Posted by jerryinidaho [24.49.176.137] on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 at 17:56:12 :
In Reply to: Re: OT Meiter Box Question posted by Kaegi [76.22.23.236] on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 at 17:25:33 :
That tool came from an era where carpenters had to know a lot more than they do today. In the early days of framing we used a framing square for everything. Stairs, braces, all the different kinds of rafters, etc. You could even cut studs in progressive length on a sloped wall. Now there are books and calculators to tell you everything. Truss companies can build a set of trusses that anyone could put together to make the roof.
Hey, kid....get off my lawn. :)
I have my grandfather's old miter box. It's very similar to this one.
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