Patent ID: 8413562

Claim:
A slide circular saw comprising: a base; a saw blade rotatably driven by a motor; a main body including the saw blade, configured to be movable vertically, capable of tilting at least to one of the right and the left directions, and slidable frontward and rearward above the base, wherein the main body is lowered perpendicularly so as to be capable of performing a vertical cut of a workpiece placed on the base with a predetermined cutting depth and is lowered in a tilted state so as to be capable of performing a bevel cut of the workpiece with a predetermined cutting depth; and an arm projecting upward from the base and supporting the main body; and a cutting depth switching mechanism moving conjunction with the tilting movement of the main body so that the cutting depth in the bevel cut operation is arranged to be shallower than that in the vertical cut operation, wherein the cutting depth switching mechanism comprises: an abutment member provided at the main body; a receiving member mounted on the arm and having a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion, wherein the abutment member abuts the receiving member in conjunction with a lowering of the main body so that the cutting depth is determined; and an interlocking mechanism, where the interlocking mechanism switches a position of the receiving member between a first position in which the first abutment portion abuts the abutment member when the main body is lowered into the vertical cut position and a second position in which the second abutment portion abuts the abutment member when the main body is lowered into the bevel cut operation; wherein the receiving member is a rod having a chamfered part as the first abutment portion and a peripheral surface part as the second abutment portion and the switching operation is performed by a rotation of the rod at the main body and a receiving member is provided at a portion to be fixed side with respect to the vertical movement of the main body, the abutment member abuts the receiving member in conjunction with a lowering of the main body so that the cutting depth is determined, the cutting depth switching mechanism comprises a first abutment portion where the abutment member abuts in the vertical cut operation, a second abutment portion where the abutment member abuts in the bevel cut operation, a lower limit position of the saw blade is higher than that of the first abutment portion, and an interlocking mechanism, wherein the interlocking mechanism switched a position of the receiving member between a first position in which the first abutment portion abuts the abutment member when the main body is in the vertical cut position and a second position in which the second abutment portion abuts the abutment member when the main body is in the bevel cut operation, and the receiving member is a rod having a chamfered part as the first abutment portion and a peripheral surface part as the second abutment portion, in which a switching operation is performed by a rotation of the rod.