I have seen several projects, where someone built their own wood version of a Systainer. I would like to do that too. But a thought has been nagging me:
When going through all that trouble, why copy a Systainer that already exists?
Why not instead build a Systainer, which I would want to exist?
I am probably not the first who had this thought, so if you did a cool non-existant Systainer, please show it. I would like some inspiration.
My own focus is on improving the tower of Systainers, which I move around in the garage on a Systainer cart. I would love to have the contents more accessible from the front. I already have a Sort/3 with 3 drawers in the tower, and that is so much nicer than opening a normal Systainer with 4 other Systainers piled on top of it.
So far, I have been thinking about making Systainer versions of:
1. The Ikea shoe cabinets where you tilt the "drawer" 45° out instead of pulling it out. Being able to tilt the front of a Systainer out in the same way and have my plunge saw presented to me, so I can just reach down and take it, sounds so intriguing.
2. A classic machinist's tool chest where you fold the front down in horizontal position and either use it as a temporary shelf or slide it in under the bottom drawer.
3. A mini version of those wall mounted tool cabinets, which fold out to a tool wall when you need it. I have an idea that it must be possible to make a combined hinge and slide mechanism for folding 3 layers of internals out through the front of Systainer so I end up with a triple width tool wall, aligned with the front plane of the Systainer stack.
When going through all that trouble, why copy a Systainer that already exists?
Why not instead build a Systainer, which I would want to exist?
I am probably not the first who had this thought, so if you did a cool non-existant Systainer, please show it. I would like some inspiration.
My own focus is on improving the tower of Systainers, which I move around in the garage on a Systainer cart. I would love to have the contents more accessible from the front. I already have a Sort/3 with 3 drawers in the tower, and that is so much nicer than opening a normal Systainer with 4 other Systainers piled on top of it.
So far, I have been thinking about making Systainer versions of:
1. The Ikea shoe cabinets where you tilt the "drawer" 45° out instead of pulling it out. Being able to tilt the front of a Systainer out in the same way and have my plunge saw presented to me, so I can just reach down and take it, sounds so intriguing.
2. A classic machinist's tool chest where you fold the front down in horizontal position and either use it as a temporary shelf or slide it in under the bottom drawer.
3. A mini version of those wall mounted tool cabinets, which fold out to a tool wall when you need it. I have an idea that it must be possible to make a combined hinge and slide mechanism for folding 3 layers of internals out through the front of Systainer so I end up with a triple width tool wall, aligned with the front plane of the Systainer stack.
