Patent ID: 7174641
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: B27B

Abstract:
1. A cutting tool comprising: a body having a blade that cuts a workpiece by moving forward in a predetermined cutting direction while being rotationally driven, a base that is connected to the body, the base being placed in contact with the upper surface of the workpiece, wherein the body is tilted in a pivotal movement about an axis which is substantially parallel to the cutting direction, so that a cutting operation is performed with the blade projecting laterally outward from a side of the base, a sub-base that is removably attached to the base on the side from which the blade projects and a parallel ruler that is removably attached to the base on the side on which the sub-base is attached or on the opposite side of the base, together with the sub-base, wherein the base has a sub-base clamping hole and a parallel ruler clamping hole that is disposed on or under the sub-base clamping hole, a clamping portion of the sub-base being removably inserted through the sub-base clamping hole, and a clamping portion of the parallel ruler being removably inserted through the parallel ruler clamping hole, and the sub-base clamping hole and the parallel ruler clamping hole are arranged and adapted such that at least either a front or rear end of the upper one of the clamping holes is positioned between both ends of the lower clamping hole.