Ron's Tool of the Year for 2018 

I so love that you will tout others Ron. I've been using your bench for two years now, and every time someone sees it in action, i'm blown away that they don't know where i got it. Thanks for all the great stuff. I can't wait to build my next iteration of your bench.

Fantastic choice Ron. I bought one as soon as they were available in the US. You can make a piece of MDF a valuable work surface. I like the fact that I don’t have to try to protect the work surface because I can make a new one in just a few minutes.

I finally just bought one, can’t wait for it to get here so I can punch some holes into the top of my Paulk bench!

Thanks Ron. I've seen Peter's video and now that you recommend it I'll take a second look. Appreciate it.

Peter is a real gentleman and also an author. It’s worth reading his book “Stone Message”

I bought this jig several months ago and abandoned my thought of hauling my material to a CNC shop to get the holes drilled. I had watched Peter Parfitt demonstrate his invention and I found that Lee Valley carried it. Like you I used it right out of the “tube” and got dead on results. Holes exactly 96 millimeters apart. Lee valley also stocks the bench dogs and, there are two types to chose from. By the way, the dogs actually measure 19.95 millimeters to enable a proper fit. With the table and four dogs you have the ability to form a perfect 90 degree square anywhere on the table. That is just the beginning. There is one thing however, 3 millimeter drill bits are not everywhere here in north America and I have yet to successfully source them. If you lose the drill bit or, your drill falls on the floor and you snap it, your finished. It hasn’t happened so far but I would like a backup. I subscribe to your channel and Peter Parfitts and always appreciate the topics. Great stuff.

I have been trying to pull the trigger on one of these for awhile now... I think I am really going to do it soon. Thanks

I concur Ron. I picked up the Parf Guide Mark 2 and have made 2 bench tops with it. Awesome!

I've got one of the mark one system to make a layout table to keep in my van. I also got a couple bench dogs that slip nicely into the holes for clamping or planing against. It's a great system to generate accuracy again and again!

Hi Ron Speaking as an Englishman it is great to see you recommending something designed by another Englishman. I prefer your carpentry but Peter Parfitt is a fantastic teacher of carpentry. It is never a waste of time watching either of you. One thing that puzzles me is that both of you have subscribers n the tens of thousands when there are some out there with hundreds of thousands of viewers, some of those deserve the numbers but there is at least one with nearly a million viewers who has never done a day's commercial carpentry in their life, and is just an average type of DIY'er with little new to contribute. I would not mind if the channel had ten thousand viewers, but nearly a million???? How do you think the RU-vid market for carpentry videos is going to develop? Maybe the good thing is that everyone gets to follow the carpentry channels of their choice.

I bought the Parf Mk 2 and it is a significant improvement over the original. I haven't used it yet, but I am extremely impressed with the quality and engineering. I ordered this from Axminster in the UK because it was actually cheaper than ordering from TSO. Shipping was cheap and it arrived promptly. However, the small "joining screw" was missing, and getting that little screw turned into quite the ordeal. But I managed to contact Peter Parfitt directly and he got it taken care of. Axminster comped me with some free Parf dogs, so I felt better about it. I will still buy from Axminster if it's cheaper than TSO.

Great to have all these wonderful aftermarket products being developed. I just purchased a DominoFix MFT jig router template for the same purpose at $99.83 US delivered. It has an accuracy Tolerance of 0,01° and seems even easier to use.

my paulk workbench was made with the mark1...completely sweet setup, but wishing i had the mark2 (someday). Completely dead-on for both sides. Only difference was the main side with the router is setup square, the back half is setup with an isometric layout.

Just bough the plans. Cant wait to start making it

I also have the early version and it works well for me. Someday I'll upgrade.

Great video and even better tool thank you Ron.

I have the mark one kit have to say for most it’s great. Will make a cost effective bench top layout.

I don't think Ron responds but I think my fellow carpenters would agree " what a gold mine of info" good luck craftsmen. (People) lol❤️

I LOVE Ron !!!

It's a great jig Ron. Peter got it right!

Thanks for sharing. I'm gonna have to pick one of those up.

Great product even before this video it was on my short list of tools to buy But I have to talk about something , you might want to tell your viewers the benefits of having such accurate 20 mil holes For every guy who knows exactly why, there's another guy saying " what the hell do I need that for if I want a bunch of holes I'll lay them out in pencil and drill them " Am I right...lol

$200 is a bit expensive for something you will only use 1 time. You can use a forstner bit, router, straight edge, and spacer blocks to get the same results for basically free.

Great video Ron. Where did you get the red vacuum hose for your Kapex?

I watch this guy in his SMART woodshop and if this will be too small for me. How tall is he?

Would be helpful to explain what the tool is or what it does in the beginning of the video. Or I must have missed it. :)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't most Bench Dog's 3/4" or 19mm? Wouldn't there be too much play with a 20mm hole?

That is sweet

Do you know who has the new Mark ll. I just checked Amazon and eBay with no luck. Lee Valley has the older one... and their price seems high. I saw one for $219, but they were out our stock.

Check out Peter's "Parf Dogs too.

I just feel sorry for the one car garage woodshop owners, when they hear the echo in your arena size workshop. :)

Please get this tool on Amazon

Stupid question - how tight are the tolerances once it's in action with three quarter inch standard bench dogs in a 20 millimeter hole?

An inch/imperial distance set (keeping the 20mm holes) would be great for us troglodytes who may never be able to switch over.

so much easier and quicker to get one knocked up on a cnc

sorry NO