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kcoyle · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 712 Location: Long Island, NY

This is probably old news but I just stumbled across this recently looking for a harbor freight pass/fail thread.

Holy shite, this guy is king. Jack Olsen's 12 gauge garage.

http://tinyurl.com/87ye7cv
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JackOlsen · Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Los Angeles

That's very nice of you to say. Thank you.

It's small -- and a low-budget effort ($3,500 and counting, including the lift). But I've put a lot of time into putting the whole thing together -- and also into using it.

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The 12-Gauge Garage • (And its slideshow)
The 911

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

wow, it looks amazing !

$3500, not including all the tools, right ? :p
the elevator is really something

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Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

awesome! The lift is fantastic and the organization is great!

Incidentally, today I picked up some relatively strong cabinets for my garage (which is only half the size of yours), but your cabinets are godly.

I like the way stuff has been organized to save space... you do a lot of metal craftmanship?
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JackOlsen · Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Los Angeles

Thanks.

You're right, morghen. The tools were not included in that figure. The $3.500 covers the tile floor, the cabinets, all nine work benches and the cabinets and the paint. (And the lift, including the concrete and re-tiling involved.)

Martijnus, I've been learning some carpentry and metal fab as I've put the garage together. I'm not a very skilled fabricator, but I'm willing to try just about anything. My first project was to make a wrought-iron-style fence for my home, which involved something like 4,000 individual welds. So, I was a lot better at welding when I was finished with that than I was when I started.

I learned how to curve that 2" steel tubing when I made the bench at the opening of the garage.

For the sink area, I started with this old cabinet:

And cut it up in the course of re-shaping it into this (kind of peculiar) sink area:

And the garage is nice and clean for the pictures, but it gets used. Here's the engine we rebuilt in the garage going in.

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The 12-Gauge Garage • (And its slideshow)
The 911

kcoyle · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 712 Location: Long Island, NY

That's very nice of you to say. Thank you.

No, thank you, that's some inspirational stuff right there. You are a talented guy.

It's small -- and a low-budget effort.

Word up, you just described my life in one sentence. (If that's technically a sentence, I'm not sure)

Also, I am also thoroughly jealous of your CA weather.

Rock on.

Kevin
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1982 931- Stock with MBC at 8psi

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

peterld · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

Jack Olsen.........You're a Legend! In all seriousness, what a great job.
But more on that lift....who, what and where......and some piccies of it without car , if you have, would be appreciated. There are many of us who only have single or double garages, and all current lifts I've ever seen take up sooo much room. What you have is truly a revelation.

Pete
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brealytrent · Joined: 28 Dec 2008 Posts: 414 Location: Goldsboro, NC

Jack Olsen-

First off I'll just say that your garage is amazing! You seriously could make a business out of just renovating other guy's garages.
But I have to ask - what brought you to the 924 board?
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kcoyle · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 712 Location: Long Island, NY

joejax · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, I was trying to think about what it was missing...(head slap) a 924!

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Uhhh...you got any pics?

Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

Khal · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:54 am Post subject:

Very cool, JackOlsen

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tyfighter123 · Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 551 Location: Colorado

That is a nice garage how long did it take for you to complete it?
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