My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

DDRdre · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: Fl

sry double post
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DDRdre · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: Fl

sry triple post
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tolookah · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject:

i dunno... squashing cockroaches while hitting the arrows would be funny... possibly use 3 not squashed one, then pick a direction, and have that one an enlarged image of a stepped on one... *giggle*

now my pad... it has the colors all wrong... because i ran out of ink in my printer (its a wide paper one, can print the large sheets... up to 13 inches, but dead cartriges)
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Verified · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Behind You!

I feel so pleased to announce i'm partially an idiot!!!

When I made my dancepad*formerly known as craptastic* I made it using Tri,Squ,Circ,X. so i could use it on an adapter that used axes. The radio shack one, upon playing it, i thought it sucked and got frustrated and gave up on my pad because it just WOULDN'T work. Well boys and girls. Did you know the Radio Shack adapter lags quite a bit? and that using this "craptastic" pad I AA'd Remember you heavy, a song I previously found too slow to AA. I'm a happy panda now!!

EDIT: ahh... after testing it out for a awhile, i can proudly say i've already added new AA's to the list.

Holic
Cutie Chaser
Look to the Sky

All new for me, and I blame my homebuilt pad, it actually seems to be running near perfect, the aluminum is still wanting to come up over the non-arrow panels and tear, but that shouldn't be too hard to fix...*Duct tape*
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)D(D)R(!)K(I)D( · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: NH

I was wondering.....is there anyway i can use my Madcatz (

) soft pad to make a metal pad? Like cut it open or sumthing??

Verified · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Behind You!

you could use the circuit board. Try tolookahs website, you really can't use the soft part tho.
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Heffenfeffer · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Location: Las Cruces, NM

Hey folks, a quick question. Right now I'm trying to construct a Riptide v.2.0 style pad (the 'new' one on his site with a plywood base and cut corners on plexiglass) and I've come up with a problem. I can't seem to align the corners correctly under the corner brackets. If I cut wood so that it fits the plexiglass, there's not enough wood under the screw holes in the corner brackets to screw into - but if I cut wood so that it fits under the screwholes, the plexiglass gets shoved too far out of the way, leaving gaps in the pad.

Is there a way to trim off a very small chunk of plexiglass from each corner? (Say about a 1/4 inch or so.) I think what happened was that I was too conservative when I cut the plexiglass, thus the corner pieces are still too small. However, I am very much not enthused about giving myself carpral tunnel by cutting all 32 corners again with a metal cut blade. I've heard of plexiglass cutters - what are they, and can I get one for fairly cheap?

Can anyone help out? It's kinda frustrating to have come so far with my platform and have something so mundane as corner brackets completely throw me.

Thanks,
Heffenfeffer
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fujiwara takumi · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004

use a friggin circular saw, dremel or jigsaw. youll cut your damn fingers off with a utility knife.

fujiwara takumi · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004

nm, double post. doh.

Verified · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Behind You!

anyone willing to host some pics of my pad? I would like to show off my new pad.
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)D(D)R(!)K(I)D( · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: NH

I understand i can use the circut board from my Madcatz pad, but im only 13 and i dont know wat im supposed to do w/ all the wires and crap (im sure i could learn in a little bit. but i want to kno an easier way) does anyone know if its possible it cut open my pad and use the sensors that are used for the soft pad and just put them into the metal pad??

fujiwara takumi · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004

Nephus · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jun 2004

I know this is off topic a bit.. but geeze.. I keep seeing the same question over and over and over. "can I use my soft pad to make a hard one?"

do people even read the thread?

DDRdre · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: Fl

Verified · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Behind You!

Domo!!! Will send them ina bit.
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Tyris · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:

Verified · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Behind You!

Here's another thought... I have a USB controller i'm considering using for a new circuit board in my Dance pad. I wonder. Can someone show me how to wire my arrows to a female telephone jack, so i can use a telephone cable to disconnect my ps2 circuit board from the pad...

I.E.

Current setup.

Pad--Circuitboard---------ps2

I want.
O-circuitboard-------ps2
pad-----
O-circuitboard-------PC

So i have two detachable controllers to play both Stepmania and PS2 without an adapter... help me if can please???
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