Pete wrote:

>- MF Acme Langdon 74C miter box with MF etched, Disston & Sons-stamped 
>back saw (26 long by 5 under the back). Not a great handle next to the 
>thumbhole D8, so it looks like I'll have to try making a new one this 
>winter. I'll probably get to make a few.
>- Disston & Sons back saw (24 long by 3 3/4 under the back). Just got 
>this one, had to separate it from a Stanley miter box (it looked old and 
>in fairly good condition, but I think having two miter boxes in a tiny 
>shop makes me a collector, not a user).

OK, you're almost there. Just gotta work on the concept of backup. Backup 
explains why I obtained a second Langdon style M-F miterbox at PATINA 
last year even though I don't have room to deploy it. Yet. Plus two saws 
for it (hey, they were cheap) and I still need a second saw for my larger 
primary unit, my M-F 'All Steel' miterbox. Just in case I wear out the 
primary unit in the middle of a project. Yep. The backup unit is ready to 
come on line at the drop of a (Galoot) hat. Never mind the later model 
Sears/Stanley miterbox that's still sitting over in Steve Reynold's shop 
awaiting pickup. Steve used it to build his bench with. Bought that back 
in the early '70's. Forgot all about that one. Good to know. Guess I'm 
almost there on miterboxes. Almost there.
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