Patent ID: 8776656

Claim:
A circular and miter saw, comprising: a seating table having a planar workpiece seating surface for supporting a workpiece thereon during cutting; two stop strips in alignment with one another and disposed on said seating table defining an alignment surface perpendicular to said workpiece seating surface for aligning a workpiece; a bearing means being pivotable about a pivot axis relative to said seating table, said bearing means having a rotary disc and a side arm disposed above said rotary disc, said workpiece seating surface of said seating table at least partially covering said rotary disc of said bearing means for supporting the workpiece above said rotary disc; a base plate, said bearing means pivotally supported on said base plate, said base plate being disposed below said bearing means; a miter arm being pivotable about the pivot axis; a sliding guide device disposed below said base plate, said miter arm and said sliding guide device being pivotable relative to said base plate and said seating table; a sawing device disposed on said miter arm, said sawing device being displaceable by means of said sliding guide device; and said bearing means, said base plate and said sliding guide device being formed as separate subassemblies disposed sequentially one above another.