Shoe Lifts - For Shorter Folks or Young Kids at Amusement Parks
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Published on June 18, 2012
This thing was Featured on June 19, 2012
Description
Not tall enough? Here are some shoe lifts that you can print out and then put in your shoes. You'll instantly look taller. If shoe lifts are good enough for Tom Cruise, they are good enough for Makers.
Shoe lifts were once popular in the back of men's magazines "Look Taller Instantly". Now you can print them at will and you will never come up "short" again.
The default design is shaped to fit in the heel of a man's shoe and give you and extra 1/2 inch or so, but you can scale the design if you wish and get taller or put them in a shoe that is smaller.
In the photos, you can see my daughter who stands 41 1/2 inches tall. To a kid, this means she is 1/2 inch too short to ride most of the rides at the carnival or disneyworld.
Worry no longer, kiddo, with my Makerbot I saved the day. I printer her out some shoe lifts and now she can bother her brothers with all of the thrill-ride screams that anyone can handle.
Shoe lifts were once popular in the back of men's magazines "Look Taller Instantly". Now you can print them at will and you will never come up "short" again.
The default design is shaped to fit in the heel of a man's shoe and give you and extra 1/2 inch or so, but you can scale the design if you wish and get taller or put them in a shoe that is smaller.
In the photos, you can see my daughter who stands 41 1/2 inches tall. To a kid, this means she is 1/2 inch too short to ride most of the rides at the carnival or disneyworld.
Worry no longer, kiddo, with my Makerbot I saved the day. I printer her out some shoe lifts and now she can bother her brothers with all of the thrill-ride screams that anyone can handle.
Instructions
I have uploaded the .stl file for two shoe lifts. They fit inside a size 8-11 man's shoe. If you need them smaller, scale them in the x or y direction.
The default design provides about 1/2 inch of lift. If you want to go bigger than that, scale them in the z-direction.
Since you will be walking on these things, go with 100% fill for durability.
Wear socks when using these heal lifts and don't injure yourself. Also, if you do managed to score a really tall woman and need to take off your shoes, you are own your own. It's business time!
About me: I'm on a mission to produce a bunch of Maker designs for items that would be embarrassing to buy in a store. This idea, that people want to save embarrassment is not new for me. In 1998 I started a company that sells embarrassing items online and that's been good to me. Here are two websites of mine:
MakerLove.com is where I am uploading all of my fun designs.
PriveCo.com is my company, which is also quite fun.
Thanks for taking an interest in my designs. I've got a bunch of 'em.
The default design provides about 1/2 inch of lift. If you want to go bigger than that, scale them in the z-direction.
Since you will be walking on these things, go with 100% fill for durability.
Wear socks when using these heal lifts and don't injure yourself. Also, if you do managed to score a really tall woman and need to take off your shoes, you are own your own. It's business time!
About me: I'm on a mission to produce a bunch of Maker designs for items that would be embarrassing to buy in a store. This idea, that people want to save embarrassment is not new for me. In 1998 I started a company that sells embarrassing items online and that's been good to me. Here are two websites of mine:
MakerLove.com is where I am uploading all of my fun designs.
PriveCo.com is my company, which is also quite fun.
Thanks for taking an interest in my designs. I've got a bunch of 'em.
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Jiffies
on
June 19, 2012
said:
I don't think that it is a good idea to bypass amusement ride safety regulations. It could lead to potentially hazardous situations.
jamesglanville
on
June 19, 2012
said:
Very cool :) Though tbh when you started uploading things that would be embarrassing to buy in a shop, I thought the worst :P (best? :P)
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Shoe Lifts - For Shorter Folks or Young Kids at Amusement Parks by CalmTom is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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This is the first time I heard about shoe lifts helping a kid in rides at the carnival or disneyworld!
On top of that shoe lifts is better and more flexible than elevator shoes because I used both before.
The design of elevator shoes are limited and sometimes can be old-fashioned. They're also most costly as compared to shoe lifts.
For those who're still confused with both, you can compare them at http://www.tallmenshoes.com (elevator shoes) and http://www.liftheightinsoles.c... (shoe lifts) as these are the 2 sites I got the products from.