Phetishboy
Well-known member
The intro paragraph is just a long boring history of how this project started, if you wanna get to the resto, skip it.
So I had been looking for a DK Cabaret for a few years, ever since I saw and missed one at one of the MOMA auctions that sold for $250. I posted want ads, scoured ebay and CL, tried to talk friends out of them, etc. Well about 2.5 years ago, a nice converted one showed up on my Local CL. I saw the ad when it popped up Early in the morning, then was alerted by 2 or 3 different KLOVers from as far away as Chicago about it cuz they knew I was looking. Made a deal with the seller to pick it up, and as very stoked. Well, seller had to change the pick up time, which fell right in the middle of a family reunion I had to attend. We set a different time and away I went. While at the event, I was texted by the seller telling me that sorry, but he decided to sell the game to a local who was able to come pick it up immediately. I thought WTF? How could this happen? Well I knew how, but still thought it sucked ass.
Well, because I was tired of looking, I decided to just build one. After getting measurements and a loaner cab from SuperGunGuru and Smalltownguy respectively, I ended up building my own DK cabaret, which actually turned into my DKjr cabaret with custom art and vinyl:
While building it, I contacted YodainMN about the DK cabaret he had picked up. He agreed to sell it to me for $225 or so.It was nice, but it had issues. No back door, monitor wasn't working, board wasn't working, a few corners were damaged, and the roof was held on by extra supports that someone had added and attached to the cab with these fine carriage bolts:
A few months ago, I decided that I better restore this cab. I first removed the brackets and fixed the bolt holes.
Then I recapped the monitor, but was getting a weird screen:
I found that I had a bad chip at location 5K (more on that later). Next I was peeling the original DK sticker off when I noticed a perfect Space Demon marquee stuck behind it.
So then I realized that this had been a factory conversion from SD to DK which was cool. Since I didn't feel like sourcing a SD board and other SD parts, I decided to just restore it as a DK.
Well, earlier this year, I had been bondoing and sanding and bondoing and sanding this cab when I'd get little snippets of time. After the 3rd bondoing session, I pushed it out of the way when I needed to clean my garage and just let it sit.
Fast forward to this past weekend. I decided it was time to finish this little bastard up. A few months ago, I purchased wood grain vinyl from a shop in Hong Kong. I decided to go with a darker walnut print, which was closer to the later DK cabarets. I started with the roof piece. I lined up one edge, then laid it down from left to right, which worked out well. I then trimmed the overhang on the right side.
So I had been looking for a DK Cabaret for a few years, ever since I saw and missed one at one of the MOMA auctions that sold for $250. I posted want ads, scoured ebay and CL, tried to talk friends out of them, etc. Well about 2.5 years ago, a nice converted one showed up on my Local CL. I saw the ad when it popped up Early in the morning, then was alerted by 2 or 3 different KLOVers from as far away as Chicago about it cuz they knew I was looking. Made a deal with the seller to pick it up, and as very stoked. Well, seller had to change the pick up time, which fell right in the middle of a family reunion I had to attend. We set a different time and away I went. While at the event, I was texted by the seller telling me that sorry, but he decided to sell the game to a local who was able to come pick it up immediately. I thought WTF? How could this happen? Well I knew how, but still thought it sucked ass.
Well, because I was tired of looking, I decided to just build one. After getting measurements and a loaner cab from SuperGunGuru and Smalltownguy respectively, I ended up building my own DK cabaret, which actually turned into my DKjr cabaret with custom art and vinyl:
While building it, I contacted YodainMN about the DK cabaret he had picked up. He agreed to sell it to me for $225 or so.It was nice, but it had issues. No back door, monitor wasn't working, board wasn't working, a few corners were damaged, and the roof was held on by extra supports that someone had added and attached to the cab with these fine carriage bolts:
A few months ago, I decided that I better restore this cab. I first removed the brackets and fixed the bolt holes.
Then I recapped the monitor, but was getting a weird screen:
I found that I had a bad chip at location 5K (more on that later). Next I was peeling the original DK sticker off when I noticed a perfect Space Demon marquee stuck behind it.
So then I realized that this had been a factory conversion from SD to DK which was cool. Since I didn't feel like sourcing a SD board and other SD parts, I decided to just restore it as a DK.
Well, earlier this year, I had been bondoing and sanding and bondoing and sanding this cab when I'd get little snippets of time. After the 3rd bondoing session, I pushed it out of the way when I needed to clean my garage and just let it sit.
Fast forward to this past weekend. I decided it was time to finish this little bastard up. A few months ago, I purchased wood grain vinyl from a shop in Hong Kong. I decided to go with a darker walnut print, which was closer to the later DK cabarets. I started with the roof piece. I lined up one edge, then laid it down from left to right, which worked out well. I then trimmed the overhang on the right side.

