Adam Savage's Latest Garage Sale Finds!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
  • One of the improvements Adam likes making the most to his shop equipment is adding knobs to their operation. Handwheels, knobs, and machine handles add a tactility to tools that Adam just finds so satisfying. So he was particularly delighted when he came across a king's ransom of unique knobs at a local garage sale--a once in a lifetime acquisition. Let's browse through what's in this collection!
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  • @tested
    @tested  Год назад +20

    Adam's last estate sale haul: ruclips.net/video/yI0cjhu2q-I/видео.html
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    • @edwinsuijkerbuijk5106
      @edwinsuijkerbuijk5106 Год назад

      I think @KCRambles put us on the right track they seem to be nobs from a IBM Typewriter typewriterdatabase.com/img/g6_35_1360007443.jpg

    • @John-yf8qh
      @John-yf8qh Год назад +1

      Knobs! KNOBS!!
      :::Demonetised:::

    • @Zeaiclies
      @Zeaiclies Год назад

      The Blue ribbed things are wobble rollers off of something, but I just can't remember from what. lol

    • @JohnCHansen01
      @JohnCHansen01 Год назад

      Has anyone asked: "Did the seller recognize Adam?"

    • @MakeDo-Turner_Smith
      @MakeDo-Turner_Smith Год назад

      I think the blue knobs are from electric typewriters.
      Can't remember the model, but common in schools.

  • @peckenstein
    @peckenstein Год назад +759

    Can you imagine, setting up your yard sale then having Adam Savage just stroll up to buy stuff. My day would be made; I'd literally be walking around with a smile all day after that and telling everyone about it.

    • @PUBHEAD1
      @PUBHEAD1 Год назад +55

      Can you imagine if Adam Savage had a garage sale. It would be insane

    • @peckenstein
      @peckenstein Год назад +22

      @@PUBHEAD1 I’d fly out to SF just to witness it.

    • @geirmyrvagnes8718
      @geirmyrvagnes8718 Год назад +12

      @@peckenstein You could sell tickets for that!

    • @YeaItsEdgar
      @YeaItsEdgar Год назад +25

      I’d cave and just give him all my shit for free, but like in a cool low key kinda of way. Lol

    • @peckenstein
      @peckenstein Год назад +10

      @@YeaItsEdgar top reply. I’d likely end up doing the same. Though knowing Adam I don’t think he would allow it and would insist on some payment.

  • @lucasmedina3916
    @lucasmedina3916 Год назад +181

    Adam getting excited at knobs like a kid on Christmas morning brings me a strangely deep sense of comfort. Thanks for sharing team!

    • @dgundo
      @dgundo Год назад +5

      Same energy as me when sorting thru bulk Lego buys from garage sales.

    • @68CHUCKLES
      @68CHUCKLES Год назад +1

      I get just as excited over stuff like this.

    • @terrylong8894
      @terrylong8894 Год назад

      @lucasmedia, I was just thinking that. Only Adam Savage could make a fifteen min video about a random garage sale box AND make it entertaining.

    • @AutismusPrime69
      @AutismusPrime69 Год назад

      What?

  • @wakjagner
    @wakjagner Год назад +114

    When Adam emptied the box and those two knobs went rolling off the back, and he frantically snatched for them and missed; those little human moments are why I will always watch whatever this channel puts out.

    • @RossReedstrom
      @RossReedstrom Год назад +8

      A soon as he started to tip the box, I knew something like that was about to happen.

    • @Panda-rb7fl
      @Panda-rb7fl Год назад +2

      It also seemed as though he retrieved the gray one (right), but not the brown one (left) when he went to recover them, but that might have just been cut from the edit, or I missed it.

  • @KCRambles
    @KCRambles Год назад +570

    Those 2 blue plastic knobs are off an old elctric typewriter (Underwood? Olivetti?) I believe. Fantastic haul! :)

    • @crankypants4509
      @crankypants4509 Год назад +17

      This was my guess as well.

    • @detroitboy65
      @detroitboy65 Год назад +44

      I thought I recognized those things! I remember my IBM Selectra from the 70s had black knobs that looked just like them.

    • @Raeilgunne
      @Raeilgunne Год назад +13

      @@detroitboy65 yup, they also made knobs that were blue and brown for that model.

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli Год назад +56

      IBM Selectric model 71 is almost spot on. I think you are right.

    • @bobd2659
      @bobd2659 Год назад +6

      I think that might be it! Made a guess (based on weathered colour and some of the other knobs) that it was Arri Lighting...

