Patent ID: 7503246

Claim:
A slide type miter saw comprising: a base on which a workpiece is to be mounted; a support unit slidably movable in frontward/rearward direction with respect to the base; a circular-saw unit pivotally connected to the support unit by a pivot shaft, a circular-saw blade being attached to the circular-saw unit; an abutment unit provided on the circular-saw unit, and comprising: a first abutment section; and a second abutment section having an abutment shaft extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pivot shaft and movable in an axial direction of the abutment shaft relative to the first abutment section; and an abutment receiving unit provided on the support unit for determining a lowermost position of the circular saw blade, the abutment receiving unit comprising: a first abutment receiving section on which the first abutment section is abuttable when the circular-saw unit pivotally moves toward the base; a second abutment receiving section on which the second abutment section is abuttable when the circular-saw unit pivotally moves toward the base; and a third abutment receiving section having a predetermined thickness and selectively movable to a position superposed with the second abutment receiving section so that the second abutment section is selectively abuttable on the third abutment receiving section when the circular-saw unit pivotally moves toward the base.