I made these to do a ridiculously high dunk

[@StuffMadeHere]

If you'd like to support creating more things like this, please consider joining my Patreon at www.patreon.com/stuffmadehere. I'll be doing a behind the scenes directors commentary talking through the details that didn't make this video there soon! There's also an awesome discord. Big thanks to all the existing patrons who make it possible to make ridiculous things like this!

[@OneOfTheTopThreeBrothers]

Second

[@jamesbriscoe4390]

Dang it ... Beat me to it

[@burnsfamily1616]

fourth

[@LoggyDev]

Last

[@FBI8625]

love your videos!

[@smartereveryday]

This is the undisputed legitimate record.

[@RastaWaffles]

Agreed

[@andyrochette7638]

it is and its idea can also inspire firefighting tech and make it the global standard!!

[@joshuafletcher991]

Hi Destin!

[@brkel]

Nerdcord.

[@gamebr0s907]

You guys should colab🙃

[@rafaelmorales1926]

ok but can you imagine how horrifying would this project be if it was made by "i did a thing" lmao

[@anciola25]

Probably instead of using air, he would use explosives, and of course he would be bare foot and only wearing his apron

[@KubFire]

XDDD

[@axafir]

one is a scientist doing a mad project, other is a mad scientist doing a project

[@yagodias697]

I'm waiting for years for the collab

[@paulvale2985]

Came here to ask would Collin Furse have taken off his safety tie; I think not!

[@stefanshapiro1245]

As an engineer I appreciate your illustration of the fact that even with amazing tools and a highly skilled engineer, success comes only after repeated failures and perseverance.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

if you're related to Ben... I am so, SO sorry (insightful comment btw, I def agree. Engineering is mostly failing lol)

[@DominicClifton]

thanks for that comment, it inspired me to get back to work on a project that I was failing at.

[@gavinriley5232]

@@idontwantahandlethough Shapiro is a quite common name in Jewish communities.

[@mikeuk1927]

​@@idontwantahandlethoughThe video has nothing to do with Ben Shapiro, neither does the comment. You chose to insult the guy using faked compassion. WTF??

[@mdawg396]

1% building 99% complementing the water jet

[@finjafeenstaub7459]

I think he likes the water jet. Don't know why..

[@flowdyofficial]

​@@finjafeenstaub7459 Who wouldnt? If I can only afford it.

[@michmart9261]

And stressing how hard it is to reassemble the legs

[@ColonizedEthan]

honestly I came here for that

[@aivarsgraudins8423]

I thought it was a cnc machine at 4:44

[@HoldYourSeahorses]

It’s just not the same without him showing his wife and her completely shattering his hopes and confidence in how cool his invention is.

[@edide1627]

Didn't need her this time for that, figured it himself.

[@thebearontheroof]

Better than completely shattering his tibia and femur.

[@joshrepik]

Agreed

[@DELLIS44]

They still together? Energy lacked here big time. Felt off. He seems down

[@brandonwalker8852]

@@DELLIS44 I'm pretty sure they had a kid together. So I would hope so.

[@killahim1212]

Every time he brings up the water jet I feel like that part is meant to show his wife that it was worth the purchase lol

[@Caveboy0]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@Jazeitonas]

I wonder what wife thinks about this

[@michaelzdanis3979]

I have to imagine that tool was at least partially donated by the manufacturer as a product placement (its well into the 6 figures and he isn't using it to generate revenue on a day-to-day basis [for example cutting granite counter tops]).

[@Shiratto]

At least no one can say he is taking it for granted XD

[@TomGreen99]

_One small step for a man, one _*_giant leap_*_ for nerdkind._

[@RKroese]

Score! Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some sausages?

[@AmongSusOfficial]

URC

[@peptobepto]

@@RKroese wtf is that second line lmao

[@Thomas-Almanza]

@@peptobepto a movie from before your time, I suppose

[@Coolcarting]

Except he never took the step.

[@BarbeqdBrwniez]

I love the constant rationalizing that I assume is for your wife - "it's SO helpful that I have this water jet or this entire project would take SOOOOOO much longer!"

[@fuzzy-supernova]

Came here for this comment!

[@senor_sensei]

Man's really cutting it close to the sponsor deadline.

[@fzigunov]

As a true engineer!!

[@Capt-Intrepid]

What does that mean?

[@LaEmporoar]

@@Capt-Intrepid The deadline was probably this year 2023

[@thesquatchdoctor3356]

Man reached for the sky on this one though

[@scott6580]

Didn't even have time for the Mrs to mock him.... I miss that part.