  • @mudpuddle8805
    @mudpuddle8805 Год назад +17

    The energy and thought process was outstanding as always! I managed to find a moving sale of a wealthy hoarder. It was pure bliss. The guy didnt care about the money, he cared about who was getting his lifetime collection of tools and equipment. It took me three days of moving stuff with my full size truck and 8'x14' trailer. It has been a year and I am still glowing with joy from what I have acquired in that sale. I occasionally write to the seller to thank him again and tell him of how I am using the things I have gotten from him. I was certainly blessed.

  • @TribalGuitars
    @TribalGuitars Год назад +145

    Can't tell you how much I LOVED this video! I worked at a 2nd hand store for 15 years and one of the jobs was to cannibalize the junk appliances and other stuff that came in. I had drawers upon drawers (all labeled) with all kinds of knobs, values, handles adaptors, and doodads. I couldn't begin to tell you how many times being that packrat came in handy to bail us out in some way.

    • @TheMyeloman
      @TheMyeloman Год назад +7

      I helped set up a cannibalizing system for the telephones on the AF Base I served on buck in the early 90’s. With rare exceptions, all the phones were the same make & model and have surprisingly few parts, and in short order we had not only the parts to repair said phones, but a wealth of pre-repaired units to take to jobs so we could simply swap them out and only disturb the “customer” very minimally. Learned that from my WWII era grandfather who lived through the Great Depression and grew up a Midwestern farmer. Nothing goes to waste.

    • @TribalGuitars
      @TribalGuitars Год назад +7

      @@TheMyeloman Had the opposite issue with appliances. While some used shared parts many did not, especially if it was an off-brand; or the high-end brands that wanted a lot of things to be proprietary.
      Cannibalizing also came in handy when someone was looking for a rare part and we could sell them a knob or something for a nice (not outrageous) profit.
      We used to get the "junk" haul-aways from the appliance stores, and what we couldn't use we took the recyclers. I put a lot of ranges together using several haul-aways.
      To me, this is how it's all supposed to work, recycling-wise for materials and consumers.

    • @TheMyeloman
      @TheMyeloman Год назад +1

      @@TribalGuitars yeah, I can see how all the different brands & models would mean you’d need a LOT more space to store cannibalized parts. We were lucky in that regard.

  • @PhilsJunkDrawer
    @PhilsJunkDrawer Год назад +45

    My garage sale find this year was at MY garage sale. I was helping an older man load a stool he bought into his trunk, and I saw boxes and boxes of machinist tools. He said they were for sale! I picked up an imperial tap set that had each associated lettered/numbered drill bit, a mini crescent wrench, and some bits and bobs all for the price of the stool he bought!

  • @atticbrother8062
    @atticbrother8062 Год назад +12

    I really appreciate the attitude to haggling. When you both know the value, I feel a fair price is about respect. I went to an estate sale once, and an older gent was clearing his garage workshop. You could tell it was bittersweet for him, I think it was for medical reasons. He had a pillar drill for 200cad, which is a lot for a garage sale, but well worth it and exactly the infrastructure I needed. He was wary when I asked him over to talk about it. I said "I'll give you 80 to hold it while I go get the rest from an ATM. This is perfect for the home shop I'm trying to start." When I came back, his face completely changed. I got a deal on some vintage hand tools, a router, and some bits and bobs he threw in for free. It was pretty obvious he was glad not just that I was willing to pay fairly, but that I was going to use it, not flip it at the flea market.

  • @bootsnthejeep
    @bootsnthejeep Год назад +6

    “A RAYTHEON KNOB?! IN THE WILD?!??”
    Jesus, I love me some Adam Savage. 😂

  • @PUBHEAD1
    @PUBHEAD1 Год назад +100

    Can you imagine if Adam had a garage sale. Instead of the usual assortment of old crock pots, lava lamps, desk chairs and fish tanks it would be laser blasters, trex skulls and space suits! It would be insane.

    • @oreubens
      @oreubens Год назад +11

      ... and boxes full of tongue depressors. :D

    • @tchevrier
      @tchevrier Год назад +5

      No, I can't imagine him having a garage sale. Maybe his estate would have a garage sale, but not him.

    • @jonathanwright5550
      @jonathanwright5550 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@tchevrier came here to say his poor kids having to sift through all his stuff

  • @granitest8ofmind
    @granitest8ofmind Год назад +11

    All of these videos are therapy, straight up - so thank you, Adam. It's heartening to see a T-shirt that reads :Empathy Kindness Respect and hear the thoughtful self-reflection of the lived experience in your storytelling. I am trying to make art & design my professional gig at 60 and your approach to flow and process have my ADHD brain spawning ideas faster than I can write them down. I haven't been employed much since becoming physically incapable of doing my old job, but still plan on becoming a Tested member - your perspectives on...just about everything, really, have inspired me to re-familiarize myself with a shop I have been neglecting so long it was starting to compost.

