Transporting/ protecting MFT Accessories

willy1959

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Does anyone here have a great idea for transporting all the bits and pieces of the mft to the job site? I recently got baptised into the koolaide by my long time employee and Friend, I bought an MFT to use at my shop after seeing Jerry's. He is so use to the tool that I like to bring it on the job for his ease, and my convenience (ie making us more productive, and adding profit ;)  )    I had a few ideas in my head that I was going t try to work out after the current job is thru. I can just see all these bits and pieces becoming lost/ or worse.  I figured SOMEONE here probably has a similar situation and has addressed this. And why should I reinvent the wheel?  Thanks all for any comments.
Willy
 
willy1959 said:
Does anyone here have a great idea for transporting all the bits and pieces of the mft to the job site? I recently got baptised into the koolaide by my long time employee and Friend, I bought an MFT to use at my shop after seeing Jerry's. He is so use to the tool that I like to bring it on the job for his ease, and my convenience (ie making us more productive, and adding profit ;)   )    I had a few ideas in my head that I was going t try to work out after the current job is thru. I can just see all these bits and pieces becoming lost/ or worse.  I figured SOMEONE here probably has a similar situation and has addressed this. And why should I reinvent the wheel?  Thanks all for any comments.
Willy

In all honesty, I haven't transported mine all that much (I am a hobby guy) but I also don't use all of the "bells and whistles" that came with it.  I have the table, the rail with hinge and catch plate and quite a few dogs (which can fit in my pocket if need be).  I did take my fence once, but ended up not even needing it.  If you are keen on using the accessories that came with it, you will surely get a few responses from tradesmen that load theirs up daily.

Best of luck and enjoy it!  (you too Jerry)

 
All the clamps, protractor head etc go in a sys 4 along with a mini sys that holds dogs and small bits. Fence and rail squeeze into the rail bag along with 2 of the 1400 rails. It's not ideal and the sys4 now has all the quick clamps, spare blades and plug it cords floating about in it but nothing gets lost or broken.
 
when I got the contractor cleaning kit for the 36mm hose I needed up just using the sys 5 that it came with to store all of my clamps and mft accessories ,

as your never going to put the hose back in ( trust me ) another reason to buy a vac and additional tools ( you need the bigger hose  ;) )
 
Willy:
I have not solved the problem but I have it on my to do list to build a wooden box like the one my Top Twenty Lamello biscuit joiner came in.
Tim
 
I decided to order a hard rifle case that should work, I ordered a cheap one right now to see if it fills the need. If it works out like I think it will I will probably upgrade the unit to a better one, and use this one for what it was intended for..  rifles? who has rifles  hehe  Will post a pic when I load it up.

I had this idea to make a wood storage box/ still may. but  for the cost of a rifle case, it will be a lot less aggravation.  I think...

Will let ya all know
 
I don't have a MFT yet but would all the bits and pieces fit into a maxi? It would be more expensive than a rifle case but at least it will integrate with your other systainers.
 
I wanted to keep the 42" guide rail in the case along with protractor head and all the other little pieces.  Jerry built a very nice storage box for my truck for all the other guide rails. but this one I would like to keep with the mft and accessories, with a "go" box to haul it all into the job at once
 
willy1959 said:
I wanted to keep the 42" guide rail in the case along with protractor head and all the other little pieces.  Jerry built a very nice storage box for my truck for all the other guide rails. but this one I would like to keep with the mft and accessories, with a "go" box to haul it all into the job at once

Wow... that guide rail box is nice... and quite heavy-duty looking.

As for being man-portable all at once, what about a box that would fit into the space under the MFT top created by the sides. It doesn't look like the legs fold into that space and it seems that all the parts are shorter than the MFT width. Maybe kaizen foam on a hardboard base that attaches to the MFT through the dog holes in a manner that make it easily removable for setup?
 
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