Stanley 20-112 Clamping Mitre Box

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 14.2 x 13.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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ASIN: B00009OYGB
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Item model number: 20-112

By : Stanley
Price : $17.18

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Stanley Clamping Mitre Box features a built-in measuring scale and a honeycomb base with cam pins designed for a secure work piece for accurate cuts. Additionally, the box can cut miters on 45-degree, 90-degree and 22-1/2-degree angles for maximum versatility, features molded storage compartments for cam pins and a pencil, and sports a molded lip on the base edge for easy use without mounting. If you want to mount the box to a workbench, there's pre-drilled holes in the base for easy fastening to a workbench. The saw also comes with a built-in saw stop that prevents cutting into mitre box as well as a manufacturer's limited lifetime warranty.
Stanley 20-112 Clamping Mitre BoxStanley is proud of its reputation for excellence. They are dedicated to continually testing, designing and improving their products to ensure quality and maximum function. Maintaining their standing of being the world's best at what they do is important to them and what you expect from a name like Stanley. Stanley 20-112 Clamping Mitre Box Features:; Holds material securely for accurate cuts ; Material secures to the base with a twist of the cam pins ; Cuts mitres on 45 ° and 90 °, face angle 45 °, and 22-1/2 ° (octagonal) ; Molded-in storage compartments hold cam pins and pencil ; All pieces molded of high-impact-resistant material ; Molded lip on base edge for easy use without mounting ; Built-in saw stop prevents cutting into mitre box ; Holes in base for fastening to workbench ; Patented design; You are here: Products Fastening Tools Screwdrivers Standard Tip 20-112: NEWLINE ; You are here: Products Fastening Tools Screwdrivers Standard Tip 20-112: ; 20-112 - Clamping Mitre Box: ; Find a Local Retailer:: ; : ; Product Details:

Technical Details

An ideal miter box for precise and versatile cuts
High-impact resistant material
Molded lip on base edge for easy use without mounting
Holes in base for fastening to a workbench
Limited lifetime warranty

Stanley 20-112 Clamping Mitre Box

Customer Reviews

This is a very handy mitre box for doing straight cuts in general carpentry and woodworking, although I don't know if it is accurate and precise enough for certain finish carpentry tasks, picture frames, and other jobs requiring angled cuts.
The cam pins hold the workpiece securely, freeing your off hand for holding the box to the bench while you saw. The box is designed as a bench hook, so there is no need to clamp it down. Just hold it with one hand and saw with the other.
The included saw is typical hardware store fare. In anything but thin stock, it cuts too slow. It is probably OK for thin molding, but for anything bigger, I would suggest using this box with the Shark 10" mitre box saw (shown at the top of this page, at the time of this writing), or even the 12" or 15" Shark general carpentry saw, which is what I use. These Japanese-style pull-saws do not have much set to the teeth, and so they fit easily into the slots.
Whichever saw you use, you will get a straighter cut if you use your off-hand thumb to pin the saw to the side of the slot while you cut. Otherwise, the slot provides room for the saw to wobble.
Some reviewers have pointed out that the box is plastic. Although I have to admit that this is true, I don't see what difference it makes. It works great, and it doesn't warp like the wooden ones, and you certainly wouldn't want a metal one. If it is flexing around on you while you saw, then you are trying way too hard. Relax. It is just a saw guide, not a tackling dummy.
It does a fine job of holding the stuff while you saw it.

The upright plastic guards are fairly flimsy and move back and forth enough to pinch the saw if you're not careful. Use a sharp pull saw and don't expect super high tolerances and you'll be happy with it.