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A table saw or other cutting machine includes carrying members on an underside of the work table generally adjacent the flanged table edge in order to provide an increased gripping surface area to be grasped by the operator when lifting and transporting the cutting machine. The machine is preferably

A table saw or other cutting machine includes carrying members on an underside of the work table generally adjacent the flanged table edge in order to provide an increased gripping surface area to be grasped by the operator when lifting and transporting the cutting machine. The machine is preferably equipped with invertible extension support assemblies for supporting a workpiece extending horizontally beyond the work table. Such support assemblies include support members slidably extendable horizontally on rods toward and away from the work table. A dust deflection skirt extends from a lower surface of the work table into the generally hollow dust-receiving cavity portion of a dust shroud located within the saw's enclosed base. This skirt deflects dust or chips into the interior of the hollow dust-receiving cavity. Anti-kickback spacers are preferably sealed-end blind rivets mounted on the anti-kickback pawls at intermediate locations thereon. Such spacers slidably maintain the anti-kickback pawls in a generally parallel relationship with the kerf splitter plate. Also hardened portions of the throat plate keep it from being damaged by serrated edges of the anti-kickback pawls and to prevent binding when the blade is lowered.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A cutting machine having a base, a generally horizontal work table supported by the base, a cutter opening in the work table, a rotatable cutter protruding through the cutter opening for performing cutting operations on a workpiece placed upon a first upper surface of the

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A cutting machine having a base, a generally horizontal work table supported by the base, a cutter opening in the work table, a rotatable cutter protruding through the cutter opening for performing cutting operations on a workpiece placed upon a first upper surface of the work table and moved longitudinally by an operator into engagement with the cutter, the improvement comprising an extension support assembly for supporting a workpiece horizontally outward of the lateral extent of the work table, said extension support assembly including a generally horizontal support member, at least one rod slidably extendable horizontally from beneath the work table in directions toward and away from the work table, said support member being interconnected with said rod for slidable extension toward and away from the work table with said rod, said support member being removably interconnectable with said rod in either of a first and a second orientation, an upper surface of said support member being coplanar with the upper surface of the work table when said support member is in said first orientation in order to support the workpiece flatly extending across the upper surface of the work table and across said upper surface of said support member.