Miter trimmer

I’ve got one and I love it.

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Gary, thats a neat tool. What thickness can it tollerate?.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Gary,

These are like shooting boards – only better, right? The blade is angled to make trimming easier.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Grumpy – Up to 4” tall and from 2” to 6” wide, depending on the height.

Tom – I guess you could say that.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

A really useful tool. I use mine for smaller boxes as well as frames

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

There used to be an American made version of this, the Pootatuck Lion Miter Trimmer. Looks like they went under after 75 years of manufacture. Sigh…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Can you tune them, Gary? If they are not exactly 45 degrees from the store? Also, how does it work. I see a fence, but is there a stop that the cutoff rests up against to gauge the cut?

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Tom – Yes you can tune them. The two little circles on the base have pins that are off center so you can
rotate them.

No stops for the depth of cut. It’s made for taking off shavings.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Looks like it wouldn’t even slow down for a finger. Are there appropriate guards?

-- Maplewood, MN

Rikkor – Well, it doesn’t chop like a guillotine, but takes slow slices which you control.

No, no guards.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

These are great tools for shearing the edge of a board, much like a paring chisel. Sneaking up on a cut, as I like to refer to it.

I wish I could remember which drawer in the shop has my camcorder. I placed it in a drawer about a month ago, while bring in a load of materials, and know I can’t get to several of them, I know it’s somewhere in there.
I have several short videos I would really like to do, demonstrating fine joinery. (once I learn how to use the darn camera).

There are several unique chisels in particular which I think would benefit all of us in mastering it’s use, and are a great addition for all woodworkers to have in the shop. Very handy.

I’ll keep looking.

Lee

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I have seen those and been thinking of one for picture frames. Glad to hear it is a good tool to use.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Gary,

What do they cost?

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

You can find them used for whatever you can find them for or for example $180 at Rockler.

Shop around.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

wood craft also carries them

Grizzly has one called the G1690 miter trimmer. $145
They have an option for it that holds a piece ‘up’ 45 degrees for compound work or odd shape pieces.
They also have an option for stop blocks.
Both options seem pretty simple to make.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/Top-Trim-Attachment-for-G1690-Miter-Trimmer/G3043

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

In a Texas Cage Match between the miter trimmer and the shooting board which one comes out the winner?

peace

-- peace

Yeah, new feature Lumberjocks Celebrity Tool Death Match. Gizmodyne, you want this one?

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

my new rockler mag has it marked down from 180. to 139

Here is an old Dosch one on eBay starting at $99.99 and another newer one at $47.00

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

I own the Original LION miter trimmer and I swear by it. The company is still in business and you can get one at any of the places listed below: The LION has accessories that go with it as well, such as a stop block system which goes up to 28” Using it will give you exactly the same size mitered piece and is essential for a seamless flat glue up. Many Picture frames I have made I didn’t use splines, biscuits or dowels the joints were that good!!! I’ve never used a knock off version, but I do know they are made in a rainforest somewhere. I always by American or European tools if I can. I’ll take Gary’s word for it if he says his cuts good, but I know for sure mine has thicker blades. It’ll trim Purpleheart so thin you can see through it! If you can’t get the original the knockoff will still Improve your miters exponentially, they are that Good!
Thanks for the review Gary, this is definitely one tool that anyone who does a lot of miters can use!!!!

Online
Amazon.com

Coastal Tool Hartville Tool

Highland Hardware RightTool.com

Woodcraft Supply

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California

Austin Hardwoods and Hardware

610 N. Santiago Street

Santa Ana, CA 92701

(714) 953-4000

Buena Tool Company

433 Laguna Street

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(888) 283-6225

Australia, UK and USA

2645 Riverside AVE

Paso Robles, CA 93446

(805) 237-9725

Connecticut

Coastal Tool

510 New Park Avenue

W. Hartford, CT 06110

Tools Plus

153 Meadow Street

Waterbury, CT 06702

(800) 222-6133

Georgia

Highland Hardware

1045 North Highland Avenue

Atlanta, GA 30306

800-241-6748

Illinois

Berland’s House of Tools

1520 Centre Circle Drive

Downer’s Grove, IL 60515

(800) 339-0026

Massachusetts

Harland B. Foster

15 Bridge Street

Great Barrington, MA 01230

(800) 286-8995

Woodworkers Warehouse

128 Oxford Street

Lynn, MA 01901

Minnesota

SATCO Supply

441 Old Highway 8

St. Paul, MN 55112

800-328-4644

New Jersey

Montague Tool & Supply Co

42 Broad Street

Branchville, NJ 07826

973-948-6400

New York

United Manufacturer’s Supplies

80 Gordon Drive

Syossett, NY 11791

(800) 645-7260

Philipps Bros. Supply

2525 Kensington Avenue

Amherst, NY 14226

(716) 839-4800

Ohio

Hartville Tool

13163 Market Avenue

North Hartville, OH 44632

(800) 345-2396

Pennsylvania

Richard T. Byrnes Co.

600 Hannum Avenue

West Chester, PA 19380

(800) 228-2976

Utah

Woodworkers Supply

1402 West Center Street

Orem, UT 84057

(801) 224-2260

West Virginia

Woodcraft Supply

Corporation Box 1686

Parkersburg, WV 26102

(800) 225-1153

Wisconsin

Bay Verte Machinery, Inc.

975 Parkview Road

Green Bay, WI 54304

(800) 654-7440

LaForce, Inc

1060 West Mason Street

Green Bay, WI 54303

(800) 672-6795

Woodworker’s Depot

2001 Ramada Way

Green Bay, WI 54304

(800) 891-9003

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For further information about finding a distributor near you, call or write the address below:
Lion Miter Trimmer
P.O. Box 602
Rowley, MA 01969com phone: (978) 948-7504
fax: (978) 948-5443
eMail: lionmitertrimmer@verizon.net
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-- --Chuck

I agree this is a great tool i found a lion at a yard sale i kept looking at it, and the lady gave it to me for five bucks score!

-- tgilbert woodworking

I need to trim frames that are up to 10” wide x 1” thick. Does anyone know of a monster version of the Lion trimmer?