    • @CheapCheerful
      @CheapCheerful Год назад +2

      Agreed. His videos are like therapy to many.

    • @jpkatz1435
      @jpkatz1435 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@CheapCheerful A.S. is that most rare nonstop dreamer and DOER.

  • @jerrik-415
    @jerrik-415 Год назад +45

    The editing on this one was so good, the clinking/sorting sounds mixed into the music at hyperspeed was really enjoyable, like tactile auditory pleasure.

  • @kathrynbuxton1698
    @kathrynbuxton1698 Год назад +27

    I relate to Adam’s joy. I get just as excited about finding a good deal on someone’s old stash of embroidery supplies.

  • @SpotAllen
    @SpotAllen Год назад +130

    Adam can make anything fun to watch. Blows my mind 😆

    • @c1ph3rpunk
      @c1ph3rpunk Год назад +7

      Including watching paint dry.

    • @chongli297
      @chongli297 Год назад +6

      Adam is one of the greatest storytellers of our time

  • @garetkonigsfeld2
    @garetkonigsfeld2 Год назад +3

    I can't think of anyone I get more of a kick out of when they are passionate about something. He's infectious when he is passionate. Thanks for sharing your passion. It was fun.

  • @richardhayes722
    @richardhayes722 Год назад +5

    Your joy is great to see. My favourite find was not at a garage sale. When my great uncle passed, he gifted me all his old tool boxes. When I opened them, I found all of his wartime aircraft servicing tools, which are just petina perfect, oiled, but clean and stamped. He worked on Lancaster's as an electrician. Within the same box was a bakerlite bombers button that was used during the war from a Lancaster.

  • @wintyrqueen
    @wintyrqueen Год назад +45

    I find that if you make a fair offer, you tend to get a fair deal.
    I’ve often made an offer only to have the person selling refuse it, & counteroffer lower.
    If you don’t try to rip people off, they tend to treat you well

    • @Prophes0r
      @Prophes0r Год назад +3

      I agree. But budgets can be tight.
      $5 should be meaningless in the long-term, but if you are trying to stick to a budget it can mean the difference between eating plain eggs for breakfast this week or being able to toss some cheese/onions/peppers in there. And this can count for both sides of the sale.

  • @joolzanzleaux
    @joolzanzleaux Год назад +1

    When I was a kid my dad would take me with him to auctions all over Ohio. He collected clocks to tinker with and fix, and I would always wander to the boxes of random bits and bobs, old pocket watches in various states of decay, old art supplies, hardware, and the inevitable knobs.When Adam opened that box an involuntary squeal of delight leapt forth, and I couldn't wait for him to dump it out. Such precious memories this brought up, and a super fun video, thank you!

  • @patrickyork2975
    @patrickyork2975 Год назад +9

    I love when Adam get super excited about well... A box full of junk in most peoples eyes. But he sees the potential in it.

  • @neverendingstudent
    @neverendingstudent Год назад +1

    Adam, your childlike enthusiasm over such things as a box of knobs from a garage sale brings an unjustifiable amount of joy to me. Thank you.

  • @haroldparker3487
    @haroldparker3487 Год назад +21

    Your joy at finding these "treasures " is fun to watch, thank you for sharing.

  • @TheZooman22
    @TheZooman22 Год назад +1

    "saddling you with as many problems as solutions", I just realized that this is the reason I watch this channel. Waiting for one of those unique Adamistic lines that could only come from Adam, is very rewarding.

  • @delsydsoftware
    @delsydsoftware Год назад +10

    When I worked in electronics contracting in the 90s, we used those exact plastic bins to store and handle circuit boards through the build and testing process. They were great, because they could be stacked really high without bending or sagging.

  • @tedium37
    @tedium37 3 месяца назад +1

    My father was a hoarder. Mom's a picker and upcycler. It pleases me no end to know these things found their rightful home. Not the dump. Pop got a similar thrill to Adam's here, off any old dumpster dive. Bless him. He had it bad.

