How to Size Up Your Legs for Home Built Stilts

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I'd like to talk about stilt walking. My name is Paul Anderson from the ABC circus and here we are. The last segment, we showed you cut list. We have this piece as the foot plate. About the size of your foot. Maybe a little bit less. The piece that goes under the foot plate to hold it up and 2 small sports that hold it like that just in case. Well, they're not really necessary, but when you're as big as I am, you want some extra support. Where do you find the dimension on the stilt? Well, use your leg. You want it to be just below the knee at the top so it doesn't rub on your upper leg when you bend your knee. That's where the foot plate's going to go on your 2x2. Then you can make it as long as you want. Really tall. I recommend staying below 5 feet. 30 inches is good height. We use that. You take this piece and you attach it directly to your long piece. Put your support directly under it. Make sure it's square. This one is already square because I cut it on a saw. We're going to assemble that."