I am thinking one of those Bose soundwave radios would be a near 'drop in' fit,... and their sound kicks butt!

At first: Thank you all for your amazingly positive reactions. It has seriously motivated me to finish this (even tough I wonder if I will ever consider it to be a 100 percent complete project) and therefore I picked up the pass. This is the end result (provisionally definitive off course; I will think up of something to fill the gaps in the systainer).







I mentioned to put in a calculator. I bought one for Euro 1,50 only and took it apart. The top frame I used as a template for the nothches of the numeric keys. I used the back side of the systainer since the other three were too filled up. I considered to put it on top and process it inside the lid. Since I first started using my radio systainer, it has been locked in between a sortainer on the bottom side (mounted on a roll board) and at least two other systainers on top of it. I?d rather not waste my time at shifting systainers all the time, so I want to be able to reach the most functions of this systainer from the sides.





About the coffee machine inside a Festool systainer; check the picture of a Philips Senseo coffee maker below (don?t know for sure if it is available outside The Netherlands):



The sizes are (height x width x length) 31,5 x 20,5 x 32,0 cm.
Equals: Systainer 4!
With a bit of fiddling around; it can be done. Even in a 3 size. If just somebody at the R&D department of Festool would pick up the idea?

Regards,
FestFan

Finally figured out how to record a video, upload it on Youtube and put a link on this site. The deficit in sound quality is due to the camera used to record this movie.

Jobsite radio in systainer.mpg

great job festfan.

Ideal Tools in Australia has a festool radio called the Tradio, I believe.

George,
for your compliment. Also others: Thank you! I hope to post an update of this project soon. I'm currently working on a nice add-on.
It will not be a subwoofer systainer though.

Before you guys start; these are two quotes from the wive:

* Not even you are that mentally disturbed to build a coffeemaker into a systainer.
And after I showed her that I indeed did.
*Now would be a good time to seek for professional guidance.

So here it is. I bought a cheap (EUR 16) travel coffeemaker that works with pads.


As can be seen, it needs some trimming to get to fit inside.


I used my Fein Multimaster to cut off the plastic parts that made it fit into the systainer. After fitting and trimming it looked like this:


And fits comfortably near the side.


I still need to make a fill cap in the lid and make a protective piece of plastic at the side to prevent any coffee getting inside the systainer. I'll post as soon as I have an opportunity to finish this project.

Love the imagination, resourcefulness, and execution. 

I've been thinking for a while to do something like this.  I have some fanstastic car speakers (Kaptions).  Me and my work partner just bought a Makita jobsite radio but the problem is there is no outlets, and its way to bassy.  We can't raise the volume to high or the sound distorts.  I just picked up a Bosch PB10C-CD thinking it would be better (it also isn't every loud and distorts).

My problem is I can't find a 120v AC to 12vDC converter.  If I could find one I'd buy a systainer (no idea where to find it), and put all the pieces inside like Fes has done.

I need about 4 120vAC outlets, 2 LED/Halogen lights and that's pretty much it.  I can install the deck myself (going to purchase a CD/Sirius car deck).

Like I said i can't find a converter anywhere.  If I could find one then I would be making my own jobsite radio.
Any ideas where I could get a cheap one?
The Kaption speakers are 5 1/4" 200W peaks.  I might need a juicy car deck or a small car amp. 

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

12V power supply?
That's kind of expensive.