Do you think this would work???

Mclachlan · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:50 am Post subject: Do you think this would work???

I am thinking of getting a metal pad...But I just got a perfect soft foam pad. So I was thinking this morning. What if I built a small metal outside, and put fiberglass as the arrows so it appears that I bought a metal pad. But, I insert my soft foam pad into the outside and that way I have a metal pad with Bar when I need it. So what my question is. Would you think it would work?

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daikenkai =[ · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject:

Hmm. You are better off makign a homebrew. I had a similar idea, btu it wouldnt work well.

PS: Fiberglass = Bloody Foots

revenGmyass · Trick Member Joined: 01 Sep 2006

yea i heard similar stories before, i recommend that you use the component of the foam pad to make a metal pad
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

I really don't think it would work that well. It would probably lack in sensitivity, and wouldn't last very long. Softpads were built for bare feet/socks...not shoes.

trob xD · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Ohio

I highly do not recommend this idea.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Just do a preservatory softpad mod if you like the feel and sensitivity and all that.

Meaning give it a solid base, attach it in a manner that keeps it flat and ready to respond, and make sure not of the arrows ghost-step.
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Mclachlan · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject:

Is there any way that I could maybe just make a bar platform and put something to make it stick the platform, so that I have a bar and all. Because I really don't feel like spending alot of money on a Redoctane or Cobalt Flux. Thanks for the help too.
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Don't get a Red Octane pad anyway they suck.

Anyway go here. http://www.ddrfreak.com/library/contributor-article.php?postID=7890244 and do that but instead of the 36 x 33 piece of wood, make sure it's larger so the bar will fit. You could easily make the bar out of PVC pipe. There's a tutorial somewhere on the Cobalt Flux imaging forums written by DirtyNeedles.

Mclachlan · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks Dark Core, that helped alot!! I am going to try it. I will tell you guys my results when I finish it, than I might post some pictures.
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Mclachlan · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject:

Thought I would let you guys know. I tackled it this morning, and I am done. So I just got in. Thank-you for all of the help. I would post some pictures....only my digital camera isn't here in the citie. My friends took it with them to grand Prarie. But, I will post some pictures.
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

No problem. I look forward to the pictures whenever you can take them; I want to see how this turned out.

Did you make the PVC pipe bar?

Mclachlan · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:

Not quite yet. I am getting quite the deal though. See my dad owns a water shop so he has lots of that kind of stuff. All I need is to find a way to make it stay in the platform. If someone could help with that. Than I am done.

EDIT:
I had to use 2 peaces of plywood because I didn't have a full size sheet laying around so now it is up off of the ground. Kinda like a normal ddr platform. So then I can just add some wood to the sides and it looks like a box. Except I can't get the tape to stay to the wood.
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Hmm? What do you mean by "make it stay in the platform"? If you followed the guideline correctly, the pad's edges are taped to the wood, and then the clear vinyl goes over the pad and is stapled to the bottom of the wood to secure it. I must be thinking of something else then...

Mclachlan · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject:

I don't have the plastic over it yet. I covered the edges in tape and secured it. But what I was talking about is. How do I get the....I will just add you to msn.
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