Home made sysport...grey or green?

[hemlock]

I was tired of stacking my systainers and too cheap to buy a sysport.  So I dominoed a bunch of 2x4's and 1x4's together to make my version of a sysport (

 

[GarryMartin]

The Festool SYS-PORT drawers are grey - surely they'd know what colour they should be?  [wink]  [poke]

(P.S. I prefer the grey to the green in your pictures...)

 

[erock]

I'm planning on building 6 or 7 sysports myself, but after this recent recondition purchase I may need to make 8 or 9.  [scared]

I like the one you did in with the green.  It adds a little more character to it.  Nice touch on using the 2x for the thickness on the sides.  I was trying to

copy the SYS-Port as much as possible with my plans.  Imagine a guy sitting in his garage with the past 3 Festool catalogs out with all the pages with

the sys-port on them, drawing up my sketches getting a material list  together completely over thinking it on my part.  Which is what I do with everything.

Nice job with yours.  They look good!  Thanks for sharing.

Eric

 

[semenza]

Man this is a tough one.  ???  Better move it to "Ask Festool"  [wink]  [big grin]

Seems that you have got it reasoned pretty well either way.  I sorta'  like the green ..... gives it a little pop!  I sorta ' like the gray too though , aaaaah, uuuuuhhhmmmm ,   hmmmmmmm,   ???  ???   ???

Seth

 

[Kev]

I think it depends on the drawer runner type. If they're push to release they should be green, if they're just drawers on runners - grey.

 

[fritter63]

Looks like you did your drawer pulls like me (built into the drawer).

therefore they should be green.

Green == something you move!

 

[sancho57]

I think this is a question that should be brought up in our festool 32 lr step class.

We meet every monday and wensday from 2000 to 2100 except on recon season then its daily.

 

[Paul G]

Hemlock, it's too hard for me to make up my mind based on the photos alone. Perhaps you could send me one of each to evaluate in person?  [big grin]

 

[AlexThePalex]

I prefer the grey. The green is overdoing it a bit.

By the way, the whole idea of "how should it be done" is not important. What is important is how you like it yourself.

Also by the way, Festool doesn't make something green when it moves. The pad on the Rotex moves quite a bit, but it's not green. Only the button that releases the pad is green.

 

[Kev]

I prefer the grey. The green is overdoing it a bit.

By the way, the whole idea of "how should it be done" is not important. What is important is how you like it yourself.

Also by the way, Festool doesn't make something green when it moves. The pad on the Rotex moves quite a bit, but it's not green. Only the button that releases the pad is green.

Exactly ... that's why it should only be green if you are using push to release drawer sliders !

Festool systainer handles aren't green only the releases/catches.

 

[Timtool]

I prefer to stick to the Festool methodology, all the knobs and parts you can operate must be in green. The drawer fronts are a tricky one but i think it is best to leave them grey, The green only looks good when subtle.

 

[AlexThePalex]

The green only looks good when subtle.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[NERemodeling]

I vote grey.  Looks much less busy.    Great looking sys ports!

 

[peter halle]

Poor Festool Blue/Black.  Just dosn't get any respect. [scared]

Gray vote here.

Peter

 

[hemlock]

Great insights by all....

Nice try by Paul too....

I still think  they "should" be green but am liking and leaning grey.....simpler and cleaner look.   

 

[CarolinaNomad]

Green!

 

[Peter Fish]

This is all grey, walls, ceiling, windows think it works well !

 

[VesaS]

Grey.

Vesa

 

[oldie]

From the photos agree grey.

But does your wife use them?
Perhaps she's hoping someone will say
a discrete, pastel pink.

Richard.

 

[Kev]

This is all grey, walls, ceiling, windows think it works well !

Wow !! Is that actually a workshop or a sacred and holy shrine for worshipping Festool ??  [eek]