Patent ID: 7845260

Claim:
A miter saw comprising: a base for supporting a workpiece thereon, the base having a rotation center; a turntable supported by the base and rotatable about the rotation center; a cutting unit rotatably supporting a saw blade; a support unit provided to the turntable for pivotally movably supporting the cutting unit over the turntable; and a fixing mechanism associated with the base and the turntable to fix the turntable to the base, the fixing mechanism including an operation member operable by an operator for changing a state of fix or non-fix; wherein the turntable comprises: a main body provided with an outer periphery having a mount portion extending outwardly therefrom and an upper surface having an imaginary line onto which the saw blade is pivoted down, and an extension member supported on the mount portion and extending outwardly from the outer periphery in a first direction of the imaginary line for rotating the main body, the extension member having an upper portion substantially coplanar with the upper surface of the main body to support the workpiece thereon and the extension member being movable with respect to the mount portion to shorten the length of the miter saw in said first direction so that the miter saw can become compact when out of use compared with the miter saw in use, wherein the operation member of the fixing mechanism is provided to the mount portion, and wherein the fixing mechanism is able to change the state of fix or non-fix regardless of a movement of the extension member.