Systainer jobsite radio

Stinking brilliant genius!     [thumbs up]
and beautifully executed  [not worthy]
and actually pretty attractive, from an (ex-modder) computer junkie perspective  [jawdrop]

and along with others ...  [welcome]

You didn't mention, and it's hard to tell, but what sized Systainer is that?  Sys 3?
 
That's SO cool! WOW  [jawdrop]

It may lack a battery for now, but the extra sockets and the light more then make up for the outlet you lose for the radio.
Very nicely done, I also love the retractable cord.

I just bought the upgraded model of the jobsite radio I got last year. (same radio but built-in SDhc and USB). I personally wouldn't miss the CD functionality. I don't think I would have gotten that one if you posted this two weeks ago.

To protect the protruding part of the radio you could maybe add a few of those small metal handles you sometimes see on rackmounted stuff, to act like a mini-rollcage, so the radio doesn't get damaged if it tips over, or something slides into it in transport.

I really look forward to seeing the finished version

Wellcome to the forum and awesome first post [thumbs up]
 
Wow, what a first post.  You have set the bar very high for further projects & like others i very much look forward to seeing what you come up with next  [big grin]

What about one of those car stereos with the TV screen ?  Prob not the best idea but hey, if we are gona have a coffee machine & a toaster then why not summit to watch  [tongue]

Welcome to the FOG,

Woodguy.
 
Oh boy,

It seems I'm going to have to take apart my Sirius radio and modify the parts to fit in a systainer now.  I'm always worried I'm going to break it when I bring in on jobsites...

Great post, and great job!

Jon
 
Great job, FestFan!

This would be a great way for Festool to collaborate with Blaupunkt!
 
Tom Bellemare said:
This would be a great way for Festool to collaborate with Blaupunkt!
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That's exactly what I was thinking, Alex.

Tom
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Considering Festool's habit of going for the best of the best, they can really only team up with Bang & Olufsen.
 
Hello all,my first post.
Radios on site is one of my pet hates, three radios all slightly off tuned into different stations.  and on full volume aaaahhh [mad].
I would like to see a radio in a mini systainer.It would need to be digital.
the analgue radio signal will be turned off in the uk in 5 years,lots of dead radios [big grin]
 
Ratts, i forgot about that.  Anyone want to buy a Makita Radio  [big grin]

Welcome to the FOG, always room for another Brit on here  [welcome]
 
I am thinking one of those Bose soundwave radios would be a near 'drop in' fit,... and their sound kicks butt!
 
Well, I have to say, fesfan's version is superb. But I have a vision.

-Multi-voltages: need to be able to plug in other tools, and be able to charge USB-voltage devices. (ie, plug my iPhone into the thing, so I can use that for media)
-Battery charger built in. Other manufacturers have done it. It's still a good idea. And with Festool's expanding cordless line, it's an even better idea.
-Build it into a hose garage on top of the Dust collector. And now we have a Festool mothership... plug-ins for AC and usb power, suction, music, battery charging... 
-High wattage rating. I'd need to plug the CT into the unit, and not the other way around, so that the radio doesn't kick on the dust collection when it's turned on.
-Geek-out-overload: Sub-woofer built into the little storage unit on the bottom of the CT33.
 
At first: Thank you all for your amazingly positive reactions. It has seriously motivated me to finish this (even tough I wonder if I will ever consider it to be a 100 percent complete project) and therefore I picked up the pass. This is the end result (provisionally definitive off course; I will think up of something to fill the gaps in the systainer).

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I mentioned to put in a calculator. I bought one for Euro 1,50 only and took it apart. The top frame I used as a template for the nothches of the numeric keys. I used the back side of the systainer since the other three were too filled up. I considered to put it on top and process it inside the lid. Since I first started using my radio systainer, it has been locked in between a sortainer on the bottom side (mounted on a roll board) and at least two other systainers on top of it. I?d rather not waste my time at shifting systainers all the time, so I want to be able to reach the most functions of this systainer from the sides.

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About the coffee machine inside a Festool systainer; check the picture of a Philips Senseo coffee maker below (don?t know for sure if it is available outside The Netherlands):

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The sizes are (height x width x length) 31,5 x 20,5 x 32,0 cm.
Equals: Systainer 4!
With a bit of fiddling around; it can be done. Even in a 3 size. If just somebody at the R&D department of Festool would pick up the idea?

Regards,
FestFan
 
This whole process just STINKS of sheer ingenuity, brilliant improvisation and creative engineering!  :-)  I love the calculator, that is clever.  A construction calculator (i.e. does fractions, feet, etc) would be a neat 'upgrade' for any Imperial-countries' future jobsite radios....

"Jobsite radio" doesn't do this thing justice..  Jobsite workstation?  Entertainment center?
 
AC/DC  [thumbs up]

You da man,  Was at Hampden park in Glasgow last summer about  3 rows from the front.  AWESOME  [big grin]

Oh yea, sys radio pretty cool also, Woodguy.
 
The radio and extra sockets are cool, but isn't the calculator a bit over the top?  [wink]

Would be better off putting a beer cooler in.
 
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