I got mine -- very detailed, great job!

ordered

I assume it works like it does for us in the UK!    It automatically converts it for me into pounds £7.50 or something I think it was

JMB

Paypal automatically converts. Got my plans, very detailed!!

Yes, PayPal automatically converts the transactions.  The exchange rate varies but it's about: 1 U.S. Dollar = 0.764006 Euros.  The plans cost me $11.78 USD.  Tim transmits them over the internet almost instantly.  You can then save & print them.

Tim,

If people send you the money "as a gift" without you creating an invoice, there is no paypal fee.

Also, I leave the money received in local currency- not converted to my base currency- as I can always find something to buy with it later on in the same currency. Then you don't get hit with the currency exchange rate rip-off.

Richard.

Pay Pal sent
Thank You
Sal

Theshipstore@msn.com

Just ordered my plans.  I hope to build some soon.

welcome. to the fog.
love the site too. great droup of members
where are you based.
cant wait to see the pics

Cheers Steve & Alan....... To be honest I could of listed the whole membership but thought that would be a bit odd! I did consider biging up everyone, but I didn't want to upset JMB
I'll start a new post with pics next week..

Awesome idea, ordered mine too.

Were you planning on doing the jigsaw tabletop version with a Carvex base-plate attachment like the CMS does or with generic clamping for any jigsaw?

Post pictures when you can. Sounds like a great solution for many things.

Cheers,
Steve

Greg, perhaps you have not seen previous postings of something like this on this board? There are at least 2 other people who already made something like this before. There's even a Dutch guy and member of this board, bror, who sells them on his website and eBay. FOG link.

I full heartedly agree Tim's version is the best looking yet, but with all respect to his craftsmanship, that doesn't mean he's the one and only inventor all of a sudden. He's also a copycat, elaborating on an existing idea somebody else thought up first (and even patented). And it mainly looks so good because he decided to make it look exactly like the T-loc systainer, a Festool invention. Personally, I don't see any problem with that. But please, don't try to shame people into something.

I'll be happy to make my own version whenever I need it. Perhaps I'll purchase some plans, perhaps not.

Hi Greg, i appreciate the compliments very much, though wouldn't go as far as saying people should not copy. I don't have anything against anyone copying this design or making something similar. In fact i made this based on a set of conditions it had to respect while not looking at existing designs, and the inevitable result is that there are strong resemblances with other boxes such as the patented systand. Simply because some things cannot be improved or made differently. Before releasing this i contacted the maker of the systand to see if was infringing on his patent  (really nice guy by the way) and there were no problems. I also contacted Tanos to see if they had objections, and didn't get a response.

Personally i'm not a buy plans kind of guy, i always think i can do better. but recently i bought Matthias Wandels tilting router lift plans and built it, partly because it was something complex and it made no sense going through the hassle of trying to copy it while you could buy the plans for a very reasonable price. But also because i respect what he does and i felt happy to support him. It's somewhat similar with the MFTB, i think anybody could make his own and it would inevitably resemble mine. But designing and figuring out details like the locking systems is rather complex and time consuming. So unless your time is worth less than a dollar an hour, then your better off just getting the plans. Which makes it worthwhile for me to spend time and effort in making them, and coming up with other things (which i have already more about that tomorrow!)