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Projects => Build Reports => Topic started by: pickdropper on March 23, 2019, 01:34:36 PM

Title: The NurkDrive
Post by: pickdropper on March 23, 2019, 01:34:36 PM
This was commissioned by a former TGP member who got banned for salty language (Nurk suffers no fools).  The graphics depict a typical Nurkian rant.

Anyway, he wanted an LBP-1 + TS + Rat.  I ended up going with the Clay Jones TS variant because I think it sounds better (he seems to agree).  The Rat is a 4-knob Rat with a clipper switch.

It took me a handful of rounds on the board, but I'm finally happy with it.  It's actually a pretty awesome combination of circuits.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZU79szc.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IBuaV7q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ykgunhf.jpg)
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: EBK on March 23, 2019, 02:16:04 PM
Pretty awesome.  Would be fun to do something like this with the only censorship being knob/washer/LED placement.   ;D
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: pickdropper on March 23, 2019, 02:18:36 PM
Quote from: EBK on March 23, 2019, 02:16:04 PM
Pretty awesome.  Would be fun to do something like this with the only censorship being knob/washer/LED placement.   ;D

Yeah, the text would likely need to be bigger for that, but it could work.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: mjg on March 23, 2019, 08:51:44 PM
Very cool.   ;D
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: peAk on March 24, 2019, 01:08:08 AM
So awesome.

How are your graphics done on your pedals?

I notice you have white text on black. Looks like a plate but not sure.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: jjjimi84 on March 24, 2019, 04:33:48 AM
Absolutely on fire! Such a cool build, as a timid tgper i understand his sentiments.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: jubal81 on March 24, 2019, 04:59:11 AM
Very slick. I bet he loves it.


Why'd you decide on a combined PCB?
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: cooder on March 24, 2019, 05:30:24 AM
Hey you, I bet designing the face plate felt pretty safe and smug from the safety of your keyboard, right?
(insert hyperlink to meme of 'old man waving at passing cloud'...)

;)
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: pickdropper on March 24, 2019, 01:54:10 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on March 24, 2019, 04:59:11 AM
Very slick. I bet he loves it.


Why'd you decide on a combined PCB?

Usually for multis, I just use the existing mini PCBs (as you may have seen).  I'd wanted to do a larger TS + Rat board for a while, and this is such a good combination of circuits, that I decided to do a combined PCB so I could use PCB mount pots and LEDs.  I've already got 6 of them committed (including one for me) and I may offer them up as completed builds in the future, so I wanted to make the assembly a little less miserable.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: pickdropper on March 24, 2019, 01:55:36 PM
Quote from: cooder on March 24, 2019, 05:30:24 AM
Hey you, I bet designing the face plate felt pretty safe and smug from the safety of your keyboard, right?
(insert hyperlink to meme of 'old man waving at passing cloud'...)

;)

Well, not everybody could handle the raw, salty language of the original NurkDrive, so a customer specifically requested a NurkDrive SE (Snowflake Edition). 

(https://i.imgur.com/mNryQH7.jpg)
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: diablochris6 on March 24, 2019, 08:45:59 PM
Sounds like a great selection of circuits. I would play that bad boy in church.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: pickdropper on March 24, 2019, 11:29:33 PM
Quote from: diablochris6 on March 24, 2019, 08:45:59 PM
Sounds like a great selection of circuits. I would play that bad boy in church.

Nurk does, actually.

So far, nobody has noticed the graphics.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: playpunk on March 25, 2019, 12:05:42 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on March 24, 2019, 11:29:33 PM
Quote from: diablochris6 on March 24, 2019, 08:45:59 PM
Sounds like a great selection of circuits. I would play that bad boy in church.

Nurk does, actually.

So far, nobody has noticed the graphics.

I'm glad I'm not the only church player who can be a little salty. Working around cops, and people accused of crimes, and other lawyers isn't a great environment for clean language.

TGP is kinda a cesspool of stupidity.
Title: Re: The NurkDrive
Post by: Leevibe on March 26, 2019, 02:04:41 PM
That is a beautiful pedal, beautifully executed. Funny that your buddy is so obsessed with the word "fank."  ;D