[@DavidKutzler]

Having attended engineering school on a basketball scholarship really made this a natural choice for Shane.

[@ChargeNReact]

Huh?

[@DavidKutzler]

@@ChargeNReact It was a joke. He didn't actually go to engineering school on a basketball scholarship.

[@ChargeNReact]

@@DavidKutzler I must express my profound gratitude for your prompt elucidation regarding the intended facetiousness inherent in the initial comment under the aforementioned video. Regrettably, my cognitive faculties were momentarily confounded, and I found myself ensnared within the labyrinthine corridors of literal interpretation. Your perspicacious clarification has extricated me from the bewildering depths of my initial confusion, and I am now poised to proffer my sincere acknowledgment of the humor intended by the commentator in question. Upon revisiting the comment thread, it has become manifestly evident that the assertion posited therein, regarding the individual known as Shane, attending engineering school under the auspices of a basketball scholarship, was nothing more than a whimsical and facetious fabrication. This sardonic invention, delivered with a deftness that eluded my initial comprehension, proffers a satirical twist on the perceived incongruity between the ostensibly unathletic demeanor of Shane and the ingenuity demonstrated in the creation of the aforementioned contraption designed for the facilitation of dunking a basketball. In light of this revelation, I am compelled to express my admiration for the astuteness with which the commentator ingeniously wove a fictional narrative, embellishing the video creator's backstory with a purportedly athletic foray into engineering academia. The delightful concoction of irony and jest, which served as the foundation for this comedic stratagem, has now been unveiled, and I find myself humbled by the dexterity with which the commentator navigated the delicate balance between fiction and reality. As I reflect upon the intricacies of this humorous exchange, I am prompted to marvel at the multifaceted nature of online discourse, wherein the interplay of wit and banter serves to enrich the communal experience of content consumption. It is a testament to the creativity and quick-wittedness of the denizens of the digital realm that such textual repartees can be fashioned with such finesse, transforming an innocuous comment section into a veritable playground of linguistic acrobatics. In conclusion, I extend my deepest appreciation for your elucidation, which has not only dismantled the shackles of my initial perplexity but has also heightened my awareness of the nuanced dynamics inherent in the realm of online humor. May we continue to traverse the vast expanse of internet discourse with an ever-heightened sensitivity to the manifold layers of meaning concealed beneath the veneer of textual exchanges.

[@FrancisR420]

​@@DavidKutzler that's a better reason to make these

[@brettfreeth1526]

I feel like Shane did this project just so he could justify to his wife why he needed to buy an auto belay.

[@grantadamson3478]

With you on that. I'll be nice and just say that this wasn't his best idea.

[@MQWalkman]

For real!

[@spinnenente]

and the water jet. I think he mentioned that 3 times.

[@kosuken]

*two* auto belays

[@FormlessDuck]

yeah lol autobelays aint cheap.

[@eugeneevergreen3850]

This seems like one of those inventions that he deems “not good enough” and comes up with a 2.0 or 3.0. Would love to see a follow up

[@jmcbresilfr]

Can't wait for the building size full military mech version!

[@XIIchiron78]

At Kennedy they had a cantilevered harness system of some sort to simulate lunar gravity, and you could jump around a decent height and area. Something like this could be a safer and more flexible way to do this - he already has a lot of experience with pulley systems, too.

[@_invencible_]

he has to make it voice activated by saying "Go Go Wighton Stilts"

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

​@@jmcbresilfr i can already imagine a hexapod that jumps with these

[@EJG8894]

I want to say big stilts usually have tall handles for better leverage.. also minimizes the chance of getting hit in the face if the handle goes above your head

[@ChessHistorian]

Engineering comedy is a genre that could only exist here and now. I'm so grateful this exists.

[@buberbuster3365]

"The design is very human"

[@adigunademola8360]

100% agree

[@u1zha]

Simone Giertz also has trailblazed a lot in that area

[@theIargedude]

my favorite thing about stuff made here is that every video is in a new workshop

[@Enderman0415]

next one he is in an air hangar for SURE

[@Cooe.]

This is the same workshop as the last few videos. Just with tarps covering the walls.

[@plu5e847]

HAHA

[@CerebroJD]

​@@Enderman0415 Well of course - he can only get himself... like 20 feet up in the air in this one. So limiting!! Lol

[@91JLovesDisney]

It didn't feel complete without the harsh judgement of your wife! 🤣 Great video

[@naromsky]

She must have loved it.

[@markmarketing7365]

Yeah, how do I know if this is good without critical wife reviews

[@nilz6432]

I think it was so sketchy that he didnt even show her the video before releasing it... thats what you get killed for as a father, you know...trying to kill yourself.

