No I kinda get what he is saying and was thinking the same thing myself. Sometimes its just easier to control rolling on 4 wheels, not as fast but in those moments it's nice to be able to do it.

OK, here we go... Let's start by posting some of the renderings of my MFTC-XL

That is just awesome, Bosquet! 

Very nice!

I was at first considering doing exactly that! Interesting to see.

I forgot to tell: the MFTC-XL can hold 7 systainers:

1 systainer 4 **
2 systainers 2
4 systainers 1

** The space for the systainer 4 can also be filled with a systainer 3 (ofcourse...) but also with another two systainers 2 (for instance: the Festool DF-500 attached to the systainer 2 filled with the domino's).

It's been a while since I saw the first post of this thread. This is a great design!

Another picture, this time from the other side of the MFTC-XL

Built one from scraps, odds and sods and leftovers from jobs. The only expenditure was on drawer runners, which cost about £17, plus the usual glue, screws, doms, paint etc. Had to make some changes as I only had 10mm ply. I also had a cnc'ed top (made some time ago as a spare for the bench) which was 18mm, and a slightly different size to the one specified in the drawings.

Apart from the ply thickness, the main changes were to the wheels (mine are from an old concrete mixer that died, and are about 240mm dia), and the locking bar thing I added to stop the drawers opening (I couldn't find a sensible source for the catches suggested, and in any case I wanted something more positive).


Made the top frame from solid rather than built up from ply. I haven't used T-track as it's bloody expensive in the UK, and I haven't made the extension tables anyway. Can always be added in the future.


Solid rubber wheels. Still got concrete and mortar snots on from their previous use - must clean them up a bit sometime. This shot also shows the bottom of the locking bar, which slots into a bit of ply fixed to the underside of the cabinet.


Detail of the top bit of the drawer lock (underside) - a bit of ply with a slot in it, a spacer and a couple of aluminium tabs to hook onto the cabinet top:


Same again, but in place - it just slides onto the ply top


The batten to hold the drawers in place is just a length of beech, shown here removed. The bottom drawer is very useful


Drawer bases made from 10mm ply are too thin, so I had to glue a bit of softwood on the sides so I had something reasonably solid to screw the runners onto.


Making changes resulted in a few surprises - the original drawings are absolutely spot on of course, and changing a component size usually means that something else has to be changed to suit. I've used it on site a couple of times and it's very useful.

I think I'd like to put a couple of small locking castors on the front instead of the feet, and I'm not sure that the handle is up to the job, especially when I pull it up into the van (my version is probably a bit heavier than the standard because of the 18mm top). The skids are essential if you want to lift it into a van, and I feel happier removing the three Systainers first, mainly because I'm doubtful about the strength of the handle. It stands up ok in my VW T4, with a few inches headroom to spare.

Of course Tim. Thanks for the work you put into the drawings.
For anyone in the UK, the drawer runners were from http://www.eurofitdirect.co.uk, sku no DS53502, 46mm ball bearing slides 350 mm full extension.

I am attempting to drill the top using described methods.  I make the first two set of holes along each side, then turn to put the dogs in and start the easy task of going down drilling every 96mm.  That's my confusion, the offset for the LR32 baseplate isn't divisible by 32 or the required 96mm.  Am I missing something from Tim's directions?  I know I'm missing just one small thing.

Please help, I was driving home in the snow and I thought to myself, please don't let me die tonight with this problem unsolved,

Hey Tim, thanks for replying, this project is like reading a good book that you can't put down.  This is a lot of fun to build, I can't say enough about your design.   I set up and routed the 20mm on each side but I spaced them every 4th hole to get 96mm on the initial holes.  Was I supposed to use a different spacing for the first two set of holes?  Thanks for your time

Ahhh, I think I have it, the holes I routed first do not have to match the "actual" holes you will rout. I owe you a pint Tim.

Nice job!

Where did you get the wheels?

Thanks for the wheel info.

Yet another question:

    Where did you get the adjustable leg inserts?

I purchased the MFTC plans a couple of months ago and plan on building one as soon as possible...