Evening star., 1955-02-26
This New Miter Box
Can Be Big Help 10
Amateur Carpenter
By D. M. Derwin


/ the most exasperating experience
j the home owner encounters is
the inability to cut a simple
board straight. Soon confidence
/ is acquired and then shattered
as one finds the cross cut straight
| to the length, but angled as
sawed through.
/ There was a time when is was
felt by this writer that he could
build anything with wood-if he
| just had enough wood to COM
pensate for all the bad saving
that he produced. And like most
men, he mastered straight cut
! ting through time, trial and
practice. but angles became the
big stumbling block until he
began using a new type miter
box now on the market.
The conventional inter box
is an aid, but confining as the
width of the board it will take
is limited. Most of those gener-
ally available range in width
from 2 inches to AZ inches.
Now on the market is a new
type inter box which is more
guide than box. It is scientifl-
cally designed carpenters tool
which will do anything a con-
ventional miter box will do. But
! it has many extra advantages.
One, it is small and compact
and simple in construction, yet
adaptable to every home need.
In place of the conventional box,
there is a plate which is SO de-
signed that it will fit a 2-inch or
a 12-inch board with equal ease.
On this there is a saw guide with
/ an adjustable screw for proper
alignment and tension and an
axial radius, die stamped, zero to
so degrees right and left. A
wing nut fastens or releases the
saw guide for setting to any de-
gree required. The saw guide
itself has window openings which
permit full view Of the cutting
surface.
The saw guide Is so constructed
that an ordinary saw blade fits
snugly in it, cutting evenly and
smoothly with an exact cut every
time, all without any danger
of knicked or cut fingers.
The numerals on the axial
radius are brightly marked in
red.
Wood Repairs.
Hardly a month goes by that
our mail doesn't include several
requests for advice on what to
do about hardwood floors with
fair sized cracks. While the
situation is discouraging. it can
be easily and efficiently cor
rected.
On the market are many
brands of wood putty, but one
in particular which is the origi-
nal powder-form plastic has
proved efficient. 1t is easy to use.
sticks tight, hardens quickly. will
not shrink and is easily fooled,
according to the manufacturer.
Where hardwood floors are
concerned, no refinishing should
ever be attempted until all
cracks, no matter how small
or large, are filled with wood
putty.
A good varnish remover should
be used first - one which will
bleach and at the same time re-
move varnish, shellac, wax. and
dirt so that when the patching is
complete, the floor is ready for
refiniShing.
Before refinishing, fill all the
cracks with a wood putty, which
can be stained or grained exactly
like the wood in the floor by
using a brush or whisk broom.
Since this is a powder, it must
have water added to it to make
it doughy in consistency so that
it can be fooled.
This product is available in
a 4-oz. package. ! and 5 10. cans,
and 20-lb. pals.
For further information. please
write to Mr.. Derwin, Room 72O. The
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