hrigg
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I glued up three pine boards into a cheap miter box, and use a $20 Gent's saw to cut blanks to length. I think the saw is 18 or 24 tpi, but I've had it so long the ink has worn off the blade. I used the saw to make the kerf in the miter box, and when it gets too sloppy I'll get some more scrap pine and make another one. If you cut the blank about 1/8" long it doesn't really matter if the cuts are perfectly vertical--that's what the pen mill is for.