Miter saw

A miter saw comprising:

• a base assembly;
• a rotatable table rotatably connected to the base assembly for rotating about a miter axis, the table having a plane;
• a saw assembly including a motor, a blade disposed on an arbor, and an upper blade guard covering an upper part of the blade and the arbor;
• and
• a pivot arm pivotally attached to the table and supporting the saw assembly, wherein the pivot arm is rotatably attached to the table so that the saw assembly can be beveled about a bevel axis leftwardly and rightwardly from a position where the blade is substantially perpendicular to the table plane;
• wherein the maximum distance between the blade and the upper blade guard along the longitudinal axis of the arbor is about 0.00353 times the radius of the blade.

A miter saw comprising:

• a base assembly;
• a rotatable table rotatably connected to the base assembly for rotating about a miter axis, the table having a plane;
• a saw assembly including a motor and a blade disposed on an arbor;
• and
• a pivot arm pivotally attached to the table and supporting the saw assembly, wherein the pivot arm is rotatably attached to the table so that the saw assembly can be beveled about a bevel axis from a first bevel position where the blade is substantially perpendicular to the table plane;
• and
• a first protrusion movably attached to the table movable between a first position contacting the pivot arm when beveled in a first direction and a second position not contacting the pivot arm when beveled in the first direction.