Anyone know anything about this miter saw?

[Cliff Polubinsky]

I can pick this up at a very reasonable price.
The seller doesn't know the maker or model.
Anyone know if this is worth looking at or should be avoided?



http://images.craigslist.org/3F73M43J65K85H25J2d63fe582948ce7816c9.jpg

Thanks.

Cliff

[David Weaver]

Looks like a nobex miter box. I personally would get a vintage because they're probably the same price and the vintage boxes are much more solid. Not that you can't use a nobex, it's more a matter of getting something stronger for the same money.

[Tom Stenzel]

It's not an exact match but it sure looks close:

http://www.sears.com/c-r-laurence-crl-dual-purpose-miter-box/p-SPM517378101?prdNo=6&blockNo=6&blockType=G6

No, I don't know how good it is.

-Tom Stenzel

[Frederick Skelly]

I cant be sure, but it looks a lot like one I bought a few years ago. Mine works well enough that I continue to use it.
Fred

[Jim Matthews]

These cut well, if you clamp the work to the casting.

A light touch, to get the best results.
As with most saws, if you're forcing it downward - the blade likely needs a sharpening.

[Mike Holbrook]

Highland Woodworking carries the Nobex saws. The model 110 is very similar. The 110 sells at Highland for about $55. I picked one up at a sale for about $25. My Miller Falls/ Langdon 74C is a far better tool. I found a deal on my saw at auction paying about the list cost of a 110. After a clean up and fresh coat of paint I have a very precise and fast cutting "machine".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16891057@N05/6564764689/in/photostream/

[Cliff Polubinsky]

Went by to look at it yesterday afternoon. Even at $25 I passed. It wouldn't lock down tight so the carrier for the saw wiggled a bit and it didn't cut a good 90 degrees.

So it goes. The hunt continues.

Cliff

[Charlie Stanford]

I cant be sure, but it looks a lot like one I bought a few years ago. Mine works well enough that I continue to use it.
Fred

Anybody looking for the ultimate, new miter box should take a look here, these also occasionally come up on EBay in their vintage iteration and make Langdons look like an 'also ran.'

http://www.pecktool.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=132&products_id=526&zenid=122qm465o3e3p00edk8v97q2f0

If you want to see what a vintage one looks like there's a picture of one in Joyce's Encyclopedia. Nothing quite like it.

[Kees Heiden]

I've got an Ulmia like that! Mine is the somewhat smaller 352 model, the 354 is very big. Overhere the Ulmia is the only chance to find a secondhand miterbox. Things like that Langdon or the Stanleys are never available. You'll find something about mine with a short youtube vid on my blog:
http://seekelot.blogspot.nl/2013/05/ulmia-miter-saw_18.html

[Charlie Stanford]

I've got an Ulmia like that! Mine is the somewhat smaller 352 model, the 354 is very big. Overhere the Ulmia is the only chance to find a secondhand miterbox. Things like that Langdon or the Stanleys are never available. You'll find something about mine with a short youtube vid on my blog:
http://seekelot.blogspot.nl/2013/05/ulmia-miter-saw_18.html

You gotta good 'un. With Ulmias right in your backyard you certainly shouldn't worry yourself looking for Stanleys and Langdons.

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Yeah, I own one...

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5364

[Peter Pedisich]

Found this Ulmia 352 essentially unused (from the 1970's or 80's) from ebay for $124. Going to build a stand for it soon. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VmWmtf5t9KA/Ua_xsNDgPpI/AAAAAAAACKM/RUOEOmnqFjk/s800/IMG_8346.JPG

[Peter Pedisich]

Yes, the cut-offs are out of control! I'll probably find every clamp I've ever lost at the bottom of that pile!

[Rob Matarazzo]

Cliff,

Years ago I used to get a catalog called AMT (American Machine & Tool Co.). They had relatively low-cost tools and I bought a few of them. One of them was a miter saw that looked extremely similar to the one in your pic. I still have it and it works fine.

[Jim Matthews]

Yes, the cut-offs are out of control! I'll probably find every clamp I've ever lost at the bottom of that pile!

Chillax, PP - that's what a working shop should be, an orderly shambles.
When you've got 13 hammers, and a single pathway through your basement, then you've got a problem.