Cutting or sawing machine

A hand-held, hand-operated, cutting or sawing machine comprising a front section and a rear section, wherein

• the front section includes at least a first, disc shaped cutter blade, which is rotary about an axis of rotation, said cutter blade having a peripheral edge portion which is the working part of the tool, a first side defining a first plane, and a second side defining a second plane,
• said first cutter blade is mounted rotary in the front end of an elongated tool carrier having the substantial shape of a flat bar having two opposite side walls which are parallel with said first and second sides of the tool,
• a rear end of the elongated tool carrier is connected to said rear section of the machine at the rear of said first cutter blade,
• said first cutter blade is provided on a first side of a centre plane of the front section, said second side of said first cutter blade facing the tool carrier,
• said rear section consists of a number of components including a motor for driving the cutter blade or cutter blades carried by said tool carrier via a power transmission, a housing, handles and control devices for operating the machine, and wherein
• said first plane does not intersect any component included in said front or rear sections,
• a rear tool guard is arranged on the machine having modes to allow non-flush as well as flush-cutting operations, and in a flush-cutting mode said first plane does not intersect the tool guard, but does intersect in a non-flush-cutting mode.