I found out about a workshop about a half hour drive from my house. It's a public pay-by-the-hour woodworking shop that has all the tools you could want... band saws, table saws, jointers, planers, routers, thickness sanders, etc. So I figured I might as well just return my underpowered 9" saw and pay for a few hours in the shop where I can pound out enough laminations and handles to keep me going for a while. Pretty nice that there's a place like that around in the Twin Cities.