[@rtr5301]

SMH: The legs extend without blowing apart now!! Wife: Yeah but your real legs are still gonna blow apart when you use this thing

[@ArthurKhazbs]

@@nilz6432 Totally makes sense, marriage is basically forfeiting the right to kill oneself to their spouse

[@Mitsunee_]

thank you so much for repeating that you "slept on" something you're trying to learn. I learned how to drive a car like that, it works really well for me and I'm glad I'm not the only person who works like that :3

[@spongerobert]

Sleep is very important. Your mind sometimes reach a brick wall when trying to learn something and sleeping on it gets you past that brick wall most of the time. It's amazing what a fresh brain can do after a nice rest.

[@DaveHalderman]

"Just make it lighter, cheaper, and faster" at 3:25. Illustrated by 3 interlocking cogs. Nicely done! @standupmaths would be proud!

[@CGagnon5]

….that’s literally the joke.

[@HenkJanBakker]

@@CGagnon5 We know. It's inception, the movie plot, not the actual meaning of the word. Plans within plans (Dune). Wheels within wheels (Revelations). You get the idea.

[@dogtato]

lighter/cheaper/faster is a choice for consumers to make, not innovators

[@OneLabToRuleThemAll]

@@CGagnon5 yeah, you can only have two

[@BPBomber]

Sometimes I wonder why he hasn’t uploaded. Then he does and I remember how complicated his builds get 😂

[@gorak9000]

I'm not saying this didn't take a lot of effort, but compared to all the previous videos, this one was lacking a lot - there's no electronics or firmware. This one is basically just a bunch of seals and o-rings and some solenoid valves.

[@BPBomber]

@@gorak9000 hey, you know what, you make a good point. In comparison to his other builds this one didn’t have the digital complexity his builds usually do. And I’ve often noticed his builds quickly become a Rube Goldberg machine; so much fun but the exact opposite of KISS. lol this entire ‘problem’ is solved with a small trampoline

[@gustavostensson1048]

this is probably a "quick" in-between project to get us some content because he's working on something more complicated

[@gorak9000]

@@BPBomber Didn't he say in the previous video that he moved shops again? Don't underestimate what a PIA moving is and how much time and effort it takes to set a shop back up after a move. He gets a pass this time... (just joking, his videos are amazing and I'll watch them all!)

[@albinobluesheep]

Also his day job is basically rapid prototyping/product design (thus why he needs all the gear he has), so this is all in his "spare time"

[@migy5031]

To me the most genius ideas in this project came out of the need to improvise all the safety devices.

[@SwainixFPV]

Yeah, the safety systems in his projects look like they shouldn't work or aren't enough, but are actually quite thought out I'd say lol

[@TravisBon615]

Dude I seriously forget that your channel exists because how long the videos take but then I remember months later to check in . Love your work bro

[@kdrewmorris]

Everytime he talks about being thankful for the tools he has, I know it's just so he can watch it back with his wife and use it as justification for buying all of them 😂

[@Catalistique]

Exactly what I thought too! 😂

[@carsonhunt4642]

No, he gets almost all of them free from sponsors.

[@rtr5301]

You see? The video made $10 so that means I can buy the water jet

[@anotherKyle]

id say he does that so the tool manufacturers see how much publicity can get by sending him their tools

[@Dexi]

Imagine this dude inviting someone over that didn't know what he did. "Hey what's this?" "Oh that's my un-missable basketball hoop." "and what's that?" "That's my explosive-powered baseball bat."

[@jes00456]

Sadly he tends to cannibalize past projects for parts.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

​@@jes00456I'd imagine that some of his projects are still together, since some of them have so many custom machined parts that you can't really get any useful parts out of them.

[@alecsyogacorner]

As a rock climber and nerd - it's so fun to see Shane's obvious rock climbing alter ego come through in his videos. "On belay, belay on, dunking, dunk on!"

[@Neoreaver]

"Throw me the rock!" Everyone just starts yelling "ROCK!" until it stops moving

[@mikosoft]

Actually, thanks for writing down the name of the device, I've never heard of it before and not being native English speaker it was difficult to understand what exactly he was calling it throughout the video (I've heard "delay" and kept thinking it can't be right).

