How to Build Real Fully-Functional Jump Stilts From Scratch For Under $50!
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- This video walks you through the process of how I built my homemade jump stilts. While they aren't made from scrap this time, they are however made of whatever I could find around my place.
I decided to share these instructions with you because when doing my research, I couldn't find anyone that had made anything close to a "real pair" of these things. This is only an attempt and many improvements can be made. I hope you enjoy the video regardless and maybe take some inspiration to make something like this for yourself. It's definitely much cheaper to make them than it is to buy them!
Let me know what you think of the video! If you have any questions or comments then please feel free to say so in the comment section. Written instructions will be found on my Instructables page within a few days of this video going up. I'll link it when I can.
Thank you so much for watching! A "Like" and a subscription would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
-Tate
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any injury or damage to people or property associated with the making or the usage of this project.
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"I have this left over from when I built my TANK"
Excuse me?
Asdayasman i have this left from when i built an ass
The main cause of warps in all of reality 😂
Yes, he built a simple tank.
@@LaunceBugbee nice
Yes, have you never heard of the killdozer?
Cool channel dude :) A little tip is to mix the audio. The music was super loud at some points (no fun for headphone users), so I had to keep adjusting it between talking and music.
Auarhau - YOU were loud at some points! 😠
@@jonhohensee3258 dude
@@manmadetools5661 - dudely
I loved the video and the sweet build but the audio was torture. I'm trying to hear the words but not wake up the whole house when the music starts. Your voice should always be the loudest thing in a video.
Music can make or break a video
Local man achieves life-long dream of becoming a Kangaroo.
Now all he needs is the fursuit to go over it.
Now has a significant bounce in his step....
20:50 anyone else notice the cat causally running up the tree
He went up there quick!
And he’s gone, good things he’s got the legs to jump up there.
AD!!!
Yes
Causally? Caused what? sudden elevation gain I guess...
Outside voice: welcome to the aperture science lab wild edition . . .
Enry Frafranci yes. This is the plot of Portal 3. You must construct your own longfall boots.
Lol I didnt see this comment so I commented something like this
@@dapper8947 lol no worries, it happens constantly ;-)
dude imagine living in post apocalyptic world trying to survive ,and then like 5 people with rifles just wearing thoes bad bois start chasing you through the woods xd
CogBoy I had the same thought! These give me real Mad Max/Fallout vibes lol.
Just run through thick scrub/brush, they'll get stuck, you'll run free
That sounds like they would be easy targets....
Sure they can run faster in a straight line and jump a little higher, but the mobility is severely limited. They can't drop and take cover quickly and that's a huge disadvantage in modern combat.
Imagine you're hunting someone in the woods, but instead of running they charge you at 20 mph and stab you with a spear before you can get your gun up
@@PsylomeAlpha also depends on the user, I've clocked myself and I can pick up a sprint of 15mph easily on a dime, imagine how quickly someone like me could run with them on
Haha, I love how this video starts with "I've got a terrible idea"... Dude I'm hooked.
I want to like the comment but then it wouldn’t have 69 likes
@@bubblegumfox1893 you can like now.
Your smile when you're testing them out is priceless man. Glad you had fun on this build, its very well made!
Recycled Rollerblade boots would be way better for the attachment. Gives strong strapping and a guide rail that you could attach to the 90° foot holder.
And they're a dime-a-dozen at most junk stores.
Or hockey skates for some extra armour.
Keep pumping out videos buddy, you got a secret gem here! Youre gonna get big!
definetely
just subbed :)
The best part of the video is at 20:42 when suddenly the audio went from you whispering in the microphone to music cranked to over 9000.. RIP Headphone users.
20:49 kitty cat climb!
I see you've noticed my co-host. XD
AD!!!
YEET
I Look a second time, first time i was a little bit shocked whats crawl up there in the background
Yeah!! I caught that too! What a beautiful cat!
Incredible work my dude. I'll never make them, but I'll have them in the back of my mind if for some reason I decide to make them... I'll never will tho
Brilliant work. I've dreamt of having a pair of these.
I had as well for quite awhile. They're just as fun as they look!!
@@randomn6473 I just bought a quite well used one on eBay with broken straps and rusted screws. It was $35. The work I have done is to replace all the screws (to look nice) and create anchor points for the straps. I 3D printed quite overengineered parts out of ASA, hope they won't break. For straps, I used quick release fastening straps meant for truck or so use. Not the big ratchet ones but the quick-release ones. Works well so far, but quite bit more fiddling to put it on than the snowboard binding.
