Patent ID: 7331264

Claim:
A miter saw comprising: a base section that supports a workpiece thereon, the base section having a tilt support; a circular saw unit rotatably supporting a circular saw blade; a support section pivotally movably supporting the circular saw unit at a position above the base section, the support section having a tilting section laterally tiltingly movable together with the circular saw unit and supported to the base section, the tilt support supporting the tilting section in contact therewith, the tilting section being tiltingly movable along a tilting locus; a clamp mechanism that presses the tilting section against the tilt support for fixing a lateral tilting posture of the support section; a biasing member that provides a frictional force between the tilt support and the tilting section so as to resist movement of the tilting section; and a tilt amount fine control unit disposed between the tilting section and the tilt support, where the tilt amount fine control unit allows adjustment of a fine lateral tilting posture of the support section while the frictional force is being applied between the tilt support and the tilting section by the biasing member.