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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.
@@idontwantahandlethoughThe video has nothing to do with Ben Shapiro, neither does the comment. You chose to insult the guy using faked compassion. WTF??
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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]).
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!"
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.
@@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
@@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!)
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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 😂
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!"
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).
@@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 🤗
@@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.
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."
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
" 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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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
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.
"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.
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.
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.
I love your channel, your videos and also love the fact that there are sponsors like Brilliant out there that can help push this kind of content for free on the internet. Everything about it is positive, love it.
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.
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
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.
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!!!
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."
Shocked this video isn’t getting pushed by algorithm more, this was my favorite of your recent projects. The first minute is engaging too so I would think new viewer retention would be solid, but YT is always rough this month.
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!
This plus drywall style attachments and a professional stilt walker would be super rad especially if they could go back down. Throw on an epic costume and you would be raking in cash.
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.
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.
Wow! The potential these stilts have! Workers could reach a ceiling or a roof with a push on a button... Cirque Du Soleil would also love these! Shane, this is indeed a brilliant idea!
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.
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This is the undisputed legitimate record.
Agreed
it is and its idea can also inspire firefighting tech and make it the global standard!!
Hi Destin!
Nerdcord.
You guys should colab🙃
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.
Didn't need her this time for that, figured it himself.
Better than completely shattering his tibia and femur.
Agreed
They still together? Energy lacked here big time. Felt off. He seems down
@@DELLIS44 I'm pretty sure they had a kid together. So I would hope so.
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.
if you're related to Ben... I am so, SO sorry
(insightful comment btw, I def agree. Engineering is mostly failing lol)
thanks for that comment, it inspired me to get back to work on a project that I was failing at.
@@idontwantahandlethough
Shapiro is a quite common name in Jewish communities.
@@idontwantahandlethoughThe video has nothing to do with Ben Shapiro, neither does the comment. You chose to insult the guy using faked compassion. WTF??
1% building
99% complementing the water jet
I think he likes the water jet. Don't know why..
@@finjafeenstaub7459 Who wouldnt? If I can only afford it.
And stressing how hard it is to reassemble the legs
honestly I came here for that
I thought it was a cnc machine at 4:44
ok but can you imagine how horrifying would this project be if it was made by "i did a thing" lmao
Probably instead of using air, he would use explosives, and of course he would be bare foot and only wearing his apron
XDDD
one is a scientist doing a mad project, other is a mad scientist doing a project
I'm waiting for years for the collab
Came here to ask would Collin Furse have taken off his safety tie; I think not!
Man's really cutting it close to the sponsor deadline.
As a true engineer!!
What does that mean?
@@Capt-Intrepid The deadline was probably this year 2023
Man reached for the sky on this one though
Didn't even have time for the Mrs to mock him.... I miss that part.
my favorite thing about stuff made here is that every video is in a new workshop
next one he is in an air hangar for SURE
This is the same workshop as the last few videos. Just with tarps covering the walls.
HAHA
@@Enderman0415 Well of course - he can only get himself... like 20 feet up in the air in this one. So limiting!! Lol
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.
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.
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
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.
All the joints have to be sealed, otherwise air will leak out and the joint being tested will not be pressurized.
I assumed he did test the one seal before making the entire leg. But obviously not good enough test@@angrypotato_fz
Having attended engineering school on a basketball scholarship really made this a natural choice for Shane.
Huh?
@@ChargeNReact It was a joke. He didn't actually go to engineering school on a basketball scholarship.
@@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.
@@DavidKutzler that's a better reason to make these
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Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some sausages?
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@@RKroese wtf is that second line lmao
@@peptobepto a movie from before your time, I suppose
Except he never took the step.
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
I was thinking the same thing 😂
I wonder what wife thinks about this
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]).
At least no one can say he is taking it for granted XD
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!"
Came here for this comment!
Engineering comedy is a genre that could only exist here and now. I'm so grateful this exists.
"The design is very human"
100% agree
Simone Giertz also has trailblazed a lot in that area
Sometimes I wonder why he hasn’t uploaded. Then he does and I remember how complicated his builds get 😂
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.
@@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
this is probably a "quick" in-between project to get us some content because he's working on something more complicated
@@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!)
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"
I feel like Shane did this project just so he could justify to his wife why he needed to buy an auto belay.
With you on that. I'll be nice and just say that this wasn't his best idea.
For real!
and the water jet. I think he mentioned that 3 times.
*two* auto belays
yeah lol autobelays aint cheap.
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
Can't wait for the building size full military mech version!
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.
he has to make it voice activated by saying "Go Go Wighton Stilts"
@@jmcbresilfr i can already imagine a hexapod that jumps with these
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
To me the most genius ideas in this project came out of the need to improvise all the safety devices.
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
It didn't feel complete without the harsh judgement of your wife! 🤣 Great video
She must have loved it.
Yeah, how do I know if this is good without critical wife reviews
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.
SMH: The legs extend without blowing apart now!!
Wife: Yeah but your real legs are still gonna blow apart when you use this thing
@@nilz6432 Totally makes sense, marriage is basically forfeiting the right to kill oneself to their spouse
"Just make it lighter, cheaper, and faster" at 3:25. Illustrated by 3 interlocking cogs. Nicely done! @standupmaths would be proud!
….that’s literally the joke.
@@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.
lighter/cheaper/faster is a choice for consumers to make, not innovators
@@CGagnon5 yeah, you can only have two
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
You should combine all your inventions to make the ultimate basketball player
excellent idea
Hits the dunk stilts and the 3D moving basket races over and annihilates you
@@krumplin8992LMAO
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
@@krumplin8992 holy hell that's an amazing visual
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.
nah keep it strictly score based, i want a centralized meta
There is technically something like that for handicapped people. Engineering teams work to build solutions to help them pass through different events
I want to see fencing
Are you aware there’s wheelchair fencing?@@brackzaff
robot wars ?
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 😂
Exactly what I thought too! 😂
No, he gets almost all of them free from sponsors.
You see? The video made $10 so that means I can buy the water jet
id say he does that so the tool manufacturers see how much publicity can get by sending him their tools
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.
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!"
"Throw me the rock!"
Everyone just starts yelling "ROCK!" until it stops moving
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).
@@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 🤗
@@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.
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."
Sadly he tends to cannibalize past projects for parts.
@@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.
Starting off the new year strong with a video from one of the best out there!
Not near as good as you guys
Next year he's gonna have a fully functioning ironman suit lol
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The people who watch both seeing this comment 👀
@@icantdriftjk9064fr mind melting😂🫠
I like how you show the parts that didn’t work-a great showcasing of your thought process journey
Can weld, code, program, machine, design, etc. Anything related to fabrication/automation, it seems he can do. What a skill set to have.
A great engineer
I always call him "The most complete engineer"
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.
Well, it *could* have been uploaded by his next of kin.
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.
I loved it. The attention to safety from StuffMadeHere and "I did a thing" are two extremes of the spectrum 😂
Petition that Shane should make a Foosball table that is robotically controlled on one side, and have professionals try to beat it🤨
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that would be awesome actually
I want to see a foosball table that will play against itself. A lot of learning opportunities in that build.
@@AronDarling it would be awesome to see it play using AI on one side, and preprogrammed algorithms on the other side
Great idea!
I honestly think that would be too easy for him.
I love the entire safety system just being climbing gear.
I was waiting for his wife's reaction, but it never came! That's become one of my favorite parts of his videos 😂
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
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.
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
Who’s Shane
@@TheCanadianCommunistShane is the guy who runs the Stuff Made Here channel.
@@TheCanadianCommunistShank on deez nuts😂🎉
@@TheCanadianCommunistthis channel
Shane is a way way wayyy better mechanical engineer than mark is two of them are not even comparable
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.
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.
" 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.
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.
You should make the original ladders expand with air tank so it could be used to climb walls very fast!
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.
Compared to your other projects so far, this went strangely smoothly. It felt weird even 😂
You are my favorite RUclipsr. Thanks for doing all this. It’s inspiring for my kids.
I really appreciate the irony of buying a ladder so you could engineer it into something that lifts you higher
The nylon parts printing is pretty darn sweet. It took 3D printing so long to mature but there are some amazing printing options now.
I seem to have missed it, what parts here are printed from nylon?
@@the_ALchannelall the black parts for the O-ring seals
@@the_ALchannel around 4:30, after the metal parts are done the shaft seals are shown being designed and printed.
right, thanks. Totally missed that. I thought SLS only prints with metal powders
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.
is this doctor octavius' origin story?
ok i did NOT expect this to be the thing that stuffmadehere has been working on all this time ngl
Are you positively surprised or negativly?
@@lynes2peters438 Ngl I don't even know
@@personguyguy lol
@@personguyguysame lol
"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.
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.
One of the things I am most impressed about your videos is your safety engineering. Brings your madness closer to a viable product!
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.
These are the most insane high heels ever designed
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.
My favorite part was the proper climbing safety communication stuffs.
"Dunking."
"Dunk on"
Lol.
