Yeah I want to cut stuff out too. I see myself mostly cutting with it, actually. The glowforge does up to 1/4" or so without flipping the piece. I made friends with the engineering teacher at my wife's school, so I can use this one when I need it - usually. It's holding me over ok. Still got the itch though, haha.
Thanks for the sander comment, John. I was pretty excited about that too until it didn't work, hah!