Mitre joint advice needed.

[JJ1]

I'm just about to begin making a nice maple and walnut pencil box as a gift for someone. I would like to use mitred corners with contrasting splines. I've made a couple of much larger boxes before and used my TS55 track saw for cutting the 45 degree mitred corners and it worked quite well, however, I find it very awkward for such a small box and a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
I don't own a table saw or a sliding compound mitre saw but I do have a table mounted router. I was thinking of purchasing a bevel cutter router bit for cutting the joints such as the T916B-1/2, a further search came up with the T128-1/2 for a very similar price but a slightly longer cutting edge.
Would either cutter be suitable for cutting accurate mitres?

Any advice on the above would be much appreciated, thanks.

 

[Myfordman]

Should work ok but you might need backer pieces to avoid tear out on the top surface and a push block and clamp to hold the work.
it is very bad practise to use the zero width sharp cut edge as a guide on the fence.

 

[Steve Maskery]

If it is for a one-off, I suggest that you look up a donkey's ear.
You'll get perfect mitres with no noise in no time!
S

 

[CHJ]

Donkeys Ear shooting board

 

[JJ1]

Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated. Looking forward to making a Donkey's Ear Shooting Board 8)

 

[skipdiver]

An alternative if you want to use the router is a mitre lock bit. May not give you the look you are after though. The Donkeys Ear shooting board is simple and often the simple solutions are the best.

 

[dzj]

The hand tool option would work, no doubt, but if you haven't taken this path already it would be a
costlier option. More than a router bit, in any case.

 

[JJ1]

but if you haven't taken this path already it would be a
costlier option

I already have plenty of suitable hand planes and also MDF and hardwood off cuts, so it'll actually cost much less than buying a new router bit, which is a nice bonus.

 

[JJ1]

I've decided to make the following shooting board thanks to a good, clear video explaining it's construction http://www.womadeod.co.uk/p/mitre-shooting-board.html

That's my project for this afternoon