Lou Miller
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- Jan 22, 2007
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Since I primarily use my Festools on jobsites, I needed something that I could put all of my rails in and transport them safely in my truck. The bag that Festool sells just isn't good enough for me, as they'll eventually get nicked up by other things slamming into them while in the back of the truck. Besides, I'm cheap.
So I decided to throw something together today that will work. What I came up with isn't pretty, and the workmanship is pretty lousy. However, the basic idea works, and I'll probably remake it down the road a bit. It took me all of 20 minutes to put this thing together and a 1/2 sheet of 12mm baltic birch. It'll hold 3-55" rails, 2-42" rails, and 1-32" rail. I still have to make a lid for it, but I'll get to that tomorrow sometime.
What I did was make it long enough to hold 55" rails. Then I simply added blocks to the bottom to take up the extra space that shorter rails would leave. That way all the rails are even at the top. In the process of making this, I thought of several different ways to make it better than what it is, but I'll leave it alone for now.
Anyway:



So I decided to throw something together today that will work. What I came up with isn't pretty, and the workmanship is pretty lousy. However, the basic idea works, and I'll probably remake it down the road a bit. It took me all of 20 minutes to put this thing together and a 1/2 sheet of 12mm baltic birch. It'll hold 3-55" rails, 2-42" rails, and 1-32" rail. I still have to make a lid for it, but I'll get to that tomorrow sometime.
What I did was make it long enough to hold 55" rails. Then I simply added blocks to the bottom to take up the extra space that shorter rails would leave. That way all the rails are even at the top. In the process of making this, I thought of several different ways to make it better than what it is, but I'll leave it alone for now.
Anyway:


