I impulse purchased this fritted deck from @abusfullofnuns here a few months ago.
Great decision, this deck is awesome. I definitely wanted to turn it into a full build, Hence this thread! My first non-meme “proper” build in awhile.
Part sourcing
A great excuse to use some spare parts I’ve accumulated
ESC
Bought a broken spintend 75v/100A esc from @Benja here like a year and a half ago.
I tried replacing the TJA1051 CAN chips, but unfortunately that didn’t fix it.
Battery/Enclosure
@TZDKB generously gifted me this battery and enclosure a year or two ago. IIRC it’s 16s liion pouch cells, built into a perfect 3D printed enclosure.
Trucks
Duality, of course ![]()
These were the trucks that I used for experimental projects Super Duality and I had an IDEA.
With their time doing experiments done, White Midnight is their planned home.
Motors
Reacher SKP 6455, Inherited from Nothing Fancy and I had an IDEA
Enclosure Mounting
The enclosure was printed for the Warren deck, which has a flat bottom.
This new deck…isn’t flat.
Borrowing a 3D scanner, I scanned the bottom of the deck
And CAD’d adaptors that conform to the deck
Printed with TPU, and they fit like puzzle pieces
Deck Inserts
For White Midnight, I wanted to mount the enclosure with something more proper then wood screws. Decided to put brass inserts into the deck.
Can always use an excuse to buy a new tool
8 batches of 5 minute epoxy later, inserts are in.
And promptly hidden by lightly hot gluing the adaptors to the deck.
Don’t need to be accurate if you print with TPU ![]()
All the bolts fit! Dope. The trucks look great on here
My original plan was to drop-through mount Dualities (cutting out a slot in the deck).
I might not need to though!! Feels fantastic as-is (pending track experimentation, of course).
ESC and BMS
The BMS sits in this extra compartment in the enclosure. From the wiring, it seems like this board originally had a rear-mounted ESC box… but I think I can squeeze the vesc in there too (and avoid a rear-mount box
).
It’s tight though, so the BMS and Vesc need some trimming.
The BMS tabs are made of chinesium, so came off with just a pair of wire snips (did ruin them though… oopes)
VESC tabs also came off with a Dremel
It fits, very cozy!
To passthrough the rear phase/sensor wires, I cut a hole and printed an insert
With everything done, it was time for power-up and configuration.
Vesc not-a-setup
I’m able to connect and do motor detection, but the motors don’t spin like they’re supposed to ![]()
Playing with the settings yielded no results, unfortunately. Going to keep playing with it, but might just need to purchase a D100s.
That’s where the board’s at right now. All the core features are done, just need a working vesc. Updates to come














































