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Hey Folks,

I bought a Chunk Chunk PCB about five years ago, and unfortunately, life intervened and it went into storage I recently came across it and have now finished building it (although it's not working - I'll save that for another post). Just wondering what happened to the Chunk Chunk. I can't find anything about it on the MadBean site. I thought it was a really popular build?

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks! Nice build report - I learn a lot from these.

Thanks! The pre-bonded wire sounds like what I need.

Hi Folks,

I'm just finishing up my first project - a ChunkChunk. Overall it went pretty well and I learnt a few things along the way. By mistake I ordered the wrong type of pot (they had lugs instead of pins) so I had to attach them to the PCB using wire which brings me to my question. Initially, I thought it would be better to use reasonably stiff wire with a single strand (?) however this proved to be a problem because once soldered it wouldn't bend. I then tried thinner stranded wire but I found that when I tried to poke it through the PCB's holes individual strands would bend sideways which ain't good. I then tried tinning the wire first but it tended to make the wire too thick and almost impossible to get through the holes.

So I was wondering if people have any recommendations for which type of wire to use for the various types of connections (component-to-PCB, offboard, etc.).

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks - I'll try it out tonight.

Hi Folks,

I've finished my Chunk Chunk PCB and would now like to wire it up. For this one I don't want to use DC input. I'm not clear how to do this - what happens to the connection between the input sleeve and the DC jack (as shown on the Standard Wiring Diagram? Are there any other connections that need to be made?

Cheers,

Chris

I learned about wiring solder lug pots for PC right angle from a Mad Bean tutorial and an unintentional benefit is they are more forgiving when you drill your enclosure. If your a little off, the wired pots move more easily to accommodate the differences.

Whereabouts is the tutorial?

Thanks!

I was thinking that stiffer wire would be better. I had the resistor lead offcuts but I threw them out - doh! I'll dig out some stiff wire from somewhere.

Out of interest, what are the right sort of pots for the Chunk Chunk?

Hi,

I've finally got around to building my Chunk Chunk. I've assembled the board however I've bought the wrong type of pots - the lugs have a 90 degree bend but they have eyelets rather than pins. Also, the eyelets don't go past the base of the pot so even if they were pins they wouldn't be long enough for mounting.

Could someone point me to the right sort of pots to mount on a Chunk Chunk board. BTW, I'm in Melbourne, Australia.

Cheers,

Chris

Hi,

I'm currently ordering the parts for a Chunk Chunk from Mouser. They have a large number of pots to choose from. I'm going to put the board in a 1590BB box. Which Mouser pots would be suitable?

Cheers,

Chris

I have a friend of mine that emigrated out there, he sent this photograph, which I then edited and returned thusly:

BTW, I don't think we have alligators in Australia - we have something much nastier - salt water crocs. They keep a few at the airports and feed them people whose travel docs aren't in order.

Hi,

i'm new to the forum. I'm from Melbourne which is in the SE of Australia. Melbourne's a great city - great food and beer, good music scene (although it's in decline a bit), mad sports followers, and good public transport. We aren't all like "Crocodile Dundee". I lived in Belfast for three years and had great fun telling people there how dangerous my life was 

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks for the advice.

I'm not familiar with PCB-mount pots - could you point me to a link showing the type of pot that is required.

Hi,

I recently bought a Chunk Chunk pcb. I'm new to pedal building. The .pdf file for the Chunk Chunk lists the parts required for the PCB however it doesn't list all the parts required to build the actual unit. Am I right in thinking that the following list is what's needed:

6 Knobs
1 Footswitch
1 Input Jack
1 Output Jack
1 9VDC Input Jack
1 9V Battery Connector
1 9V Battery Holder
1 LED
PCB Standoffs
Hookup Wire

Have I forgotten anything? Any advice as to which brands are good?

Cheers,

Chris