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LOOK AT US (Daddy DJ Remix) by SARINA PARIS on light mode. (still one of my favorite songs BTW)

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It looks like you are replacing the lower 3/32 lucite panel with a piece of wood. If the wood is too thick it won't be able to flex and the sheet metal contacts won't to ...

I'd like to interject at this point and say that I think that this discussion has evolved about as far as it is going to.

In fact it had degenerated to the name calling stage, which pretty clearly ...

You rock. 'Nuff said.

Pantera, I got to disagree with you here, he sucks!
Not that I disagree with him, he just says things so much more pretty than I do, that bastard!

Heh, sorry ...

Dear Sinistar,

You rock. 'Nuff said.

Sincerely,
Pantera

Pantera, I got to disagree with you here, he sucks!
Not that I disagree with him, he just says things so much more pretty than I ...

[quote="MaXxX"]As this is the first time I'm taking on building a metal/wood pad, I'd be terribly grateful for any comments. Note that the pad itself is in no way built yet, hell, I haven't bought eve ...

I was going to post something very much like what Sinistar did. (ok, maybe not quite as well written, but same basic idea at least

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I am also an old fart who has only been playing for a sho ...

quick answer, its a reference point, when the hot side of a button touches it, it is considered pressed.

Long answer: the button is wired as follows, +Vcc (usually 5 volts) then a 220k resistor ...

Grounding to an exterior outlet could also be useful, but it does increase the number of wires running out from the pad, and you still need to ground into the controller board to complete the circuits ...

a couple more things do u drill the controller and solder? or just solder it.

Take your pick. It really depends on the controller you are using, and how you want to do it. I just soldered mine. M ...

I have been working on a pad for quite a while, now, and after going through a few controllers, I've realized I can't solder.

Is anyone willing to send me a pre-soldered controller? I will pay them ...

Ok, for those of you who are interested; I threw together a quick web site.(I hadn't bothered before, because I didn't really have any need for one) There are some pictures of my first pad in the phot ...

AND SOME ADVICE AND HELP

A buddy of mine, who is in a welding program warned me about heating up zinc coated steel , that the fumes are very toxic, so be careful when soldering.

An excellent p ...

I have read all 107 pages and not really found many of the answer that i needed to start building my pad, so here is goes

I am worried about shorting out my control I have a gamepad brand contr ...

thx 4 everything and would ne1 like to donate to the poor starving kids in china? *cough*me*cough*

EDIT: how do you get riptide's videos to work?

A problem I know well (the money t ...

whats the difference between ddrhomepad and riptide's?

Look Herehttp://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59254&start=0 the links are in the first post of this thread.

The biggest di ...

thx and what design did you use for your pad?

Basically it's a hybrid, with a bit taken from ddrhomepad, a bit from riptide, and probably a few others. The primary design determinator was the fact ...

Thanks for answering with such a detailed breakdown of your cost. I was wondering because I like to know if I can possibly get materials for cheaper. Do you have pics of your pad on the web?

Not at ...

both of my pads together only cost around $100 - $125 total.
Is this price you listed for one or two pads. Just curious because with corner braces for one pad you've already spent around $28 which w ...

thx morgan_rhys for the anwsers and.............

a couple of more questions..
1. how does the wetherstripping and foam core work pushin g the pad back up
2.where do the wires go?
3. is there ne ...