you can use hot glue…you know.
after you are done soldering…just pour some hot glue with gluegun.
I dont have any problem soldering anything but hotglue helps ! 
When you first start soldering, you’ll have a hard time at first. When I first started, I just couldn’t get the damn solder to stay on the board or on the wire at the same time and shit, I even read the tutorials and everyone else’s guide. So I said fuck and went ahead with my “Solder-less” projects, and if you care to read the first few pages I talked about what pads didn’t need to be soldered and etc… One day I decided to pick up that soldering iron and mess around with soldering wires onto a cheap $5 PSX pad I purchased from Wal-Mart and I had little trouble. I guess it takes patience. Now, though I’m no expert, I’m a soldering whore! I’m working on a keyboard hack right now to use to play M.A.M.E. games on my pc (mainly Capcom fighters)
andway…
This is what I do, and have had no problems with the way I solder to get the pads I used to work on either systems:
First, I locate all my soldering points on the pcb, ground, up, down, triangle, x, y, z, etc… Then I have all my wires ready to solder. IMO, tinning the wires should be optional. I strip about 1/8 off th end or maybe about 2/8. 1/2 inch is a waste and would have a harder time securing the wire properly on the board so it will not fall off. Now, using rosin core solder (duh) using the soldering iron (duh) use a small dap on the first soldering point on the board (during this, have a wire you’re going to connect handy nearby to solder) then grab the wire you’re going to solder and apply some heat to the solder on the board to attach the wire onto it (did I lose you?) Don’t move the wire let the joint cool for a couple of seconds, then lift the wire a little to see it was attached properly. If it falls off, solder it back on, make sure it’s good on the board.
Barney style: melt a small dap of the rosin core onto the copper joint on the pcb. With the wire you’re going to solder on that point, melt the small joint you made to insert/attach that wire. DON’T MOVE THE WIRE ONCE YOU REMOVE THE SOLDERING IRON! You must let the joint cool for a few seconds so that the joint hardens (duh)
I hope this helps you out a little, sorry if you don’t quite understand my explanation of soldering, but this is MY method of soldering. I do however apply what I have read and learned from everyone elses site and soldering 101 tutorials.
Also, about soldering, Id like to stress the fact that YOU SHOULD NOT MOVE THE WIRE UNTIL THE JOINT HARDENS. If u do eventually the wire will rip off from the solder cake. Even if the wire is getting hot, dont remove it. Well u can remove it if u want, but ur gonna have to solder again. U need to be really quick when soldering so that the solder joint sets before the wire starts burning ur fingers. IMO, this is what turns off most people to soldering. Just keep on trying and eventually u will get the hang of it.
PICS !
oh I posted the arts for my cabinet cabinet elsewhere…forgot it goes here…
anyhey. . .
http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30297
wow i think i actually did it corrrectly now. i followed each step rotendo suggested and my point is a tight fit now. i made a few adjustments on my wire lenght and solder amount. it looks nice. i will confirm is the point is working tommorrow, thnx a lot for the help.
SNAAAKE, are u willing to sell any DC pads, already pre-made etc.? give me a price and we’ll negotiate.
i just wanted to know which DC controller would be the easiest to build a stick out of? If there are any pics of the soldering points and stuff like that, i’d really appreciate it if i could be directed to a link showing the info. Thanks in advance!
magnus
check your PM ! 
lets get pictures of sticks that doesn’t have fighting game characters on it.
Hell yeah Dreaded Fist!!! Don’t worry, when you sent this to me on AIM I of course saved it 
. Thanx.
-See Ya!!!
MAS FOR SALE!!!
MAS FOR SALE!!!
Ok guys here’s the down low. I am selling my MAS stick. It works on DC and PS2. PM me to know more. I would like to make trades or sell it. It works perfectly it’s just that it’s takin up space. Thanx.
-See Ya!!!
HI
hi would any body be willing to sell me a pre-wired pre-solderd Dreamcast PCP board.i posted earlier in the thread about my DC port’s getting fried cause i suck at soldering so can someone help me out and thanks in advance:)
TEMPLATE NEEDED
Does anybody have the hole template for the joystick (happ) so that my drill holes for the stick and screws so that the holes for the screw and the main 1 1/8 hole are lined up and centered.
do you guys know where i can get a ps2 to dc converter?
I got one off eBay for $8.99, which works fine. Search for “Dreamcast Adapter.”
Pierre B.
HI
I will do…send me a PM and offer…before we go anywhere…my local sells dreamcast pads which are hackable cost around $18 at EB games.
so the cost is $18+$5 shipping then you offer anything for my work…
Re: HI
sound’s good but can you re-phrase that a little:confused: 
TEMPLATE NEEDED
CD_Vision’s page has them, just go to the link on the first page, 2nd post I believe.
Hey man yeah you can go to CD_Visions site. I posted my dual arcade stick template there. Got pretty good results. If you need a custom one just post here and I will make for you. Thanx.
-See Ya!!!
P360 DC pad compatibility?
what other pads for DC are compatible with P360 joysticks besides the Sega pad? i hate soldering on Sega pads cuz it’s a bitch. :mad: