Custom Sysports
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If I were to attempt a project like that it would never get finished, I'm fully booked and I don't posses the skills to make something like that in a timely manner .
I would rather just buy something, but the sysport is a little too pricey to justify at the moment...I think I will steal Craig's design and make shelfs with a lip to retain them.
Warner I keep tossing the roller-board idea around, some days I unload and re-load these things 3-4 times. What do you use the roll-board for, moving them around the truck, the shop, inside houses to protect the floor from damage?
I've never seen one in person so I would assume that the fine floor casters wouldn't do very well on the poor asphalt and concrete of Ottawa's downtown.
I would rather just buy something, but the sysport is a little too pricey to justify at the moment...I think I will steal Craig's design and make shelfs with a lip to retain them.
Warner I keep tossing the roller-board idea around, some days I unload and re-load these things 3-4 times. What do you use the roll-board for, moving them around the truck, the shop, inside houses to protect the floor from damage?
I've never seen one in person so I would assume that the fine floor casters wouldn't do very well on the poor asphalt and concrete of Ottawa's downtown.
WarnerConstCo.
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I usually keep my sortainers on the bottom and then a sys1 box and then my drill.
I will put a tool I am using a lot on the top so I can wheel it around.
I use it in the garage, wheel it in an out of my trailer, up side walks and streets and around someones house. The wheels stay nice and clean.
I just had to put my boxes in the right order for how I use it.
I will put a tool I am using a lot on the top so I can wheel it around.
I use it in the garage, wheel it in an out of my trailer, up side walks and streets and around someones house. The wheels stay nice and clean.
I just had to put my boxes in the right order for how I use it.
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I think tanos should come up with a 2 wheel cart/step ladder combo you attach the systainer to cartlip. With the kits still atached (or not) you can spread the legs and use it. This totaly fits the better faster smarter model.
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Hi Russell, really nice Sysport! I plan to steal at least 90% of this approach.
I have a separate question...
What is this in the picture? If I'm interpreting the size/shape/location, it looks like a Systainer tool caddy. Homemade? Could you post some more pictures of it and dimensions, etc?
I just noticed it in your third picture, with a mini-Sys sideways, and another drawer. Please show it off (in a separate thread. I don't mean to hijack this excellent Sysport thread).
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I have a separate question...
What is this in the picture? If I'm interpreting the size/shape/location, it looks like a Systainer tool caddy. Homemade? Could you post some more pictures of it and dimensions, etc?
I just noticed it in your third picture, with a mini-Sys sideways, and another drawer. Please show it off (in a separate thread. I don't mean to hijack this excellent Sysport thread).
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I believe it is his custom tool caddy. See this thread - http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-jigs-tool-enhancements/systainer-install-kit/msg67812/#msg67812
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Hmm... that is a very clever and simple height adjustment system. Unlike use of an LR 32 Guide Rail and Hole Drilling Set, you are not constrained to any particular height or spacing.
Some questions:
1) I assume you need four spacers for each drawer/tray. Is that correct?
2) How are the spacers retained in position? Can they fall out due to moving / jostling of the cabinet?
3) How are the spacers removed to change the drawer/tray elevation? Do you have to take the back off the cabinet?
and the most important of all...
4) What am I going to tell my wife about my not needing that LR 32 Hole Drilling equipment that I purchased and used in the past?
>:[big grin] When she finds out, she might become [mad] and I am going to look like [embarassed] and [sad]. Just kidding, of course!!
Dave R.
Some questions:
1) I assume you need four spacers for each drawer/tray. Is that correct?
2) How are the spacers retained in position? Can they fall out due to moving / jostling of the cabinet?
3) How are the spacers removed to change the drawer/tray elevation? Do you have to take the back off the cabinet?
and the most important of all...
4) What am I going to tell my wife about my not needing that LR 32 Hole Drilling equipment that I purchased and used in the past?
>:[big grin] When she finds out, she might become [mad] and I am going to look like [embarassed] and [sad]. Just kidding, of course!!
Dave R.
Russell,
They look great, and the vertical adjustment was what I've been looking for.
A few questions:
1. What type/length slides did you use, and where did you get them? They appear to be full extension (or over-travel) low profile, ball-bearing units, but I can't find them for anything like what you paid.
2. How did you determine the length/diameter/placement of the dowels?
3. What are the drawer dimensions?
4. What depth/width did you use for the adjustment grooves?
5. Did you make/buy the tops?
Thanks,
They look great, and the vertical adjustment was what I've been looking for.
A few questions:
1. What type/length slides did you use, and where did you get them? They appear to be full extension (or over-travel) low profile, ball-bearing units, but I can't find them for anything like what you paid.
