Subscribe to PostsA couple of weeks ago after my FMAX 6500 broke I decided to build my own dance pad. So after looking at several howtos involving metal I decided I just want to build a simple wooden pad with 4 arrows. Because I still have my Controller Box from the FMAX I “just” need to build the the frame with the arrows. This article will feature the first part of a series in which I hope to build a nice dance pad.
So to start I had to make a plan. I went to a local store and purchased the following items at first:
- 1000mmx900mmx19mm chipboard serving as the base plate
- 4 270mmx270mmx10mm mdf-board serving as the arrows
- 4 313mmx313mmx16mm chipboard serving as the edges.
- 2 270mmx279mmx16mm chipboard one serving as the center. one being cut in 4 39mm parts and used as arrow borders.
- 1 1000mmx500mmx0.5mm steelplate.
- Some different colored wires.
If you don’t know how a dance pad looks look at this site (click me).
I draw a picture of how the arrow will work:
First thing I did is glued the 4 edge-plates and the center plate on. the base-plate. Put on some glue. Spread it evenly. (I wouldn’t use a folded piece of paper again.) Put the plate on the glue. Check that it’s in the right position!!! Put wait on it and wait the time it says in the manual that came with your glue.
Next I cut the 1000mmx500mm steelplate into 8 parts. 4 200mmx200mm and 4 210mmx200mm. The smaller ones will be glued to the base plate later. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of that.
After this I drilled all the required wholes. I used a 10mm drill with a spike so I could easily drill the holes exactly where I wanted them.
That’s it for part 1. On the next part I plan to make in about 1,5 months (I have exams in a month) I will show you how it went with gluing on the metalplates and how I connected the wires and hopefully some first tests.
