Miter saw

A miter saw comprising:

• a base on which a work is placed;
• a miter saw unit supporting a saw blade and having a motor for driving said saw blade, said motor having a motor shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of said motor;
• a transmission mechanism for transmitting rotation of said motor to said saw blade;
• a support mechanism supporting said miter saw unit relative to said base for vertical pivoting of said miter saw unit relative to said base, and means for mounting said miter saw unit for laterally pivoting between a vertical position and an inclined position, said saw blade having a rotational axis extending substantially horizontally when said miter saw unit is at said vertical position, and the rotational axis of said saw blade extending obliquely relative to the horizontal direction when said miter saw unit is at said inclined position;
• said motor being positioned on one lateral side of said miter saw unit toward said inclined position and substantially laterally aligned with said saw blade, wherein when in said vertical position said motor extends to a vertical height above said base generally equal to the vertical height of said saw blade above the base;
• said rotational axis of the saw blade has a longitudinal direction, and the motor shaft of said motor is positioned so that the longitudinal direction of the saw blade axis and the motor shaft define a plane which is perpendicular to the saw blade and to the base;
• said motor shaft of the motor extending obliquely relative to the rotational axis of said saw blade and extending obliquely upward relative to said saw blade and said base when said miter saw unit is at said vertical position, and said support mechanism including means for limiting the pivoting angle of said miter saw unit to a predetermined oblique angle so that the longitudinal axis of said motor lies horizontally when said miter saw unit is pivoted to said predetermined oblique angle.