Patent ID: 8640346
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B27B

Abstract:
1. A saw comprising: a housing assembly; a motor supported by the housing assembly and operable to drive a saw blade to cut a work piece, the saw blade having a cutting plane, a bevel angle being defined between the cutting plane and a surface of the work piece; a support member supporting the saw relative to the work piece; and a bevel angle detent mechanism operable to adjustably position the saw blade in a bevel angle position, the mechanism including wherein a preload of the biasing member is adjustable by rotating the detent support member relative to the detent support, wherein one of the detent member and the recess is angularly adjustable relative to the associated one of the recess support and the detent support to adjust the bevel angle position of the saw blade, and wherein the detent member is selectively engageable and disengageable from the recess in response to pivoting the housing assembly relative to the support member.