This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
The joint made by the ends of two pieces of wood fitted together at a right angle, as in the corners of a picture-frame. The mouldings are usually sawn in a mitre-box, the sides of which have saw-cuts through them at an angle of 450 to guide the saw in cutting.
MITRE BOX AND SAW
 
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