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Like any tool purchase, you get what you pay for. I am not a fan of bench mounted bandsaws because they are inherently light and just cannot do what I routinely ask a bandsaw to do. My interests include home projects that go beyond aircraft construction, but I can't imagine building an airplane without a bandsaw as I consider its utility to be mandatory. To me, throat depth is a very important consideration because the deeper the throat the larger the material size it can handle. My Craftsman 1 HP model sports a 12" depth and I sometimes wish it was even deeper! This can be important when outlining a part on a piece of irregularily sized stock. I use the tilt table function with some regularity though mostly when working with wood so I do value its utility. To insure a straight cut in metal or wood, I clamp a piece of angle iron to the table to serve as a fence. If you think of a good bandsaw as a lifetime purchase, I'd buy as high a quality one as I could afford. The more you use it, the more things you can think to use it for. Over the years, a quality bandsaw will serve you well in a variety of tasks.....long after the RV is built.
