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New desk looks great! When I work from home, I sometimes go out to the shop with my laptop. I like the lighting in there quite a bit. I might have to add some monitors/arms like that to the wall on my bench.

Thanks, I still have a mac that a buddy gave me to load fusion 360 on, figuring out where to put that is one of my next projects....I'd really like to have it in the shop as a dedicated computer
 
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Workstation looks great!

...looks like an episode of hoarders - after a weekend? Wait until you see what accumulates after 30 years of marriage and a couple of kids...

My shop is my home office. And lounge. And doghouse (when I'm in trouble).

Thanks!

The move became nothing more than fill cars, fill rooms and keep moving....result of her having her own house that was 2x the size of mine! lol

Luckily no kids in our future, that problem was fixed a while ago, but we have way too many dogs, luckily they don't have many "things" :ROFLMAO:
 
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No fun garage updates...but I did make a christmas ornament for the wifey....thought it came out pretty ok...

Its about 4" tall for reference....one side is steel brake/fuel line that i sanded, bent, welded, sanded some more, rusted, then matte clear, the other side is all stainless brake tubing that i bent, welded, polished

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Haven't had much garage time lately, but things are shaping up to get back into some good garage projects....in the meantime, knocked out a small house project that has been looming for a few weeks....

The wife and I had been passively couch shopping for a while, once she got moved in and settled, we got serious, after xmas, we braved the crazy world of the mall...hit up a couple places and much to our surprise, really liked the Lovesac brand, and myself the modularity of it....we waited a week or so, they had a 25% off sale, so we went in and made a purchase....showed up about a week later, it sat in boxes in the living room for a week'ish and Saturday it went together....

Honestly took as much time to get everything out of boxes as it did to put the covers on....assembly was a breeze...we went with a 4base/5side configuration

Bases and sides out of boxes
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Getting setup
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Assembled, they call this a theater setup, perfect for a couple with a lot of dogs lol
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As I mentioned, ready to get back into garage projects....finally ordered a set of 1-2-3 blocks, just b/c I know they will come in handy soon
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Saturday after the couch project, a buddy brought one of his cars over to swap a rear caliper, so it forced me to move my cars, which has prompted me to knock out some looming projects....the Cayman is moved to fix a loose seat, finally hook up a controller to override the factory sport exhaust control, remove the wheels to get the centers refinished and lips polished...(also note, wives leftovers from the move, but it beats $150/month for a storage unit)

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Took the day off yesterday to drive down to outside of ATL to pickup the new front suspension components for my widebody/project car...got full e90 3-series front setup, subframe, spindles, control arms....should be fun to kick that project back into gear :cool:
 

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I've seen those Lovesac commercials and like the concept. How do they compare in price to traditional furniture in a comparable configuration?

And I am about to bring a few remaining items from a storage unit into my shop that I have had since my grandma passed. Tired of that $100 monthly.
 
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I've seen those Lovesac commercials and like the concept. How do they compare in price to traditional furniture in a comparable configuration?

That is one of the parts that is hard to quantify, but it is also what let me to really want this brand....I viewed this as, if we got a sectional from someplace like pottery barn, (which I was shocked, they do have high end furniture and made up in Hickory, NC, which tells me it is quality) a sectional could be anywhere from $3k to $5k depending on exact configuration, fabric, etc... But then you are married to that piece.

I think our Lovesac was ~$4200-4500 (I'd have to ask the boss), but with this setup, we can reconfigure the theater setup to a sectional in ~1hr, if we ever stain, rip, etc, a cover, we can order one for a base, side, cushion and replace just that one. OR, if we want to change the entire color/fabric, we can order all new covers.

All that being said, the cost difference was negligible for the amount of versatility that you get. I would recommend looking into them, they also have a 60day at home trial, if for any reason you done like the color, fabric, cushion feel, or just ordered one to many pieces, they will take it back. One other small nugget, if you order in store, you always get "in store customer service," but if you order on-line, you always have to deal with CS over the phone.
 
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Garage projects GO! LOL

Wifey had to work late and her daughter was in town, so shuffled cars around and started on my Cayman exhaust project.....Long story short, it has PSE (Porsche Sport Exhaust), this allows for a "quiet and loud" mode, but in classic OEM fashion, the functionality from the factory is, its starts in quiet mode, you can push the PSE button for a good cold start, but then when diving it regulates the valves based on speed and something else, then even if you have PSE on, when you shut the car off, it defaults back to quiet for the next startup....I purchased an override controller that has memory, and doesn't do the modulation during driving....

