Patent ID: 7430807

Claim:
A universal saw capable of being employed as a jigsaw or sabre saw, having a housing and a base plate ( 21 ) for supporting the universal saw on a work piece to be machined wherein: the housing contains a drive train that includes an electric drive motor and a motion converter that converts a rotary motion of the drive motor into a reciprocating working motion of a saw blade movably guided in the housing, and the base plate for supporting the universal saw on the work piece to be machined is linked to the housing ( 12 ) by means of two parallel pivot axes ( 24 , 25 ) and a distance of one of the pivot axes ( 25 ) from the housing ( 12 ), measured parallel to the reciprocating working motion of the saw blade ( 14 , 15 ), is constant, while a distance of the other pivot axis ( 24 ) is variably adjustable, but also is lockable in a definite, first operating position in which the two distances are equal; when being employed as a saber saw, the base plate is arranged on the housing in a pivoting fashion wherein the pivot axis ( 25 ) that is spaced the constant distance apart from the housing ( 12 ) is situated in front of the saw blade ( 15 ), and the other pivot axis ( 24 ) with the variably adjustable distance from the housing ( 12 ) is situated behind the saw blade ( 15 ) and wherein: on the one hand, the base plate ( 21 ) is rapidly lockable in the definite, first operating position in relation to the housing of the universal saw ( 10 ) in which position, the direction of the reciprocating working motion of the saw blade ( 14 , 15 ) is perpendicular to the base plate ( 21 ) and on the other hand, it is possible outside of this operating position, to variably adjust the angular position of the base plate ( 21 ) in relation to the direction of the reciprocating working motion of the saw blade.