  • @rippah14
    @rippah14 Год назад +3

    I think one of my favorite things about watching these types of vids is finding out I am not some sort of weirdo for having boxes of odds and sods in my shop to aid in repairs, reconditioning, etc. I even take apart stuff that is broken to the state of not being repairable and keep parts for spares, reuse, or the like. I think I got it from my dad; I'd feel crappy if I had to go buy a new one of something I could have just saved or restored.

  • @noahlathrop4111
    @noahlathrop4111 Год назад +1

    As someone who regularly repairs things and used to clean out hoarder houses, videos like this are my absolute favorite tested videos. A joy and a delight to join you in exploration of that tote. You could label these vids "bin there, done that"

  • @blackbeard63
    @blackbeard63 Год назад +7

    Always love Adams enthusiasm, it is so infectious. Thank you for giving me endless hours of fun watching your many projects.

  • @samphillips4925
    @samphillips4925 Год назад +1

    My dad was a radio engineer and as a kid i always loved his collection of knobs that came off of old radios and army surplus.

  • @sheariley1910
    @sheariley1910 Год назад +4

    I love that Adam can continue to humbly and enthusiastically enjoy something as simple as a bin of knobs from a garage sale; even after all of the amazing experiences he's had throughout his life. I aspire to channel that mentality during the rest of my life.

  • @shirleyjest8838
    @shirleyjest8838 Год назад +36

    Thanks for pointing out that not everyone is a haggler, especially for haggling’s sake. I know what I will pay for someone. Either they accept it or I move on. I always default to trying to be fair. It’s less stressful for me.

    • @Panda-rb7fl
      @Panda-rb7fl Год назад +6

      I get heat sometimes for not haggling more aggressively, but I prefer when both parties are happy with the outcome, and it's usually a somewhat negligible difference anyway.

    • @johntatman7477
      @johntatman7477 Год назад

      Haggling isn't just demanding a lower price. Realise the seller has to make some profit, don't penny pinch on a single item, but ask it your buying enough items for there to be room for a discount, Treat people fair and they tend to remember next time round.

  • @mkbuike7895
    @mkbuike7895 Год назад +6

    I do so enjoy Adam’s enthusiasm. He always lifts my spirits.

  • @MandoYooooda
    @MandoYooooda Год назад +1

    One of the coolest things i found at a yard sale was a DMC badge from a deloreon. I was in nerd heaven and still have it to this day. Not sure what i will incorporate it into, but ill use it someday

  • @maggies_drawers5525
    @maggies_drawers5525 Год назад +5

    The blue knobs very much give me the feel of being back in 10th grade typing class. I believe those may be knobs from the IBM Selectric

  • @heatherferguson3933
    @heatherferguson3933 Год назад +1

    Two antique coffin stands - foldable, saw-horse-like, decorative. Topped with a board, we use them all the time for temporary shelving at our indie bookstore. We also use folding, vintage wallpaper tables - light, just the right height, compact, and also found at a garage sale.

  • @musachi5999
    @musachi5999 Год назад +8

    I don’t own a workshop and I don’t make stuff but I really appreciate a box full of random bits and bobs being sorted, the satisfaction of an organised box is exceptionally pleasing to me.

  • @salemgraves1692
    @salemgraves1692 Год назад

    Oh goodness. I wish you were on the east coast. My uncle passed in March at 84 years young and he was a maker. Worked and played everyday of his life. His entire back yard was what most people would consider a junk yard, especially his bougie uppity millionaire realtor daughter, who bought a couple giant dumpsters and had it tossed sight unseen. We saw so many endless possibilities!!! I cried. I still cry. I helped him with so many treasures in that yard. But nothing means more than the memories ❤❤❤
    Its nice to see people who actually appreciate things, and the purpose they have, no matter how small.

  • @tmunk
    @tmunk Год назад +3

    The blue/grey knobs are off an early Selectric I in "Accent Blue" trim. They're platen knobs for each side of the platen.

  • @ryanshorts339
    @ryanshorts339 Год назад +1

    Boxes of old hardware will always be some of my favorite yard sale and auction finds. I bought a 5 gallon bucket full of old brass hardware for 20 bucks last year. Tons of intricate door knobs and escutcheons dating back to the mid 1800's. Can't wait to see how Adam repurposes all these knobs in future projects!

  • @5stringaustin
    @5stringaustin Год назад +7

    I could watch Adam geek out on stuff like this for HOURS. So joyful!!! ❤❤❤

  • @robotparts
    @robotparts Год назад +1

    14:50 Those are typewriter knobs from a 1962 IBM Selectric 721 aka “the Blue Bomber.” Cheers!!

  • @quantumrodeo
    @quantumrodeo Год назад +4

    For 20 years now Adam continues to inspire me!

