Veritas systainer.

[Ollie]

I see Veritas have realised that systainers are great. 

I love the two tone foam.

Ollie

 

[wow]

Available from Lee Valley:

Veritas® Cabinetmaker's Installation Kit
ZV40090
$489.00

Probably available from other places as well, but at that price I don't think I care!

Yikes! [scared]

 

[VW mick]

Maybe it's me

But that is a very sexy piece of kit

 

[shakenmartini]

That is actually a very good price for that set. Those Veritas tools are expensive if purchased individually and a sexy systainer as well.

I use a old style systainer to move my planes when I attend classes, and it if the best way to do this.

 

[PreferrablyWood]

That is a nice setup, I'm getting one, but when, not yet at least!

 

[teocaf]

i like it but in its present form it looks to me like more of a showcase piece.  when i get mine i would modify it so that it would be more useful in the field, where too many systainers with just a few tools each would just get in the way, make for extra trips, etc.  specifically, i would cut the insert into individual pieces and get rid of the generous spacing in between and push everything closer together, allowing for a kaizen insert on one side customized with cutouts for yet more related job tools.  depending on the spacing, i would even attempt to cut some of the foam from the bottom so that i could try to put a shallow tray or container on top for more small or flat goodies.  the iron case pockets would go or be repurposed because you can store one in the plane and the spare, uncased, can be safely tucked between the side of the systainer and the foam.  end result--it would be chock full with tools still well protected and much more functional and efficient.

 

[PreferrablyWood]

i like it but in its present form it looks to me like more of a showcase piece.  when i get mine i would modify it so that it would be more useful in the field, where too many systainers with just a few tools each would just get in the way, make for extra trips, etc.  specifically, i would cut the insert into individual pieces and get rid of the generous spacing in between and push everything closer together, allowing for a kaizen insert on one side customized with cutouts for yet more related job tools.  depending on the spacing, i would even attempt to cut some of the foam from the bottom so that i could try to put a shallow tray or container on top for more small or flat goodies.  the iron case pockets would go or be repurposed because you can store one in the plane and the spare, uncased, can be safely tucked between the side of the systainer and the foam.  end result--it would be chock full with tools still well protected and much more functional and efficient.

I think you have some interesting ideas here.. I'd tend to want to have a little less packed arrangement than you outline here, and perhaps pair it with another sortainer 6 drawer sortainer underneath it with supplimentary tools..

 

[sancho57]

Cool ,

It gives me a idea what to put in the empty systainer I got along with the left over kaizen foam. Now I got to get my Lee Nielson low level block plane and Ill be styling

 

[gstuartw]

I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. I'm curious, I'm relatively inexperienced with the fine work that demands this quality of hand tools. In fact I don't own even cheap versions of any of these other than some admittedly abused chisels. Given that while outfitting my first shop I'm anticipating learning and putting to practice new techniques I wonder if this set might be a good introduction to fine woodworking hand tools?

I'll argue with myself for a second here. This kit is obviously designed for the tradesman, someone who needs to safely transport and use high quality tools for their offsite work. I seriously doubt I'll ever need to take these tools out of the shop. So am I being suckered in by the sexy packaging and symbiosis with all the Festool loaded sustainers in my shop. Would it be more practical to just buy what would be a good set of the bare essentials in hand tools and forgo the packaging?

But wait, I counter…. Lee Valley says the tools alone when purchased separately would be over $100 more than the set….AND I spent almost that much on a First Aid Kit!

Arggggg