Patent ID: 7430807
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
1. A universal saw capable of being employed as a jigsaw or sabre saw, having a housing and a base plate ( 21 ) for supporting the universal saw on a work piece to be machined wherein: the housing contains a drive train that includes an electric drive motor and a motion converter that converts a rotary motion of the drive motor into a reciprocating working motion of a saw blade movably guided in the housing, and the base plate for supporting the universal saw on the work piece to be machined is linked to the housing ( a distance of one of the pivot axes ( when being employed as a saber saw, the base plate is arranged on the housing in a pivoting fashion wherein the pivot axis ( on the one hand, the base plate ( on the other hand, it is possible outside of this operating position, to variably adjust the angular position of the base plate (