2. How did you determine the length/diameter/placement of the dowels?
3. What are the drawer dimensions?
4. What depth/width did you use for the adjustment grooves?
5. Did you make/buy the tops?
Thanks,
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I am nearing completion of my own sysport. I did not know whether to add to this thread or start a new one, so I tossed a coin and it came up "add."
This is the first cabinet I have ever built and I used various examples from the FOG to give me ideas. I also took the opportunity to learn Sketchup to help design it. I figured that building a sysport would be good woodworking experience as well as a bit of a Festool rite of passage.
As others have done, the top is 3/4" MDF resting in a rabbet on top of the cabinet. In order to drop the clamps through the holes to attach them, you need to slide open the top drawer. My dog holes are 3/4" on a 6" grid as per my workbench.
The paint colour is "moon grey." I did not try to match the systainers specifically but wanted to get somewhere close.
The drawers are on Accuride full extension ball bearing slides, with enough clearance to allow the systainer lids to open and stay open. I screwed them into the side panels as I do not foresee the need to alter the drawer heights. As I accumulate more systainers I will build more cabinets. I am leaving a space for a 1400 router [wink]
Hard to say how much the unit will end up costing as I bought enough material for two or three cabinets (I will build another cabinet shortly to the same spec but for other tools). Slides were 15$ a pair more or less. Caster wheels were cheap, can't remember how much. Paint 50$ but I bought a big can to cover two or three of these units. In conclusion, I found it definitely worthwhile to build my own sysport, and satisfying.
Richard.
P.S. Awful photo quality I know- I will take better pictures when I finish the cabinet.
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This is the first cabinet I have ever built and I used various examples from the FOG to give me ideas. I also took the opportunity to learn Sketchup to help design it. I figured that building a sysport would be good woodworking experience as well as a bit of a Festool rite of passage.
As others have done, the top is 3/4" MDF resting in a rabbet on top of the cabinet. In order to drop the clamps through the holes to attach them, you need to slide open the top drawer. My dog holes are 3/4" on a 6" grid as per my workbench.
The paint colour is "moon grey." I did not try to match the systainers specifically but wanted to get somewhere close.
The drawers are on Accuride full extension ball bearing slides, with enough clearance to allow the systainer lids to open and stay open. I screwed them into the side panels as I do not foresee the need to alter the drawer heights. As I accumulate more systainers I will build more cabinets. I am leaving a space for a 1400 router [wink]
Hard to say how much the unit will end up costing as I bought enough material for two or three cabinets (I will build another cabinet shortly to the same spec but for other tools). Slides were 15$ a pair more or less. Caster wheels were cheap, can't remember how much. Paint 50$ but I bought a big can to cover two or three of these units. In conclusion, I found it definitely worthwhile to build my own sysport, and satisfying.
Richard.
P.S. Awful photo quality I know- I will take better pictures when I finish the cabinet.
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mouppe
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Hi,
I finished my sysport this morning. I left a space for a sortainer on the top right shelf. I think I will make more of these cabinets as my Festool collection grows, but for now everything is nicely taken care of.
Richard.
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I finished my sysport this morning. I left a space for a sortainer on the top right shelf. I think I will make more of these cabinets as my Festool collection grows, but for now everything is nicely taken care of.
Richard.
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Richard,
Very nice!
Just one thing though - It looks from the photo that your new cabinet is a couple inches shorter than your bench. Was that intentional? Seems to me it might have been advantageous to have the two at the same height.
Very nice!
Just one thing though - It looks from the photo that your new cabinet is a couple inches shorter than your bench. Was that intentional? Seems to me it might have been advantageous to have the two at the same height.
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Good spot, it was intentional. If I had tried to make the two tops level which I considered doing, I would have had to raise the sysport by almost three inches, which is not enough to accommodate another systainer. I thought it would be better to have all the systainers fit properly without having three extra inches at the top or bottom.
I also do not use the workbench for the tracksaw so I did not see the point of making the two level. But I will ensure that future cabinets match the sysport height so that I can have extension tables when I use the TS55. Finally if I do want to use the sysport as an extension table to the workbench, I have prepared a couple of blocks that bring the surface up to the level of the workbench.
Richard.
I also do not use the workbench for the tracksaw so I did not see the point of making the two level. But I will ensure that future cabinets match the sysport height so that I can have extension tables when I use the TS55. Finally if I do want to use the sysport as an extension table to the workbench, I have prepared a couple of blocks that bring the surface up to the level of the workbench.
Richard.
Wow, I really love your Sysports. I was on here looking for ideas as I have 9 systainers that are becoming a real PITA. I was doing some sanding this morning and managed to use 4 different sanders. It would have been so nice to have your setup.
Great work.
Great work.
