Adjustable bevel angle stops with quick release and over-ride features

A saw apparatus comprising:

• a saw blade;
• a motor configured to drive the saw blade;
• an undercarriage configured to support the motor;
• a bevel adjustment assembly configured to move the saw blade to various bevel angles, the bevel adjustment assembly including a bracket with a first flange that extends outward from a front side of the bracket and perpendicular to a middle portion of the bracket;
• a support assembly to support the saw blade and the undercarriage with the motor, the support assembly including a work surface and a side panel portion, the side panel portion including an opening defined by sidewall portions that enable the bracket to move along a pathway as the bevel adjustment assembly moves relative to the side panel portion, the side panel portion including an exterior surface;
• and
• a first bevel stop including (a) a mounting plate that is secured to the exterior surface of the side panel portion, the mounting plate having (i) a front surface that includes a first tab and a second tab, the first tab and the second tab protruding outward from the front surface and supporting an axle, and (ii) a rear surface that is configured to contact the exterior surface and (b) a first stopper having an arm positioned between the first tab and the second tab, the arm being configured to move about the axle into (i) a first blocking position in which the first stopper obstructs the pathway and confronts the first flange to prevent the bracket from moving beyond a first position along the pathway in a first direction such that the saw blade is bounded at a first bevel angle, and (ii) a first unblocking position in which the pathway is not obstructed by the first stopper such that the bracket is permitted to move along the pathway to a second position that is beyond the first position in the first direction so that the saw blade is configured to be at a second bevel angle,
• wherein,
• the first flange protrudes outward from the exterior surface of the side panel portion,
• the bracket is configured to move away from the first bevel stop in a second direction when the first bevel stop is in the first blocking position, and
• the bracket is configured to move away from the first bevel stop in the second direction when the first bevel stop is in the first unblocking position.

A saw apparatus comprising:

• a saw blade;
• a table with a work surface and a side panel portion, the side panel portion including an exterior surface;
• a bevel adjustment assembly configured to adjust the saw blade to various bevel angles as the bevel adjustment assembly moves to various positions along a pathway of the side panel portion, the bevel adjustment assembly including a bracket with a first flange that extends outward from a front side of the bracket and perpendicular to a middle portion of the bracket the first flange protrudes outward from the exterior surface of the side panel portion;
• and
• a bevel stop assembly including at least a first bevel stop the first bevel stop including (a) a mounting plate that is secured to the exterior surface of the side panel portion, the mounting plate having (i) a front surface that includes a first tab and a second tab, the first tab and the second tab protruding outward from the front surface and supporting an axle, and (ii) a rear surface that is configured to contact the exterior surface and (b) a first stopper having an arm positioned between the first tab and the second tab, the arm being configured to move about the axle to (i) a first blocking position in which the first stopper obstructs a first section of the pathway to confront the first flange and stop the bevel adjustment assembly from moving beyond a first position of the pathway along a first direction such that the saw blade is bounded at a first bevel angle corresponding to the first position, and (ii) a first unblocking position in which the first stopper does not obstruct the first section of the pathway such that the bevel adjustment assembly is permitted to move to a second position that is further along the pathway in the first direction than the first position such that the saw blade is not bounded at the first bevel angle and permitted to move to a second bevel angle corresponding to the second position.