My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

Little Firefly · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject:

i was wondering why in some instructions, there are little triangles of wood in the arrow wells, does this help to attack the brackets?
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Snof · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Location: UCSC

Zeotti · Basic Member Joined: 06 Dec 2003

45 Hours and counting.

And guess what, I finished EVERYTHING but some MINOR tweaks.

Well, anyways I played on my pad even with the outer brackets off, and i owned it up (the pad is amazing, just like the arcade) - although, when I put the brackets on and screw in, I get constant hits. I'm figuring this is because the contact screws are too high up, right? If I lowered the screws, would I still get constant hits?

Basically all I have to do is

1) Get graphics from Kinkos
2) Get the brackets screwed on
3) Adjust the screws for sensitivity
4) Duct-tape and re-glue HALF of th contacts that fell off due to some crappy Elmer's Spray Adhesive.
5) Get the glue off the top of the contacts with some lighter fluid

Sounds like just a little, but i'm pretty sure it'll take a little over 4-5 hours.

Gotta be a perfectionist I guess.

Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

redhotfanboy · Basic Member Joined: 12 Aug 2003

OK ive decided to start on this pad. I am going to get my friend(a carpenter) to do all the cutting. Im going to put the base together and the solid pannels and do the rest at some other time. What exactly do i need wood wise???

-Im going to be using RipTide's Guide(BTW anyone have links to the videos??? they seem to be down)

- So far it looks like all i need is 5x 10 7/8x 10 7/8x 1" plywood and some 2x4's(what length??? 33"?) and a big piece of Plywood.

One more question. its been estimated that this costs 120$ Where is all the money going??? the metal im getting is cheap, and the wood cant be much so im wondering where the money goes in this project???

THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!
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Snof · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Location: UCSC

Zeotti · Basic Member Joined: 06 Dec 2003

I'm extremely frustrated. At first the screws were a little under 1/4th of an inch high, so I lowered them to just above 1/8th of an inch! After some tweaking because of TONS of double hits and some problems with them registering, it turns out the screws in the brackets can't be all in the way in - and they're way WAY too sensitive, a TAP of a finger can literally trigger it off.

Damn below 1/8th is way too low, don't you think??

el_bombo89 · Basic Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003

http://www.geocities.com/la_bomba89/pad.html

Okay, it isn't the cleanest pad in the world (I just haaaaaad to test it before I took the pictures you know) and I probably could have picked different colors for the arrow graphics, but it's mine! It's home built with my own two hands, (after testing) it works like a charm, it's MINE, and it's done!

muhahahaha

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Sorry, just had to get it out there, lol.

Jace · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:37 pm Post subject:

I tore apart a PS controller last night (not ps2) and it looked very different from all the pictures floating around. First off, it didn't really look like a circuit board, it was this green colored plastic. I turned it over and the back had all the circuitry, but I couldn't find anywhere to solder to.

So after messing with that for hours we couldnt get it to work, so I am going to have to buy another controller with bigger copper points to solder to. My only worry is that it will fry out! I've heard that "EA sports pad" has very big solder points, but is it reliable and won't short out? I want this to last a long time.

statikeffeck · Basic Member Joined: 02 May 2003 Location: Neptune, NJ

hey guys, what do you think of this pad design?
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~mcbutler/ddr/ddrpadv2.jpg

It doesn't use the expensive corner brackets, and its easier to maintain (I think).

thanks
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MarKoPoLo · Basic Member Joined: 18 Oct 2003

i like your design very inovative. well atleast i like the whole bracket substitute part. as for the rest...if it works it works i honestly dont know if it will work as you want. but yeah the the corner bracket substitute part looks like it will work perfectly. good luck! enjoy!

btw everyone i am almost done my own design. it working well. like me speak well. actually it works a hell of a lot better than those last two sentences. hah! anyways yeah im almost done and it looks great. unfortunetly it ways like a B!TcH in other words it is extremely heavy. well atleast heavier than others. ah well i wasnt planning to make it portable. well at least not very portable. so anyways i doubt i will cover it in steel/metal due to it already being heavy and that will make it much more heavier. anyways when i get the chance ill show you all how it works and how sexy it looks.

hah!

enjoy!
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TheKornKid · Trick Member Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Location: Toledo, OH

My metal pad weighed in at a whoppin 140lbs...WITHOUT the bar...with the bar 170, easily. whew...gotta find a dolly to move that fucker! X-D

Pic of my Homemade Pad...(I'm the freak the middle)

I can't wait to play on it again, my friend mike just came in town from new mexico, he wants to try it out too, he says it's uber-sexay. Can't argue with that!

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SteelFox15 · Basic Member Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: NJ

Just finished my version of the TerTerBox (wired to six buttons and not just 3, though it doesnt look exactly like the arcade control box)

anyway, now im starting on the pad. im going to use riptide's arrow design but i have a question about the mending brackets used. i know that washers are used to lift the braket higher, but how are the mending brackets secured down? any help would be appreciated. thanks

motster · Basic Member Joined: 14 Dec 2003

statikeffeck,

When will you be building your design? I'm interested in any troubles you have, and how much $$ it saves....

oranges · Trick Member Joined: 05 Nov 2003

So after about 35 hours of work and one re-vision (switched to riptides design...) I finally got the down arow to be super sensitive! n_n

drovkin · Basic Member Joined: 06 Jan 2003

Ok, i was about to start looking over Riptide's stuff and see what materials I needed and maybe watch a video...and none of the videos/mirrors work! Does anyone have another site where I could download all the videos? Also, is there any type of materials list out there so i could get a general idea of everything i'm going to need to get it going? Thanks a bunch.

statikeffeck · Basic Member Joined: 02 May 2003 Location: Neptune, NJ

Motser,

I will build and implement my design sometime in January. I'll be taking pictures, and I will keep track of how much it costs.

statikeffeckAtYahooCom
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JohnWayne2k4 · Trick Member Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: WV

oranges · Trick Member Joined: 05 Nov 2003

Yay! I finished my pad and double A'd the first song I played with it on n_n.

dieKatze88 · Trick Member Joined: 10 Aug 2003

Does anybody have any idea how one would assemble a solo ddr pad. cause i dont think id survive without such a feature.