CT36/Systainer Mod - VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!!!

[ccmviking]

     I know how some of you get upon seeing your beloved systainers hacked up, but I had to do it.  The new CT26 and CT36 as you know, don't have the same storage that the old CT33 did.  The 33 had a door at the bottom that you could open and store accessories in.  Now I had to take the vac fittings and put them on the back, and the wand had to go in the built in hose garage.  I also have my Kapex crown stop, stops and a few molding jigs I use in there.   So there was no room anymore for the hose to be rolled up in it.  I spent a few days last week being frustrated as the hose kept falling off the vac as I moved it around.  Ok so I took a sys2 (my Domino one) and took the hose garage off the CT36 and used it to trace out the pattern on the bottom of the systainer.  I used my Dewalt rotary tool to cut out the bottom of the Systainer and re-assembled the unit.

    As you can see there's plenty of room now for the hose and everything else and I can use the entire space without having to remove the systainer.  I also no longer have to worry about things falling out going up and down the ramp/stairs, etc.  I'm pleased with this 10 minute mod.

 

[peter halle]

Great Mod! Don't be afraid of violating your systainers - they are just plastic after all.  The neat thing is that you can also get parts and extenders and other stuff.  Lego comes to storage.

Anyone who has attended a class with me is still waiting to see photos of Dan Rush's mods.  [poke] [poke] [poke] [poke] [poke] How many pokes does it take?  He cuts and glues and combines and ...  But then, if there aren't any picts, is it real or just a figment of our imagination.

Peter

 

[John Stevens]

Wow, that's really clever.  Thanks for sharing.  Gotta look and see if I have one to sacrifice.  BTW, what's that shroud around your hose--something to bundle a power cord with the hose?

Regards,

John

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Dont they make an extender for a systainer and you wouldn't have cut out the bottom of one.

I think I saw one.  It was a regular Tanos one.

 

[wintu]

Hey Viking this is cool! thanks for sharing . btw. here is link to systainer extension  http://www.mysystainer.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=extension

but i like your idea of using regular sys because the systainer lid will provide nice little table

 

[jonny round boy]

I don't think the systainer extension would fit directly onto the CTs, at least not without modification.

The extension is designed to fit to the top edge of a systainer without a lid fitted, and as such the lower edge is layed out differently to a normal systainer base.

 

[justinmcf]

wow chris!

thanks mate.

it is a simple idea, but a great one.

i'm heading to the garage right now to butcher one of my expendable systainers!

cheers, justin.

 

[Jim Metzger]

I think I am missing something here.  ??? Why didn't you just put the misc. stuff in a systainer on top of the vac and and the hose below in the "garage"? It seems that you have to dig through a deeper storage unit to get the items on the bottom.

Jim

 

[Holzhacker]

I've been thinking about doing the same thing for a while. Figured I would actually do it once my Fogtainers arrive and re-purpose an existing Sys for this. The beauty of this is that you have storage for the vacuum acc and don't have to take another sys off the CT to get the stuff, just open it. Having a Sys that stays on the CT and allows for full access into the garage is wonderful. My CT stack is usually 4-8 Sys high. It may sound lazy but not having to take another Sys off the CT would be nice. Another advantage is the built-in work table concept. I usually put a Sys back on the CT and use it as a work bench.