I’m making a box from scraps as an exercise in small scale casework. The top calls for a mitered face frame. Mitered frames are my nemesis. I usually use my table saw and an Incra miter gauge, but still battle getting everything tweaked just right. There are usually gaps.
I wasn’t in the mood for setting the saw up today so I broke out a garage sale find of several years ago. A Millers Falls/Acme Langdon miter box with saw, both in nearly new condition (scored for the gloat worthy price of $10 as I recall). This thing really cuts accurately. I cleaned the ends up with my shooting board and an old drafting triangle held down with blue tape.
I put all of 30 minutes into the whole process and it’s amazingly accurate. No noise. Less dust. No gaps. No more fiddling with the table saw. Now I need to make a proper 45* fence. Good project for next weekend.
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