I have been attempting to make balsawood models of some of my designs, and it has been slow going. Mainly just from trying to cut the wood with a hand saw, or getting a clean, straight cut from my Dremel.
Mike suggested I get a scroll saw but I could not afford one.
My wife and I were at the flea market today looking for purple glass doorknobs (her mom collects them) and check out this find I got for only $10.00!
It was filthy, and the guy did not know if it worked, but I figured for ten bucks, what the heck! I brought it home, cleaned and oiled it and it works great! Now if I could just find a manual for it! But that circular thing in the photo is actually a sander that takes those sticky sanding discs. How neat is that?!