Finalized installing that controller Monday night, tested and it works as advertised, so now onto my project. When the car is in PSE mode it sounds great, but I'd like a little more. My plan is to open up the muffler itself and see if I can re-pipe inside the muffler to make the quiet sound like PSE mode and make the PSE mode closer to straight piped :)

Pulled my GTi out of the garage, finally got to use my new tool cart, much excite! Took about an hour to get the mufflers out, not too bad

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Pretty excited about this, shows that I can have two cars in the lift bay and still have a nice work space around the welding table

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Parden the dirty floor....another annoying story, french drain coming soon....womp womp

Here is the exhaust system, you can see the valves on either side for the PSE functionality....Hoping to get back out there tonight to cut one open and see how it works and what my options are.

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I know form follows function with Porsche, and space it always tight, but hot damn, they have the weirdest shaped exhaust systems of any car out there.
 
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I know form follows function with Porsche, and space it always tight, but hot damn, they have the weirdest shaped exhaust systems of any car out there.

LOL, well said, I do have to admit, it is rather easy to get out of the car, certainly fun for these types of DIY science projects
 
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I was able to get back out too the garage last night to work on what I am calling my PSE+ modification....below is the inner workings of the OEM 987.2 Cayman PSE muffler

My plan is to essentially "move" the perforated pipe that is currently attached to the valve portion of the exhaust over to the position of the small/quiet tube. This will be accomplished by cutting the inlet to the suitcase where the post CAT header pipe turns into a cone, remove the small pipe and replace it with a 2.25" 90° elbow attached to a straight tube with a perforated section that will then merge at the end of the muffler with the new solid pipe that will be attached to the valve side of the exhaust.

I am certainly over simplifying this and under estimating the amount of work, but this is a project I've wanted to do for a while, and when you have the means to weld metal, there isnt too much that cant be repaired.


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Was working on the Cayman exhaust, I arrived at an crossroads that my trusty 4" grinder wasn't going to help, SO....off to HF we go! LOL

Honestly, I've been borrowing a buddies sawzall on/off for years (the one time of year i need it), but 20% off coupon lured me in....I've become a big fan of the Bauer brand from HF, initial review, saw has some muscle, blades, not so great on stainless....

For $43, it seems it will do I'll ever ask

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Had a rather productive weekend, it was rather nice to feel like there was some progress made!

Finally knocked out a little project in the basement/office, my wives father had a bunch of old records, some very cool, we thought making a display wall for them would be a fun way to keep them around....whipped up this crude little rack setup.....ripped 1x2 in half to get a 1x1, then burnished them to match the general basement theme....anchored the 1x1 to the wall and brad nailed the 1x2 to it....

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Finished product, one box of records is still at some friends house, which happens to have a lot of the good classics, we need to grab that then she can decorate....will be fun to rotate them in/out too
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Broke this up into two posts.....once the basement project was done I moved to the garage to keep working on my Cayman exhaust project....that took me well into the evening, even enlisted a buddy to come over to help and use his Huth tubing expander, great tool to have around btw!

Quick update....here is the rudimentary "jig" I made, works rather well honestly...keeps all the important parts in the same spot, so cant ask much more
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Fast forward, got the case fully gutted, ready for mock up
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Rough mockup of the concept....this is where I stopped while waiting on the tubing expander to arrive
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Flare tool doing flare tool things...
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Here is the section we flared, it was actually a slip fit from the factory, we replicated that, took this 2" OD tube up to maybe 2-1/8" on the slip fit end, then up to 2-1/4" on the end that **** welded to the straight pipe section

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Tacked on the 90° elbow to prove out the concept
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Pretty much done, just need to cut the other 90° down, flare that into the hole it comes through, then bell mouth it a little and finally weld it into place....the plan will be to mig weld around the back side of that pipe, then tack the perforated section to the other end of the 90° elbow
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I'm pretty excited how this has come together....little scared to see how it sounds, but its been a fun project for sure.....now just need to get to a point where I can tack this side back together and start on the other side
 
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This plus the previous cat mods should create a pretty unique sound. Please post vids when done!

Definitely will, I started a thread to document this over on a Planet-9 and it started such a debate that one of the mods set me up in a dev environment so I can do this start to finish and then let people comment....thought that was rather comical lol
 
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Just read thru your thread...............................WOW, what a great shop build. The transformation from the start to your current shop is impressive. I love how you tied everything into the old garage. The end result with how it flows with the house looks great!

Great job on the house remodel as well!
 
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Just read thru your thread...............................WOW, what a great shop build. The transformation from the start to your current shop is impressive. I love how you tied everything into the old garage. The end result with how it flows with the house looks great!

Great job on the house remodel as well!

