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Again, thank you all for your comments. I too have some of those clamping squares from Banggod, and I have also found them to be excellent. I was lucky enough to get a woodpeckers square for Christmas and checking the clamping squares against that shows they're spot on.

Interesting replies. Thank you. It’s their clamps that keep drawing me in - £120 for 4 x parallel clamps and £50 for 6 F clamps is difficult to ignore. Especially when I can’t justify over £200 on some Besseys.

What is the general consensus on the quality of Rutlands tools? I think I read a comment on here somewhere saying they were effectively rebranded Chinese tools, and not all that great? They seem well priced, but not crazy cheap?

Found this thread during a search - I cannot for some reason start a new conversation with someone? Hovering over their name or clicking the envelope icon, neither brings up an option to start a conversation??

If I bought one MFT replacement top, and then using a flush trim bit cut a line of holes in a blank piece of MDF at the other end of the table, how accurate do you think it would b How accurate was this and how well to the holes compare to the CNC one? Potentially I could buy one MFT top from...

Thanks, I’ll check it out 👍🏼

That’s actually a very good point. The benchdogs rail dogs are on my shopping list (along with their fence system) and as you say, attaching a long rail with dogs at one end (as far apart as you can get them) should theoretically keep the rail straight/square with some clamping at the other end...

I design and build furniture, mostly radiator covers. Everything is broken down from a full sheet of MDF. Mostly buy cut list involves pieces in the region of 900mm x 80-160mm, so manageable on a 1102 x 718mm CNC'd MFT top. However sometimes I'll need to make the top of a radiator cover for...

Definitely interested in the idea of a rental if it's something that can be gotten off the ground, or potentially even buying one myself and offering it for rent, again if its something that could be achieved via this site.

All these replies are genuinely appreciated. Thank you. I'm still torn. It sounds like the Mark 2 Parf guide is the most accurate, and so therefore seems the most sensible one to buy. I've got a decent router (Triton MOF001) but the whole concentric/guide bush issues sound like a headache, and...

How did you find the accuracy of the jig please?

I’m a hobbyist too, so time isn’t really an issue with making one, as I’m making the rest of the bench too. I need dog holes suitable to cut a full sheet lengthways, squarely, so my options are to build my own where I can cut holes anywhere I want, or buy two ‘pre made’ ones and fit them at...

Two CNC'd MDF tops from Wrexham are £90 delivered, as the delivery charge is £30. The trend jig is £104 and the Parf guide is a little more at £140. Seems daft spending £90 on two MDF tops, when for only a little more I can make as many tops as I want, in any shape/style I want... Which would...

Thanks for the replies guys. I’d say 90% of what I will be cutting will be under 1200mm, so I can happily cut the full sheet down and work away with the MFT at one end. It’s just occasionally I’ll need to make a piece which is 1600mm x 200mm or similar, and so I thought adding dogs across the...

I’m not a professional joiner, but I make radiator covers and other smaller pieces of furniture in my spare time. I want to build a new workbench in my double garage, and I want to incorporate an MFT style top to help with cutting square pieces of stock. I already have a track saw. The table...

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Thanks all for the advice and replies. I think I'm leaning towards the Axminster or Bessey clamps, as it sounds like they'll be the better option in the long term. Probably just pick up a couple to begin with and add to them over time

Dear all, A search has revealed a couple of older threads comparing Rutlands to Bessey clamps, but nothing recent. I'm after some parallels, and also some F Clamps, but am torn between the brands. Naturally price is a consideration, however I'm wondering if for amateur use the extra for the...