Patent ID: 7827893

Claim:
A table saw comprising: a table defining a work surface; a generally planar, circular blade configured to extend at least partially above the work surface; a motor to drive the blade; an elevation carriage adapted to support the blade and to move to change the elevation of the blade relative to the work surface; a trunnion structure adapted to support the elevation carriage and to move the blade between a position where the blade is perpendicular to the work surface and a position where the blade is not perpendicular to the work surface, where at least a first portion of the trunnion structure extends generally perpendicularly to the plane of the blade and to the work surface; a projection extending out from the first portion of the trunnion structure; and an elongate support shaft fixed to the projection and held against rotation and interconnecting the elevation carriage and the trunnion structure so that the elevation carriage slides along the length of the support shaft as the elevation carriage moves to change the elevation of the blade relative to the work surface.