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@mikosoft oh yeah, that would be confusing if you don't speak English -or... French, I suppose?- edit: nope, I was wrong. Just looked into the etymology of "belay" and wow, what a neat word! Words are so cool :D we take words for granted, but the capacity for speech is so damn cool. Consider how many orders of magnitude more data we transmit compared to any other organism on earth!! All they can do is warn each other, say "hey bb want to get sixy wit meh?" and "learn" a single new thing every few thousand/million years via evolution. Even before the internet (even before electricity, for that matter), humans were capable of transmitting more information (in the strictest [Shannon] sense of the word) in a single sentence than most animals are probably capable of in their entire lives! That's pretty sweet 🤗

[@nikkiofthevalley]

​@@idontwantahandlethoughA lot of animals actually have a lot better communication than you'd think. For example, wolves, dogs (smarter dog breeds especially), ravens, and crows. Crows in particular are quite intelligent. They can actually hold "grudges" against a particular person (not people in general, they can single out a specific person) across generations.

[@T.Rex97234]

The way Shane tells a story through his video's makes me keep coming back to watch them over and over and over again. Great job as always Mr Stuff.

[@jonathansteury]

Petition that Shane should make a Foosball table that is robotically controlled on one side, and have professionals try to beat it🤨 👇

[@flameninja3148]

that would be awesome actually

[@AronDarling]

I want to see a foosball table that will play against itself. A lot of learning opportunities in that build.

[@mikaxxy]

@@AronDarling it would be awesome to see it play using AI on one side, and preprogrammed algorithms on the other side

[@greenatom]

Great idea!

[@ThurgoodJenkinz]

I honestly think that would be too easy for him.

[@ejvaz13]

Mark Rober: I’m just trying to be the worlds best uncle Shane: I’m trying to make the things I thought of during my childhood

[@Lancaster5843]

Who’s Shane

[@BraydenPrice30]

​@@Lancaster5843Shane is the guy who runs the Stuff Made Here channel.

[@joesmith-tz9tq]

@@Lancaster5843Shank on deez nuts😂🎉

[@BlazeSLK]

@@Lancaster5843this channel

[@llllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIl1]

Shane is a way way wayyy better mechanical engineer than mark is two of them are not even comparable

[@wi1lis]

I think your development of the seals really effectively demonstrates a common problem in the modern-day engineering space and one I fall victim to all the time. When you have such speedy prototyping resources at your fingertips like 3D Printers, it can be incredibly tempting to iterate a larger assembly than you need. Especially, when you’ve had a eureka moment and are certain that this will be the final iteration which will work perfectly, for the 43rd time…. You appeared to manufacture seals for the entire assembly every time you iterated on the design. With the minimal viable product (MVP) method in mind, you could have iterated the seal on a single join (maybe a smaller diameter to save in materials) so you could fail fast and develop the design without making multiple seals and spending hours assembling the entire stilt. Once you have some confidence in your design you could push it with the worst-case join. Potentially, this is the largest diameter because this join will be subject to the highest force and has the largest sealing surface. Once you have a working design, you could start to assemble and test a larger and larger assembly until you have a wholly working part.

[@PaladinNull]

This is exactly right except for one key point: these videos are made for entertainment as much as education and it might be worth showing the whole process being used from an entertainment point of view. I think a healthy compromise would be to make a scale model of the design to show the whole process in miniature to cut down on material cost while still getting the visual effect of the whole rig activating.

[@angrypotato_fz]

Yeah, I was confused why the seal wasn't perfected on one joint before making whole set. But I guess it's easy to feel like you're doing "just a minimal prototype" while you're making too much at the moment. I'm glad he did just one leg before assembling the other one :D

[@MrWonder117]

The only problem with that would be that the one seal would be experiencing lower pressure than what would be experienced with every leg extended. Like he mentioned that the bottom-most leg needs 10x the pressure to extend than the first - if he only tested the seals with one leg, the seals would be exposed to much less pressure in the test than the actual thing. Basically, the full thing IS the MVP to accurately test the seals with the appropriate air pressure.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

All the joints have to be sealed, otherwise air will leak out and the joint being tested will not be pressurized.

[@zteaxon7787]

I assumed he did test the one seal before making the entire leg. But obviously not good enough test​@@angrypotato_fz

[@nickebert1265]

These are the most insane high heels ever designed

[@rus.t]

You should combine all your inventions to make the ultimate basketball player

[@willhayden4311]

excellent idea

[@krumplin8992]

Hits the dunk stilts and the 3D moving basket races over and annihilates you

[@BlazeSLK]

@@krumplin8992LMAO

[@scumbaggo]

If he does that, he'll create the ultimate basketball court- where even a newborn can be the ultimate basketball player if they can manage to simply hold the ball

[@kobl1168]

@@krumplin8992 holy hell that's an amazing visual

[@asdqaz01]

There should be a Nerdlympics where you compete in some sport, but with self built tools. Score based on performance, coolness and creativity. It'll be so much more interesting than the normal Olympics.

