Patent ID: 6971298
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A miter saw comprising: a base portion on which a workpiece to be cut is held; a main body having a lower wall and a slant wall continous with the lower wall; a main body support movably supporting the main body with respect to the base portion laterally tiltably and vertically pivotably; a saw blade shaft having a flanged abutment portion, the saw blade shaft defining its axial direction and having one end and another end; a pair of first saw blade shaft bearing and a second saw blade shaft bearing spaced away from the first saw blade shaft bearing in the axial direction of the saw blade shaft, the first and second saw blade shaft bearings being supported on the main body for rotatably supporting the saw blade shaft, the flanged abutment portion being positioned between the first and second saw blade shaft bearings; a circular saw blade fixed to the one end of the saw blade shaft, the first saw blade shaft bearing being positioned adjacent the one end; a motor housing fixed to the main body; a motor disposed in the motor housing and having a motor shaft rotatably supported by the main body and extending in parallel with the saw blade shaft; a power transmission mechanism disposed in the main body for transmitting a rotation of the motor shaft to the saw blade shaft, the power transmission mechanism comprising