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Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 9:43 am Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
Ugh. I pulled my pad out to play on it again. and its dead.. nothing from the contacts at all. Its most likely the controller but Ive never heard of a controller going dead from lack of use? However, ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:10 am Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
Its been forever since Ive been on here
I was just lookin to see if anyone had new designs they were building. Its good to see that people are still interested in building pads
Im trying t ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:01 am Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
ive found that Flitz is a great metal polish for cleaning your metal surfaces. windex and the like dont get rid of the hand prints and stuff. |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:24 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
Springs are a good idea..ill look into it
Also Im thinking anti-fatigue matting would be a good choice too (should stand up to a lot of abuse im thinking given the kind of working conditions it is ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:58 am Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
I made my own brackets (came out really really well i must say) I just takes a lot of time and patience.
If you wanna make your own, I suggest finding aluminum to do it with. I used aluminum and wa ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:16 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
I was thinking of possible alternatives to using close-cell weather stripping and heres what I've come up with.
- Dr. Scholls gel inserts (I personally am gonna try this hehe)
- Mouse pad (This is ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:04 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
woot woot woot I got my 2.0 pad finished and playtested and its hot stuff. It works really well and looks hot
For pictures of Pad 2.0
http://www.umd.umich.edu/~jjstreet/pad2.0/
For pictures ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:22 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
Im almost done with my redesigned pad
New features:
- Redesigned to be thinner (1.5" thick versus 2.25")
- Homemade aluminum corner braces (they look sweet)
- Plywood base and top deck (parti ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:58 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
I agree with morgan about hte mono jacks. Its an awsome idea indeed. I also share his concern over the spring steel strips you mention. I dont think they will provide adequate contact for the arrow pa ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:19 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
For my arrow pads, I used 2 plates of 1/4" acrylic from home depot. At first, I had them taped together because I hadn't printed any arrows out. Once my arrows were done I found that the best way to j ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:18 am Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
The plexiglass only gets screwed to itself (the two plates are joined together with a graphic sandwiched between them)
As for the braces, I used ddrhomepad's concept (using stanley brackets to tie ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:14 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
Wooo. Finally got some pictures uploaded to my college web account so I am happy to share them with everyone.
The directory of my pics are here. Keep in mind that some of them are pretty big (I did ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:20 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
After tweaking and retweaking I have gotten my pad in better shape that it was in before. I also have some tips I think you people might be interested in.
For my arrow pads, I used 2 plates of 1/4" ... |
Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
joshuass
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Views: 2601713
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Forum: Bemani Controllers Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:49 pm Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV) |
I finished my pad last night and its working great. I used mostly an original plan. I got some good shots of the internals before finishing it. Ill be uploading them shortly for you guys to view. Som ... |
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