What's so hard about creating a real-life Iron Man suit? A lot of things - including learning how to 3D print titanium. But in this episode, Adam Savage tells a story about the profound difficulties his team ran into during the suit's assembly.
Adam Savage and a NASA engineer team up to build a rocket-propelled experimental superweapon that could have changed the course of World War II, and using cutting-edge tech, they try to make this notorious engineering failure an explosive success.
Failure's always an option in Adam Savage's world, right? Right. Here's what was going through Adam's head when his enormous explosive-laden cart (a weapon that the British designed during WWII) didn't work as expected.
Adam Savage and genius inventors team up to build a deadly fleet of junkyard vehicles that look straight out of Mad Max, and using scrapyard materials and wicked-smart engineering, they face off to see whose motorized monster packs the most vicious punch.
Adam Savage and genius inventors team up to build a fleet of junkyard vehicles that look straight out of Mad Max, and using scrapyard materials and wicked-smart engineering, they face off to see whose motorized monster packs the most vicious punch.
Adam Savage and a world-class swordsmith team up to forge King Arthur’s sword Excalibur, and their investigation could reveal if the legendary blade was made from iron brought to earth by an extraterrestrial visitor.
Adam Savage and a world-class swordsmith team up to forge King Arthur's sword Excalibur, and their investigation could reveal if the legendary blade was made from iron brought to earth by an extraterrestrial visitor.
Adam and a demolition expert team up to test one of the most dangerous and explosive substances on the planet, and cutting-edge science and tech will reveal if nitroglycerine really deserves its notorious reputation.
This episode ended as something very different than it was when it began. Adam Savage explains why, and how MythBusters (including the infamous cement truck explosion) figured into its evolution.
Adam Savage teams up with Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood’s deadliest weapons, the ZF1 Multi-Artillery Gun from The Fifth Element, a weapon so lethal that it features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
Adam Savage was in his element creating the ZF-1, a device from The Fifth Element which combines six different weapons. But his conversation with Gary Oldman, who played Zorg in the film, was one of his favorite moments.
Adam Savage teams up with Peter Jackson to restore a fleet of fighter planes. Using cutting-edge technology, they stage a high-flying dogfight straight out of World War I.
Savage Builds: Dogfight Derby combines WW1 airplanes, laser tag, and world-famous director Peter Jackson. How did this extraordinary episode come together? Adam Savage explains.
Adam Savage teams up with Tory Belleci to stage the world’s most epic food fight. Using the latest science and technology, they build a rapid-fire weapon that turns hot dogs into projectiles.
Adam Savage was DYING to include a food fight in Savage Builds, but the episode didn't come together until he landed on the PERFECT opponent: his friend and former MythBusters host Tory Belleci. Here's how it felt to film with Tory again.