I don't think I called you sloppy builders, just builders that may not have the right tools to do modeling jobs and that's OK. I just wonder what people would have thought when they opened up a new kit a found that the inside lightning holes in their plywood or balsa had cut marks through the material in order to cut the inside lightening hole? I don't think I would like it. It would not look very professional. Do you every build servo trays out of light ply with inside cut outs? Band saws just will not do that inside cut without making some kind of access cut. Band saws will not out rip a table saw. The good thing about band saws is the blade has a smaller kerf which means you will actually waste less wood per cut compared to most table saws. Like I stated earlier, I had a very nice band saw that I never used, I had better equipment (scroll saw and table saw) to do the modeling jobs. Sold the band saw and saved a big portion of work space. Now if I was a metal worker or a cabinet maker, then yes by all means I would have a band saw. But I'm not, and this is a modeling building forum (which really should be entitled a model assembly forum with all the foamy's and ARF's) so I talk about scroll saws.
Ken, look at post #3. That is the only reason I ever posted about using scroll saws, the OP brought the subject up. Oh, one last thing. Is it possible your scroll saw cut slow because, maybe, I've seen this fairly often, the blade was installed up side down or it was dull and possible needed replacing? Scroll saw blades are cheap and come in different varieties, some rip better and others do intricate cuts better.
Anyway, cut and do the job with the tools you have, that is important, but for myself I will always try to achieve the best possible solution to get the best professional results and that sometimes means having the right tools to do the job. Once again, no hard feelings and we will just agree to disagree.
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