So the dream can be reached for 1/10th-1/5th of the price + massive amount of free time.
Loving the content buddy! There's definitely a realness to what you got here that's not found often on RUclips. Definitely a fitting name for the channel too 🤣 I'm interested to see what else you got planned! Keep it up man 🤘
I wonder if skis would be good for this. People have been making some really sweet bows out of old skis. Might be a good option for the spring?
that's funny. i was thinking maybe a really heavy bow or two could do it... now you've given me an idea.
@@cortedemico we use Ash for hurling it's a game where there has to be a spring in the stick you use to hit the ball, it's taken specially from near the root of the Ash tree, it creates a brilliant spring, also Ash can be used for bows, just thinking ,
@@cortedemico Even some type of soft wood can work.
Good luck with insertin half a ski in your muzzle hahahaha
@@larrysal8866 good one you frickin oyster.
I had a set of the originals from the early 90's. I used them in several performances and parades. Sold them in 2010. I had a knee injury that was unrelated that required surgery and putting no weight on my leg for 6 months while it healed. I figured this would be a toy/tool I'd probably never use again. This is a pretty cool build. Great job.
When I see videos like this I wish I could afford to live in something other than an apartment so that I could tinker and build things like this guy.
TransHuman I’ve seen apartments above garages, above machine shops, and out on farms where they have garages and tools. If you can’t buy the tools, earn the right to work with them. Or else, start simple, right where you are, and use videos like these for entertainment and inspiration, rather than whining.
Awesome video and an amazing build! I'm not a metalworker, but I do have some experience in costume design, prop-making, and extreme sports, so here's a couple things that jumped out to me.
As someone who did aggressive inline skating for a few years, personally I would've just permanently attached a pair of skate boots to the rig instead of rigging up a foot harness with the boots you used. They're pretty expensive if you don't just have a few pairs lying around, but they'd give you a LOT more support and protection, especially around your ankles. You'd be sacrificing a bit of flexibility, but watching the way you moved in them(without trying out a pair myself), I don't think it'd matter too much in the end. The supports you've got are probably good enough at the end of the day, but your ankles are surprisingly vulnerable to serious injury when rolling to one side, and with the kinds of impacts you're taking as you jump on these(or fuck even run on them for that matter), I wouldn't want to risk it, personally. If you can find a cheap old pair of inline skates online or in a pawn shop, it might be worth buying if you plan on playing with these a lot.
The rubber feet also seem quite small. If you gave them more surface area, you'd probably be able to jump a lot higher with these, or at the very very least avoid digging up so much dirt on your landings!
One more thing, using a couple pairs of needle-nose pliers ziptied shut as a makeshift clamp is a brilliant idea and I really wish I would've thought of it! Lol
Brilliant! Awesome build process and result!
I came from the vehicle video that youtube suggested and I'm glad I landed on this channel. Subscribed.
Have a great 2020 man!
I had the commercially available ones as a teenager. You did surprisingly well assuming you’ve never played around with these things before. I know I took a few tumbles before getting confident with them. Something that might help with the knee support is adding a strap that goes around the back of your knee to really lock those bars down. That’s what mine had anyway. You’re doing great. Keep up the good work!
I love the aesthetic of the stuff you make. Like the look of junk parts welded together. Something very apocalyptic or steampunk about it
that cat climbed that tree like a boss! 20:49
Very cool, I was worried about painful hotspots on the shin bar as I’m a lineman and we have all sorts of solutions for gaff shin grinding pain
Not sure if I'm more impressed with your inventions or how good you are at drawing.
This is an amazing channel. Highly recommend.
This looks like a blast! God, when I was a kid, I LOVED my pogo stick. I could bounce up and down big flights of stairs on it like an expert pogoer (if that's a word!) As a guy who's "pretty" good at welding and making stuff, I've thought about making a really strong, super springy pogo stick, that a grown man can bounce around on. I might look like a big weirdo on it, but it would be fun! Having a pair of these looks like fun, but I wouldn't go through all this to actually build them myself. I'd just spend the money and buy them. I bet you could walk REALLY far without getting tired. It would probably never catch on, but just think about all the gas people could save, and how much less traffic and pollution and everything else that goes along with too many cars on the road, there'd be, if people accepted these as a legitimate way of getting around. It would be good exercise too! I would really like to see that happen.