[@cototo]

nah keep it strictly score based, i want a centralized meta

[@Random_dud31]

There is technically something like that for handicapped people. Engineering teams work to build solutions to help them pass through different events

[@brackzaff]

I want to see fencing

[@legosandiego4447]

Are you aware there’s wheelchair fencing?@@brackzaff

[@licencetoswill]

robot wars ?

[@Simple_But_Expensive]

When I first got out of high school in the 1970’s, I spent a year framing houses. One job had cathedral ceilings that went up to 11 feet. The sheet rockers who put the sheet rock on the ceilings used stilts that were about 5 or 6 feet long. When I asked them how they learned to do this, they said they started with 6” stilts, and then kept extending them by 6” increments whenever they got comfortable. They said after a couple of weeks, they could use stilts of any lengths. They said they had used 9 foot stilts in a circus parade before they decided circus life was not for them.

[@gasparsigma]

I loved it. The attention to safety from StuffMadeHere and "I did a thing" are two extremes of the spectrum 😂

[@syroalto]

I love the entire safety system just being climbing gear.

[@GrindHardPlumbingCo]

Starting off the new year strong with a video from one of the best out there!

[@LawzyDog]

Not near as good as you guys

[@nikolas__]

Next year he's gonna have a fully functioning ironman suit lol

[@meganmitchell6413]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@icantdriftjk9064]

The people who watch both seeing this comment 👀

[@KING_PHILLIP]

@@icantdriftjk9064fr mind melting😂🫠

[@briansvedin1788]

Can weld, code, program, machine, design, etc. Anything related to fabrication/automation, it seems he can do. What a skill set to have.

[@Fernando-np9kb]

A great engineer

[@Tambor590]

I always call him "The most complete engineer"

[@borango]

One of the aspects that I love about this project is how you iterate in parallel the product itself (expanding legs), your skills of handling them, a support system (rail / winch / reverse auto-belay) and your personal safety system. Each of those have their own evolution and interdependencies. A great approach to the problem.

[@zacprehn4628]

Didn't expect to hear the phrase "that's way too dangerous, so I didn't do it," on this channel. Certainly didn't expect the wave of relief I experienced having heard it. Like, I know the dude survived, he uploaded the video. I was still somehow nervous.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

Well, it *could* have been uploaded by his next of kin.

[@BurningNight314]

I really appreciate the irony of buying a ladder so you could engineer it into something that lifts you higher

[@AndrewMcWinger]

It doesn't count without your wife's skeptical looks.

[@SPIKEASAURUS]

yea she is gone

[@cphil1509]

@@SPIKEASAURUS How do you know?

[@Atlas.Brooklyn]

​@@SPIKEASAURUSwhat a weird thing to say.

[@SPIKEASAURUS]

@@cphil1509 She is gone from the video lol as in "yea shes gone. where the heck did she go?" Gone for the duration of a n entire video.

[@Miquiztli_tochtli]

" A little bit of time and effort " . That's an understatement 😂. The truth is this it takes years to gain this sort specialized knowledge and experience. With a lot of time, hard work, practice, and dedication anything is possible. But you sir are extremely talented.

[@MasonMakesStuff]

My guy post this in February, you don’t deserve the wasteland of January revenue

[@UnknownVir]

American New Year's Eve

[@bobert6259]

What do you mean?

[@thetruth65756]

?

[@JeanReneRodrigue]

​@@UnknownVirhere in Canada, new year eve is not the same days in the USA...

[@fangsss]

wtf does this mean how is January revenue different

[@dailydad254]

I was waiting for his wife's reaction, but it never came! That's become one of my favorite parts of his videos 😂

[@umakemerandy3669]

I absolutely love and appreciate the enormous amount of work that is glossed over in a second per video. Like, huge amounts of work. Love it.

[@ronniebillhicks]

Two things, I see your videos being looked back at 30 years from now, and your applications being used from everything like construction to sports,.......secondly I love how much time you put into these projects, and appreciate your perseverance!!!! (Thanks for the cool content)

[@Hugh_Jas]

So that's why Gadget is so clumsy - he's walking around with these things INSIDE his legs and arms! Turns out he's actually super coordinated and agile to be able to function at all. I was really hoping for a reaction to these monstrosities from Mrs. Stuff. She represents the audience at large so perfectly; half super impressed but trying to act like it's not a big deal, half bemused by the absurdity of it, half terrified for your safety, and half not understanding how fractions work. Except that last part.

