To provide a sliding type cutting machine, which is composed of a small number of parts and no abrupt motion of a cutter body and of a sawing blade develops even when let off the hold of a handle during working.

A linking means 5 is equipped with a plurality of links 51, 52 and 53 including a first link 51, one end of which is connected with a cutting part 4 and, at the same time, the other end of which is connected with a second slide holder 34, and a second link 52, one end of which is connected with a first slider holder 31 and, at the same time, the other end of which is connected with the first link 51, under the condition that a plurality of the links 51, 52 and 53 respectively have link holes and, at the same time, connected with one another by inserting shafts in the link holes and at least one among a plurality of the links 51, 52 and 53 is equipped with a rotation suppressing member, which energizes in the radial direction of the shaft, on the internal peripheral surface of the link hole.