Portable cutting device with a height adjustable cutting tool for making cuts parallel to a reference plane

摘要

According to the invention, the cutting device comprises: a plate (17) that bears on a reference plane of the cut and is provided with a plurality of posts (18) that pass through holes in a base plate (13.1) of a tool guard (13), while clamping means (19) engage with the said posts to provide detachable fastening of the said bearing plate (17) to the said base plate (13.1), and at least one spacer plate of a plurality of spacer plates (20), sandwiched between the said bearing plate (17) and the said base plate (13.1) in order, in combination with this bearing plate, to define the desired distance of the cutting tool (12) from the reference plane of the cut, while ensuring that the tool (12) and the reference plane are correctly parallel.