At a glance, how do you tell the size of a Systainer?

[Administrator_JSVN]

Ok, so this thread reminded me of something I learned the past week that I didn't know. And, it's something that just further proves that Festool (and Tanos) engineers think of virtually everything.

How do you know what size a T-LOC Systainer is at a glance? Do you know? Scroll down to find out.

Count the lines (highlighted below in green) under the label or on the back of the Systainer. That's the size. In this case (pun intended), it's a SYS 3.

Smart, eh?

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[RonMiller]

Thanks Shane. I have so many Systainers and am adding more that just this past Saturday I was measuring them to figure this out to better organize them. Great tip!

 

[jtwood]

Thanks, Shane.

That's way too easy!  Now, if you can just get the factory to paint those stripes on them, I might be able to see them in my dim garage lighting.

Steve

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

That's way too easy!  Now, if you can just get the factory to paint those stripes on them, I might be able to see them in my dim garage lighting.

No need for the green lines, they are also embossed for the seeing impaired.  [big grin]

 

[harry_]

and for the original systainers?

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

and for the original systainers?

Measure against a T-LOC and count the lines.  [wink]

No trick that I'm aware of. Just measure and remember your Systainer metric arithmetic: SYS 1 + SYS 1 = SYS 3.

 

[Kristian]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

[mike68au]

Very thoughtful of them indeed., thanks for the tip Shane

 

[woodworldchicago]

Another example of lines existing for a reason on a Festool product:

The lines on the front & back of the tape measure are not merely decorative. They create 32mm sections.

Chip

 

[Brice Burrell]

I noticed this when modeling the T-Locs in Sketchup.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

I noticed this when modeling the T-Locs in Sketchup.

Well, thanks for sharing...  [poke]

Festool Sketchup Models, including Brice's

 

[semenza]

I shared on 2/10/2012 at 10:57am.    [laughing]   [big grin]

Systainer Math

Although I was counting the spaces not the lines.

Seth