Abstract: An improved miter box allows crown molding to be cut in the same orientation in which it will be installed to assure a perfect mitered joint. The miter box holds a longitudinal workpiece so that it can be cut by a cutting apparatus at a first angle measured in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece and at a second angle measured in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece. The miter box has a base, a backboard mounted perpendicularly on one edge of the base, a cutting apparatus guide for guiding the cutting apparatus to cut the workpiece at the first angle, a first wedge apparatus mounted on the backboard having a lower surface at the second angle to the backboard, and a second wedge apparatus mounted on the base having an upper surface at the second angle to the backboard.