Sooo jealous right now ToT
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I made a truck cover with a power switch cutout pf 16mm
[Edit] The Hex cutout is for the Evolve Hexagon Emblem.
Truck Cover.stl (132.5 KB) Truck Cover With Hex.stl (133.7 KB)
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Tried ordering, you got a great price, my total was over $830, international shipping on the deck and battery is high
@torqueboards Did you really just steal this deck from hummie?
This is the same mold, same cut, but it looks like to omitted the inner carbon layer, which explains partly why your having issues with them snapping. You painted it black instead of stained wood also.
I get that these are public molds, anyone can use them. But you did nothing original with it. You basically saw someone make a good product, and copied it to a tee, tweaked it to make it cheaper to make, and then proceeded to sell it as if it were your own design.
Thatâs scummy shit man. Itâs not illegal, but it is immoral. I thought better of you than this⌠Hummie did not give you permission to sell these.
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@evoheyax Before you make your claims. You should check your facts. I like Hummie and the goal was never to do any harm to him.
But the shape and size of the deck doesnât get anymore basic. Itâs practically youâre basic drop deck with an internal cavity. My designs have been copied as well but I donât complain about it to the internet.
- Not the same company or same cut. I donât have a Hummie Deck and have never seen one in person.
- Our prototypes snapped because we were testing decks of and different internal structures (ply/composites) and sizing to figure out exactly what we wanted and not because of anything else.
- We choose a black edge so it fits our stealth theme.
The price for this deck will increase and it wonât be sold as a deck separately in the near future. So this does not affect Hummie in anyway shape or form.
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Even if his deck came from Aca it doesnât really matter does it? If John wanted this to be exclusive he would have paid for a mold in the US and done it right.
Dex isnât a saint by any means but this is like telling someone they canât buy a product from Amazon because you bought it first. Itâs public and for sale, end of discussion.
Perhaps a shape change would have been nice though Dex 
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Wait Dexter these wonât be for sale separately later on? How would we buy them then? Only with enclosures or only in completes?
Dexter is going full Jason Potter boomer on us.
Get ready for the fall from grace. I have my popcorn prepped, donât let me down dude!
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Dang it, was hoping these could be a great option to pick up later on, but if itâs paired with an enclosure then thatâs even better 
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Even if they didnât come from aca, they look identical man. I have a lot of respect for what youâve done to this industry. I think the influence is clear here though.
Carbon layer on top
Center cut hole
Same basic shape
Again, you could go to aca now and have them make the same deck for you. Itâs not illegal. But thereâs tons of molds out there, pick something slightly different at least.
Imagine if after all of your work on those DD motors, I came along and made a direct drive motor that looks the same, assembled the same way, and wound the same way. You wouldnât feel bitter about it?
I just think out of respect for each, vendors shouldnât release a product that is effectively the same as that someone else is selling, unless said product is open sourced like the VESC.
Fits the enclosures made for the Hummie deck absolutely perfectly
Has the same mold divots in the bottom
Suffers from the same poor final coat milkiness (Which Iâm sure Dex will sort)
Hard to tell the difference tbh, still ok though. Itâs a catalogue product for sale to the public.
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Again, legally itâs ok. He can do what he wants. If this did come from aca, itâs shitty in that John spent a lot of money on protypes to get that milled curve correct.
Just morally, we shouldnât copy each others designs.
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John did 2 runs and then failed to produce more. If there had been loads of hummie decks around there would be no market for this one.
The best way to fend off the competition is to be consistent
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Does he need Hummies permission to sell a deck built from a different mold?
You are barking up the wrong tree here dude.
Iâve seen the models/protos, itâs wider than aca would/could do because itâs changed to flair out wider at the foot pedals (making overall width greater). Weâve got protos in hand too as weâre testing them. Iâll pull up the build thread.
Still so sure itâs the exact same mold?
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Personally Iâm super glad to be able to get a low cost deck with ready to mount enclosure combo.
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I mean, yes? What am I looking at here thatâs different exactly? The Aca mold continues to flare up as well the wider you go.
Itâs a generic Shenzhen mold however, Iâm sure loads of deck factories have it.
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So have people got their decks yet�
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