Finally, an organized garage!

Paul Olson

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Those of you who know me have no doubt heard me claim that I will someday have my garage organized. I have been saying it for years, and have been working at it, but it has taken way longer than I wanted it to. I have posted pics of the garage a few times, but I have always hidden certain areas due to the giant pile of stuff that was usually there. lol

Well, the day has finally come, and the garage is finally organized. Now that I know where all of my tools are, I should be able to get the rest of the games working, and hopefully before too long, through a game party.

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And since this may be the only time my office is ever clean, I took some pics of it as well. :)

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Looks great!

My garage is pretty packed full. We're looking to move soon, so I'm not going to put too much into organizing at this point. My game room is in the basement anyway.
 
Very Nice! Love the pair of Hydro Thunders. Can you link them together?

Super organized!

Yep, they are linked together. You can link four of them together if you have them. A friend has had 8 of them linked together, but it only keeps track of four. He said all 8 can play at once though. :)
 
Man, that looks great Paul! I'm seriously jealous. We've been in our home for almost 2.5 years and I have yet to make my garage looking organized and respectable.

Not counting the games you have taking up the middle, I have pretty much the same stuff (work bench, shelves, 2 bikes, 5 games, etc.). Unfortunately, we also have 15-20 boxes full of our own personal old stuff, unused furniture and things we've accumulated over the past 4 years of marriage. We've been hoping to purge and reorganize, but with the baby and busy weekends, it's been nearly impossible.

Did you have a lot of stuff stored in the garage that you had to purge/relocate or that's all that was in there? Just curious so I can get off my butt and do something about the mess that is my garage.
 
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Man, that looks great Paul! I'm seriously jealous. We've been in our home for almost 2.5 years and I have yet to make my garage looking organized and respectable.

Not counting the games you have taking up the middle, I have pretty much the same stuff (work bench, shelves, 2 bikes, 5 games, etc.). Unfortunately, we also have 15-20 boxes full of our own personal old stuff, unused furniture and things we've accumulated over the past 4 years of marriage. We've been hoping to purge and reorganize, but with the baby and busy weekends, it's been nearly impossible.

Did you have a lot of stuff stored in the garage that you had to purge/relocate or that's all that was in there? Just curious so I can get off my butt and do something about the mess that is my garage.

Like I said when I posted, I have hidden large areas from photos over the years. :)

I had way too much stuff in there. I have given or thrown away probably thousands of dollars of stuff just to get rid of it. After a certain point, I realized that I just had way too much stuff to ever get it organized. I think Drew has hauled away quite a few truckloads at this point. lol

All of the parts I have left are for the current games, or for the MAME cab. Once all of those projects are finished, I want to have nothing but games and tools in the garage. I just don't have the space to store parts.

Don't worry Jess, it will happen someday. I have been working on this for about 4 years now.
 
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Don't worry Jess, it will happen someday. I have been working on this for about 4 years now.

Ah, I see. Well, I'm over halfway there based on your timeline. So that's good. :D

It's definitely a goal I've set to achieve by the end of the year. It does make it easier to work on games and get projects done when you're clean and organized. Also, I have plans to have all my games in the garage as well so that's a big motivation. Thanks for the inspiration!
 
Yes, my gameroom is PACKED with things that Paul has got rid of. Only a couple games are playable because of shit sitting in front of the rest of the games. I am going to need to purge these parts real soon.

Oh, and thanks again for those tools Paul, I was able to actually go through all my tools and get rid of a bunch I dont need anymore. But now my tool arsenal has grown more useful and a lot of the tools you gave me will be put to good use.
 
Well, I don't feel like working on the Pacman tonight, so I took some updated pics. The garage has actually changed quite a bit in the last 2 months. All of the games are now playable except for Pac. I have finally come to terms with the fact that this is the number of games that I want in the garage. Any more than this, and it starts to feel crowded. I hope I remember that when I see a good deal pop up. :)

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let us know on that arcade party.

I have a battlezone mini I need to find an excuse to pick up.

or if you are swinging over this way by all means. ;)

that's a 2 car garage huh? I need to lose some shelves I think to get an extra row of games.
 
Paul,

Your garage and office look great! Both of mine look like a hurricane hit it, so I'm seriously jealous...

Any bites yet on that Gaplus in your garage? It's in great shape - I'm sure someone will snag it up.

In the pic of your office, is that the Hydra Yoke mount that I sold you? Any luck with getting it repro'd??
 
I am graduating from UNR on December 10th, and we are going to have people over that weekend to play games. We are also going to the local MMA show of the 9th. You are more than welcome to join us for either. Sitting through a boring ass graduation is not required. :)

The games are mostly working now, so anytime you are coming over the hill, stop by.

Yeah, that is the Hydra yoke mount. I haven't even had a chance to get quotes yet to repro it. It won't work as is for anything other than the Hydra/Star Wars yoke. I think if I ever get them made, I will just have a big hole in the middle like Roadblasters. I think all of my yokes and wheels will work with that.

No on the Gaplus. I am hoping someone will want to trade an Area 51/ Max Force for it. I am trying to trade the Time Crisis 3 for pinball, but no bites on that either. It is a fun game, but I don't play it enough to justify the space it takes up. I guess I am not in too much of a hurry to get rid of either; I play them both. I just think I would play Area 51 and pinball more. The rest of the lineup is approaching the keeper realm. I can't think of any games I would rather have than those, so until I get a bigger house or garage, it is pretty much set.

I spent years in the Hurricane, so I know how it is. It has taken a ton of time and effort to get the garage cleaned up. Now that the games are almost all working, it actually feels like it was worth the effort. lol I questioned that quite a bit during the process.
 
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Just a quick bump in case any of you happen to be in Reno this weekend. The games will be on from 5pm until whenever on Saturday night (Dec 10). Let me know if you can make it.
 
That cocktail belong inside the house, freeing up space for a couple more cabs! ;)
 
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