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mitre box

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mitre box
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) an open-ended box with sides having narrow slots to guide a saw in cutting mitre joints
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Noun1.mitre box - hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter jointsmitre box - hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints
hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands


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Cutting the mitres and lengths of the cornice is carried out using a standard fine-toothed handsaw and a normal mitre box.
Secure the mitre box with a vice or a couple of clamps.
It is extremely satisfying to use a mitre box to saw the quarter-round at forty-five degree angles and then find the angle incorrect for this crooked old house and to start again with another piece of quarter-round reclaimed from the debris in the backyard.
 
 
 
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