ryanjg117
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Some of you know I've been kicking around various ideas for sysports with AL extrusion for some time, including a bit of an over-the-top miter saw station with systainer storage beneath:
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A cool concept, but after tallying up the costs of the extrusion, connectors and hardware, it would have been well over $1,000. Maybe closer to $2,000 USD. I'm at the point now where I need to get moving on building some additional systainer storage, so I went about trying to design a double sysport as economically as possible. A few of my design requirements:
Here's my current result:
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Still using extrusions for the uprights and an open design. After pricing out 80/20 Inc. and comparable suppliers, Misumi (at least here in the states) appears to be far and away the cheapest supplier. This design uses their Series 6 Base 30 extrusion (30x30 mm profile), and each upright is 976mm long. I found this height to be about the maximum for me (I'm 5'10" tall) while still having a tabletop working surface. This particular extrusion is unique in that it is relatively small, but still has a full 10mm channel, which means the Festool clamps will slide right in without a problem. The best part - each upright costs only $9.76 USD.
Right now, with the extrusions, spring nuts, socket cap screws, leveling feet and casters, I'm at about $119. This assumes four SYS-AZ drawers per stack, and the mounting hardware to secure them. This price doesn't including the top and the bottom (figure on 3/4" or thicker material for the top, and 5/8" material on the bottom). Also doesn't include shipping costs from Misumi, McMaster and Amazon. Still, under $150 for a double sysport made of extrusions isn't all that bad, especially when compared to Festool's 491922 steel single sysport at $725!
I'm going to build a few of these and report back on how they work. I'm also going to develop a couple of additional top designs, one with the 20x96mm hole pattern and other with slots for t-tracks, coming soon. Let me know if you'd like the DXF or Fusion 360 files.
[attachimg=1]
A cool concept, but after tallying up the costs of the extrusion, connectors and hardware, it would have been well over $1,000. Maybe closer to $2,000 USD. I'm at the point now where I need to get moving on building some additional systainer storage, so I went about trying to design a double sysport as economically as possible. A few of my design requirements:
- Capability to be bolted together
- Casters for mobility but adjustable mounting feet for stability (these will seldom be moved)
- Related to previous, but the ability to level it, especially important as I'm going to be connecting these together and they will form the platform for my miter saw station
Here's my current result:
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Still using extrusions for the uprights and an open design. After pricing out 80/20 Inc. and comparable suppliers, Misumi (at least here in the states) appears to be far and away the cheapest supplier. This design uses their Series 6 Base 30 extrusion (30x30 mm profile), and each upright is 976mm long. I found this height to be about the maximum for me (I'm 5'10" tall) while still having a tabletop working surface. This particular extrusion is unique in that it is relatively small, but still has a full 10mm channel, which means the Festool clamps will slide right in without a problem. The best part - each upright costs only $9.76 USD.
Right now, with the extrusions, spring nuts, socket cap screws, leveling feet and casters, I'm at about $119. This assumes four SYS-AZ drawers per stack, and the mounting hardware to secure them. This price doesn't including the top and the bottom (figure on 3/4" or thicker material for the top, and 5/8" material on the bottom). Also doesn't include shipping costs from Misumi, McMaster and Amazon. Still, under $150 for a double sysport made of extrusions isn't all that bad, especially when compared to Festool's 491922 steel single sysport at $725!
I'm going to build a few of these and report back on how they work. I'm also going to develop a couple of additional top designs, one with the 20x96mm hole pattern and other with slots for t-tracks, coming soon. Let me know if you'd like the DXF or Fusion 360 files.
