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Jakobud DK plan discrepencies.... other plans available?
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rbarr110:

--- Quote from: King Nerd on July 17, 2009, 05:11:16 pm ---I'll have to measure mine up. I've put it into CAD, so I can find out how CAD compensated for the discrepancy.

EDIT: First point of note, on your math of Jakobud's plans... on the back side (left) you missed a measurement at the top 0.75".
The left side should be at a height of 65.25", it still leaves you 0.32" off.

--- End quote ---

Actually I didnt miss that 0.75 measurement.  If you look close to the measurement, the extent arrow for the 63.25” measurement goes all the way out to the edge at the top of the side panel for the cab, the 0.75” measurement is the setback for the location of the top of the cab surface.  Regardless, either way the dimensions are off. 

The more I look at it, I wonder if the program used to draw the plans was rounding on its own for the dimension leaders.  The dimensions aren’t consistent with the number of decimal places used.  For all I know a 3” dimension on the plan is actually 3.03” (77 mm) but is automatically rounded down by the program.
rbarr110:
OK, trying to get the plans drafted up and fudging the areas to get it to look right without knowing exact dimensions.

One area in particular has me confused, along the bottom of the marquee, where I have the question mark.....

Theere is a flat surface that measures 1.5" on the vertical but has no horizontal dimension on the jakobud plans.  I have pulled up dozens of nintendo cab pics on the net, and I dont really see a flat area like shown on the plans.  It looks more like a very large radius turn.  Could someone verify for me?

Thanks

Mark Thomas:
A friend of mine is desperate to make a DK cab but he can't find any plans online, do you guys know where I could get some plans for him?
CheffoJeffo:
I know that I am going to regret this post (and nothing to do with the OP or Jake) ...

Jake's plans are the only freely available plans that I am aware of. They aren't quite accurate and Jake freely admits this -- he didn't measure a DK cab to make those plans.

There are folks who do accurate repro Ninty cabs, but I am not aware of any of them selling plans.

There is, however, this one guy who claims his plans are accurate, but he is just reselling Jake's plans (I still have screen prints of his eBay listings) and, when uncovered, he waged a war against those who called him out. He has been banned from every arcade forum out there and threatened to sue them all for people posting about him. He has threatened to sue me personally and launched a tirade on YouTube against many collectors, myself included.

To my knowledge, nobody has accurate DK plans available, even for sale.

If you find someone selling plans that claim to be accurate, I strongly suggest a quick trip to Google before getting too excited.

* CheffoJeffo wonders at the strangely obtuse nature of this post and remembers that he doesn't run this place and the last time he posted about this guy, other people were affected.
Mark Thomas:
Many thanks for the reply I appreciate you taking time to explain what seems to be a very odd situation regarding that seller. I will pass information onto my mate and point him in direction of Jakobud's plans.

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