Bench cutter

A bench cutter comprising:

• a drive portion driving a cutting blade;
• a base portion for supporting a workpiece;
• a cutting portion arranged on the base portion, the cutting portion pivotally supporting the cutting blade above the base portion, and configured to make the cutting blade come close to and separate from the base portion;
• and
• a supporting portion connected to the base portion and movably supporting the cutting portion,
• wherein the cutting portion includes:
• a transmission mechanism for transmitting power of the drive portion to the cutting blade;
• and
• a gear case covering the transmission mechanism and having a lower face portion opposed to an upper face of the base portion,
• wherein the transmission mechanism includes:
• a spindle concentrically supporting the cutting blade,
• a cutting blade fixing portion having a flange for fixing the cutting blade to the spindle,
• a first gear directly driven by the drive portion,
• a final gear integrally rotated together with the spindle, the final gear having a first axis of rotation, and
• an intermediate gear respectively meshed with the first gear and the final gear, the intermediate gear having a second axis of rotation,
• wherein the first axis of rotation is parallel to the second axis of rotation, and
• wherein while the cutting blade is being maintained in a state perpendicular to the upper face of the base portion, a distance between the lower face portion of the gear case and the upper face of the base portion is not less than a distance between the base portion side end face of the flange and the upper face of the base portion.