Thanks Bertha... While I knew of the micro worlds, I never embraced it.  It was a comment about the saw (before the review... and that's why I treasure reviews) that made me venture.

Yet to put it into scale production, however, the trial cuts made have got me enthusiastic about resuming my model making... which I always cringed at with the very small pieces in the past. 

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD