I made these to do a ridiculously high dunk

Turned out to be way more dangerous, hard, and fun than I was expecting. I feel like I say that every time though…

[smartereveryday]

This is the undisputed legitimate record.

[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.

[rafaelmorales]

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

[stefanshapiro]

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.

[TomGreen]

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

[senor_sensei]

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

[killahim]

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

[mdawg]

1% building
99% complementing the water jet

[theIargedude]

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

[DavidKutzler]

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

[brettfreeth]

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

[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 much longer!"

[ChessHistorian]

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

[BPBomber]

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

[migy]

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

[wilis]

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.

[JLovesDisney]

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

[DaveHalderman]

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

[rus.t]

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

[eugeneevergreen]

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