Patent ID: 6971297

Claim:
A cutting device for performing cutting operations on a workpiece, said cutting device comprising: a base adapted to receive said workpiece; a support attached to said base; a drive assembly pivotable attached to said support, said drive assembly including a motor having an arbor shaft rotatably about an arbor axis; a cutting tool attached to said arbor shaft; a fastener engaging said arbor shaft to attach said cutting tool to said arbor shaft; a fixed guard fixedly attached to said drive assembly and pivotably with said drive assembly, said fixed guard covering a first portion of said cutting tool; a movable guard pivotably attached to said drive assembly for pivotal movement about said arbor axis, said movable guard movable between a closed position covering a second portion of said cutting tool and an open position exposing said second portion of said cutting tool; a separate arbor cover pivotably secured to said fixed guard, said arbor cover being pivotal between a first position covering said fastener and said arbor shaft and a second position completely uncovering said fastener and said arbor shaft, said arbor cover being adapted to prevent said fastener from falling free of said arbor shaft when said arbor cover is in said first position; and a retainer extending through said arbor cover and through one side of said fixed guard to secure said arbor cover to said fixed guard, said retainer movable to a first position where an inner end of said retainer is generally flush with an inner surface of said one side of said fixed guard to allow pivotable movement of said arbor cover and a second position where said inner end of said retainer is spaced from said inner surface of said one side of said fixed guard to prohibit pivotable movement of said arbor cover, said inner end of said retainer defining a first blade caliper which protects said fixed guard from said cutting tool.