# Look what Adam Savage built! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720 "2019-06-19T00:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/1 "2019-06-19T00:07:00Z")
Granted, he had a team assisting him, but Savage has built an Iron Man suit out of 3-D printed titanium with working jet engines. Adam didn’t feel secure enough to fly in the suit himself, but the jetpack’s inventor Robert Browning did, and achieved flight at a height of 15 feet above the ground. This was the first episode of Savage’s new show, _Savage Builds_, and it looks pretty impressive. Here’s a short YouTube clip. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/U1wEO-pHizQ/maxresdefault.jpg "How Adam Savage Built a Real Iron Man Suit That Flies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1wEO-pHizQ) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/2 "2019-06-19T01:21:06Z")
I watched the video just to learn how the heck they were 3d printing titanium. I was expecting, at best, that it’d be lost-wax casting. _ **Holy $%!#, it’s SLM!‽?** _ They can do that with _titanium_ now!? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/3 "2019-06-19T01:36:31Z")
Er, in case it’s not clear, I think that selective laser melting is really cool. Um, I mean, hot. Really, really hot, at titanium’s melting point. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/4 "2019-06-19T01:41:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Adam didn’t feel secure enough to fly in the suit himself, but the jetpack’s inventor Robert Browning did, and achieved flight at a height of 15 feet above the ground. Would’ve been really funny to have a robot spray him with a fire extinguisher when he landed. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/5 "2019-06-19T01:46:23Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Granted, he had a team assisting him, but Savage has built an Iron Man suit out of 3-D printed titanium with working jet engines. Adam didn’t feel secure enough to fly in the suit himself, but the jetpack’s inventor Robert Browning did, and achieved flight at a height of 15 feet above the ground. This was the first episode of Savage’s new show, _Savage Builds_, and it looks pretty impressive. Here’s a short YouTube clip. > > [https://youtu.be/U1wEO-pHizQ](https://youtu.be/U1wEO-pHizQ) D’oh! The jetpack’s inventor is _Richard_ Browning, not Robert. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/6 "2019-06-19T02:02:13Z")
Call me when he blows it up. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/7 "2019-06-19T02:19:21Z")
I heard rodent infestation is a major problem in fabrication facilities. How did he solve the micing problem? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720/8 "2019-06-20T17:46:47Z")
If he’s nothing without that suit, he shouldn’t have it!