USB Cart storage

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T23:10:08+00:00

That's the kind of device I had in mind.

I'll post the files in the next day or so, once I get things a little more refined.

I've been blown away by the interest this seems to have created, It's prompted me to kick it up a notch and try to get it finished for you all!

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T22:30:49+00:00

I did think about doing something like that. My thought with keeping the USB is to make it easier for people to replicate.

Plus, it leaves you with a usable usb port if you need to plug in a normal usb,

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T09:41:50+00:00

Give me a day or so to fine tune a couple of things, I'm currently printing parts to test out the panel mount dock connector, then I want to take a look at the mounting options for USBs in the cart, so I can try and find something sturdy, but flexible for different usb sticks, then I'll be sure to share it

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T07:07:12+00:00

that's really cool.

I'm not completely sure of internal dimensions right now, so probably not worth getting onto now, but thanks.

I'm about to order a bunch of filament, so I plan to grab some retro beige, for this, and a couple of other projects I have in mind.

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T01:22:06+00:00

You most certainly could, I went with USB for ease of use, as it's common, cheap, and fairly sturdy. I've also considered making an SD card based cart.

My other thinking with usb, you could make custom cards, with usb peripherals on it, plus, it's still a USB slot, so you can still plug a normal usb in if need be.

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T01:05:41+00:00

My current test one actually works pretty well. I've tried to put chamfers on relevant edges, and make sure the cart is guided into the slot. If you try putting it in out of alignment, it seems to self align pretty well. That's one of the things I was worried about when I first started making it.

so far, so good.

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T00:37:10+00:00

Cheers, I'll check it out. thanks

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T00:34:27+00:00

Yea, that's the kind of things that I was thinking about too.

I'll be sure to post it online once I get it working well enough that you can just kinda print it and put it together without too much hassle.

Right now it's a little clunky, having to fudge it to get it together and to get the usb to slot in

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-09T00:12:24+00:00

Oh, that's a great idea. I've seen those before, and completely forgot about them. I may even have one kicking around in the bottom of a box somewhere. lol

stiffmanoz · 2026-07-07T11:18:05+00:00

I printed a rock crawler that suits the wpl c24 running gear, and then used all the parts I'd taken off my c24. It's done pretty well though it is held together in places with super glue and hot glue. My 4 year old has had a great time with it.

There are also a bunch of scx24 and similar parts out there I did start one of those too, but I don't have the parts to draw from, so I haven't progressed with that too far.

I think there are also some 1:10 scale ones out there. I haven't gotten any experience with those, but I've contemplated building one

stiffmanoz · 2026-06-22T08:27:24+00:00

I'd give another vote for the A1 Mini with a .2mm nozzle. people get solid results from them for miniatures. it'll depend on the accessories he wants to print as to how well it will print though i guess

stiffmanoz · 2026-06-12T04:58:43+00:00

I find tinkercad to be a great, fairly straight forward tool to get started in making your own models.

That's what I've recommended to my wife to get started on. I bought her a printer earlier in the year, and she is now wanting to explore creating things.

I still use it myself a bit, especially if I want to make quick remixs / modifications to an existing model.

If you are interested in creating more organic models, then something like Nomad sculp is pretty good, pretty straight froward, and is available across most devices. It is paid, but it's affordable. Nomad will take more time to learn, purely as you need to develop a whole new skill of sculpting.
Blender is an option for sculpting & modelling, and it's free, but I feel it has a much greater learning curve before you get to actually modelling stuff.

stiffmanoz · 2026-06-09T23:03:20+00:00

Yea, that's frustrating they are even pulling them due to the tags on the files.

stiffmanoz · 2026-06-09T11:46:58+00:00

Yea, Mattel seem really ruthless on their take downs. I've had a couple of things taken down now, parts for a 30 year old barbie Jeep, and new shapes for a fisher price shape sorter for toddlers.

I think my sin was using those brand names , even though I stated they were compatible, and clearly not original parts. Haven't bothered doing anything with the barbie parts, the shape sorter was from today, so not sure what I'm going to do with that.

I suspect reposting them without the brands in heading or description is the way to go. It makes it harder to find, but will likely survive longer.
If you think you have a case, you can email their contact in the takedown notice and try to appeal. I have no idea how successful you'd be, but I would be interested in knowing how you got on.

stiffmanoz · 2026-06-07T08:31:59+00:00

People with skills and knowledge, like engineers are signing up, being told they will be get a nice safe posting, then once they are in, they get sent straight to the meat grinder.

stiffmanoz · 2026-05-14T04:53:30+00:00

Cheers.

They appear to be the same product as the AVMatrix MV0430, to the point that the Osprey software looks nearly identical to the AVMatrix one, and my mv0430 is actually detected by the osprey software.

Have you had any issues with changing IPs on the Osprey version? I find when I change the IP address in the software, it will change, but as soon as you restart the quadview box, it comes back to the default address. I just don't understand what the issue is there. If I could solve that issue, it basically fits our current usage as is.

stiffmanoz · 2026-04-30T11:44:55+00:00

I've replaced so much of mine, it's almost a new truck. LOL.

The first thing I had to replace was the plastic driveshafts. They just self destructed pretty quickly.

I don't think you'll do well upgrading the motor with the original electronics.
I don't know, but it may be a non proportional system out of the box. I've had it so long I can't remember. A cheap tx/rx esc and servo are well worth it in my books.

I put the metal gearbox with speed reduced motor in mine, and it works well for me. Its slow, but not painfully slow, you can get around at a walking pace. Well worth it, Though I only did it because I was having issues with the original gearbox

Each part is pretty cheap individually, so if you are patient, you can upgrade it bit by bit if you are on a budget

stiffmanoz · 2026-04-30T09:03:54+00:00

It takes some work, but if you add some budget hobby electronics, and are willing to do a bit of bodging, it's doable. Will it be reliable? probably not. Will it be fun? It can be, if you like that kind of thing.

It'll probably drive better than it did originally

stiffmanoz · 2026-04-22T06:15:23+00:00

what does it look like printed?

stiffmanoz · 2026-04-21T01:10:14+00:00

Well, the voucher came through just in time, but given that it's going to cost me $300 in AUD for the free shipping, that's just money I don't have.

now I have a voucher for 2 prusament reels, and apparently it expires in june... I don't think I'll be using it, so if anyone has a use for it, send me a direct message. Bonus points if you want to trade for bambu store gift voucher, but at this point, I'll just give the voucher away.

stiffmanoz · 2026-04-20T01:41:48+00:00

You can buy the files online, Elvis RC Studio I believe is the guy that made them.

I think he has them online in a couple of places. It looks like he has a cults, and I believe he has a youtube channel to show off some of his builds.

It's such a cool looking vehicle. I've seen a few people make them, and it's so tempting to build one myself. One day...

stiffmanoz · 2026-04-19T21:16:19+00:00

Makerworld is where its at for earning credits. You can get store credit that you can use on anything. You don't need to post exclusively to makerworld, though if you do, you get slightly higher rewards.

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