Author Topic: [Project 7] 7-drawer Sys-port (Read 5049 times)

mattbyington · « **on:** May 20, 2018, 12:39 PM »

Bob ( @marino or @Marino83 not sure which handle is his ) Marino delivered another Christmas present to me Saturday morning.

75" guide rail and 7 Sys A-z Drawers.

A couple weeks ago I had picked up some gorgeous 3/4" baltic birch plywood, 2 sheets of 5' x 5', in preparation for making a Sys port.

I am getting tired of stacking and unstacking all my systainers when I need them. It's a small thing but it does get old.

Here's the plan:
Sys 1
Sys 1
Sys 2
Sys 2
Sys 2
Sys 4
(extra Sys 2 space)

Going to paint the inside white and outside grey to match my garage walls.

Butt joints with dominos for joinery.

I got some nice 5" casters from Amazon should work well.

Yesterday I got the sides, bottom and top cut out.

This morning I got up and drilled all the holes - I don't have an LR32 system so I just measured carefully. Hopefully it works out.

I made the cabinet 18.25" deep when the Systainers only need 14-15" I think.

I'm going to see if I can do some low profile clamp storage on the back, inset, since I have about 60" height. We will see!!

Matt

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mattbyington · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2018, 12:41 PM »

mattbyington · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2018, 09:08 PM »

mattbyington · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2018, 09:09 PM »

neilc · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2018, 09:58 PM »

7 projects in 65 posts! Matt, you are making the rest of us look bad!

Cheese · « **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2018, 09:07 AM »

Hey Matt, things are looking good, I need to make a couple of those myself.

FWIW...rather than spending $535 for a LR 32 Set, I purchased the Woodpeckers Shelf Pin Template for $69. It's a great alternative if you don't make a bunch of cabinets everyday.

https://www.woodpeck.com/shelfpintemplate.html

mattbyington · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2018, 11:31 AM »

Thank you @neilc !!

@Cheese nice that thing would have come in handy!!

Matt

jrb9 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2018, 12:31 PM »

I have the Rockler jig and it works pretty well

http://www.rockler.com/pro-shelf-drilling-jig

The Woodpecker jig looks cool for shelves but I'm not sure how you would drill the holes for the back of a slide, if the depth of your case isn't 37mm from the appropriate hole. Maybe I'm missing something?

RKA · « **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2018, 07:52 PM »

I’m wondering the same myself. It seems like they could have offered 1-2 more setbacks like the did for the 1/4” holes. Strange that they didn’t.

mattbyington · « **Reply #9 on:** May 24, 2018, 12:15 AM »

OK team big glue up tonight ! Bessey clamps arrived so tonight was the night.

Hoping everything is square.

You can start to make out the 3-4 inch space in the back where I plan on storing the clamps vertically.

Matt

jobsworth · « **Reply #10 on:** May 24, 2018, 10:31 AM »

Man my Brutha you drank the Green Kool ade and now on the slippery slope from which there is no return

mattbyington · « **Reply #11 on:** May 24, 2018, 11:24 AM »

@jobsworth yes sir I did haha. Not even ashamed. It's nice to have a hobby that you enjoy and can just spend an hour or two here and there and come back to it every few days when you have time.

In total this cabinet will probably take me 3-4 weeks to make but I enjoy the process. I'm still learning a lot.

Got up early this morning and removed the clamps. The drawers fit!

rst · « **Reply #12 on:** May 24, 2018, 11:28 AM »

Jobsworth, he's still young...he'll have plenty of time for his kids college fund later.

mattbyington · « **Reply #13 on:** May 24, 2018, 11:32 AM »

jobsworth · « **Reply #14 on:** May 24, 2018, 01:43 PM »

Quote from: rst on May 24, 2018, 11:28 AM

Jobsworth, he's still young...he'll have plenty of time for his kids college fund later.

Thats what I thought, now my kids have to get jobs and pay for their own college. Especially since I started coming here and learning about all te various jigs and things...

mattbyington · « **Reply #15 on:** May 25, 2018, 11:21 AM »

Painted the back (where the clamps will mount) white last night.

Next steps:
1) Put the casters on
2) Paint the outside 2 sides and top grey (same color as the front lip)
3) Design and add cleats for the Bessey clamps to mount on the back.

Then she's done!!

Will send pictures this weekend after the above!

Matt

mattbyington · « **Reply #16 on:** May 26, 2018, 09:28 PM »

macrutt · « **Reply #17 on:** May 26, 2018, 09:44 PM »

Matt,

Great taste , and the sysport is very well done too !

Take care George

Don T · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2018, 09:52 PM »

Look great! Now you need to buy more tools so you can make another one b

neilc · « **Reply #19 on:** May 26, 2018, 10:18 PM »

Matt - the color combination looks great.

I think this is the first Sysport I've seen with handles on the side. That's a great idea!

mattbyington · « **Reply #20 on:** May 27, 2018, 09:11 AM »

Thank you so much everyone. Really appreciate it!!

Last step is to mount the clamps on the recessed back for storage.

It’s a tight fit - laid them out on the table to the exact dimensions.

Matt

Cheese · « **Reply #21 on:** May 27, 2018, 12:03 PM »

I like the Bimmer in the background...

Also very clever of you to move your wife's shoes to the garage to presumably make more room for your own shoes in the closet.

mattbyington · « **Reply #22 on:** June 02, 2018, 03:27 PM »

Haha!

Finally got the clamps mounted on the back. She is done.

SouthRider · « **Reply #23 on:** June 02, 2018, 03:48 PM »

Great job! Nice work. Color combination is classy.

mattbyington · « **Reply #24 on:** June 03, 2018, 06:50 PM »

Thank you @SouthRider !