Reply by Brad

I had the same experience recently when I picked up a miter box that looks like yours for $7.00 at a garage sale. Pictures are here the the perusing. Couldn’t find any markings until I cleaned the saw support rods. They’re both marked Goodell Manufacturing, Co. with a patent date of 1904.

Like Smitty, mine didn’t come with any of the work-holding accessories, so my new hobby is trying to track down replacements or fashion my own.

Smitty, have you had any luck finding those angled work-holding accessories? Barring that, I’m thinking of ways to create my own. A 1/2” x 1/2” steel bar fits perfectly in the angled channel.

JHut,
What is the depth of your saw’s plate (as measured from the base of the spine to the tip of the teeth)? It wouldn’t be 5” by chance would it? That seems to be the right size for my miter box based on the measurement I took of the saw support rods. Mine didn’t come with a saw.

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