Patent ID: 7866051

Claim:
A portable cutting tool comprising: a cutting tool main body including a saw blade for cutting a workpiece and a motor for driving to rotate the saw blade; a base including a lower face and being capable of adjusting an amount of the saw blade projected from the lower face by pivoting the base relative to the cutting tool main body; and a stopper unit, the stopper unit comprising: a first member disposed on one of the base and the cutting tool main body; a second member disposed on a link member extended in a direction of pivoting the cutting tool main body, the second member being capable of stopping pivoting of the base relative to the cutting tool main body in cooperation with the first member when the base is pivoted relative to the cutting tool main body in direction of increasing the amount of the saw blade projected from the lower face of the base; and a third member for manually disengaging engagement between the first member and the second member, wherein a maximum amount of the saw blade projected from the lower face of the base, when the first member and the second member are engaged, is continuously adjustable by placing one of the first member and the second member at an arbitrary position of the link member or by adjusting a height position of the link member relative to the cutting tool main body, and wherein one of the first member and the second member comprises a hook member and wherein said stopper unit further comprises a locking mechanism capable of being fixed to an arbitrary position of the link member for fixing a cutting depth of the saw blade by being engaged with the hook member.