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My wife had a jewelry box that started rotting and falling apart so she got rid of most of it. She's kept the drawers (no damage) for her earrings, which she has quite a bit of and she just keeps the drawers around and I want to fix that. Give her something to put the drawers in. They aren't very large, 5x5x1.5 roughly. Compared to what you guys make and post, this is easy, but some new items for me and stuff I know how to do: dovetail or box joints (these'll be new), dados and square cuts.

A general question for you all...should I get a miter saw, small bandsaw or a benchtop/worksite table saw? Storage space is limited, so I'd like to get the most versatile tool but they all have their drawbacks. The table saw will be a different battery system. The miter saw and table saw have pretty big footprints. Bandsaw is a new as I'm typing this consideration and haven't done research on it...this is probably the winner? What do you guys think?

My wife had a jewelry box that started rotting and falling apart so she got rid of most of it. She's kept the drawers (no damage) for her earrings, which she has quite a bit of and she just keeps the drawers around and I want to fix that. Give her something to put the drawers in. They aren't very large, 5x5x1.5 roughly. Compared to what you guys make and post, this is easy, but some new items for me and stuff I know how to do: dovetail or box joints (these'll be new), dados and square cuts. A general question for you all...should I get a miter saw, small bandsaw or a benchtop/worksite table saw? Storage space is limited, so I'd like to get the most versatile tool but they all have their drawbacks. The table saw will be a different battery system. The miter saw and table saw have pretty big footprints. Bandsaw is a new as I'm typing this consideration and haven't done research on it...this is probably the winner? What do you guys think?

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I do believe that what you are really looking for is a scroll saw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoOzICLQ23g

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I'm not a fan of scroll saws. I don't know if it was the teacher, saws the middle/high school had or a combination of both. I just don't enjoy using them. I always feel like I've created a lot of waste after using them and it wasn't really worth using it.

In fairness, I'm not a fan of table saws either...but I've only ever been around ones from the 1950s that sounded terrifying when turned on.