Combination MFT and Systport

[deanschopp]

This is my first post and my first Festool project. Although I have a fully equipped cabinet furniture shop (1500sq. ft.) I needed a workshop in my florida home. It's the typical two car garage so I thought it would be time to go to Festool. I bought a TS55, a MFT/3, a Rotex 150 and a CT22 on Craig's list. The MFT was great but I needed it to be more more mobile in the garage and provide more storage. The design/idea came from other MFT benches I saw here in the FOG. The project was done entirely with the Festool tools I have and a Kreg pocket hole jig. No table saw etc..etc.. The casters are double locking 4" swivels. The 28" full extension slides are attached to the trays using 1/16" by 1" aluminum angle with 1/8 inch hardboard bottoms which minimized the wasted space. There is room for 8-10 systainers depending on their size. This allowed three 9" deep drawers on 8" full extension slides on the end. Depending on what size systainers there is room for up to two more trays. I am still working on a removable extension table for the right side of the table to provide more support. I will use one of the original MFT legs for the outer support of this table. I am also working on plans for a second MFT (build my own table with a MFT replacement board) that will have a router table in one end. The finished table is the same height as the original MFT. The project was fun to do. Great way to learn the tools and a bit of a challenge to work out how to do it without my full featured furniture shop. Now I need a few more Festool tools, perhaps a router and a Domino.
Cheers,
Dean

 

[mike_aa]

Hi Dean,
Nice work on the build!  I think you did a great job on organizing the underneath storage.  Welcome on your first post to the FOG!

A couple of questions - Where did you find the casters?  Is that the Lee Valley MFT Clamping Kit?  If so, how do you like it?

Thanks, Mike A

 

[deanschopp]

Hi Mike. The caster came from Amazon.com. The wheels are 4" but the overall height mounted is 5 1/8". They are really nice and lock down solid. That is a Lee Valley MFT kit. It has everything for getting started and it is all high quality and will last forever. Maybe a bit pricey but the kit is cheaper than buying the parts separately.
thanks,
Dean

 

[rvieceli]

dean that is nice build good job..

[member=30413]mike_aa[/member] if you have a Home Depot nearby, take a look at these casters.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-4-in-Polyurethane-Caster-with-Brake-4120745EB/203672250

They have a 3 inch a 4 inch and a 5 inch wheel sizes with about an1 1/4 more for the overall height. They are double locking swivel and wheel. I have a set of the 3 inch on my drill press table and just put a set of 5 inch ones on my big table.