Can I just say that sketch was really aesthetic
You are a genius when it comes to Backyard engineering.
Your ingenuity is very impressive, good work on things it to finish I'm genuinely impressed . Good video!
Hey man, just found your channel.. love the content! its unique for this platform to have someone dedicated about doing something and showing that dedication on the internet as well as you have! keep it up!
Very well researched and presented! Hyper-interesting, good sir. Your use of the term "scientific experiment" for testing the spring was amusing, and at the same time very practical! I enjoyed that. The end result looks nominal, if not exactly optimal, and I like your suggestions for improvement. In any case, it must be a great workout! All good wishes.
I love how on 5:47 when he looses his grip. instead of getting some clamps and doing it properly he decides to put on some gloves, making the chanses that he breaks his fingers and wrist 100 times more likely
If it was a full sized drill press, than I definitely would have been more cautious. I can stop that little guy with my bare hand. Thank you for the comment, and I'm glad you're a safety conscious person!
I can't get over how you spelled chances. It causes me pain. Kill it. Kill it now
What an amazing channel! I just subscribed and am so happy to see more coming. Your charisma and editing all make this video well worth watching to the end!
Use a sewing awl to sew the webbing. I use the "EZ Sew". Takes literally a few minutes to learn.
I've owned several incarnations of Air-trekkers brand stilts for over a decade now, and I've also had friends that owned Powerisers in the past, and I can clear up a few things that you were curious about -
The sleeve on the bottom of the spring is used on models with a perfectly symmetrical leaf which is made to bend exactly in the center of the length. In brands that have asymmetrical springs like my current Air-Trekkers, the center of the bend (and the thickest part) on the spring is further up the length towards the top, and the connecting arm is bolted straight through the spring itself. The places where the brace connect on the foot plate and spring just make sure that the tire moves straight up and down during the jump and aren't terribly consistent across models.
The straps don't strictly need to be where you see them on the ad pictures for commercial models, especially if you mess around with the total height of the springs and platform (how high your feet are off the ground). In the current models with asymmetrical springs, the heft of the spring is brought up closer to where your input force is coming from so you can actually drop the knee bar quite some distance without losing control because there is less weight below your foot. In fact, it's actually helpful to have the knee brace resting more towards the top of your calf than the recommended spot right under your knee cap because it frees up your range of motion a fair bit when you fall or otherwise need to bend your knee to get up.
Feel free to hit me up if you ever decide to revisit this project. I can get you pictures and measurements of my own pair.
Good to know. Do any of those brands have a pivot of any kind for the ankle?
@@joelcastellanos7224 There was one brand some years back that briefly offered a gimmicky "Pro model" with a foot plate that allowed your heel to move side to side a little bit under the guise of "allowing incredible acrobatic control!" or some such nonsense, but it was a poor attempt at boosting sales and wasn't listed long for obvious reasons.
When you are strapped in, trying to move your foot is what controls the stilt. It's a bit like controlling a prosthetic - you try to twist your ankle, but the entire stilt rotates. It isn't enough to just be connected to the stilts, the stilt itself can't be free to move around on your leg or you lose control of it. It doesn't really matter where on your foot and shin the stilt is strapped, but it needs to be completely secure or the stilt wobbles uncontrollably when you take steps.
I totally understand that. And that is completely what I expected. I did not mean a joint with full rotation. It is obvious that it needs to be secured to your leg and not move. As far as the joint I was thinking a ledge on the heel side to catch and locate your heel. The joint would be a single pivot that only allows up and down movement with stops at both ends. Mabe 20 or 30 degrees of movement.
Lol idk. Maybe if I try my own build I can play with it.
duude I've been visualizing something like this for so long...you my hero!
I think with the right design and the right technique you could do incredible things with these
I shattered and completely destroyed my wrist whilst wearing a pair of these
Ouch.
@White Rice lol
@White Rice you, good sir, have just completed comedy
You’ve earned your name.
Thats an oof.
Oh boy, this is the second video of his I've seen and I'm hooked.
Nice build
The only changes i would make would be on the foot
I wouldn't drill though that
I would build a "shoe" for the foot and weld it...
