Miter Box Workstation?
#19
I broke down and bought a bench top from Woodcraft and attached it to a wall in my shop.  It quickly became not only my
Miter Box workstation, but as all horizontal surfaces become, a catchall for anything and everyting that needs a temporary home.  

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#20
I used mine to trim out 23 new windows and three doors in my house. I used a Vika portable workbench and just a couple woodscrews through the feet into the workbench top.

I second the recommendation to mount a permanent support under it and clamp that to your workspace.
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#21
My experience with mounting my mitre box on my Workmate is so so. It's very handy to whip out the Workmate and mount the box but I find it rocks more then i'm happy with. Sometimes I clamp a narrow board across the linkage to stiffen it up. 

Tom.
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#22
When I'm on a carpet doing trim in the house, I put my foot on the lower shelf. On concrete I don't have a problem.
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#23
Setting the miter box up in a workstation does not negate it's portability, four bolts and it's ready to go....does take up some room but I can use the space for storage and it's handy to keep current project stock behind the saw.

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#24
Ok got T tracks added and did a combined hold down & cut off stop, for 90 & 45, plus a small fence on each wing....

Wish I had done this before I made my last bench, cut the dog hole slots with just a box sitting on a bench,and it is almost 10' long so it was a lot of cuts......this set up make handling long pieces much easier...

Can't seem to upload photos today.

Mos Maiorum


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#25
Here's mine.  It was originally made for my power miter saw and mounted on some pieces of scrap square tubing so it would stay flat when I used it on sawhorses. One day I just took off the power miter saw and put my miter box on it.  The idea was that I could put it on my workbench whenever I needed it, but I use it so much that it now sits full time on an old butcher block unless I am using it in the house for trim.
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#26
I have three mitre boxes. One is a large MF 74C. This is a carpenters tool box with a 30" saw - much too large for small mouldings, which is feature of building furniture. The one that I use the most is a MF 15 1/2 with a 16" saw. This is set up on a side table along with a shooting board and saw vise.

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(In the far top left corner you will see the two other mitre boxes)

Regards from Perth

Derek
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