ahhh forgot the part that i would take the gamepads ground to the screw too…
which i think should be fine ahha
and how do i use this item?
http://www.electricsupplyonline.com/prod/gb-meters_and_testers/gdt-11_w018009.php
i have one but i have no clue how to use…its called a “multimeter”. and is this the item to use to check if my solder points are good?
If you are connecting the screw to the ground on the PCB then you should be fine. I am not sure how large of a screw you would need to creat enough resistance to cause a problem but you should be fine.
For testing solder points with a multimeter, you want to set it to test for resistance(the horseshoe looking thing incase you didnt know). If you get a very small, near zero reading, then that means that the two points are connected. If you get an infinite resistance then there is no connection between the two points you are testing and you may want to check your solder.
infinite as in the numbers keep changing?
but thanks for the good info
Out of curiosity, all these guys who are saying “don’t build your first stick”…how much did you know before starting? I’m decent with a soldering iron (and have my more hardware-oriented CE/EE friends to check my work) and have enough carpentry skill to build the box without thinking about it (though I’m still trying to decide the best way to go about the top without a router on hand - other than buying a router, as I don’t have room for power tools 'round here). I’m thinking I’ll go the bondo route, everyone loves copious amounts of putty. 
In my oppinion “dont build your first stick” is directed towards people who see the sticks on this site and just want to jump in and build their own with out any research on what it takes to do so, people who dont know a thing about using power tools and on top of that, dont have enough tools to get the project done.
I started building sticks a few months ago. I wanted a stick so I could get into 2D fighters, mainly GG, but I didnt want to buy one. Then I found this site.
My first stick was with happ parts and about a month after I made that I wanted a smaller sanwa stick, which I am very happy with. Before I started I didnt know much about soldering other than the basic idea that you heat up the solder with the iron and get it over the join, I had experience with power tools, limited wood work, and had the tools needed to get the project done. As for pad hacking, it wasnt that hard, I just had to research it a little. Really I took about a month of researching how to build a stick before I actually jumped in and did it.
I think that if you have the right tools and more importantly, know how to use them, then as long as you take the time too look around this site for research and ideas, then you will be fine with building your own stick.
If there are numbers changing then the point are connected because the meter is actually reading something for resistance. Infinite resistance on my multimeter is shown by just reading all zeros. It would never read this if the points were conencted because there is always some small resistance no matter how close the points are because of the wires of the test probes and the circuit in the multimeter. Although they are designed to have as little resistance as possible, it is not physically possible for them have no resistance.
thanks chaos and yeah i did a TON of research … like a good 2 1/2 months from like last year… getting the idea …then just this month i reviewed everything just asking a few questions here and there. looking at paik’s building journal HELPED TONS ahahha… and his photo’s he had of the guts of a stick…
WELL i’m happy with my soldering i did
and in a video i watched i found this very important. its all about how you tin the solder tip and how the actual solder never touches the gun after tinning. gotta heat up the 2 points you wanna solder and then the solder will just melt on. LOL something like that ahah
going to hook up everything to the board and hope it runs smooth a;lsdkjf;laksdjf
thank the tekken god… it works
OMG
what a work out
taeyoung = strain on wrist…or muscles…owww…but what they say is true it is so sensitive omg…
i am about to cry…tears of joy
and my stick is really a beast ahha