Metal Pad Discussion Part II

ShardDragoon · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Got forced into trying ddr while I was on vacation with some people a couple months ago.. at the end of the week vacation I was stuffing a naki pad into my backpack on my way home.

Now that I'm getting into playing on standard, I want something more. Got all my parts ready to build myself a pad, got my control box all set & everything. Just printed off my 9 logos for each square that I found on posts here using a wide format printer and some glossy paper.

I've been going through post in here like mad trying to find more logos however.

My question is this. Just so I don't have to make my own simple design, does anyone have pics for select & start as I've decided to make a top row with select & start on the left & right, roughly 4" x 11" each.

Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

I was wondering, what's better, a modded MyMyBox pad or a modded CypherGames pad?

blinkmancurt · Trick Member Joined: 28 Feb 2002 Location: Saint Louis

ps2freak · Trick Member Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Location: Minnesota

Xac0 · Basic Member Joined: 15 May 2003

ps2freak: did you remove the rubber feet off the bottom of ur pad? also: how did you bolt your pad to your plywood?

ps2freak · Trick Member Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Location: Minnesota

Yes, I removed the stoppers, they morph the metal.

Mounting to Plywood: To mount your pads, what I did is get some 3/4 inch pressboard (plywood will work as well), that is long and wide enough for both pads to fit on. I then put a piece of pine (any other wood would do here as well) roughly 2 inches wide, wrapped some sheet metal around it (optional, but is more realistic), and put it directly down the middle of the pressboard, and srilled it in using 1 1/4" screws. This piece of wood will be used to keep the 2 pads about 2 inches apart (they aren't right next to eachother in the arcades). Then, I placed the pads on the board where I wanted them to be drilled in. After that, I took out each of the corner bolts, and replace them with 1 1/4" screws. Then, you can cut the pressboard down so that it's lined up along the edges with the pads, but I didn't (so I could put backbars behind

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GiZMO13SOLiD · Trick Member Joined: 24 Apr 2003

Hmmmmmm... i know the post is here somewhere.. but how do you mod the pads to replace the acrylic? My left arrow has just recently cracked.. and I see a burn/whole/welt forming on my Down arrow (that means i have to do _ter's MMB mod...)

HELP WITH THE ACRYLIC!!
althuogh i will continue to search, i would like a response to the post, or a new guide to it with specific measurements, etc

ps2freak · Trick Member Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Location: Minnesota

Try page 1 of this sticky... bottom of the first post...

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ddrlegend · Trick Member Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Location: shamokin

WOW I really really really recomend http://www.buynshop.com/!!!!!!!!!!! I ordered another pad from them to mod and play some doubles and stuff and they sent a blue sharkpad just like the one found on http://www.mymybox.com/!!!!! I changed the arrows and the foam underneath and it is perfect! It even has a seperate box for the start and select push buttons. I am sooo happy!

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Tyris · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 12:06 am Post subject:

My gf just got a metal pad from lik-sang and we took the rubber things off the bottom so it wouldn't bend like suggested, and now the lights don't work (I'm entirely sure what model pad it is)... If it was my pad I'd rip it open and see what the prob is (I've built 2 DDRHp's and my own model). But its not mine... so I dun wanna risk breaking it. Does anyone know if the base screws (that hold the rubber bits on) are used as conductors for the lights? Or do some pads have a special button combo or something to turn them on and off? (like XO start or something).

Any help appreciated!

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Nautilus · Basic Member Joined: 16 Apr 2003

hey, just wanted to know if this pad: http://www.buynshop.com/productinfophp3/VG-DDR-MPD
is any good in its current state, has to be modded, or just a piece of crap
Thanks

ps2freak · Trick Member Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Location: Minnesota

That's a cyphergames v1 pad (maybe a v2, but i doubt it). Check the previous pages (and page 1) for info about it.

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Dubble Oh Kevin · Trick Member Joined: 07 May 2003 Location: Reading, MA

I have two modded soft pads right now with RO dance pad covers on them, so I can't feel the arrows at all which sometimes sucks because it's a little bigger than the arcade. But whatever, when those pads die I am getting metal pads (definitely Cobalt Fluxes), I have the money now but I wanted to see if I actually like playing DDR at home (and I do

). I was just wondering if the arrows on the Cobalt Fluxes or any other metal pad for that matter are as sunken as the arcade ones. That is what my feet are accustomed to, so the more similar the better. Thakns in advance for any info.

ddrb0i420 · Trick Member Joined: 29 May 2002 Location: LA,CA (Atwater)

yeah I'm really considering a CF too? HOw much is it(for one) total to ship to Los Angeles? Do you really need that bar for doubles?

ddrb0i420 · Trick Member Joined: 29 May 2002 Location: LA,CA (Atwater)

OK.... So Cobalt flux ARE the pads to get.....RIGHT??!! Nothing else so far should even be considered for a pad ... Man this game is so addictting....it's like crack to me

{SFSA} BlueJacketGirl · Trick Member Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Location: Boston, MA

ok, I just went to Chinatown yesterday and I bought a DDR DanceStation hard pad. the guys there said that it was "the newest type of ddr pad for home" or whatever. anyway, i set it up and started playing a song... the down arrow lights up and everything but on the screen it doesn't register that i stepped on that arrow. the rest of the arrows work perfectly. i was wondering if there was anything i could do to fix it or make it work properly somehow. thx.
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Zeratul · Trick Member Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Location: Clarksville, TN

i just got my metal pad from cyphergames today. it works perfectly and the only problem was that the little plug that plugs into the start/select box was basically smashed but all the wires were perfectly fine. all the arrows work nicely. i'm not sure if i have a v2 or not though. it doesn't seem like i need to mod my pad even though i was going to, but since i got it i don't think i need to. i may just replace the arrow plastic. but the pad itself, it's like dancing on a mirror. and i didn't have to remove any little nubs off of the bottom like my friend's friend had to do with his metal pad. so i think i may have a v2 :O
but yeah this is great, it works perfectly with my ems usb 2 and i've yet to encounter any problems (and hopefully i don't)

atomikobra · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:18 pm Post subject: Metal Pad question

This question might have been answered already, I just don't have the time to read all 20 pages, so someone answer me please...

Do you REALLY have to solder the wires or is there some other way you can get by?

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Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

If you are talking about PS2freak's mod, then you don't need to solder anything.
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Slayer544 · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:54 pm Post subject: