What do you do with the systainer and accessories while you are using the tool?

[wow]

So while I have been stuck in bed I have been doing shop drawings of my layout, thinking about workflow, etc. I have BIG PLANS to get stuff done once I can walk and stand again.

And I thought "What do you do with the systainer and accessories while you are using the tool?"

I suspect the workflow is different depending on whether you are in the shop or on-site, so for my purposes please 'think' like you're in the shop. Some choices I see are:

1. Take the tool and the systainer to the work
2. Leave the systainer in the SysRoll / Rack  / Whatever, and take only the tool to the work
3. Take both to a spot NEAR the work, where the Systainer sits while the tool works.
4. ?

Do you have a special spot for the systainers in your shop when they are 'out on the floor' versus sitting in their assigned spots?

I'm really curious to hear what all of you have to say. I've been organizing my shop for around 25 years now, and most days I don't feel like I'm any closer than I was when I started?!

 

[tjbnwi]

Only the tool and needed accessories to the work area. Everything else stays on the rack.

Tom

 

[Kev]

If I'm sanding something the abrasive assortment Systainer may move, but the tool Systainers tend to stay where they are.

 

[RC]

Since I store my systainers upstairs I usually take the machine systainer and possible abrasive/domino/assessory systainer with me downstairs to minimize the need to run up and down multiple times.

If I had a permanent shop I'd just build sysports near the work area and have every tool and assessory systainer on slides near by.