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Monte Milanuk
04-22-2017, 11:37 AM
So... been looking for something decent for a miter saw for a while now. Got one from e-bay... yuck. Lots of rust on both the saw and the miter base, bent plate, missing parts. Then a co-worker gave me one his father had used years ago... nice big Disston miter saw, but again the base was kinda junk - rusted to where it won't hardly move, and a fair number of lost/broken parts. Restoration of the base would be a project unto itself... and not something I'm interested in at this time.

More recently, another coworker knew I was looking, and picked up what looks like a Craftsman saw + miter base @ a yard sale. For a change, everything looks to be present, intact, and only minor surface rust on the saw, which looks nice and straight. It looks like the handle is machine cut, so I'm guessing its not *real* old, but I would very much like to find out more about it - about when it was made, general level of quality, and (hopefully) some instructions...

Here is a link to a Dropbox photo album of the saw and miter base (https://www.dropbox.com/sc/eh2t4tx8wf0pr6j/AAD1iFk_KDaXt1dhP3FgtUkNa)... if people are unable to view this, let me know and I can see about shrinking the pics and/or linking them here directly.

Thanks!

Monte

John Vernier
04-23-2017, 11:43 AM
I know Sears sold some Sears-labelled Millers Falls boxes, and this looks a lot like a M-F box. I can't help you with dates much, but my Stanley boxes from the 1950s have similar handles on the saws, one Disston and one Atkins. Compare your box to pictures of M-F boxes and see if it's a close match. If it's not close enough, also look at Goodell-Pratt who made something similar.

Bill Houghton
04-23-2017, 1:40 PM
I concur: Millers-Falls. You got a good miter box. It's a newer saw, but give it a sharpen.

Monte Milanuk
04-23-2017, 11:03 PM
Cool. The Miller Falls / Langdon angle was what I needed to find some instructions! Turned a few pieces around the right way (as opposed to how I got it), cleaned and lubed the posts so they didn't hold the saw blade up, now it just needs mounted to a board for clamping to a bench top - and probably sharpened. The handle is a pretty cruddy fit to the saw blade, but it'll get the ball rolling for now.

Thanks!

John Gornall
04-23-2017, 11:10 PM
have a look around here:

https://sites.google.com/site/langdonmitreboxes/home/model-guide

steven c newman
04-23-2017, 11:12 PM
Some parts of the Mitre Box look a bit like mine..
358777
Stanley #2246..
358780
358781
With a newer saw...4 x 24"
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Back side.
358784

Stewie Simpson
04-23-2017, 11:25 PM
Steven; could you measure the thickness of the saw plate on your mitre saw. Also, what is the depth of saw plate below the spine.

regards Stewie;

steven c newman
04-23-2017, 11:46 PM
Saw is a later model..Disston/HK Porter 4 x 24" saw. It is exactly 4" from the bottom of the spine down to the tips of the teeth. I don't have a way to measure thickness of the plate...feels about twice as thick as my Disston D-8's plate...rather a bit stiff, and heavy.

Stewie Simpson
04-24-2017, 12:46 AM
Thanks Steven.

Tony Zaffuto
04-24-2017, 6:07 AM
Millers Falls made. Have a similar Craftsman in my accumulation of 17 boxes. Parts are directly interchangeable with same size MF. Saw looks to be from a later saw.

Derek Cohen
04-24-2017, 8:25 AM
Hi Monte

Here is your miter box ...


https://photos-4.dropbox.com/t/2/AABXGhOnZL0d79pRCFo0pvOZI0s0o3P9mo33eJgGA6Vy-g/12/11329948/jpeg/32x32/1/1493053200/0/2/2017-04-22%2007.58.13.jpg/EPLVuAgYubk7IAcoBw/YZTm4qq9SDtTvMq0MeCZe-C3eWwawTwsdTuCK_pmZF0%2CA98E4KpeQwfqhtyj0I5LQyNhBl Zw-FUXjR9Iw-PAlV4?size=800x600&size_mode=3



It looks like a Millers Falls #1124. It came with a 24"long x 4" deep saw plate.

There is a manual here: http://www.badaxetoolworks.com/pdf/MFLA_MiterBox.pdf

Regards from Perth

Derek

michael langman
04-24-2017, 11:26 AM
Those miter boxes are a little different then one I bought in 1985 brand new at the hardware store under the Master Mechanic name.
I paid $90.00. back then for it.