At 5:44 PM 8/12/98, James Foster wrote:
>I still can't quite
>nail it down, but it's probably not a Langdon based
>on Jim Barker's picture. Mine doesn't have the cutouts in
>the base and back.

I have the impression that several different versions of "Langdon" mitre
boxes were made over the years. Mine also doesn't have the cutouts in the
base and back (presumably those are for some type of hold-down mechanism),
but otherwise looks a lot like Jim Barker's picture.

The other picture you might look at is:
http://www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/langdon.jpg  which can be found on
Randy's page of Miller's Falls History
(http://www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/history.htm) where he talks about
Miller's Falls acquisition of the Langdon line.

>... most of the saw post assembly (of Jim Foster's box)
>matches (that of Jim Barker's box)...

Isn't it this style of saw post assembly that distinguished the Langdon
mitre boxes from other makes?

>Calling it a thumb screw was a poor choice of words. It's almost
>exactly like the rotating lever that would lock a caster from
>rolling.

Yep. Mine too.

>> This sounds very much like a Millers Falls 'All Steel' miterbox which I
>> have downstairs. Is the miterbox made of steel? Are there bronze plugs in
>> the posts for the back of the saw to ride on?
>
>The box is made of steel as opposed to being a large casting. The
>base plates are welded onto a frame made from about 1"x3/16" steel
>strap formed into a rectangular shape.

My box is definitely cast, with steel tables and steel legs bolted
(actually machine screws with little square nuts rather than big bolts) to
the casting.

Glad for this thread, as i have indeed learned what a couple parts of my
box do, which I didn't know before...

Regards,

Tim

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