Hi Peter, I've been enjoying the original Parf Guide System for about a year now and made around 10 tops with it here in Ontario, Canada. I usually seal the tops with Polyurethane before I drill them and I was having some bad tearout on the back that chamfering would not hide. I recently decided to drill the back lightly a couple of mm on every hole before I turned it over and drilled right through. This fixed my tearout problem even though it adds a bit more work to the process, but now I have perfect holes on both sides. I would also like to mention to just watch Peter's videos on how to use this system. There are a few other's out there now where they are not following the instructions properly when drilling the 3 mm holes.
I had some trouble getting the 20mm drill bit to go all the way through. Might be my off brand drill which wasn't powerful enough, or because I didn't get the dust extractor attachment to suck the dust/chips out of the way. But halfway through the board, I had to remove the whole jig, and clean off the drill with my dust extractor. For each hole. It took ages :P Till I figured, I'd just drill each 3mm hole again with a 8mm bit. It honestly doesn't matter how straight the smaller holes are... The 20mm bit is gonna go straight with the jig anyway. But yeah... Removing some extra material before using the 20mm but did the job. Just putting it out there, for any other newbies. And now I have an amazing mft table thanks to this system :D
I’m relatively new to the theory of the system, but don’t understand why hole centres are at 96mm and not at 100mm, which would enable cuts to be made at standard lengths.
The holes are not used to measure the lengths of the cuts, they are used to align the cuts, by putting three bench dogs in there, in a triangle, and putting the wood against one side, and the track against the other side of said triangle. The measurements are done separately, and for this purpose, it being 96 or 90 or 100mm or whatever else doesn't matter much for this, as long as the holes are far enough to not taking out so much material that they are weak, and close enough so you can approximately be at the end of the board to provide best alignment possible... Also, multiples of 100 are not a 'standard length'. However, 32mm spacing is, and 3x32 is 96. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32_mm_cabinetmaking_system
Hi Peter, sorry if i ask a stupid question.On this video, u drilled the first row of holes,great, i did that.now forming the triangle, where 8/10 holes match, u put a pin. But there is no hole yet drilled there,as tgey are still to be drilled, in hole 10
Hi there, I am sorry you are having trouble with drilling your holes. Please refer to further videos that show this process, and if you are still having issues, our technical team would be happy to help ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bfxxjn85SRE.html www.axminstertools.com/contact
If a pin is to go through both rules,perhaps to machine a tool part to be say 3 mm odd long to go through both rules firmly, just a thought.i used the drill guide, longer one, but somewhere lost a fraction integrity, causing me to trim board a start again
Peter Received my new system and love it. I do have a question though. The stop collar retaining screw has been changed to a plastic one and it does not hold the bit from dropping through the jig and can't be tighter on the shaft. And a suggestion to put a slight notch on the shaft to retain the set screw from scoring the shaft of the bit. Will continue to enjoy the jig making other top Keep making the great shows
Great Video, just wonder which Parf guide I got delivered as documentation is saying Park MK I but the ruler do have 3 and 6mm holes while the drill support does not have these 6mm snapin support.
Hi there, the Parf Guide system is available to purchase here complete with all parts needed to create the workbench top www.axminstertools.com/ujk-technology-parf-guide-system-mkii-104779
Hi, I was wondering if it’s possible to use a 22mm mdf top for a mft workbench? I guess it’s not a problem for the dogs, but is it a problem for the Festool clamps??
It appears that Peter does not carefully align the initial Parf stick parallel with the edge of the MDF top. I understand that all the 3mm holes will be aligned to each other perfectly (using the 3 4 5 rule) but the edge of the MDF will not be aligned with those holes. One solution is to cut the edge down using your track saw after you have created the 96mm spacing of 20mm holes. The other would be to use the Parf stick to align the initial 3mm hole either 32mm from the edge or 16mm. What alignment is the Festool MDF top to the first row of holes? Does this matter?
Good afternoon I would recommend calling us on 0800 371822 to discuss your enquiries further with our technical sales team. Kind regards Jade Customer Service