I know you didn't want to weld on the bar but if you weld on the very end the heat treatment wouldn't matter too much as long as it's braced above and only welded below.
The other change was hand done stitches :)
You have amazing timing. I was just wondering if one could make a set of these. I'm going to have to try. Nice work on these suckers!
I’ve watched a few of your videos now. Your drawing skills are spot on!
music seems too loud, when your talking have to be at 40% then when u stop and its just music go to 15
5:46 i knew that was gonna happen lol! I wish we knew each other i love doing projects like this.
Haha, yeah as a machinist aswell, I was clutching my toes xD
Not only save money, but maybe a trip back to the store when you buy them and somethings wrong or they are made too cheap. I can't find hardly anything well made. Another nice one Rando. I'm glad my cuz sent me link to your page yesterday, good stuff.
Your drawings are amazing
Him: "Build fully-functional jump stilts for under 50$!"
Also him: Has complete machine shop and piles of material laying around.
That's why he built it. People like him (me included) likes to build things and when the shop is already there, the laying material is already laying there, they are practically free.
Not throwing out a miniature remnant piece of a cut, for decades, makes or breaks things.
This is the first video I saw of yours so hearing homemade tank said so casually was a little jarring, I subbed immediately after
4:11 if you turn it up to full blast you can hear a secret voice telling an important message
I did what you said. There wasn't any secret message at all. All it was was VERY LOUD MUSIC. It was SO LOUD coming out of my SPEAKERS. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO SOMEONE?
Lmfao
@@kg4boj I heard the secret message too tho.
I'm quite impressed with your ingenuity, please keep trucking on
Sweet clean clean Bronco 2 !!! Damum!! Never see those anymore.
I would like to see these made with a wider base as a sort of bug out/all terrain/hiking/military apparatus. I get the feeling the narrow footprint wouldn't do too well in mud/sand. Really cool channel, definitely looking forward to more vids
Oh my goodness I had this idea and several other years ago and i just never act. Anyhow several of the ideas I have i will end up seeing elsewhere. But I love your videos. I just found them today and they really get my imagination going. I am a busy 45 year old woman who is only now discovering things about myself. I don't believe age should stop anything. But where to start. I have nothing. Including skills tools...nothing. but man I have ideas! Where did you start?
this was so helpful ive been needing to figure out how the leg attachment worked for a project im working on.
Have you tried sourcing Corvette springs? The rear suspension in a Chevy corvette is a large fiberglass leaf spring. You might be able to cut it down to size!
Ski boots + bindings ;)
Comfy, light, awesome
Really appreciate you sharing your builds .. its very inspiring and makes me feel like i can make the things i imagine as well ... Thankyou!! BTW , a marvelous build !
Very cool watch. Loved the video. Tho I never would have thought to cut the spring in half (I tend to over build things).
Watching you test them however seems to reveal a bit of a flaw. The platform forms a rigid boot for your leg and foot. This doesn't allow for any movement at the ankle eliminating your calf from your movements also not allowing you to push off with your toes. Might take some tuning but if you could set a pivot just below your ankel for the front of your foot it may give you allot more performance and better control. Mind you I'm only talking vertical movement. I Can see it going crazy if you let the thing go out of alignment.
Dude you’re an artist and not only on paper
I literally said before the first second " that looks like a terrrrrrrrible idea... but I wanna do it too!!!"
Cool project! I just found your channel and had to subscribe. Looking forward to more DIY content.
Because the lower support is bolted directly to the leaf spring, the energy is now concentrated on the lower portion of the leaf spring and stops mostly at where the bolts terminate, which is why you had to add the extra springs. If you watch the video in slow motion (Hello youtube's playback speed functions), and compare it to how the commercial versions bend, you can see how they curve very differently.
If you followed the commercial design (with lower foot support hinged into a "sleeve" for the foot of the leaf spring), you'll get ALL the energy stored in the entire length of the leaf spring (focused into the upper section while the bottom is more rigid), which will give you the extra responsiveness.
Hope that makes sense to you, awesome work constructing your own pair!
You bring up very valid points and I appreciate you bringing that to my attention! I'm designing the next pair right now and they'll be like no others on the market (trust me, you're not going to want to miss that video.) I'll be making that correction on the next set for sure along with many other things.
I'm pretty happy with these for a start though! Thanks again for the helpful comment!
