> My 346 (why WERE there so damn many versions?) which I have reason to
> suspect is c1912 has Stanley Rule & Level on the tag as does the
> lovely Simonds saw that came with it. Also the semi-circle casting in
> the front

> that holds the swing arm has four patent dates on it.
>
> I'm not aware of a miter box Type study. If other owners could
> give some

> information on distinguishing characteristics of theirs I could
> combine
that
> with the patent dates to narrow it down some.
>
> Dennis

Stan Faullin has the catalog pages for the 1909 and 1926 Stanley mitre
boxes as well as the 1926 instructions on his website: http://www.tooltrip.com/t
ooltrip9/stanley/stan-mbox/stan-
mbox.htm

Comparing these would help.

The 1909 description states that the mitre boxes come with Disston saws.
I have a circa 1909 #358 with 4 patents dates with a Disston saw myself,
so I can look at the other details.

Here is a picture of my mitre box and the saw etch: http://galootcentra-
l.com/portal/index.php?option=com_copperminevis&Itemid=&place=displayim-
age&album=41&poshttp://galootcentral.com/portal/index.php?option=com_co-
pperminevis&Itemid=&place=displayimage&album=41&pos Since Simonds only
made handsaws between 1902 and 1926, I'm guessing this might help narrow
down the dates for some mitre boxes, although not as much as patent
dates and Stanley name changes.

On a related note, Jim Barker had a type study of Langdon/Millers Falls
boxes on his website, which is now defunct, but partly available (only
partly due to lost frames, as far as I can tell) here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041011075621/www.azstarnet.com/~barkerj/In-
tro.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010310081932/www.azstarnet.com/~ba-
rkerj/Main.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010310081851/www.azstarnet.-
com/~barkerj/Type15.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010310082155/www.a-
zstarnet.com/~barkerj/size3.htm http://web.archive.org/web/200103100821-
28/www.azstarnet.com/~barkerj/Nlangdn.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20-
010310082604/www.azstarnet.com/~barkerj/Nlngdni.htm http://web.archive.-
org/web/20010311161815/www.azstarnet.com/~barkerj/Acme.htm http://web.a-
rchive.org/web/20010312181557/www.azstarnet.com/~barkerj/LAcme.htm

Brian Welch Worcester, MA

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