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Table saw

  • US 5,857,507 A
  • Filed: 09/20/1996
  • Issued: 01/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cutting machine having a base, a generally horizontal work table supported by the base, a cutter opening in the work table, a rotatable cutter protruding through the cutter opening for performing cutting operations on a workpiece placed upon a first upper surface of the work table and moved longitudinally by an operator into engagement with the cutter, the improvement comprising an extension support assembly for supporting a workpiece horizontally outward of the lateral extent of the work table, said extension support assembly including a generally horizontal support member, at least one rod slidably extendable horizontally from beneath the work table in directions toward and away from the work table, said support member being interconnected with said rod for slidable extension toward and away from the work table with said rod, said support member being removably interconnectable with said rod in either of a first and a second orientation, an upper surface of said support member being coplanar with the upper surface of the work table when said support member is in said first orientation in order to support the workpiece flatly extending across the upper surface of the work table and across said upper surface of said support member.

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