  • @benstrait333
    @benstrait333 Год назад +1

    I love going through collections of things like that. Particularly when he found the little red knob and then found more like it-so good! I start thinking of the possibilities that multiples open up❤❤❤

  • @johnc6228
    @johnc6228 Год назад +12

    So happy to see Adam today.

    • @RMJ1984
      @RMJ1984 Год назад +2

      One man's knobs, is another man's happiness.

  • @MisterJWJ71
    @MisterJWJ71 Год назад +1

    It's fun to watch someone be so excited about something like knobs.

  • @Goosewaffles
    @Goosewaffles Год назад +186

    I love how Adam despite his wealth still has a realistic concept of money. I mean the fact that he said $60 is fine but $80 would be too much is funny when you consider $20 to him has got to be pennies to a normal person. I love it.

    • @patricksanders858
      @patricksanders858 Год назад +80

      His money was hard earned...he KNOWS the value of a dollar.

    • @nak3dxsnake
      @nak3dxsnake Год назад +35

      Companies will charge what people will pay. No apple product has ever been worth it's price tag.

    • @agelessstranger964
      @agelessstranger964 Год назад +14

      $20 is basically pennies to a normal person as well these days.

    • @firescale8912
      @firescale8912 Год назад +16

      ​@agelessstranger964 not if your watching where the cash is going, 20's turn into 100's really quickly.....

    • @falconwind00
      @falconwind00 Год назад +45

      Adam often reminds us that he’s not making “TV money” anymore so it’s not like he’s flush with cash.
      Edit: I’m just saying he’s not “rich”. He’s certainly doing better than most.

  • @matt25876
    @matt25876 Год назад +3

    I could literally watch hours of Adam just sorting random stuff in his shop. So relaxing

  • @ToasterStud
    @ToasterStud Год назад +90

    I want someone who looks at me the way Adam looks at knobs. 😂

  • @Warshipmodelsunderway
    @Warshipmodelsunderway Год назад +7

    Not a garage sale, but a Facebook Marketplace find. Someone was selling a "box of brass tube" for 25 bucks. I hop in the car and go over there to look at it, and it is a bankers box so heavy that you couldn't lift it full of K&S rod, tubing and strip, all NOS and as an added bonus, without those tenacious stickers they have been putting on the stuff the past few years. Score!

  • @H2Dwoat
    @H2Dwoat Год назад +6

    Hi, I snorted my drink when you let out a Tim Allen ‘Tool Man’ esq growl when you started sorting thru the box on knobs. Your enthusiasm is infectious dude.

  • @violinmiata
    @violinmiata Год назад +1

    I totally understand finding a box of something wonderful. Recently on eBay I found a lot of Japanese woodworking tools, slightly rusty, in the deal were a good number of Sotomaru nomi. They are a incannel gouge that functions like a chisel and are wonderful for rough work and trimming fine things at the same time. Most American and European tools come out of somebody’s grandfather’s shed smelling like old milk and wd40, these had a completely different aroma, and were individually wrapped in Japanese newspaper and packaged with care. It was a complete score. Whoever sold them, thank you! Adam, enjoy those knobs!!

  • @jackdavidson8708
    @jackdavidson8708 Год назад +14

    I always appreciate the audio that goes with the time lapses! Great editing for some great finds

    • @paulkinzer7661
      @paulkinzer7661 Год назад +2

      I noticed that, too. And I have seen similar in other RUclipsr's montages. It used to be that, if there was audio in montages at all, you'd often hear just sped up audio with sped up video, but that always seemed off and distracting and of little value (to me, anyway). This kind of chosen-sound-bits ADDS to the content and is really pleasing.

  • @voltagedrop
    @voltagedrop Год назад +1

    Never feel bad about bargaining. Give the other personsome credit. You have to remember what it's worth to you and and it's worth to them are two different things. By definition if you reach a deal the price is bellow your number but above their number, and everybody wins.

  • @dcho4791
    @dcho4791 Год назад +8

    The blue knobs are from a 1967 IBM Selectric Typewriter in Nasa Blue and Space Gray. Very rare.

    • @glollwest3834
      @glollwest3834 Год назад

      assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/322426149/IBM_SellectricII196703.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=800

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli Год назад +1

      Glad someone found the right model. I knew the 71 was close, but wasn't quite right.

    • @dcho4791
      @dcho4791 Год назад +1

      Yes, there is one unit listed for $3750 on Vitnage for the collector missing one.

