![Rouse-Miterer Rouse Miterer](https://d1mkprg9bp64fp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/10/Rouse-Miterer-448x186.png)
This curious machine from H.B. Rouse & Company, Chicago, is used when making corners on lead or rule strips. While the Rouse Lead and Rule is used for making straight cuts, the miterer adds a bevel or angle where two pieces will be joined perpendicularly, such as in the creation of frames and borders. The wooden handle dates this miterer to the late 1880s.