On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 09:00, scott grandstaff  wrote:

> You buy a miterbox by-the-pound!
>
>  You definitely want a miterbox Don. Everybody needs one, but one is all
> you need. This one wasn't it.
>

I find myself very much in agreement with Scott here save that I think a 30"
blade is overkill and I have a pretty long saw stroke.  The 24"-26" that
come with my first one loves to jump out of the uprights, but the 28" I have
now is fine.

You do want one, though.  They're invaluable for both the ordinary work but
also cutting consistently to the right depth; when I had about 50 tenons to
do for one project I set the temporary stops on my miter box to the right
height and cut them all on the miter box.

Graham
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