Marq's Homemade Metal Pad!

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

Today I got a 93.99% on Hardcore of the North ex. on my pad!! I'm so proud of my self. I would of fc'ed it , but I got 1 stupid decent (not a pad error either). My pad's great on hard songs, but seams to screw up alot on easier ones. Like sometimes, the arrows are too sensitive causing me to hit mines and stuff. But it can't hold hand freezes for some reason. Especially the up arrow, which I made really sensitive. I just don't get it. It kinda pisses me off sometimes...
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Rabid Fishie · Basic Member Joined: 10 Jun 2006

i think your pad looks excellent, and that's a shame about all the problems with the arrows man. Feel sorry for you. I wish i could help, but i don't know a lot about wiring and stuff. sry.

I've got a question, how did you mod the original design for the bars, and what supplies did you use? hehe, i've been lookin all over for a metal pad with the bars like yours, but they're mad expensive. and i don't want to mod a design with my own design, cause i'll probably mess it up to no end.

JQ · Trick Member Joined: 27 Jun 2006

that pad is beautiful

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

Rabid Fishie · Basic Member Joined: 10 Jun 2006

omg, i think i can actually do that believe it or not

ty very much. just one more question that pops into my mind. like i mentioned earlier, i'm not knowledgable in this kind of stuff. can the bars be unbolted? i go to my dad's place on the weekends, and i need the pad to be able to fit in his car along with a lot of other stuff. hehe...yeah, ur helpin me and i can't do anything to help u. real sorry, i do appreciate this a lot.

ceraf · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

yeah, I made the screws as level as I could. I don't think that's the problem. The sheet metal contacts are probably just too close to the screws so I should probably lowere the screws, but that takes a VVEERRYY long time cause you have to level them out again, and then tighten all the wires again. But tommorrow I'm just gonna try putting some more of the rubber weather stripping things under the arrows to make it a little harder to push the arrow hard enough to make the sheet metal hit the screws ( that probably made no sense...)
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MinN_Limited · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject:

This is why ddrhomepads contact design is better...there are no problems with misfiring or bad sensitivity in certain areas, it doesn't take so much time to adjust, and it's even quieter. All riptide's contact design is good for is making the possibility for lights. I'm not saying the entire pad design is worse, just the contact design; mine's kind of a hybrid.