Systainer for Parallel Guide Set
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Ken Nagrod
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That's an easy answer. NO. It's stored in one of these. [tongue]
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My thinking is no, probably will never be a Systainer to hold the parallel guide set. It would need to be pretty long and that would really mess with the whole system aproach to Systainers.
On the other hand I saw a nicely made case at a demo day recently. The fellow had it all done up in Festool colors etc. It was a multi teared deal that opened from the end. Standing up it took very little floor space. I was hoping to convince him to post it here. So if you are reading this please post it. [thumbs up]
Sorry, I didn't get any pictures of it. [sad]
A Systainer option would be to use two or three (?) Sys - Is and cut the ends out then glue to gether to make it long enough. With various other mods to a stiffness , etc.
Seth
On the other hand I saw a nicely made case at a demo day recently. The fellow had it all done up in Festool colors etc. It was a multi teared deal that opened from the end. Standing up it took very little floor space. I was hoping to convince him to post it here. So if you are reading this please post it. [thumbs up]
Sorry, I didn't get any pictures of it. [sad]
A Systainer option would be to use two or three (?) Sys - Is and cut the ends out then glue to gether to make it long enough. With various other mods to a stiffness , etc.
Seth
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I have the same rig as Ken, the FS/PA bag. It holds all the stuff as shown in the pic with loads of storage room and a another zippered section on the top easily holds 3 guide rails.( 2x 1400 & 1x 800)
About 18 months ago there was a lot of discussion about it having been "tested" in the US and found not to be robust enough.
Well I have had mine for about 18 months and it has been dragged around jobsites a lot and it is still in real good shape. Hate to say it but I think Festool marketing missed a trick on that one!!
Here is the original thread on it
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-tool-reviews/festool-fs-bag-(any-reviewscomments)/
About 18 months ago there was a lot of discussion about it having been "tested" in the US and found not to be robust enough.
Well I have had mine for about 18 months and it has been dragged around jobsites a lot and it is still in real good shape. Hate to say it but I think Festool marketing missed a trick on that one!!
Here is the original thread on it
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-tool-reviews/festool-fs-bag-(any-reviewscomments)/
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Where can I find that sweet carrying case! Rather how can anyone living in North America get one. I just looked on amazon and I couldn't find it. Can i get it shipped across the seas easily. What a shame they wont send it over here. Also I witnessed a rep giving demonstrations to my local dealer, and he said only reps and people associated with festool can get the bag, because there was fear customers might complain about the bags lack of durability. I saw it in person and that bag is a great looking product, no way it is made worse than anything else I could imagine.
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A member or two here in North America have arranged thru friends in Europe to have some of the bags shipped over for their use. Beware that the shipping costs are a killer!
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I would buy it, I know many others would too. Can festool America ship 100 of these bad boys and then sit back while they fly off the shelves? I know the answer, this is just such a tease. Maybe we can all join together here and get 50 or so of us to make a large order to save on the shipping.
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Jay,
I purchased it from a dealer in the UK who has to remain nameless. If I remember correctly, it cost around $265 with the shipping. I don't believe they're available/made any longer, but might still be had through other members or international ebay sites. I brought the bag to a woodworking show where some of the top people at Festool were. They were impressed enough with the bag to bring some over for themselves, so what I'm getting at is you might want to make a really good friend at Festool and invite them to your birthday party. [wink]
I purchased it from a dealer in the UK who has to remain nameless. If I remember correctly, it cost around $265 with the shipping. I don't believe they're available/made any longer, but might still be had through other members or international ebay sites. I brought the bag to a woodworking show where some of the top people at Festool were. They were impressed enough with the bag to bring some over for themselves, so what I'm getting at is you might want to make a really good friend at Festool and invite them to your birthday party. [wink]
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This is what I use for my set, It works great, maybe overkill
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Sal,
Definitely not overkill.
Definitely not overkill.
Actually, I think it would work in a Systainer if Festool simply split the longer parts of the guides in half and made them compatible with the rail joiners.
I don't remember the exact length of the guides, but if they're less than 30", then half of them would fit into a regular sys. The joining wouldn't need to be perfectly straight as as any variance would be insignificant. They'd need something more like the LR32 joiner which ensures the spacing is perfect across the gap.
I don't remember the exact length of the guides, but if they're less than 30", then half of them would fit into a regular sys. The joining wouldn't need to be perfectly straight as as any variance would be insignificant. They'd need something more like the LR32 joiner which ensures the spacing is perfect across the gap.
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That's excellent advise Ken haha. Hey Sal I really dig that idea, I have a gun case I completely forgot about collecting dust, it's a little big, but I can surely find something to take up the space. If my guides broke in the back of my messy truck I would be on the verge of tears. They're solid as heck though, doubt that would happen.
I agree with Ken.... OH did I say that out loud????? [doh]!!!
The Gun case can also hold your long precision rulers from Woodpecker, and levels at the same time.
All Festool product should come with a case /or option to buy one that will get the product to sites without harm.
I work on location... no protective case...makes this product a non-starter. I want them... know I would use them.... but I won't buy them if in 10 locations they get trashed. Or I can buy them and give up a couple of weekends finding the right case and fitting them in....
Cheers,
Steve
The Gun case can also hold your long precision rulers from Woodpecker, and levels at the same time.
All Festool product should come with a case /or option to buy one that will get the product to sites without harm.
I work on location... no protective case...makes this product a non-starter. I want them... know I would use them.... but I won't buy them if in 10 locations they get trashed. Or I can buy them and give up a couple of weekends finding the right case and fitting them in....
Cheers,
Steve
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SRSemenza said:
If you were to use classic style systainers you could also use the Tanos extension frames:
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SRSemenza said:
Now you guys are being silly.
How about this: You make the p. guide only 14 inches long. That will allow it to fit in a systainer. Then you make the stops part of a slider which slides on the INSIDE side of the p. guides. WIth a a scale that tells you the distance (on the side). That gives you a range of 14 to 28" for cutting, which I think is all you get with the p. guides now.
To store in the systainer, you simply slide the stop all the way back into the track.
What about shorter lengths? You replace the 14" slider with a shorter one (sold separately!!!!) which allows it to slide further into the track without sticking out the front.
Will try to make a sketch up drawing of this.
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I really like your idea of "modular" Parallel Guides. It could also solve the size limitation that some people have run into. I know a few people that have made spanners to use the extension profiles as extensions to the main profiles because they found them too short.
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