[@krishg8647]

This man is the most knowledgeable engineer on the entire platform, every stuff making youtuber has tried or mentioned trying something similar and no one has even come close. Thanks for showing us what is possible for a single human to achieve.

[@tayzonday]

Now you can win a staring contest with a giraffe! 🦒💪❤️

[@orangenostril]

tall zonday

[@devonodevon]

chocolate dunk

[@scumbaggo]

The GOAT! I love your brain, Tay. A staring contest with a giraffe.. Who thinks of this stuff!?

[@dreamcanvas5321]

Well, *start* a staring contest with a giraffe, anyway XD

[@karimalramlawi7228]

You mean camel

[@monopoly5496]

This man seems to have more lifes than a cat. It's astounding, how often he invented crazy sh^t, only to take another of his 30+ lifes.

[@rid1coza]

I don't mean to take away your lifes but the word is LIVES

[@monopoly5496]

@@rid1cozano I'm not going live I meant life like lifestyle

[@Thagrynor]

"So I was thinking I could miniaturize it into something much lighter that barely works." I expected nothing less, my dude 😆😆😆 Your content is always so awesome.

[@robertdascoli949]

Anyone can make a bridge that doesn't fall down. An engineer can make a bridge that almost doesn't fall down.

[@aquinasiv6882]

doesn't that mean the engineers bridge will still fall down@@robertdascoli949

[@sirpigeoniii]

My favorite part was the proper climbing safety communication stuffs. "Dunking." "Dunk on" Lol.

[@not_mrfrost]

Really nice video! I wanted to tell you, that watching what you do, and seeing how your projects work, that was a big reason of why I decided to continue studying! I left my old job, and I started university this year, studying electronic engineering. Keep up the good work man! Your videos are inspiring many people.

[@abbyrodebaugh6634]

I like how you show the parts that didn’t work-a great showcasing of your thought process journey

[@professorluimes3020]

I still think Shane should make a robot that you could dump a laundry basket of washed and dried clothes in and it would fold and sort them into baskets for each member of the household. Besides being very cool to see his engineering ingenuity at work, the final product would make households around the world happier.

[@commentbot8081]

he actually has an object like that: its called The Wife

[@professorluimes3020]

@@commentbot8081You have a comfortable couch, I take it?

[@mhwang119]

​@@professorluimes3020LOL

[@mhwang119]

I second this idea! I've had this idea for years and always got stuck in clothing items that don't look like regular clothing items. Like a circle scarf

[@juraj-ctrl]

I don't want to doubt the man, but most likely he'd get as close to the solution as with the hair dresser robot

[@personguyguy]

ok i did NOT expect this to be the thing that stuffmadehere has been working on all this time ngl

[@lynes2peters438]

Are you positively surprised or negativly?

[@personguyguy]

@@lynes2peters438 Ngl I don't even know

[@lynes2peters438]

@@personguyguy lol

[@seven6590]

​@@personguyguysame lol

[@cuthbertallgood7781]

"All this time" was only two months, hopefully he gets back to a more regular schedule after the major delays getting his new shop set up for the videos before that.

[@rotatingringbelt]

You are my favorite KZbinr. Thanks for doing all this. It’s inspiring for my kids.

[@WaxWantSleeep]

some kid told him in middle school that he could never dunk and he took it SO personally

[@misamathlin6290]

You should make the original ladders expand with air tank so it could be used to climb walls very fast!

[@johnsmitht11]

The nylon parts printing is pretty darn sweet. It took 3D printing so long to mature but there are some amazing printing options now.

[@the_ALchannel]

I seem to have missed it, what parts here are printed from nylon?

[@mariohernandez1111]

​@@the_ALchannelall the black parts for the O-ring seals

[@johnsmitht11]

@@the_ALchannel around 4:30, after the metal parts are done the shaft seals are shown being designed and printed.

[@the_ALchannel]

right, thanks. Totally missed that. I thought SLS only prints with metal powders

[@kBIT01]

The fuse 1 is a really nice machine, but you are looking at about 30k for a basic package. If you want to be able to print and load it faster, you are looking at 50k easily.

[@sgwa11]

One of the things I am most impressed about your videos is your safety engineering. Brings your madness closer to a viable product!

