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Just got a Mitre Box
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:09 am
by Pete
I just bought this
last week end. Never used one before. It’s seem to be solid and accurate but I found the base is small. Do you have any idea to improve/customize the base and guide and the clip retainer? And any tricks/technical advices?
Thanks
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:38 am
by i think i am
Are you cutting large amounts of wood? You might want to consider an electric compound miter saw
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:45 am
by +JuggerNaut+
i think i am wrote:Are you cutting large amounts of wood? You might want to consider an electric compound miter saw
did you really need to do that.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:50 am
by YourGrandpa
That wasn't really made to cut 2"x4"s. You're supposed to use it to cut molding and base boards. Perhaps that's why you are having trouble holding it in place when you're cutting.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:11 am
by i think i am
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i think i am wrote:Are you cutting large amounts of wood? You might want to consider an electric compound miter saw
did you really need to do that.
yeah
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:31 am
by Pete
YourGrandpa wrote:That wasn't really made to cut 2"x4"s. You're supposed to use it to cut molding and base boards. Perhaps that's why you are having trouble holding it in place when you're cutting.
Hello my dear friend, I was sure you would reply in here. Show us the latest pics of your little boy’s house in the tree please, I loved it.
I just used it for the first time today to make some “cimèses”, I don’t know how you call them in English. We are renovating one of our apartments and we remodel the whole bathroom. Ceramique tiles almost everywhere, and over it, for the edge, we add a “cimèse” for a better look. It’s a piece of 5/8” by 1 ½ “ with a groove on one edge , that my brother made, so it can overlap the tile. I’ll show you pics when are done.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:51 am
by 7zark7
i think i am wrote: an electric compound miter saw
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:52 am
by 7zark7
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:28 pm
by plained
wow tete' that thing is cutting edge
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:28 pm
by chopov
Just screw it onto a bigger and heavier piece of plywood or at least fix it with screw clamps to your workbench. Cant say anything about this "clip retainer"....don't know exactly what's that in german. But to be honest, this thing looks to me all in all like a crappy china made piece of scrap. Never buy cheap tools or you'll buy again...
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:35 am
by Pete
chopov wrote:Just screw it onto a bigger and heavier piece of plywood or at least fix it with screw clamps to your workbench. Cant say anything about this "clip retainer"....don't know exactly what's that in german. But to be honest, this thing looks to me all in all like a crappy china made piece of scrap. Never buy cheap tools or you'll buy again...
Thanks for the advice. I used it again today to cut a few moldings and “cimèses” well, cimese are some type of molding. We are doing some renovations in one of our apartments. Tomorrow I’ll bring it home and I will fix it, as you mentioned, to one of my work bench. The retaining clip I mentioned earlier is a type of clamp that can hold the piece of wood securely. That piece is cheap as the guide also, but the saw and guide of the saw moves really smoothly and the base is not made out of plastic, it is a heavy iron base. 14 teeth per inches saw blade. Tomorrow, I will try it with hard wood.
I’ll be back to let you know…
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:01 am
by farad
...cool...check out my new shotgun...
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:36 am
by Pete
farad wrote:...cool...check out my new shotgun...
So, you are working for the US Army in R&D.
Have you tried your prototype yet?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:11 pm
by phantasmagoria
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:34 pm
by YourGrandpa
Now that's a saw. :icon28:
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:39 pm
by seremtan
Pete wrote:Hello my dear friend, I was sure you would reply in here. Show us the latest pics of your little boy’s house in the tree please, I loved it.
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:23 pm
by JB
phantasmagoria wrote:
HA
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:35 am
by Pete
Thank you all, but I just need advices about this manual miter saw.
I know about the others…EI : electric ones, I’ll show you pics.
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:08 pm
by Hr.O
Use one or two of these to clamp the saw to your workbench
