Miter Saw

Abstract

A miter saw has a base assembly, a table assembly assembly rotatably attached to the base assembly, and a drive assembly pivotally attached to the table assembly. The drive assembly has a motor and a blade driven by the motor. The table assembly has at least one elastic bumper thereon.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The accompanying drawings illustrate preferred embodiments according to the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

FIG. 1 is an exemplary sliding miter saw incorporating the invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-section of the miter detent override mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a partial top plan view of a first embodiment of a miter fine-adjust mechanism according to the invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a miter fine-adjust mechanism according to the invention.

Claims

1: A miter saw comprising: a base assembly;a table assembly rotatably attached to the base assembly; anda drive assembly pivotally attached to the table assembly, the drive assembly including a motor and a blade driven by the motor;wherein the table assembly has at least one elastic bumper thereon.

2: The miter saw of claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism for locking a rotational position of the table assembly relative to the base assembly.

3: The miter saw of claim 1, wherein the at least one elastic bumper is affixed to the table assembly.

4: The miter saw of claim 1, wherein the at least one elastic bumper has a durometer of between about 20 Shore O and about 80 Shore A.

5: A miter saw comprising: a base assembly;a table assembly rotatably attached to the base assembly; anda drive assembly pivotally attached to the table assembly, the drive assembly including a motor and a blade driven by the motor, the drive assembly being pivotable about a substantially horizontal chopping axis to move the drive assembly between an upper position away from the table assembly to a lower position towards the table assembly; wherein the drive assembly is pivotable relative to the table assembly about a substantially vertical axis.

6: The miter saw of claim 5, wherein the drive assembly is supported by a pivot pin.

7: The miter saw of claim 6, wherein the pivot pin is movable.

8: The miter saw of claim 6, wherein the pivot pin is movable via a screw.