Just for Fun... #67: A Mitered Box?

another door opens michael
(and a box too)

good for you

looks as good as any
as you say

well done

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Six sides next? Eight? :)

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

well done Mike … Sweet handle … great shapes

-- keeping myself entertained

sky’s the limit
(not really as it’s a long way out there)

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Michael,
The old method lies in the woodworker himself. The tool is just an extension of your hands. Another mitering method …. michael’s way.
Very resourceful indeed.

-- Bert

Mike,
As usual, your box looks great! Your handles are just Mike originals! But I just love that old miter saw… what a beauty! They don’t make them like that any more. You might want to check out Doug Stowe’s method of taping the corners instead of clamping. You really get an easier square corner.
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Nice job Mike. I have one of those, but mine is a little lose. Needs some work. You give me hope for it ;-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

It nice to pull an old tool off the shelf and have things work so well.
Nice miters and another nice loooking box!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Mike that is a nice box, you have got the

miters great. I prefer a frame miter saw for

fine work, much cleaner than a chop saw.

I misplaced mine in the move :( it is only one

of the modern ones though. That handle has

great style, nice.

Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nice job on that box, Mike. Those old tools in the hand of a skilled person like you get new life!!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Nicely done. Thnx for the step-by-step

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Very nice Mike. When I saw the title I knew you were gonna do them on the scroll saw! But that old tool is much cooler. Good job.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Thanks for the taking us along on a new adventure, Mike!
Love the little handle!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Beautiful work Mike ! How did you come by that marvelous old miter box ? Thanks for the post ! Way to go Mike !

-- some men see things that are and wonder why, I dream of things that never were and ask why not .... rfk

Thanks all!!
Dan: The picture was taken before I was completely done with the Handle… I did a little more filing to it to try to get it to “Flow” better… I’ve found, that with these handles and hinges and stuff, I can continue “perfecting” them indefinitely! There usually comes a point when I have to say “Good Enough!!”... before the part disappears!!
Bert: It was actually You my Friend, and the hand-mitering that You have been doing, that inspired me to drag the old saw out and to give it a try!! Thank You for that and for your kind words…
Ellen: One of these days, I’m going to get Stowe’s book and check it out. But I’m having so much fun muddling through, and making them my way! Will I enjoy it as much, when I’m making them his way? :)
Topo Bob: If you have the means, fix it! You won’t be sorry… Now that I have mine mounted on the bench, at the very least, I can use it to quickly square up a board end…
Bob K: You bet it’s nice! I’ve been dragging that around for almost fourteen years, never certain how well it was going to work until the other day!
Jamie: I did notice how clean the cuts were on these… It’s them fine teeth that do such a great job!
Jim: Thanks! But really, all I did was push and pull the thing… The saw does all the cuttin’ :)
Roger: Glad you enjoyed it my Friend!
Andy: I’ve wanted to try making a mitered box for a long time, and have considered attempting it with the Scroll Saw… This just seemed a whole lot more precise! Don’t be surprised though, if I give it a go with the SS one of these days…
Lew: The Adventure continues… I’d blog today’s exploits, but it’s too late tonight, I have to get up at 4:30 for work… Hopefully tomorrow…
Don: Thanks my Friend! A couple years ago I reviewed it as the ””New & Improved Miter Saw. I did it on April Fool’s Day, as a sort of tongue in cheek thing… :)
Thanks again everybody…

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.