[@melainekerfaou8418]

from a youtube diyer's point of view, Shane's safety engineering is commendable. From an engineer's point of view, it's still reckless. I know it's part of the entertainment factor (think electroboom) but for all aspiring engineers watching this: be prepared to be an order of magnitude more cautious when testing stuff. The time and cost of prototyping and testing is often 99% safety. (these steel blades ready to snap and fly up the armpit / the hearing loss in case of seal or tube rupture / the slack in the anti-kick-up gizmo allowing instant knee shattering in case any of the retaining blades give in / and I have watched the video only once...) @shane: please don't hurt yourself - I'm sure many of your supporters on Patreon would gladly give feedack (the diyer's version of a test safety review) and then you can deliberately choose how (un)safe you want to be.

[@JackMaslovLive]

I can't believe how creative you've got with this project and how far you took this contraption. Literally amazing! There are some small details that I'm wondering why have you not mentioned them or tried them though. 10:41 I believe you could have spring tensioned the winch slightly, so that it would reel in all the cable that was in the leg when it would start contracting. The spring would be very light, barely strong enough to spin the winch back as you deflate the legs. Also if you implemented a locking mechanism for the winch, you could have locked it at a point where it would hold the leg compressed even as you stepped off of the leg. This would possibly help you to learn how to walk on it better too, as it potentially wouldn't extend if you offset your weight left and right while walking.

[@duckymaster1430]

Can't tell you how many times I've seen people try this idea (so many scissor lift attempts) and not succeed. Really cool to finally see it done. Removing the frame and doing it solo was great, exactly what the viewer wanted lol.

[@NickMK]

What sets this dude apart is that he will actually strap these crazy inventions to his body

[@sempersolus5511]

This is why I'm not an engineer. I can't physically assemble the same thing 20 times, no matter how passionate I am about it.

[@MeinNamemit20Zeichen]

Gotta love how he spent a week to design gadget hydraulic legs and then spent what seems like month to figure out legs need feet.

[@Gregulations]

Everyone has some oversight haha

[@Saturnuria]

How come your ideas always start out sounding straightforward but always end up being terrifying machines?! 😂

[@andrasbiro3007]

That's engineering. Like how the idea of flying started with small wings attached to your arms, and ended in large metal tubes with 200.000 horsepower going over 600mph at 30.000 feet. 10% of the development process is making it work, and 90% is making it less likely to kill you.

[@nox6438]

@@andrasbiro3007 "10% of the development process is making it work, and 90% is making it less likely to kill you." I fuckin love that

[@mattrountree.]

Have you never met humans before?

[@robertk1701]

Now that he has a way to create expandable limbs, he's one step closer to creating a portable mech suit.

[@Jeff-ss6qt]

It might be a good idea to make sure that those pistons and scissor mechanisms have a flared base.

[@Skiron411]

is this doctor octavius' origin story?

[@ollytigby8485]

I like that your safety rig is very similar to the one in Flubber where the professor is trying to slam dunk with his invention. He even used a sand bag as an anchor weight.

[@fixingitrightish]

Happy new year! I love your videos, just wish there were more!

[@MisterDeets]

He would need to hire people to help him get these done faster. These are huge and tough projects that are insanely time consuming. He could hire makers with some experience to help him generate CAD for the parts and then help run the machines and assemble everything when done, but doing so would be time consuming and he would have to pick a very skilled person to do it and those don't come cheap. College interns can be cheaper, but there are ethical concerns in doing that.

[@baconheadhair6938]

@@MisterDeetsThat would ruin

[@comdnoive]

Allen Pan punching the air right now.

[@gemhunter498]

You mean all I had to do was not leave the ground????

[@daemenoth]

yeah a collab with safety 3rd would be great!

[@squeegel3904]

I read this as: "I made these when I was ridiculously high and drunk!"

[@travispratt6327]

I read it as “I made this to dunk while ridiculously high”

[@DemorianCale]

I can't express my joy at how this man just came right back around to making a scissor lift, but with extra steps haha.

[@ArthurKhazbs]

Nah, man, these ain't no scissors - the joint is not in the middle of the blades

[@michaeldufresne9428]

I absolutely love your tenacity and your willingness to share your less than successful attempts

[@BenFortner]

Thanks for closing 2023 with a great story about hard work, dedication, and overcoming adversity. Here's to the future 🥂

[@BOOTHSES]

14:10 -- the "really strong" safety system failed 14:20 -- fear 😨 14:25 -- upgrading the safety system to "super strong" 14:35 -- jokes! it's the same thing but steel 14:40 -- confidence 😁 14:45 -- danger upgrade 14:50 -- fear again😨 14:55 -- surprise at the danger... What a roller coaster of a minute!

