Another AWESOME Garage, But I want his Car

This guy uses a limited space, IKEA and a great blues tune to showcase his talent and good taste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obUW6irQYJ4&feature=player_embedded

terrific garage

the lift was cool

There's whole threads on Jack's garage over on the Garage Journal forum for anyone who wants to see more. Just search for "12 gauge garage". He's got a lot of neat details in that place,notice the pendant lights hanging below the raised door,for example.

Good use of a Two-Car garage.

makes me realise how much space I waste in mine

mad_machine wrote: makes me realise how much space I waste in mine

+7

I will say that it is far too clean to have seen the kind of work that happens in my messy, poorly organized hole of a garage. It would take years to get the metal shavings out of all the nooks in his floor.

Awesome car and a lot of very, very cool idears though.

My garage is exactly like that, except instead of neatly organized tools and work stations, I have big big piles of parts and crap. Also, no lift.

DeadSkunk wrote: There's whole threads on Jack's garage over on the Garage Journal forum for anyone who wants to see more. Just search for "12 gauge garage". He's got a lot of neat details in that place,notice the pendant lights hanging below the raised door,for example.

I couldn't tell...how did he manage the pendant lights below the raised door?

The lights under the door are cantilevered out from the sides on pieces of square stock.

I will say that it is far too clean to have seen the kind of work that happens in my messy, poorly organized hole of a garage. It would take years to get the metal shavings out of all the nooks in his floor.

From the photos Jack has posted, he's done quite a bit of work in that garage - he just cleans up after he's done. The engine is out of the Porsche right now for a rebuild.

Awesome garage. Awesome tune, too. Car is just epic. Is it somewhat "internet famous". I've been directed to one similar to it on the Pelican Parts forum a couple of times in the past.

Great clip.

I feel like I'd want more room to the side of the car than he has there. I feel like I'd be bumping into that work bench any time I tried to take off a wheel or tweak the suspension.

And what's with all the hammers? Certainly in a garage this anal, the most accesible tools should be some nice wrenches or maybe socket sets, not cave-man tools...

Sooooo much wasted space. I have about 20x the amount of stuff in my similarly sized garage as he does and I can actually say I have built waaay more than one piddly car in it.

He had the garage featured in Car Craft a couple issues ago too.

I don't think I'll ever be that organized.

I think he has so many hammers because he does a lot of wood working. Could also explain the saw.

I've never seen a ceramic tile floor in a garage before. It seems to me that it would be prone to cracking, slippery when wet, and the grout would be impossible to keep clean.

IS there a meaning to the "12 Gauge" name that I am missing?

pinchvalve wrote: IS there a meaning to the "12 Gauge" name that I am missing?

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I can't figure it out either.

Joey

He says the steel for the cabinetry is 12 gauge steel in the description of the video on youtube.

I am more confused about that lift - seems like a good idea if you have a flat bottomed car. Maybe there are removable blocks or chocks or something that go onto to it so the car is not just sitting on the flat tile surface.

T.J. wrote: He says the steel for the cabinetry is 12 gauge steel in the description of the video on youtube. I am more confused about that lift - seems like a good idea if you have a flat bottomed car. Maybe there are removable blocks or chocks or something that go onto to it so the car is not just sitting on the flat tile surface.

i think the tile over the lift is removable to access the lift. most scissor lifts would have blocks and arms to swing out to the proper lifting points i would think

Thanks, guys. And I apologize for reviving a dead thread, but I just now saw it.

It's a pretty low-budget place, and I'm honestly not much of an old-world craftsman. But I took the time to put together a place I'd enjoy working in, and have come up with an organizational scheme which lets me clean it back up to 'pretty' very fast. When it's in use, it does get messy.

Snorklewacker, there's been a fair amount of welding done in it. I did all the sections for a wrought iron fence for my yard in it, which has about 2000 individual welds. The floor sweeps clean MUCH easier than concrete, since its surface is smooth. It's tougher than most epoxies and is impervious to oil and paint. The only thing that marks it is welding slag.

Jstein77, it does not get slippery when it's wet, and you can pound a 4 lb sledge on it without breaking a tile (which I learned when I had to take up tiles to put in the lift). It's a tile that's up to code for outdoor public malls, and I got it for .59/sf, which is cheaper than just about anything you can do to concrete.

Dyintorace, the pendant lights at the opening are made out of aluminized steel cake pans. They hang from long arms that come out of the walls on either side of the garage so the door can raise and lower without interfering with them. I had to test the cantilevered arms for sag so I could offset it when I welded the supports together.

Maroon92, the hammers are up on holders because I've always hated fishing one hammer out of a drawer filled with them. I also have a lot of them because I'm not a very precise fabricator.

Pinchvalve, I started calling it the 12-Gauge Garage because the Strong Hold cabinets I put in are made out of 12-gauge steel. Closing one of them is like shutting a bank vault. They're rated to hold 1,900 pounds... per shelf. The 48-inch-wide ones weigh 800 pounds. They're stupid expensive new, but I waited to get them pretty cheap, second-hand.

The lift has tiles permanently installed on the top. It's a Vestil hydraulic lift table. In a lot of ways, it's a tougher design than a typical automotive lift. It's designed for constant lifting and lowering -- and to take hits from forklifts. For a 911, it's perfect, since the top only covers the belly pan. I still have access to everything, and it makes dropping the engine a breeze. They're also crazy-expensive new. But I got that one second-hand for $455. I dug the pit, poured new concrete and installed it myself.

The engine rebuild is done, now. I tracked the car in September and have another day at Willow Springs coming up in four weeks.

And since I posted that messy shot, here it is clean.

And with the car up:

nice shop dude. i could only wish to be half that organized.

What an excellent bump to a thread. You have designed a very comfortable atmosphere to work in, and probably to hang out in as well.

I guess the best part about having a relatively small garage, by garagemajal standards, is that you only keep the important stuff. I imagine that a 2000 sq ft place would be much more prone to collecting parts and knick-knackery.

1) how do you find those tiles. In other words what are they called.

2) that lift is awesome!

http://vestilmfg.com/products/ergosol/scissor_lift.htm

To go higher: http://vestilmfg.com/products/ergosol/double_scizlift.htm