Portable radial arm machine with an adjustable overall dimension

A portable radial arm machine having a working position and a collapsed non-operative transport position comprising:

• a stationary base having upper and lower planar surfaces affixed thereto;
• a work table secured against rotation with respect to said base and mounted to said upper surface;
• first standard receiving means rigidly fixed to said base;
• a standard having an upper end and a lower end;
• standard mounting means positioned near the lower end of said standard and being pivotally connected to said standard receiving means for receiving said standard and permitting said standard to be pivoted with respect to said base and said first standard receiving means;
• means for securing said standard mounting means to said first standard receiving means when said radial arm machine is in a working position and for permitting said standard mounting means to be repositioned with respect to said first standard receiving means when said radial arm machine is converted from the working position to the transport position;
• a radial arm having an inner end and a distal end, said inner end slidably received on said standard for vertical movement with respect to said work table when said radial arm machine is in a working position;
• a carriage slidably mounted on said radial arm for movement along said arm comprising
• a yoke,
• a cradle pivotally mounted to said yoke, and
• a saw and motor assembly removably attached to said cradle and lying outside the confines of said yoke;
• and
• second standard receiving means remote from said first standard receiving means and fixed to said base to secure said standard to said base when said radial arm machine is in the collapsed nonoperative transport position, wherein when said radial arm machine is in the working position said standard is positioned perpendicularly to said base and said work table, and when said radial arm machine is in the transport position said standard is positioned parallel to said base and said work table.