Thanks Max, appreciate you taking the time to catch up, appreciate the kind words. Its been a fun project, as always, wish I had a little more space, but maybe one day I'll talk the wifey into building! :cool:


still disappointed that there are no Minis involved...... :)

Serious garage envy these days.....:cool:

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Funny, I was thinking about something the other day out in the garage and made me remember, that I had asked a moderator to update my thread title because of you, but that never happened!
 
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I've been really enjoying getting out to the garage in the evenings, has me really excited to get this project done and onto the next

Got the rearmost 90° welded in, not pretty, but sealed, lol
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Dug out my body hammers, put a little bell shape around the edges, certainly looks better in person
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Next it was time to start the reassembly process....frustrated at myself, I forgot to take a photo of it in the fixture....BUT, the fixture worked rather well. Knowing I cut the over axle section off with with a 0.045" cut off wheel, allowing for for a little "wiggle" I set the two parts in the fixture, used a piece of TIG filler (0.0625") thick at the top, tacked it, then worked my way around ensuring a similar gap....everything seems very consistent at this point.

Going to leave it tacked like this until I have the other side complete and can test fit everything, once I verify that, I'll burn it in all the way around
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Nice job so far, from what I can tell. I've only tried welding on my own exhaust one time (so far) and I made the mistake of not re-test-fitting before completing all the welds. Needless to say, all of that work went into the trash.
 
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Thanks Brent - lessons learned from projects of past...

Honestly there are a lot of "degrees of freedom" in how this/these parts mount and connect to each other, so that is nice b/c I feel like I have wiggle room, but at the same time, things add up and I want to avoid poor fit on the exhaust tips, which join the mufflers with an x-pipe
 
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As I mentioned, I'm doing this as a DIY over on Planet-9, as part of that I crudely drew these up to add in to that thread....figured I'd post these here also since I put in the time....

Basic outline of how the exhaust system works with the valves....if you look back to earlier photos, you'll see the OEM layout and how the "quiet side" is very restrictive....this should be fun LOL :devilish:

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Thank you for that! I felt like the kid who didn't want to raise his hand and ask the dumb question. :)

All good, the mod on P9 asked me to do them, I always figure if one person asks....

I've actually been very intrigued by valved exhausts for some time, always wanted to do one on my r32, just never got around to it unfortunately....

Now get out to the garage and make one for the audi!
 

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With PSE off, is the suitcase just an expansion chamber?

Thanks for the rabbit hole; I just listened to every exhaust in the Sound Collection thread. Any predictions on what you're doing will end up similar to, if any?
 
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With PSE off, is the suitcase just an expansion chamber?
I think that is a fair way to say it, I am sure there is plenty of engineering that went into the design to get the desired sound. The shape is essentially the same for PSE and non-PSE, so I would expect that is its main function

Thanks for the rabbit hole; I just listened to every exhaust in the Sound Collection thread. Any predictions on what you're doing will end up similar to, if any?

I wish I did, I really just hope that my new PSE-OFF sounds like the OEM PSE-ON, then the "Loud" version will just be there in case I want to make some noise.....I really like the Soul Performance Products valved exhaust, but, I dont like it $3k much
 
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Had a productive weekend with a side of appliance drama....Apparently my ~17yr old Maytag dryer dried its last garment Thursday night.....The wife came down Friday to change laundry and no go....so did some trouble shooting Saturday morning and it seemed that I wasn't going to bring it back to life....womp womp

Side story, we are currently planning our next house project, which is a mud room/pantry on the side of the house/kitchen to bring the wash room upstairs and to have a little extra kitchen/cleaning storage. Knowing that, I didn't want to have to make the decision or the investment right now in new washer/dryer, plus having a washer/dryer in the basement long term will be nice for shop towels, dog feet towels,etc.....so off to craigslist we go....It must have been my lucky day b/c within 10min so searching, emailing 3 people, the first guy to respond had time to show me the washer he was advertising, honestly felt bad when I got there, but he was a developer and getting rid of leftovers, so for $190, I have a new dryer lol

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Now back to the Cayman exhaust project, got that wrapped up yesterday, I am beyond excited, only wish the videos did it justice

Guts on side #2 wrapped up and over axle section welded on
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Did a full bolt-on test fit all the way out to the tips to make sure nothing was crazy out of alignment, all looked good and off to welding it out I went....was quite the undertaking to say the least...not pretty, but it will do the job
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PSE Off / Quiet mode
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PSE On / Loud Mode
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Just caught up on everything.

That record storage looks sweet, simple but effective. I think that's going to look great with all the records on there. Add a pop of color and some history to the wall. The whitewashed brick is a great backdrop for that too.

That exhaust mod is awesome. Smart thinking and it really makes the car sound more aggressive. Very cool unique mod that you can say you did on your own, which is always pretty fun. I bet that makes it a lot more fun to drive, if a little more difficult to keep off of the hoon pedal.
 
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