IN THE FORGE
Shaper Origin Workholding: The Option Most Owners Miss
The Shaper Workstation is the right answer for work you can bring to a bench — but not for the inlay in a finished top or the panel too big to clamp. SYS-GRP Shaper Plate Vacuum Pods hold the Plate...
Customizing Your SYS-GRP Setup for Any Jobsite
SYS-GRP runs in three deployment contexts — bench-anchored, rail-staged, and mobile jobsite — each built from the same modular pod and vacuum ecosystem, so the configuration adapts to the work rather than the other way around.
Behind the Build — The Making of AnchorPod
The origin story of AnchorPod: from a CNC purchase for B2B work to the Great VAC-SYS pilgrimage, a back-room dealer find, and why BenchGrip shipped before the product that was always the original idea.
Grabo / Dewalt Grabo Baseplate Engineering Challenges
The engineering story behind Nexus: how ACM + stiffener solved a deformation problem no one anticipated, why three distinct Grabo footprints led to purpose-built plates instead of a universal adapter, and what that means for mode switching between lifting and...
How to Organize Your Systainer System: A Complete Workshop Guide
Complete workshop guide covering every layer of Systainer organization: bins and grids inside, S76 rack integration, SYS-MNT for outside-the-case tool storage, SYS-SRF rolling workstation setup, SYS-RLZ pull-out cabinet slides, and S76 wall brackets — with a FAQ section for AEO.
Building SYS-SRF — From Concept to First Cut
The behind-the-scenes story of SYS-SRF’s development: how a TSC 55K sliding off a Systainer became a product line, why Valcromat beat Richlite, what the Minor vs Metris fork was designed to unlock, and what surprised us when we put the...
Five Ways Nexus Streamlines Your Workflow
Vacuum workholding usually stays tied to wherever the pump lives. The Nexus baseplate routes any Grabo-compatible source through the same SYS-GRP pods and rails, so the system follows the work. Five workflows where that matters.
Deep Dive — SYS‑SRF Surface (Why the Surface Matters)
Engineering deep dive for SYS‑SRF explaining design rationale, tolerances, and system role; follow-on to launch.
SYS-SRF — Surface, Simplified
SYS‑SRF modular work surfaces add precision‑flat workspace on benches, carts, or Systainer stacks—giving you a clean staging and layout zone anywhere the work happens, without expanding your footprint.