Questions on using a miter box

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sbaxter
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Questions on using a miter box

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Hey guys ...

Sometimes I need to cut small materials on my small hobby-size miter boxes. Another project I have going requires me to make straight cuts in PVC pipe -- I do have a larger hardware-store-type miter box as well.

Anyone have any tricks on how to hold the materials in place in the box so the cuts are as clean and straight as possible -- especially the confounded PVC pipe?

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Post by Andrew Gorman »

Clamps, clamps and more clamps. You can never have too many clamps. For the PVC, I use a hose clamp as a cutting guide for a guaranteed straight cut. For close enough cuts, the PVC cutters work well:
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Clamps. And possibly shims. Depends on how accurate you need the cuts to be. I usually cut a touch long and sand to fit.
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