  • @jmacd8817
    @jmacd8817 Год назад +4

    That grin when he opens the box.

  • @SHAD0WZOMBIE
    @SHAD0WZOMBIE Год назад +4

    I have always felt very strongly about not bargaining when you know its a decent deal..And its always well to do people that do it..

  • @tristanbuckoke9121
    @tristanbuckoke9121 Год назад +1

    Great video Adam. I went to a town garage sale where I live in south Australia. I bought a box with about 12 brand new metal holes saws . It was the end of the day . All of the bosch hole saws were brand new in boxes from 10 mm upto 60 mm and I paid 5 dollars. Best buy ever for me

  • @bennyfactor
    @bennyfactor Год назад +6

    The blue and gray knobs that Adam "especially digs" are really lovely. There was a small Delta Machinery logo in the batch that was a similar if not the exact same blue - I wonder if those knobs came off an old Delta table saw or the like.

  • @MichaelBerthelsen
    @MichaelBerthelsen Год назад

    I was once with an Iranian friend in a fleamarket in Beijing, and she had to haggle for me, I just can't get myself to do it, and she managed to, around closing time, to haggle a guy down from ~$100 to ~$20 for an entire set of specialist typesets from a Beijing hospital, all for a Chinese typewriter, so that doctors could insert medical and disease terms that otherwise were missing from the typewriter.
    Since Chinese has SO many characters, they apparently set the most common on a typewriter, with a special key made to be replacable, so you could switch out for any of all the ones that aren't on the typewriter as standard.
    And I'm now the proud owner of a set of medical types for said typewriter.😁♥️ Thank you Minaa!❤👍

  • @DoGuov
    @DoGuov Год назад +10

    That worktable of yours. Remembered the video when you first got it and showed it. The amount of abuse and how dirty it has gotten since then is wild haha. Shows you that it's not a showpiece.

  • @joecichlid
    @joecichlid Год назад +2

    I am sooooo glad to see someone gets as exited as I do about awesome garage sale finds!

  • @scordalus
    @scordalus Год назад +27

    "I love adding bigger knobs to stuff that had a smaller knob", wouldn't we all Adam XD

  • @ek-nz
    @ek-nz 10 месяцев назад

    Adam, while I’m almost as enthusiastic as you about your new knobs, it’s your domes that have made this video particularly special to me. Life changing, maybe. I’m 100% serious.

  • @GearsAndBricks
    @GearsAndBricks Год назад +11

    One of the weirdest (yet greatest) dumpster dives I ever had was finding not one, but TEN, ten different sections of extruded aluminum honeycomb. Come to find out, it is most often used for the walls of aircraft engines!! Whattt??!? Yeah, and these were sitting there free for the taking. Yes, for those wondering, I did ask the owner to purchase them, and they said it was only worth pennies and was just taking up space. “You may have them as long as you never bring them back.” Hexagonal structures are fascinating, and extruded with less than 1/10” wall thickness in a giant sheet of it is really intriguing. They are strong enough that I can stand on them. I’m told that someone once parked a car atop the stuff and it didn’t budge! Later when I came back, they gave me five copper/tin/brass/ceramic sensor doodads that apparently once upon a time cost between $7,000 - $14,000 a piece… 😮 “Some of these are broken now, and the others work but are out of spec. Just take them home. They’ll have a better life with you, and they tell a story,” he said. 😊

  • @valeriebrincheck6034
    @valeriebrincheck6034 Год назад

    Just love the look of pure joy on his face when he finally opens the bin. I’m right there with ya Adam! I found a similar box full of old glass and brass door knobs as well as the etched brass escutcheon plates, key plates and various others parts for $50.00. It was a totally worth the price.

  • @BaJleathers
    @BaJleathers Год назад +3

    Maaaan! I wish there was more of a garage sale culture in the U.K. you guys are so lucky!

    • @GrantA321
      @GrantA321 Год назад

      Yet - I wonder what Adam would do if he was let loose into a local Car Boot Sale? 🤔

  • @ravefox6766
    @ravefox6766 Год назад

    The extreme joy and enthusiasm in his voice at 11:19 delights and astounds me. "A RAYTHEON knob?? An IN-THE-WILD raytheon knob??"
    I don't know what that is or even if I'm spelling it right, but that reaction is priceless.

  • @timolynch149
    @timolynch149 Год назад +22

    Promise me you never walk into a pub in Ireland shouting "I want to talk knobs" 😂

  • @PaulGriffith
    @PaulGriffith Год назад +2

    How wonderful it is when you find a fellow collector of bits and bobs.

