Patent ID: 8067916

Claim:
A cutting tool for cutting a workpiece, comprising: a frame; a cutting tool electric motor supported on the frame; a dynamic cutting blade which is operably drivable by the cutting tool electric motor and which is movably supported on the frame; a principal electrical circuit attached to the frame, including a principal switch having a switch operator, connected to the cutting tool electric motor under on-off control of the principal switch; and an auxiliary electrical circuit attached to the frame, having a first terminal enabling ready connection to an electrical power source, a second terminal enabling ready connection of the plug of an electrical plug and cord assembly, and an auxiliary switch arranged to make and break electrical continuity of the auxiliary electrical circuit simultaneously with and under the control of the switch operator of the principal switch, wherein the principal electrical circuit and the auxiliary electrical circuit are separate and distinct, such that plural loads may both be started and stopped simultaneously even though both plural loads may be supplied with electrical power from two independent sources.