Custom Made SYS PORTs.

[EV]

Hello guys,

I am about (in a couple of weeks) to embark on making 4-6 SYS PORTs out of ¾" (or maybe even ⅝" depending on what you lot think be better) ply to house my 35+ various size T-LOCs. These will be on a 100mm (4") castors and will stand around 1500mm or approximately 59" tall. Il'l be using Accuride 350mm (14") full extension drawer runners with hold in feature (rubber bung at the back of the runner).

Now the question I have is: Is there a specific formula to work to in order to be able to house systainers without wasting space regardless of the sustainer size combination? I shall be using "Euro" screws to secure runners in place and this means Ill be using my LR-32 System. At the moment I do not posses a SYS 5 but would like to keep that in mind. Maybe DF700 one day or a TS75 come along to join the party  [tongue]

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Regards

EV

 

[SittingElf]

Why not just make your life easier and use the new SYS-AZ drawer bases and runners within a custom cabinet shell?

JonnyRoundBoy did a video showing his case and installation.  Pretty nice!



And a followup:



Just a thought....

Cheers,

Frank

 

[EV]

Why not just make your life easier and use the new SYS-AZ drawer bases and runners within a custom cabinet shell?

JonnyRoundBoy did a video showing his case and installation.  Pretty nice!



And a followup:



Just a thought....

Cheers,

Frank

Hi Frank,

Thank you for your suggestion.

I have considered this as an option but i can get a set of runners (if buying more than 30 pairs, which I will be) at £7.20 (£216 for 30 sets) or even less if i decide to go with 40 pairs as discount becomes better, where pack of 5 x 5 or 6 sets of festool trays will set me back £585 or £702 depending on the quantity. I rather put away the difference towards the Kapex.

Regards

EV

 

[tjskinny]

If you haven't checked it out yet, Eric put together a nice video on making a sysport.



I have built a sysport based on the sysport 500 using the SYS-AZ drawers,  they do make the drawer part easier and it goes together pretty quickly.  It bases the systainer size spacing on 32mm shelf spacing. 

You can check it out in the manual here;

http://festoolusa.com/media/pdf/706994_002_MonAnl_SYS-AZ_Auszug%20.pdf

 

[EV]

If you haven't checked it out yet, Eric put together a nice video on making a sysport.



I have built a sysport based on the sysport 500 using the SYS-AZ drawers,  they do make the drawer part easier and it goes together pretty quickly.  It bases the systainer size spacing on 32mm shelf spacing. 

You can check it out in the manual here;

http://festoolusa.com/media/pdf/706994_002_MonAnl_SYS-AZ_Auszug%20.pdf

Thank you for pointing me towards the manual. I must admit I had a look at it a while ago but totally forgot about it.
I love the way SAS-AZs look but I can't justify the cost of them and I don't think that dealers will be able to apply a descent if any discount for the quantity I am intending to purchase.

Regards

EV

 

[JBird]

Now the question I have is: Is there a specific formula to work to in order to be able to house systainers without wasting space regardless of the Systainer size combination?

Two important considerations I think. First, use the 9.5mm stop on the LR32 to position the first hole at 41.5 mm from the bottom. This will let you position the lowest slide very close to the bottom of the sysport. Of course you must take the dimension of your slides in to consideration here. Mine were 40mm tall.

Second, unless you are going to recess the feet of your Systainer, make sure your drawer bottoms are no more than 12.7mm (1/2 inch) in height measured from the bottom of the drawer. If they are much thicker than this than you will have to use an additional 32mm space when storing a Sys 1 or a Sys 5 which is very space inefficient.

Here is a drawing which encapsulates these issues.

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[EV]

Now the question I have is: Is there a specific formula to work to in order to be able to house systainers without wasting space regardless of the Systainer size combination?

Two important considerations I think. First, use the 9mm stop on the LR32 to position the first hole at 41 mm from the bottom. This will let you position the lowest slide very close to the bottom of the sysport. Of course you must take the dimension of your slides in to consideration here. Mine were 40mm tall.

Second, unless you are going to recess the feet of your Systainer, make sure your drawer bottoms are no more than 12.7mm (1/2 inch) in height measured from the bottom of the drawer. If they are much thicker than this than you will have to use an additional 32mm space when storing a Sys 1 or a Sys 5 which is very space inefficient.

Here is a drawing which encapsulates these issues.

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Hi Jbird,

Thank you for your information, that is pretty much the answer I needed, I will have a little play about in SketchUp and see what would be the ideal size for an overall 1500mm SYS-PORT.

Regards

EV