Patent ID: 7866239

Claim:
A table saw comprising: a table defining a work surface, where the table has a front; a substantially planar, circular blade configured to extend at least partially above the work surface; a motor to spin the blade; an elevation carriage adapted to support the blade and to move to change the elevation of the blade relative to the work surface; a trunnion structure adapted to support the elevation carriage and to move the blade between a position where the blade is perpendicular to the work surface and a position where the blade is not perpendicular to the work surface; and an elongate shaft having two ends, a first mounting location adjacent one of the ends, a non-threaded cantilevered portion, and a second mounting location between the first mounting location and the cantilevered portion, where the shaft is fixed to the trunnion structure at one of the first and second mounting locations by a bolt engaging the shaft, where the shaft is also fixed to the trunnion structure at the other of the first and second mounting locations, where the elevation carriage is configured to slide on the shaft between the first and second mounting locations and concurrently to slide on the cantilevered portion when the elevation carriage moves to change the elevation of the blade relative to the work surface, and where the shaft is positioned between the front of the table and the blade.