How much should a vintage miter saw and box cost?
My wife doesn't like power tools so I was thinking of getting her a miter box for cutting basswood for carving, picture frames etc.
I saw a Miller Falls Acme(?) miter box with a Disston miter saw on the bay. It's almost $200!
I guess both the box and the saw are in really good shape, but wow. I had no idea.
Like others, I paid $15 for mine
They can be found occasionally at garage sales at that sort of price - or, as others have mentioned, for a little more on deBay.
I don't have enough experience to compare Millers-Falls to Stanley to Goodell Pratt. My limited experience is with a dynamite M-F Langdon Acme box, and a Goodell Pratt that turned out to be warped. The M-F box, with a Disston saw, unsharpened since I got it, is incredible - I can cut a shaving off the end of a piece of stock the thickness of the saw kerf. I highly recommend a good miter box.