Systainer Cart conversion for CT Midi

[anthonyz]

I had seen on another post where someone put the CT Midi on a Sysroll Cart. I have small Tacoma, and unless I lay the Sysroll down it won't function well for me, as well as, not having a place for it in my shop. I picked up the Systainer cart a month ago and it functions great, having to wheel in my CT separately can be done, but is not optimal. So, I though I would make a deck to set the CT midi on. I still need to go fetch some Festool light grey paint, but this will function well. I think I will make a little extension on the side so I can bungee some guide rails on too.

 

[Coen]

Euh.. you put something with wheels on a rolly?

Is your shop's floor to rough to roll the CT around?

 

[anthonyz]

Euh.. you put something with wheels on a rolly?

Is your shop's floor to rough to roll the CT around?

No this is for rolling onto job sites. Minimizes trips to the truck and rolling over rough surfaces going up to homes and commercial spaces with my CT midi. I don't have room for a sysroll. I was on a job where the exterior concrete was an exposed aggregate and was not fun rolling my CT across, and carrying the distance was not a fun idea either. This allows me to load up my CT on a cart which rolls smoother and easier across different surfaces.

 

[bigjonh]

I work on sites too and this is a valid idea. The ct wheels and the sys cart wheels for that matter get hung up on rough terrain, air hoses, extension cords, job site debris. I've been wanting to do something similar but with a larger caster. Though I work out of a larger truck than you, the footprint and cost of multiple sys rolls isn't going to work for me either. Nice execution.

 

[PreferrablyWood]

Nice idea. I would like better wheels on my CT Midi as well.  Might to something similiar, though I imagine it makes higher stacks more prone to topple over...

 

[anthonyz]

Nice idea. I would like better wheels on my CT Midi as well.  Might to something similiar, though I imagine it makes higher stacks more prone to topple over...

The great thing about the Sys Cart is that the wheels are not directly under the systainers, but out to the side which adds quite a bit of stability. The large easy roll wheels on it glide easy over hard surfaces and I can comfortably stack, 4 systainers on top of the CT midi without worrying to much of toppling. (I can get a Sys 1, (2) Sys 2, and a Sys 4 on the CT Midi) That would load me up with my track saw, a drill, a sander, and my carvex. I was thinking about getting one of the Festool SYS-Toolbox Open Top Systainer with Handle, which would be a place for hand tools and an easy grab handle at the top to help in stabilizing the cart when going up an incline.

 

[elfick]

Sorry if this has already been answered, I read the thread but couldn't find it....
Where did you get the tray?
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-tools-accessories/systainer-cart-conversion-for-ct-midi/?action=dlattach;attach=204970;image

 

[anthonyz]

Sorry if this has already been answered, I read the thread but couldn't find it....
Where did you get the tray?
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-tools-accessories/systainer-cart-conversion-for-ct-midi/?action=dlattach;attach=204970;image

I made the tray out of MDF.

 

[TinyShop]

I simply have to resurrect this thread in order to share the realization I just had about the brilliant technique that the OP used to fabricate a Classic-compatible sys-sub-plate. Hopefully, [member=34574]anthonyz[/member] won't mind me borrowing, cropping, and adding emphasis to one of their photos; but take a look at how they went about creating the Classic-style fastening "fingers"...by using slotted dominos!

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That's just genius! Looking at the original photo, it took me a long second to comprehend what was going on. But then it dawned at me that I was looking at a mortise with a partly modified domino sticking half-way out of it! Sometimes it's the simplest approaches that are the most effective. Well done! And, as I have a need for a Classic-compatible sys-sub-plate, I'll be adopting this "head slap" approach forthwith.