  • @Mikeper94
    @Mikeper94 Год назад +5

    "I want to talk knobs! KNOBS!" 🤣

  • @mikenorton1621
    @mikenorton1621 Год назад

    As always, I don’t have to be interested in what you’re interested in but I enjoy listening to someone who is passionate talk about the things they have a passion for.

  • @inlangford
    @inlangford Год назад +7

    On the box itself it says knobs .25 each or 5/1.00.. so if your estimate of 300 knobs is accurate, that would have been exactly the total price he was asking at $60! I would have said $50.. that is something i would buy as well. I buy almost all bits and bobs at garage sales.

  • @rawf22
    @rawf22 Год назад +1

    Favorite part is seeing adams excitement. The pure energy about something he is into. Makes it very relatable. And i cant believe there wasnt a single polishing knob joke, unless i missed it.

  • @patrickdiehl6813
    @patrickdiehl6813 Год назад +8

    So cool, garage sales are like a treasure hunt 👊 I once found a Starrett 1-2" micrometer and asked the elderly lady how much she wanted for it, she said a dollar, before I could tell her I would give her 20 she said "you should have been here yesterday, there was a whole box full of those clamps and a guy gave me 35 dollars for them.... I gave her dollar and left, sometimes it's better to not say anything.....

  • @LuisCastillo-tg6xw
    @LuisCastillo-tg6xw Год назад +1

    What a nice and comforting video to watch. Only Adam can sort stuff and make it entertaining and somehow educational.

  • @markschwarz2137
    @markschwarz2137 Год назад +33

    Adam is like Scrooge McDuck swimming through his vault full of gold.

  • @ZeFroz3n0ne907
    @ZeFroz3n0ne907 Год назад

    Glad to know I'm not the only one who collects cool knobs, got a set that look like mini wrenches, and some work, you can close the jaws. It's so awesome.

  • @jonathanryals9934
    @jonathanryals9934 Год назад +3

    I worked at an antique store for years, restoring old furniture to a useable/saleable state. There is definitely some sort of "inside joke" aspect to it, like deja vu from a previous life, as I more often than not would encounter multiple layers of restorations and repairs to the oldest, most cherished pieces. To which I would add my own for the next repairman to find in 50-100 years...

  • @StumpkillerCP
    @StumpkillerCP Год назад

    Two thumbs up (if I could) for not lowballing sellers for what you know is of higher value. I feel the same way.

  • @aaronspencermusic
    @aaronspencermusic Год назад +3

    Note to editor: there's an audio plug-in called Soothe that works like a de-esser but across the frequency spectrum, removing harsh frequencies. The handles through this phone sounded really harsh and Soothe would be perfect for this and a bunch of machine and building sounds in Tested videos, highly reccomend.
    I know you have a lot of footage to go through so its worth noting that you could just have sooth on the master audio bus, set and forget.

  • @MatthewHarrold
    @MatthewHarrold Год назад

    A decade ago I helped my wife clean out her parent's house, and there was a wooden crate (mystery box) in the "under the house" crawlway (not a basement, just a void because the land was sloped). It was a post-WW2 toolkit for returning soldiers to build their own home, including (Stanley tools): 6 chisels, #4 plane, #6 plane, #71 hand router, #151 spokeshave, an auger, some auger bits, screwdrivers, levels, a chalk line, tenon and panel saws, pliers, G-clamps, measuring/marking tools, and a voucher/ration book for bricks, timber, roof tiles, lead piping (gawd), and copper wire (insulated). Also vouchers for pre-made doors, sash windows, and some bathroom/kitchen hardware. All of it was untouched, new in the box, still had grease and wax paper wrapping. I obviously took up woodworking as a new hobby, but the ration book and vouchers expired in 1951.

  • @bennyboogenheimer4553
    @bennyboogenheimer4553 Год назад +3

    Adam would love my odds & ends kitchen draw.
    My Dad started it with 1 bent nail, and a buggered head screw. lol!

  • @Mudsuitable
    @Mudsuitable Год назад

    Early this summer I bought seventy nine pounds if n.o.s. files and rasps!!! All different types shapes and sizes I felt it was the score of a lifetime and I cannot think or talk about that experience without a huge smile and butterflies in my tummy! Thank you for reminding me and making me think about them again.

  • @allenfitz1
    @allenfitz1 Год назад +3

    Fun video. Loved the box.
    The knobs in question look like they are off a short wave radio. I've seen something similar on an old Motorola radio. Not 100% certain

  • @andrews4321
    @andrews4321 Год назад

    This is a wonderful example of the phrase "one man's trash is another man's treasure".

