Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position

A miter saw comprising:

• a base portion for supporting a workpiece;
• a holder portion supported on the base portion;
• a cutter portion pivotable between a raised non-cutting position and a lower cutting position and adapted to rotatably support a circular saw blade;
• a laser generator for projecting laser light focused into a line which is narrow relative to the width of a blade edge of the circular saw blade, substantially all of said laser light being projected below the circular saw blade when the cutter portion is in the raised non-cutting position,
• wherein the laser generator is arranged to project the narrow focused line of laser light onto the workpiece at any location on the workpiece adjacent to or directly beneath the position of the circular saw blade when the cutter portion is in the raised non-cutting position,
• wherein the laser generator is positioned at a holder portion side with respect to a rotation axis of the circular saw blade, and
• wherein the laser generator is arranged to not project the narrow focused line of laser light onto a top surface of the workpiece when the cutter portion is in the lower cutting position.