Looks like I'll need a saw...

[bandit571]

As i picked up a mitre box the other day...

   
$15 plus tax.    The saw in it I already had,,,,,and is the wrong size.    Needs a 26" long by 4" under spine one..

   
Other than a "pointy bolt" and a missing saw.....everything else was on board...

   
Both front and rear guide posts had all their parts.  

Mitre Box is a Stanley No. 2246A, according to the name plate. 

   
Sooo, looks like I keep an eyeball peeled for a  Disston No. 4,  4 x 26, 11 ppi  back saw.    Might have to go back to that store, and look around a little better.   hard to do much, with 15 pounds in your hands...

[JimReed@Tallahassee]

Nice score. Sometimes those looong miter saws can be had for low money--the short ones are in bigger demand. Good luck.

[Admiral]

If you're interested, I've got one in nice shape and fairly sharp, shoot me a PM; it's a 4" deep, 25 1/2"-26" depending on how you measure it; I think it came out of the same box.

[bandit571]

Thank you for the offer.    Currently talking to a fellow from the Cinci area about a meet-up half way up the road from him.   Will see how it turns out, and let you know...

[Admiral]

Better yet, save on shipping, local is always good.

[Strokes77]

I had a near mint example of the same miter box for a good while.  It was a great tool.

Ended up passing it on, as I needed the space back.

[Bibliophile 13]

Great find! Good price on it, too. I recently got a Millers Falls one with the saw for $40, and I thought I did all right. Still haven't really used it, but the day I start cutting moldings will be the day I'm glad I bought it.

[wood-chips]

That's a nice find. My ex-FIL had one I used many times. My son (his grandson) is a wood worker too and would have liked to have had that saw as a heirloom. Unfortunately when he passed away the vulture relatives swooped in and cleaned out everything including the saw before my son was able to lay claim to the saw.

[bandit571]

Road Trip this morning, to meet up with the fellow with the saw.....

   
4" x 24"   Disston- HK Porter,  fully readable etch,  straight as an arrow.   $20

   
Need to haul  this thing to the haul, for a test drive.    I think it will do just fine.  Not sure IF I would even NEED the extra 2"   the normal saw had.  ( 4 x 26")

Total price......$36.09,  not too hateful?

HK Porter bought out Disston about 1957, or so......mitre box might be the same age....

[wood2woodknot]

Bandit........ hope it works out. The $20 already got me two new palm gouges at the woodcarvers show after I left you. We both had a good day.