Stuff Made Here builds a car wash for muddy dogs
Pivoting nozzles and undercarriage sprayers tackle the mess, but Eva wants nothing to do with the invention.
No. 37 on the daily chartNo. 1 on the DIY & art chart
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My dog won't stay out of mud so I made this...
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- 0:53Sketches lay out moving nozzle arches and undercarriage sprayers for an automatic dog wash.
- 6:34An unexpected CNC lathe delivery supplies a new way to machine the carriage's roller wheels.
- 10:57The wooden carriage, drive belts and Arduino control box come together for a scanning test.
- 14:43Eva is frightened by the platform, so Brie takes over the testing.
- 16:04A revised floor grate and replumbed nozzles get another muddy-dog test; the verdict comes at 18:18.
The engineering problem isn't just getting mud off the dog. It's keeping the dog from shaking that mud onto everyone helping.
Stuff Made Here's only new upload of the week, "When your dog wont stay out of the mud", answers with an automatic car-wash-style rig. An arch of moving nozzles scans along a platform, with sprayers underneath handling the harder-to-reach areas. Getting there involves resin-printed parts, bent conduit, an Arduino controller and a surprise CNC lathe delivery. A household cleanup problem becomes a substantial fabrication project.
Then comes the part no control box can solve: Eva is frightened by the machine. A second dog, Brie, takes over testing, and the first wash exposes problems with pressure, nozzle placement and gaps in the deck. The revised test arrives later in the video, followed by his wife's verdict. The video includes a sponsored segment for CAD software Onshape.
Viewers are already asking for more pet-centered builds and a closer look at his parts-fabrication process. Others have suggestions for the water jets and drying system. The upload had only been online an hour, with about 2,500 views, so this is very much its opening scene rather than a settled result.
Across the channel, daily viewing is somewhat below its usual pace and the subscriber count was unchanged over the week. "I made an apple peel itself" remains the busiest older upload, followed by "Six questionably legal pencil sharpeners" and "Baking brownies from the inside out". Nearby engineering channel Real Engineering is drawing above its usual daily viewing, while Practical Engineering is quieter than usual. For Stuff Made Here, the fresh addition is decidedly domestic: all that workshop machinery deployed against muddy paws.
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What viewers say
We need more pet centered projects! I've been wanting to design/build some sort of automated chew toy catapult, since my dog never seems to run out of energy to play fetch.
@TheSacredPainSee it on YouTubejust saw your parts binder? we need a video of your process for fabricating/assembling your parts
@reidyboi2269See it on YouTubeJust wait until Big Dog Wash comes after you!
@user-u6t4kSee it on YouTube
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Never cross the streams! 😁
@dlberkerSee it on YouTubeCan't have too many tools? Okay! * Buys 500 10 mil wrenches *
@brikminSee it on YouTubeCan't wait for that studio teardown video!
@DemolishionistSee it on YouTubeNow replace the water jets with lasers !
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The videos drawing views on Stuff Made Here right now
- Channel
- Stuff Made Here
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- 4,760,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 175,575
- Videos published this week
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- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
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The host describes the rig as an automatic car wash made for dogs.




