Mitre 10 Mitre 10 Mitre 10 is an Australian retail and trade hardware store chain. Operations are based on a cooperative system, where the store owners are members of the national group and each has voting rights. The chain name references the mitre joint. There are over 400 "Mitre 10" and its associated "True Value Hardware" franchises throughout Australia. The move to set up a co-operative group of hardware stores originated from a meeting of five men who would become Mitre 10's founders — Tom Molomby, Tom Danaher, Reg Buchanan, Jack Womersley and Ian Nisbet — held at Buchanan's home in Balwyn,
Mitre box in the mitre box are cut at 45 degrees and 90 degrees. The mitre saw combines the features of a mitre box with a backsaw. In the past, mitre boxes were constructed mostly of wood. Some have had metal guides fitted to reduce wear on the slots. Today, mitre boxes are also available in other materials such as moulded plastic and cast aluminium. When carpenters used to make their own mitre boxes, it was common to use a mitre box until its guide slots became worn and then make a new one out of scrap timber. There is still a