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You have a Stanley SW miter box. A very cool one I might add. Who would a thunk.

Seriously, I don't have a miter box but I have been told the red Millers Falls is the one to get - like the ome that Don and Dan have. I'd like to know why though.

 

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What you going to do with that Smitty? How many does that make?

 

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Mauricio, this bench build has convinced me of the value of a sliding miter saw or RAS. I think to get rid of it is conceptually a cool thing to do but, to me, stubbornly impractical. That being said, I still want a nice miter box in the future.

 

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Agreed. Another thing that I decided while cutting those big pieces for the bench top is the dust control with the SCMS is just awful. I accept the fact that this is inherant to the miter saw, but the amout of dust just sucks. Nothing in my shop spews forth like that and the airborne dust gets on everything. I hate using mine for that reason.

If i could get rid of it I would. No love lost.

 

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My bandsaw would be the last.

 

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That is one of the things that I kept thinking.

First, I kept thinking "I hate this friggin miter saw as it spewed dust into the shop but aslo as it put a nice, square, finish x-cut on a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" leg.

Next, I was thinking how I could get by without it. Seriously, it is a space hog. But how could a x-cut larger stock with a back or panel saw but the resulting surface is not that pretty, at least in my hands. The means planing end grain. Again, in my hands the results are not pretty outside my shooting board. Plus the time.

But there are people, Tolpin comes to mind, who live out a RAS or SCMS/CMS. I just don't know how.

 

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Just antoher chance to show off the lamp!

 

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What can I say? I have a soft spot for art nouveau light fixtures.

 

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I spent $85 for my Stanley 100 at an auction. It has the saw but a busted handle and not of the wooden ruler.

Just a point of reference

EDIT: the handle that is busted is the water faucet looking handle on the miter box.

 

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Ian,
I have some information on OVB miter boxes. They look awesome.

 

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Alright Brent, that is an awesome find. Really. But it does not come with a proof of accuracy? Does it?

However, I have been following this thread since inception without a thing to offer. Well, I am coming clean. I have a miter box and it's a Craftsman. It exudes quality. The MWTCA wants me to put it on tour along with the tool box they brought up from the Titanic but, alas, I am busy.

Donated by my next door neightbor.

 

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Mine has a face with rosy cheeks.

 

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Mine has a base of formaldehyde based MDF with a plastic veneer. Tsup wit that?

 

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I'll give you the whole damn miter saw if you pay for shipping.