My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

Mystik` · Basic Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: Oklahoma

dunno if home depot has it or not, i didn't see it there. but at lowe's it's with the glass and the door supplies and moldings ..not the actual premade doors themselves...
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Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

Mystik` · Basic Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: Oklahoma

Mystik` · Basic Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: Oklahoma

I dunno if Ace/Westlake Hardware is only in Oklahoma or not, but if you guys have them, I suggest going there to get the metal, it's about half of what it is at home depot and/or lowes.

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

a question about LED's. about how many 5mm 4000 mcd LED's would be bright enough/spread out enough to light one arrow panel? thanks

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mt1228 · Basic Member Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Location: Northfield, MN

I am using an old soft pad board instead of a controller to wire my pad. I was wondering if an one else who has done this had trouble soldering wire to the black strips on that type of thing. My solder won't stay on the black strips. Also, could someone tell me if I need to solder all of my arrow circuts the ground spot or can I wire them all together and only solder one wire to the ground spot. Thanks a lot.

scandalous bob · Trick Member Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Location: Naperville

hooded__paladin · Trick Member Joined: 10 Nov 2003

you might wanna try applying some stuff called "thread locker"
it's sort of an adhesive that holds screws in place so they don't come out due to vibration.
however, I'm not sure that it works with wood.

Jace · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:35 pm Post subject:

okay... pad is FINALLY done (after a few months) and it works... but not as i expected it. first of all, you have to push down HARD... meaning, stomping on the darn thing, and even when I do i get goods and almosts (on a PS2 ddr game no less).

So when i step down i can actually feel it bend down, which feels like you have to bend it alot to make contact with the metal. also when it steps down it feels like it sticks (even makes little suction cup noises). Well atleast it works... but I just spent all my energy on a LIGHT song when normally I can do max 300 heavy before being exhausted.

What do I do to make it ALOT more sensitive? We even had to take out alot of weatherstripping, and it still seems hard to step down on.

thanks in advance. (pictures of ddr pad will come... nothing fancy)

erdons · Basic Member Joined: 11 Jan 2004

ok im new to this and i just wanted to get one thing straight, i pretty much got it all figured out but does this picture mean that i have to have a seperate ground point somewhere like on my pad or something, i understand that you have to solder the 4 wires from your arrows to the ground point, and one wire from the controller to the ground point, can anyone please tell where to put this ground point or how to locate it

Jace · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:40 am Post subject:

This gave me trouble too when I started on my pad. Well the ground point isn't really anything big, it's just the place where the main ground wire connects to 4 seperate wires, each leading to an arrow. They all were soldered at one point... so in that picture that little ball of scribbles is all the solder which connects all the wires together. I hope that made sense.

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

erdons · Basic Member Joined: 11 Jan 2004

Thanks for the quick answer jace, i hope to be starting my pad in a few days, i have to pick up all the materials that i need

mastergd · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject:

well i got ma pad sarted on sunday with my dad. right now i got the base completed and left up and down on the controller works (gotta fix some sodder problems with the right) other than that all i need is buttons, then wire it up to the buttons and then im completed so within the week i hope to be done (i hope to have a pic once i decorate the thing)
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erdons · Basic Member Joined: 11 Jan 2004

I want to use ddrhomepads design, but i wanted to add an extra piece to the top and the bottom for a start select, and an x and o, heres a picture, i just wanted to know if its possible to wire all those wires to the controller, and if it will still work

Tweb2000 · Basic Member Joined: 11 Jan 2004

Hey,
I just recently finished my ddr pad based on ddrhomepad's design. It works great but for some reason only half of my right arrow registers a hit. I have checked to look for anything getting in the way and the weatherstripping seems to be clear. But the left half of the right arrow(part towards center) works but not the right. Anyways all help is appreciate. Thanks for you help.
p.s. what is the screw mod?

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

wesdives · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Utica, New York

Just curious. What kind of sheet metal are you using for the arrows? Copper's the only thing I know of that you can solder to, and that doesn't look like copper to me.

I'm rewiring a CG pad that went bad and after too many complications and problems to count, I got to the last step of my modifications, soldering to the sheet metal, and found that the solder simply beaded and wouldn't stick.
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Kamuii · Basic Member Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Location: on a ddr pad

Damn double posts

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Kamuii · Basic Member Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Location: on a ddr pad

Hrm. Trying to think which way to do the arrow contacts.. Either the 2 square metal plate contacts where you push down and they complete the circuit or... One metal plate and it would touch the screws that are attached to wires.. If you have done 'em both ways or have also thought about it tell me what yah think.

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