Patent ID: 8661956

Claim:
A power miter saw comprising: a base having a center portion configured to support a rotatable table and side portions on opposite sides of said center portion, said side portions having a flat working surface for supporting a work piece; a rotatable table operatively connected to said base and rotatable relative to said base about a vertical pivot in either rotatable direction relative to a zero position and having a top surface for supporting a work piece; a pivotable arm operatively connected to said table and having a blade and motor assembly secured thereto that is configured to be lowered toward said table to engage a work piece positioned thereon; said flat working surface of said side portions being coplanar with said top surface of said table; a fence assembly extending between said base side portions and including an elongated stationary fence portion having a front vertical contacting surface and an opposite rear surface and a removable fence portion configured to be slidably attached to said stationary fence portion; each of said base side portions having a generally vertical fence positioning surface extending downwardly substantially perpendicularly from said flat working surfaces and being coplanar with one another and perpendicular to the plane of the blade when the table is in said zero miter position; and at least one attachment device for applying a horizontal force to said stationary fence portion for holding said front vertical contacting surface against each of said vertical fence positioning surfaces independently of said removable fence portion; and each of said vertical fence positioning surfaces having at least one aperture therein for receiving one of said attachment devices and said stationary fence portion having at least one aperture aligned with said aperture in said vertical fence positioning surface; wherein said at least one aperture of said vertical fence positioning surface is a horizontally oriented threaded aperture, and said attachment device is a threaded member configured to extend through said aperture in said stationary fence portion and be screwed into said horizontally oriented threaded aperture in said vertical fence positioning surfaces.