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Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT The 12-Gauge Garage

Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.

kbuhagiar

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Jack, somebody's been breaking into your garage when you're on vacation and doing projects and putting books on Amazon.

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Hi, Jack, hope you are well.
We're all curious, is this authorized?
 
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Lassen Forge

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Nothing else he better be paying you royalties on using your garage.

From Amazon dot com:
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Julian Edgar
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About the author​

Julian Edgar worked as a secondary school teacher for eight years before leaving teaching and becoming a full-time technical writer.
He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of AutoSpeed, an online car magazine. Along the way he wrote extensively for Silicon Chip, an electronics hobbyist magazine, while also contributing articles to publications in Australia, the UK and the US.
He has also worked at Executive Level in the Australian Public Service. Formal qualifications include a Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), Bachelor of Education and Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
In the automotive field he has owned cars with two, three, four, five, six and eight cylinder engines; diesel, petrol, hybrid and electric drivelines; front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive configurations; and cars with single turbos, twin turbos and superchargers.
He enjoys aerodynamic modification of cars. He was the first automotive journalist to extensively tuft test cars and write about the results (starting in 1989), and use Magnehelic gauges to directly measure aerodynamic pressures (in 2000) - both approaches now widely used by amateurs. In 2018 he developed a technique allowing amateurs to measure car aerodynamic panel pressures on the road. In 2022 he developed techniques for measuring changes in drag, and measuring aero lift and downforce.
He has been electronically modifying his cars for about 30 years. Over that time he has modified engine management systems, engine cooling systems, turbo boost controls, electric power steering systems, auto transmission controls, all-wheel drive torque split controls, stability controls, hybrid car regenerative braking controls, and lighting and sound systems.
Over his driving career he has modified the suspension of many cars. Modifications have included changing springs, shocks and sway bars; modifying all-wheel drive torque split controls; developing and fitting custom air suspension systems with electronic controls; and developing innovative suspension systems for Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs).
Julian has supercharged - and then turbocharged - a Toyota Prius. He has also turbocharged a Gen 1 Honda Insight and fitted it with programmable engine management, doing the engine mapping from scratch.The Insight has extensive aero modifications that give it measurable downforce, while at the same time achieving low drag.
Designing and building loudspeaker systems is another interest. Many of Julian's loudspeaker designs have been published in print magazines and on the web.
He has an extensive home workshop that is equipped with a chassis dyno; hoist; lathe; mill; MIG, TIG and oxy welding gear; metal folder and other tools.
Julian lives in a hamlet 80 kilometres north of Canberra, Australia. He is married to Georgina and they have a son, Alexander, who is 21 years old. Also in the family are one cat, three sheep and four chooks!"

IF he has such an extensive home workshop - why is he using yours? Right there, it seems super sketchy. Then again, people, well, some have less than sterling integrity.

So he should know better. Waiting to see what Jack says... it's in his court. Hell, it may all be on the up and up...

I know if someont took one of my photos and plans and used it for my own for profit endeavor (or endeavour) without my official okey dokey, and considering he's allegedly a publisher of instuctional books down under... he'd be in deep doodoo... good way to get your stuff banned from selling on Amazon. And elsewhere.
 
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TwoBytes

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He looks like a weasel.
Wow, you guys are quick to crucify.

I know Julian personally, he's a good guy.

He got Jack's permission to use that photo...
 

kaymccampbell

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Wow, you guys are quick to crucify.

I know Julian personally, he's a good guy.

He got Jack's permission to use that photo...
Absolutely. This is GJ, where everyone's guilty till they're guilty. Especially strangers.

He still looks like a weasel. The kind that pops up out of a box, and you whack.

I'm glad that he's got permission, and Jack knows about it. I was unable to find that thread, and I searched. Obviously not the right terms.

All right folks, everybody can go back to trolling the new kids.
 
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Squankum

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Well, that blew up. Sorry.

I stumbled across his YouTube channel, that's how I found out about him the other day. His YouTube channel looks right up my alley.

 

Lassen Forge

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Hmmm... maybe it's the impetus that will start a new thread... on recreational torch fabrication and pitchfork sharpening....
Topics include:
"Which is a better fuel for my modern torch - Gasoline, used motor oil, k-1, or vintage whale oil"
"How do I keep the straw from igniting the handle?"
"Comparing 2, 3, and 4 tines for mob use..."
 
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I was freeing up space on my phone, and I had these old shows by Joe Rogan where he talked a little about my garage and my car. I decided to edit out the interruptions and a few of the facts that he got wrong, and overlay video I had that was shot by Justin Evidon, Sean Fannin, and Josh Clason. Now, me making a clumsy video about my shop is nothing new. But this one caught fire on Instagram, and has somehow generated over half a million views over the last couple of days.

I'm sure Rogan and company will take it down at some point. And it's many years out of date. They talked to me about being on the show, but we weren't able to make it all work out.

Still, he says nice things about the garage, so I'm going to put it here in this thread.

 
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Jack Olsen

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It's edited together from two different episodes where he talked about me. So yes, it kind of has a fake-feeling flow to it sometimes. I edited out the incorrect stuff he said (1971 chassis, 2100 pounds) and also clipped out the interruptions from other guests.

And regarding the book cover, I see now that he asked permission. But memory has limits. If you'd asked me today about it, I think I would have completely forgotten that exchange. But I'd have been wrong.
 
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