Portal 3 looking good
Your channels about to blow up!! Killer content!! 🤘
This is the most insane thing I've ever watched, and the craziest part is that it works. You earned a subscriber, and you deserve a lot more!
Awesome build! Chevy Astro and gmc safari vans have carbon fibre leaf springs in the rear
never subbed to someone so quickly great content man thank you !
I subscribed immediately after seeing the channel name. Honestly an 8/8
A light leaf spring perhaps? Saw where this was going.
Keep the videos coming. You've already succeeded in threatening a long-standing project of mine to be stalled yet again in favor of making a tracked rig. Saw a local contact today who has access to conveyor belts that periodically have to be replaced that serve in a car shredder. He just got rid of what he had...but will hold onto the next ones for me.
Props on the blue prints! That’s some pretty bad ass drawing lol. 🤯
IMPORTANT! Always us a vice or clamp to hold pieces being drilled on a press! I saw that coming!
You can use castiac soap with dot 4 brake fluid when grinding metal to reduce heat. You do have to melt your own soap bars and add the fluid to reharden then cut to size. Right or wrong... Comment?
Could have used snowboard boot mounts for the foot rest area. Very light and secure. Other than that, I really like what you did here. Mad respect for a junk build
These Stilts look so damn Cool... damn you did a good job there Bud
just found your channel and every video makes me like you more and more
p.s. the music was a little loud, maybe bump it down like 5-10db
Im amazed at the drawing at the beginning and I haven't even seen the rest of the video
20:50 a cat in the background just casually climbs up a tree
Looks dangerously awesome!
LOVE the "very scientific experiment" lol , well done!
21:09 imagine that full sprint towards u in the middle of the night only he is dressed In a black cloak and covered in noticeable pigs blood with non of his limbs exposed
Holy crap that would be insane, ngl I'md love to see someone try that out
awesome . looks like fun and also most likely a handy item .
Great job! I have often thought of building or buyiny them as well.
Those turned out great!!! Just a little advice on post production: try to normalise the volume of your music to the volume of the rest of the audio. Don't want ppl with headphones on going from a comfortable volume to screaming loud music. Lol! Other than that, the production quality and content is superb!
You have many others that also had their ears assaulted. XD I'm sorry about that! It sounded fine in my editing software, but then I watched it and YIKES! I see your point is very valid haha. The next video will hopefully be up in a few days and I'll remedy that issue in that one and future ones. Thank you for commenting and being constructive!!
@@randomn6473 hey no problem!! I love what you're doing!!! I can tell that you'll have quite the following in the fan base and I see lots of good things coming out of your channel in the near future!!
And I just seen that someone else already brought the volume issue up. Oops. Didn't mean to sound like a broken record. But you're doing great. And don't take any negative Nancy's into account later. Remember, this is YOUR channel. You run it how YOU wanna run it. No matter which way ya go you're gonna have some no talent asshat try to tell you you're doing it wrong. Just do what makes you happy and you'll never get burnt out on what content you create.
Awesome! I enjoyed the cat going up the tree! Pretty kitty!
She's a bit of a photobomber! XD
Small tip - a drill press vice is a lot cheaper than finger surgery.
I can confirm this!!!
And btw: never ever wear gloves while using a drill press!
Depends on power of your drill press but best case: it will pop your fingers out of the sockets! worst case: it will rip off your fingers!
Those look fun. And you sure seemed to take to them really quickly.
You are awesome, bro!! Smart dude, too! Good job!👍👍👍👍
the problem with using leaf springs is if the metal breaks from fatigue there is a good chance it could lodge itself deep in the back of your leg. Small chance but one worth noting.
20:44 Cat: "So you think kangaroos are cool? Watch me!"
You deserve a lot more subs this is great content
These are perfect for walking through the SwAMp
Bro your videos are awesome please keep making more cool stuff!!
Your sketching skills are great by the way
I just tried some. I need them now. They were rated for someone 60 lb heavier than I. I need thwm now.🤣
I like the fact you felt the need to shade the pant legs on your diagram. :)
Im loving your videos! Are you going to do a build series on anything?
Nice stuff you do, will share with my friends
Here before this channel blows up
You were walking on the back ends (heels) of the little spring feet, that would've also influenced how much energy they were able to store
20:50 Look at the cat in the background
That sketch looks amazing