Miter Box Suggestion

Don’t you have electricity in KC? :-)

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

None that doesn’t cost money…

Actually, this is stemming from a desire from my wife to go green. She’s encouraging me to develop powerless tool skills. Kind of fun considering I’ve already got hand-plane fever.

~DB

-- Happy Ripping!!!

This is similar to the miter boxes that my father left me. He was a third generation carpenter and would do trim via his miter boxes (but in his case they were wooden with only a 90 and 45 built into them). I still have these today but could never get the cuts I wanted from them. But then again I am a power tool guy. His boxes were never this fancy but the principal is the same.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

i don’t know much about boxes but sometimes Lowes has the Hitachi 10” Compound on sale for 99 (regular price 140). thats the one i have and i couldn’t be happier. just a thought.

or the Ryobi at Home Depot for 99. thats supposed to be a decent one.

I use a Nobex mitre saw which looks very like the one you show in your picture.
Its extremely accurate and I make 4, 8 and 12 sided boxes using it – they match up first time.
For cutting a number of pieces to the same length they are also very accurate, however bear in mind the length of the saw frame – you can cut longer but it becomes fiddly and a bit uncertain.
I could not do my boxmaking without my Nobex saw.

I like the way you are using hand tools try woodcraft

-- A. Molloy

In addition to the sources already mentioned, Lee Valley sells three different (“good, better, best”) miter boxes, and if you scout around the usual vintage tool sources, you can usually find a STanley or Millers Falls miter box for a reasonable price.

I’ve seen numerous listings on ebay.

-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"

I’ll sell you mine. Seriously.

Hardly used…a bit dusty though.

That reminds me… It would be interesting to have a classifieds area here. Might encourage the reuse of old tools.

-- Happy Ripping!!!

One thing about powerless tools, you reduce the risk of accidents. And doing it the old way brings a different kind joy to the woodworking project.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota