Patent ID: 7210385

Claim:
A saw comprising: a base; a table rotatably attached to the base, the table supporting a workpiece; a saw unit supporting a saw blade and having a motor for rotatably driving said saw blade; a housing pivotally supporting said saw unit related to said table in such a manner that said saw unit is at least laterally pivotable about a rotational axis in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions; and a bevel mechanism for selectively determining the lateral position of said saw unit at any of a plurality of pivoted positions including a vertical position where said saw blade is positioned substantially vertically relative to said table; said bevel mechanism comprising a rotatable rod and first, second and third fixed stop members, the rod being movable between the first and second fixed stop members to define a first range of pivoted positions when the rod is in a first rotated position, and the rod being movable between the first and third fixed stop members to define a second range of pivoted positions when the rod is in a second rotated position.