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)
It might be a good idea to make sure that those pistons and scissor mechanisms have a flared base.
Now you can win a staring contest with a giraffe! 🦒💪❤️
tall zonday
chocolate dunk
The GOAT! I love your brain, Tay. A staring contest with a giraffe.. Who thinks of this stuff!?
Well, *start* a staring contest with a giraffe, anyway XD
You mean camel
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.
he actually has an object like that: its called The Wife
@@commentbot8081You have a comfortable couch, I take it?
@@professorluimes3020LOL
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
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
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.
My guy post this in February, you don’t deserve the wasteland of January revenue
American New Year's Eve
What do you mean?
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@@UnknownVirhere in Canada, new year eve is not the same days in the USA...
wtf does this mean how is January revenue different
"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.
Anyone can make a bridge that doesn't fall down.
An engineer can make a bridge that almost doesn't fall down.
doesn't that mean the engineers bridge will still fall down@@robertdascoli949
How come your ideas always start out sounding straightforward but always end up being terrifying machines?! 😂
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.
@@andrasbiro3007 "10% of the development process is making it work, and 90% is making it less likely to kill you." I fuckin love that
Have you never met humans before?
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.
It doesn't count without your wife's skeptical looks.
yea she is gone
@@SPIKEASAURUS How do you know?
@@SPIKEASAURUSwhat a weird thing to say.
@@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.
I'm always waiting for your next videos. Love your creativity and the math that takes to do them
I absolutely love your tenacity and your willingness to share your less than successful attempts
I love your channel, your videos and also love the fact that there are sponsors like Brilliant out there that can help push this kind of content for free on the internet. Everything about it is positive, love it.
Thanks for closing 2023 with a great story about hard work, dedication, and overcoming adversity. Here's to the future 🥂
What sets this dude apart is that he will actually strap these crazy inventions to his body
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.
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
Dude, your videos, ideas and creations are sooo awesome. Congrats and keep up the good work! :D
Happy new year! I love your videos, just wish there were more!
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.
@@MisterDeetsThat would ruin
Allen Pan punching the air right now.
You mean all I had to do was not leave the ground????
yeah a collab with safety 3rd would be great!
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.
Nah, man, these ain't no scissors - the joint is not in the middle of the blades
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!!!
Now that he has a way to create expandable limbs, he's one step closer to creating a portable mech suit.
What a way to bring in the new year! Glad I caught this at upload. Happy new year everyone
I was waiting for his wife's reaction, but it never came! That's become one of my favorite parts of his videos
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."
Why
Shocked this video isn’t getting pushed by algorithm more, this was my favorite of your recent projects. The first minute is engaging too so I would think new viewer retention would be solid, but YT is always rough this month.
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!
Inspiring to see how much time it takes, how many times you have to start over. Honestly the most impressive part for me.
Where is the lock you said you would make another one in two years it is now two years later
My father taught me "Can't you just..." is either followed by a felony or an impossibility.
literally my all time favorite engineering channel… way better than watching Mark Rober make his 1000th glitter bomb and squirrel maze.
Mark Rober's personality seems fake as FUCK, and shows almost nothing of the actual build and engineering process.
I love how the acronym for Stuff Made Here is SMH which is how his wife reacts to his projects 😂
That's genius never noticed that
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
THE new year made even more special because stuff made here just posted a video on this exact day!
on THIS EXACT day!
@@godsinbox Oh yeah! Actually!
Let me edit it ;)
WHY WASNT THIS VIDEO IN MY HOME PAGE? I JUST FOUND THIS SEARCHING STUFF MADE HERE JESUS. Top quality player btw
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.
This plus drywall style attachments and a professional stilt walker would be super rad especially if they could go back down. Throw on an epic costume and you would be raking in cash.
Technically they already use stilts for drywalling. Not certain how going up and downs beneficial.
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.
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.
I’d love to see a clock in the time lapses to get a better sense of how long this stuff takes. The dedication is really impressive.
Half way through the video I kept thinking, “when is he gonna have his wife try it out?” 😂
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.
I don't mean to take away your lifes but the word is LIVES
@@rid1cozano I'm not going live I meant life like lifestyle
It is genuinely amazing to see what your mind is capable of, incredible to watch, love your videos
I like to think of SMH as a skunkworks lab for a company, or a problem, that doesn’t exist. Yet.
Wow! The potential these stilts have! Workers could reach a ceiling or a roof with a push on a button... Cirque Du Soleil would also love these! Shane, this is indeed a brilliant idea!
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.
90s style, unsafe trampoline shoes, would also be an option. Since these really are just unsafe, hydraulic stilts.