Patent ID: 7849604

Claim:
A powered hand-held band saw for use in cutting a work piece angularly extending from a substantially planar work surface, the saw having a closed-loop saw blade circulatable about a blade travel path, the saw comprising: a frame housing the saw blade and at least partially defining the blade travel path and a cutting guide surface; a motor connected to the frame and engaged with the saw blade to circulate the saw blade along the blade travel path between a drive pulley and an idler pulley, said drive pulley having an axis; and at least one first blade guide connected to the frame between the drive pulley axis and an idler pulley axis for guiding the saw blade along a first cutting path portion of the blade travel path, the first cutting path having the blade width oriented substantially parallel to the drive pulley axis for providing for a substantially flush cut of the work piece with respect to the work surface, further comprising at least one second blade guide connected to the frame between the drive pulley axis and idler pulley axis for guiding the saw blade along a second cutting path portion of the blade travel path, the second cutting path positioned inward of the frame cutting guide surface with respect to the first cutting path, the second cutting path having the blade width oriented obliquely relative to the drive pulley axis providing for a non-flush cut of the work piece with respect to the work surface, wherein the saw blade is selectively positionable along one of the first and the second cutting blade paths for selective flush or non-flush cutting of the work piece with respect to the work surface.