Powered handheld cutting tool

A handheld cutting tool comprising:

• a motor;
• a driven gear coupled to the motor for receiving torque therefrom and a sprocket coupled for co-rotation with the driven gear;
• a housing including a motor housing portion in which the motor is located, a drive housing portion in which the driven gear and sprocket are located, and a handle portion extending from the motor housing portion,
• the motor housing portion and the drive housing portion oriented with respect to one another at an oblique angle,
• the handle portion and the drive housing portion oriented with respect to one another at an oblique angle, and
• the handle portion oriented transverse to the motor housing portion;
• a battery pack removably coupled to an end of the handle portion opposite the motor housing portion, the battery pack including a foot portion defining a base plane;
• a guide bar extending from the drive housing portion and away from the handle portion in a direction angled relative to the base plane, the motor including an output shaft rotatable about an axis extending in a common plane with the guide bar;
• and
• a chain supported on the guide bar and engaged with the sprocket such that rotation of the sprocket moves the chain along the guide bar,
• wherein a center of gravity of the handheld cutting tool is located above the foot portion when the handheld cutting tool is stood upright on the foot portion.

A handheld cutting tool comprising:

• a housing including a motor housing portion, a drive housing portion oriented with respect to the motor housing portion at an oblique angle, and a handle portion oriented with respect to the drive housing portion at an oblique angle and oriented transverse to the motor housing portion, the handle portion extending from one of the motor housing portion or the drive housing portion;
• a motor located in the motor housing portion;
• a driven gear coupled to the motor for receiving torque therefrom and a sprocket coupled for co-rotation with the driven gear, the driven gear and the sprocket located in the drive housing portion;
• a battery pack removably coupled within an end of the handle portion, the battery pack including a foot portion defining a base plane bounded within a first plane and a second plane offset relative to one another, and by a third plane and a fourth plane offset relative to one another;
• and
• a center of gravity located above the foot portion and within the base plane, wherein the center of gravity permits balancing on the foot portion of the handheld cutting tool in an upright position to inhibit tipping of the handheld cutting tool towards the first plane, the second plane, the third plane, or the fourth plane,
• wherein the center of gravity of the handheld cutting tool is located proximate an intersection of the motor housing portion, the drive housing portion, and the handle portion.