Patent ID: 8250956

Claim:
A miter saw comprising: a base; a rotatable table positioned on the base, the rotatable table providing a table surface; a bevel support pivotable with respect to the rotatable table; a cutting blade supported by the bevel support; and a miter saw work surface comprising the table surface and a remaining work surface, the remaining work surface substantially planar with the table surface and separate from the table surface, wherein at least most of the remaining work surface is provided on a work surface extension moveably connected to the base between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the work surface extension includes an arcuate edge that matches a circular perimeter of the table surface, wherein the arcuate edge is adjacent to the circular perimeter of the table surface when the word surface extension is in the retracted position such that the arcuate edge and the circular perimeter are spaced apart by a first distance, and wherein the arcuate edge is spaced apart from the circular perimeter by a second distance that is greater than the first distance when the work surface extension is in the extended position.