Wood_Slice
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Seeing as its only downhill once you drink the green coolaid well I had to give it a go at a MFT cart. I have seen many version but I wanted the vacuum to be place in cart and save space. I do not have that many Systainers at this point although I have a few other tools on pre-order so Im guessing im getting ready for them.
Anyways I want to show you what I attempted and things I learned along the way the hard way.
First, I wanted the height of the cart (with MFT on top) to be same height as a free standing MFT (900mm). A bit of math, took a while as I was waiting for the casters.
900mm (total height) - 180mm (MFT folded) - 103mm (3” casters) - 36 mm (18mm top/bottom skin) = dividers height. All good an all but cut dados/rabbets and almost forgot to account for them.
Second, wanted 3 bays (2 for systainers and 1 for CT MIDI). Since I had only seen videos and pictures I didnt account for the thickness of the lid when opened and that came to bite me in the ass later on. I was originally planning on using 18mm BB all around for thr carcaus but I was trying to be as close as possible to the MFT dimensions and also to crosscut 2 panels out of a 4x8 BB sheet for the top/bottom skin, whcih width was 48.5” and once you clean the edges and square it up it was around 48”. That was the reason my top/bottom panels.
Right around the time when I installed the drawer slide and trays i came accross my drawer slides dilema (pheeeeewwww). i had to wait another week for a longer drawer slides. I had not accounted for the systainers lid depth it added once opened. Uninstall all the slides, order a longer version, wait impatiently by the window for its delivery and tackle it again. Issue was I cut matching dados on top/bottom for a middle divided thats span the length. The width of the bays was correct but not the depth of the center divider. I had sold my multitool that I never used and wished I hadn’t. Took out the domino, on widest setting with 10mm bit cut 2 groves and cut out rest with chisels.
Then some tray front covers for fun. I champfered them on their insides to make it easier to pull out (Timothy Wilmots). I could go on but here are some pics of my journey along the way.
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Anyways I want to show you what I attempted and things I learned along the way the hard way.
First, I wanted the height of the cart (with MFT on top) to be same height as a free standing MFT (900mm). A bit of math, took a while as I was waiting for the casters.
900mm (total height) - 180mm (MFT folded) - 103mm (3” casters) - 36 mm (18mm top/bottom skin) = dividers height. All good an all but cut dados/rabbets and almost forgot to account for them.
Second, wanted 3 bays (2 for systainers and 1 for CT MIDI). Since I had only seen videos and pictures I didnt account for the thickness of the lid when opened and that came to bite me in the ass later on. I was originally planning on using 18mm BB all around for thr carcaus but I was trying to be as close as possible to the MFT dimensions and also to crosscut 2 panels out of a 4x8 BB sheet for the top/bottom skin, whcih width was 48.5” and once you clean the edges and square it up it was around 48”. That was the reason my top/bottom panels.
Right around the time when I installed the drawer slide and trays i came accross my drawer slides dilema (pheeeeewwww). i had to wait another week for a longer drawer slides. I had not accounted for the systainers lid depth it added once opened. Uninstall all the slides, order a longer version, wait impatiently by the window for its delivery and tackle it again. Issue was I cut matching dados on top/bottom for a middle divided thats span the length. The width of the bays was correct but not the depth of the center divider. I had sold my multitool that I never used and wished I hadn’t. Took out the domino, on widest setting with 10mm bit cut 2 groves and cut out rest with chisels.
Then some tray front covers for fun. I champfered them on their insides to make it easier to pull out (Timothy Wilmots). I could go on but here are some pics of my journey along the way.
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