RE: Band Saw or Scroll Saw
If you get a band saw, steer away from the three wheel units. They are much more difficult to keep in alignment and harder on blades (frequent breakage) than the two wheel bandsaws are. Do get good blades, use as wide a blade as practicle for most cuts. The only time you want a narrow blade is for tight radius cuts. I have both, a 16 inch bandsaw and a very good scroll saw. The scroll saw gets very little use as the band saw is so much more versatile. No matter how good the bandsaw is, you will have trouble making very precise long straight cuts, for that a table saw is almost mandatory. The wider the blade, the better the straight cuts will be.