Hydraulic scissor lift shoes will take you to new heights

In a recent video, YouTuber colinfurze illustrates how to create a pair of hydraulic scissor lift shoes.

The plant worker of the future will have the powers of a superhero. You’ll have an exoskeleton to give you strength and augmented reality glasses to help you see through walls. But what if you want to be taller and reach farther than ever before? You could use a ladder to access those hard-to-reach spaces, but why act logically when you could just DIY an outrageous solution? In a recent video, YouTuber colinfurze illustrates how to create a pair of hydraulic scissor lift shoes.

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Alexis Gajewski

Alexis Gajewski

Senior Content Strategist

Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.

During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry. 

Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.

She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.

Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.

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