the K is not silent. The correct pronunciation is "Kuh-Nip-X". Go figure!

Once upon a time my boss needed a force ring gauge and I wound up making it for him. Just to be on the safe side, because of the tightness of the tolerances, I made two. Both came out perfect so I kept one. Still have it, 40 yrs later. 🙂

Re: drawing: it's also helpful for machining complex parts to verify the sequence of operations.

Bundaberg!!!!!! Aussie Rules!!!

I’ve heard you collect bones/ osteological specimens.. can you show and tell your bony treasures please ?!

"The Tools I Always Have With Me" in your case will be every possible tool that has been ever made :D

One day, I wish to collect a Weltrekord ratchet Screwdriver - Both because it's aesthetically cool, and because it's a mechanical curiosity. It's probably the most gorgeous tool I've ever seen, and I aint even that into tools.

No you’d need Hermione Grainger’s purse, that appears to be bottomless, to keep all the tools with you.

I love Bundy ginger beer,I live in Bundaberg QLD

Sketching is prototyping.

Lol, I would love to see you (or anyone else) put a full size lathe or mill in a sprinter van. That would be epic!

say it with me... "kuh nip ex"

I swear I never see this guy actually make anything

Get a nascar trailer

Ed cramps I get it

How cool would it be to have a signed diagram from Adam

Over 50 years ago my grandfather gave me that very screwdriver that someone gave him as a promotion and yes it is fabulous hardened steel fabulous edge took care of it carried it daily and it served me well. Another tool I've carried for many many years is 3 in long vise grips. In my wallet I have a and a 4 inch ruler, a wallet pin with a space pen cartridge so it doesn't skip and a basic Victoria Nox.

While all these tools are great.....im more impressed with the Bundaburg ginger beer hes drinking. Delicious!

When I started driving back in 2007 I always kept my 155 pc craftsman toolbox in my car just incase I have to fix something on my car 😆

I found an old Snap On shop catalog as a young adult / independent contractor in the early 90s. Their tool aesthetic was perfection to me then. Luckily, their prices were so far out of reach it couldn’t even tempt. But always check at garage sales.

I draw for many reasons and think visually. You bring to Ming “Thinking With A Pencil” by Henning Helms which I read over 30 years ago. BTW it is back in print. Like you vids, they’re a learning experience.

So, the answer is, "a pencil" ?

Discovery not giving Adam enough of a budget for a superhero tool van? Lame!

Bundaberg brewing FTW!!! Noice choice Adam!! ;-)

My favorite old tool I didn't even know I HAD until recently... A 60-tooth 1/4 S-K original ratchet. The knurling is still pristine on the handle. The clicks ALONE are heavenly. The tight articulation of 60 teeth give it a "heft of feel" you don't normally find in a small package. Most any standard 1/4" ratchets, even most "good" ones, disengage entirely (skip) and/or have too much travel for the tightness of space, etc. They're typically sloppy but not this little fella. Got included in a set of roller skates I grabbed a few years back. Never looked in the "extras" baggie. I was missing OUT, lemme tell ya. I'd pretty much written them off as useless but necessary. Hehe

I almost sleep with a Leatherman tool on me. Not really but if I leave the house and it is not on my belt I am about to have a very bad day for sure.

I don't have a workshop, my craft is drawing, and I'm not very handy, so I don't really need any tools - but I have a leatherman that I've carried for a decade, and that solves most problems that I encounter.

The small flathead is snapped off, I don't remember how it happens. I'm told leatherman will replace it, but that their new stuff is cheaply made and not as good, so I shouldn't send it to them for a replacement.

Bunderberg is the best soda

just loving that you're drinking ginger beer from my home state in Australia!

Those key chain screw drivers also had #2 phillips

Your man cave is absolutely amazing. I'm so jelly

Bibury 22in1 and griaitus 10in1