Pair Small Round Dogs for Holes

20 mm (Parf Dogs) VERITAS

These bench dogs are named „Parf Dogs” by Veritas. The name is derived from the developer’s name – Peter Parfitt. These bench dogs allow you to use the grid of the Festool MFT 3 multifunction table to make repeatably precise cuts. They come in two sizes: the small ones are 10 mm high, and the large ones are 70 mm. The part of the bench dog that sits in the hole of the table is 17 mm long, so the total length is 27 mm or 87 mm. By using a pair of the small bench dogs to position your workpiece and a pair of the large bench dogs to bring a stop to the desired position on the workpiece, you can easily make parallel or right-angled cuts.

Veritas collaborated with Peter Parfitt to improve the design of the bench dogs and to make them more versatile. These bench dogs are made from stainless steel and have a bottom diameter of 19.90 mm, which fits perfectly with the holes in the MFT 3. Both sizes of bench dogs are prevented from falling through the holes by a flange that is 10 mm high and has a diameter of 25 mm. This flange provides the necessary stability and offers sufficient contact area. Additionally, each bench dog has a hole with an M8 thread at the bottom for fixing. You can screw in Festool clamping screws (not included), but you can also use any M8 star knob screw.

The two bench dogs are also useful when building a variety of jigs. The small bench dog can be used not only as a low stop. You can also insert it from the back or bottom into a hole so that you can use the M8 thread as a fixing point. The diameter of the flange is 25 mm, chosen so that you can easily create matching holes with a 25 mm Forstner bit. The upper part of the long bench dog has the same diameter above the flange as below – 19.90 mm. You can create a simple compass by drilling a 20 mm diameter hole at one end of a suitable board and attaching a pencil at the other end (perhaps with the help of a suitable hole). If, instead of the pencil, you attach a router or a jigsaw to the board, you can quickly and easily create arcs.