[@whoisWAZz]

I love how the acronym for Stuff Made Here is SMH which is how his wife reacts to his projects 😂

[@Mister_Clipster]

That's genius never noticed that

[@necieau2700]

😂

[@user-dj1hy6zc6q]

The obvious change which would make balancing and walking much easier is if your feet and upper leg were securely ... interacting ... (i want to avoid saying 'attached') to the stilts. Two points of interaction makes it so you can control it. One point (at present) is just a hinge. I know you didn't want to do that for safety reasons, but if you could design a way of positively controlling two points but also be able to bail, you would have so much more success.

[@nudemanonbike]

I wonder if clipless bike shoes + mounting points would work? Once you're familiar with how to clip in and out, the motion isn't too hard, and they're designed to be able to do that if you need to bail

[@zeendaniels5809]

Compared to your other projects so far, this went strangely smoothly. It felt weird even 😂

[@joshuajava]

Is there anywhere we can see your notes/calculations for these projects? I went to see if they were on your Patreon but they weren't :(

[@Eddy002]

Half way through the video I kept thinking, “when is he gonna have his wife try it out?” 😂

[@franklawrence1232]

literally my all time favorite engineering channel… way better than watching Mark Rober make his 1000th glitter bomb and squirrel maze.

[@thaer12345]

Mark Rober's personality seems fake as FUCK, and shows almost nothing of the actual build and engineering process.

[@spray_cheese]

You should revisit this project with the intent of walking with them. Perhaps rebuilding them entirely to have only like 3-4 full length “pistons” for more control but still a significant amount of height. Probably would be smarter to make the walking pair max out a bit shorter as well😂 but it would be a cool project to have stilts that can drop down, and then pumped back up!

[@jacksonmcquade7888]

I remember when maker videos on KZbin were 5 mins of a guy building something perfectly the first time. Now they're 20 minutes of failing followed by 2 minutes of a functional thing... and I love it

[@rodneyboynton7607]

You could have saved time by going straight to the Parker Hannifan O-ring sizing guide. I use it all the time for gaskets, o-rings, and gland seals. It shows how to design the groove to get the proper %squish given the o-ring and pressure. Great Video! Thanks so much!!!

[@RogueAstro85]

You're easily the best youtuber, especially in the maker genre. Anyone who disagrees can fight me

[@Berm_Blaster]

Sup foo where you at I'm disagreeing. He's one of the best no doubt but not thee best

[@elburto5387]

Name two better ​@@Berm_Blaster

[@bigbadassfly]

I'm always waiting for your next videos. Love your creativity and the math that takes to do them

[@thomasdickson35]

My father taught me "Can't you just..." is either followed by a felony or an impossibility.

[@craigtpat]

Wile E. Coyote would be proud.

[@bardok159]

Dude, your videos, ideas and creations are sooo awesome. Congrats and keep up the good work! :D

[@anrede8495]

Connecting the stilts on the top by a steel bar that is attached to each stilt by means of a spherical bearing would make it much easier to keep balance and walk.

[@mavamQ]

"What a time to be alive!" 14:00. So true, even if we are setting at our computers watching, there is so much knowledge to be gleaned from the internet. It is fabulous!

[@RobertPalmer-f7v]

I was waiting for his wife's reaction, but it never came! That's become one of my favorite parts of his videos

[@treeguyable]

Some of these projects, the wife is just going about life, rolling her eyes. She shows up when everything is done, and works, and remarks: " Looks great. So this is what you have been doing for 6 months."

[@JK8]

Why

[@danoconnell1833]

A true victory for nerdness. Your dedication to perfection of absurdity is appreciated by us all. I was really hoping for some participation and commentary from your wife, however.

[@Zelmel]

Gotta love that moment (around 11:50) where you can hear the madness begin to set in.

[@craigbush2138]

I'm an Applied Physicist and a farmer who knows how to make stuff and get himself out of problems and I had him for about 10 mins... and then I was like, "Nope, you lost me." That's how good this guy is.

[@alden1132]

Couldn't you have built in a valve that only stays closed as long as there's weight on the footrest, so that if you step off, the air is vented? I think it would be easier than the upside-down auto-belay, and almost certainly just as effective!

[@weevilinabox]

A dump valve is a nice idea. It would need a pretty large vent, because air being compressible means it's acting like a powerful spring, so you'd need it to depressurise before it springs...which it clearly does almost instantaneously. I've not done much work work with pressurised systems in my engineering career, but when I have, the stored energy calculations have _always_ been rather sobering...and sometimes outright frightening.

[@karsonkern6551]

Inspiring to see how much time it takes, how many times you have to start over. Honestly the most impressive part for me.

[@Evelaraevia]

Only reason any of the fails are funny is because of the safety you showed and put into this project, and I really appreciate you going through your designs to keep yourself safe.