  • @inlangford
    @inlangford Год назад +11

    Imagine how many projects the previous owner might have done to collect that many knobs..

    • @mm9773
      @mm9773 Год назад

      Possibly none. People sometimes keep bits that “might come in handy some day” when they throw stuff out, but never end up doing anything with them.

  • @huevacho97
    @huevacho97 Год назад +1

    Not many people will understand that feeling. Love you adam, you and jaimie made me study engineering. Greetings from Argentina!!

  • @grendel1960a
    @grendel1960a Год назад +2

    I have found such things as a 6" powered hacksaw, and a hand shaper (last weekend it was 3 old pairs of wire strippers, that when cleaned up work far better than the modern ones) but like you if asked to quote an amount I wish to pay, I quote a fair price. an example of this was when I was helping the brother in law of an old friend who had passed away, we were going through the workshop stuff, I was picking up brass stock aluminium stock and tools, where I didnt need another tool I was giving him an idea of the price he should ask (and the price he should allow himself to be knocked down to.) when I left I had 6 fruit boxes full of stuff- tools materials etc, he asked how much I wanted to pay- I said £600, but I would be getting a great deal even then, he came back and said because I had helped him value the stuff I wasnt taking- I could have it all for £500, he was happy, I was happy, and I had some momentos from my friends workshop- tools I will treasure forever, as he was a master aircraft machinist for the royal air force.

  • @SiCrewe
    @SiCrewe Год назад +15

    You know you've got it bad when you sort through a bunch of stuff, separate out all the "junk"....and then just keep the junk anyway.

  • @scottsluggosrule4670
    @scottsluggosrule4670 Год назад

    Reminds me of the day my dad moved to Florida… he handed me several large coffee cans of nuts bolts etc. I could see the pride and sadness in his eyes. I think of him every time I dump it on the floor and find that magical screw or bolt that saves me a trip to the store.😊

  • @DustyChapter
    @DustyChapter Год назад +3

    As Somone who also deals with ADHD, seeing you organise that box of stuff looks so damn Cathartic, I'm not surprised you get so exited with finds like that 😄

  • @ihnatko
    @ihnatko Год назад +1

    I've been going to the MIT Flea Market for two decades! And yes, vintage knobs of every description and manufacture are an easy get

  • @DamienDusk
    @DamienDusk Год назад +4

    He's gonna find that second knob he dropped one day and scratch his head for an hour trying to figure out what it feel off of. 😊

  • @thetinkeringtypist
    @thetinkeringtypist Год назад

    Those knobs that Adam was loving so much came off an old IBM Selectric 72 Typewriter. They were the platen knobs that you'd use to roll your paper in and out with.

  • @robertspeer
    @robertspeer Год назад +7

    I do like when Adam goes into Ferengi mode :)

  • @gregmead2967
    @gregmead2967 5 месяцев назад

    I have to preface this by saying that I generally watch Adam's videos at 1.25x or 1.5x regular speed, because (to his credit) he doesn't rush things, and I can easily understand what he's saying at the increased speed.
    That said, watching his excitement at this find, at the increased speed, gives me the feel of the immense joy he feels at finding all these different kinds of knobs. I UNDERSTAND that, and I think I'd feel the same way he does.

  • @robertspeer
    @robertspeer Год назад +3

    My favorite weird garage sale finds:
    “The Model” swing arm saw that I eventually shipped to HandToolRescue. It is as scary as he makes it out to be.
    Life sized Jesse Ventura cut out that I use for dev meeting backgrounds with secret messages to see who is paying attention
    A 70’s external frame pack with an American flag pattern. That only seems appropriate to wear with pocket Parker jean shorts

    • @Warshipmodelsunderway
      @Warshipmodelsunderway Год назад +1

      "The Model" You have to say it in that voice 🙂

    • @robertspeer
      @robertspeer Год назад +1

      @@Warshipmodelsunderway that thing bucked in my hand when I turned it on like it was hungry for man flesh. It had serious hillbilly Bond villain vibes :)

  • @CheapCheerful
    @CheapCheerful Год назад

    Boy, does Adam LOVE to sort some stuff! And I'll happily watch it all day!

  • @ScottFenstermacher
    @ScottFenstermacher Год назад +3

    That thing in your hand at 1:17 might be NSFW 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @tlbelknap
    @tlbelknap Год назад

    Nothing better than a box of hardware and other good junk from a garage sale. Pure treasure. Ten dollars would have been fair.