Patent ID: 8161858

Claim:
A cutting machine comprising: a table supporting a workpiece; and a cutting machine body supported on the table and movable in a vertical direction and a direction within a plane parallel to a surface of the table, the cutting machine body including a fixed cover positioned around an upper side of a rotary blade mounted to a rotatably driven spindle, wherein a rear edge portion of the fixed cover positioned at a rear side region with respect to the spindle is retracted upward to enable a large cutting depth at the rear side region, the rear side region extending to a rear edge of the fixed cover; the cutting machine body is supported by a sliding mechanism that slidably moves in the direction within the plane parallel to the table surface; the sliding mechanism includes an intermediate stopper mechanism that prevents the cutting machine body from slidably moving in a cutting direction into the workpiece within a first portion of an entire slidable range of the cutting machine body while permitting the cutting machine body to slidably move in the cutting direction into the workpiece within a second portion of the slidable range; and the first portion of the entire slidable range extends from a midpoint of the entire slidable range to a first end of the entire slidable range, and the second portion of the entire slidable range extends from the midpoint of the entire slidable range to a second end of the entire slidable range; and wherein the intermediate stopper mechanism includes a stopper shaft portion that moves between a slide side and a slide support side of the sliding mechanism.