Saw slide device

A sliding miter saw comprising:

• a circular saw blade oriented to crosscut a workpiece positioned on a workpiece table, the workpiece table located on an upper surface of a base, the base including an upper base portion and a lower base portion;
• a workpiece fence including a left workpiece fence portion and a right workpiece fence portion, the left workpiece fence portion and right workpiece fence portion both extending along a workpiece fence longitudinal axis perpendicular to a zero degree crosscut alignment axis of the circular saw blade of the miter saw;
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• an operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism integrated into the upper base portion and the lower base portion, the miter saw alignment mechanism linearly traversing the upper base portion from a first location to a second location relative to a fixed location of the lower base portion, and the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism moving the upper base portion along a traversing axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lower base portion,
• wherein the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism includes at least one gear rack, at least one pinion gear and a pinion gear shaft, the at least one gear rack mounted to the lower base portion and extending along the lower base portion longitudinal axis which is parallel to the workpiece fence longitudinal axis of the miter saw, the at least one pinion gear fixed to the upper base portion, the at least one pinion gear attached to the pinion gear shaft, and the at least one pinion gear rotatably engaged with the at least one gear rack to move the miter saw upper base portion.

A sliding compound miter saw stand comprising:

• a base;
• a first workpiece support;
• a second workpiece support;
• a traversing miter saw table including a miter saw mount member, the miter saw mount member including a top surface and a bottom surface, the miter saw mount member adapted to operatively attach and fix a miter saw to the top surface of the miter saw mount member;
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• an operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism, the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism operatively connected to the traversing miter saw table and the saw stand base, the miter saw alignment mechanism linearly traversing the miter saw mount member from a first location to a second location relative to a fixed location of the saw stand base, and the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism moving the miter saw mount member along a traversing axis parallel to a saw stand base longitudinal axis,
• wherein the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism includes at least one gear rack, at least one pinion gear and a pinion gear shaft, the at least one gear rack mounted to the bottom surface of the miter saw mount member and extending along a miter saw mount member longitudinal axis, the at least one pinion gear fixed to the saw stand base, the at least one pinion gear attached to the pinion gear shaft, and the at least one pinion gear rotatably engaged with the at least one gear rack to move the miter saw mount member along a traversing axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the saw stand base.

A sliding compound miter saw stand combination comprising:

• a base;
• a first workpiece support;
• a second workpiece support;
• a traversing miter saw table including a miter saw mount member, the miter saw mount member including a top surface and a bottom surface, the miter saw mount member adapted to operatively attach and fix a miter saw to the top surface of the miter saw mount member;
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• an operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism, the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism operatively connected to the traversing miter saw table and the saw stand base, the miter saw alignment mechanism linearly traversing the miter saw mount member from a first location to a second location relative to a fixed location of the saw stand base, and the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism moving the miter saw along a traversing axis parallel to a saw stand base longitudinal axis,
• wherein the operator controlled miter saw alignment mechanism includes at least one gear rack, at least one pinion gear and a pinion gear shaft, the at least one gear rack mounted to the saw stand base and extending along a longitudinal axis of the saw stand base, the at least one pinion gear attached to the bottom surface of the miter saw mount member and extending along a longitudinal axis of the miter saw mount member, the at least one pinion gear attached to the pinion gear shaft, and the at least one pinion gear rotatably engaged with the at least one gear rack to move the miter saw mount member along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the saw stand base.