| 摘要 |
<p>A saw 1 comprising a frame 3, a table 5 mounted in the frame 3 and adapted to adopt two positions (Figures 1 and 2), a pivot member 15 on a first side of the table 5, a saw assembly 17 pivoted with respect to the pivot member 15, a blade 19 journalled in said assembly 17, a motor (not shown) to drive the blade 19, and a slot 21 in the table 5 through which said blade 19 is adapted to protrude, in a first of said two positions of the table 5 a saw assembly 17 being above the table 5, the saw 1 thereby forming a chop saw for performing plunge cuts on workpieces supported on said first side of the table 5, and, in a second of said two positions of the table 5, the saw assembly 17 being below the table 5 and the saw 1 thereby forming a bench saw for performing cuts on workpieces passed through the blade 19 on a second opposite side of the table 5, the saw 1 further comprising a guard 27 which, when the table 5 is in the second of the two positions, protects a user from the blade 19 protruding through the slot 21 and, when the table 5 is in the first of the two positions, acts as a dust collector below the table 5. <IMAGE></p> |
