Actually, that "nearly insane" sounds right up my ally. Once in a great while I do something with pieces larger than 2.5" and they always seem so large. I was going to buy the wing clipper tool, but it's about 5" x 10" and I thought that was way too large to be handy since I'd mostly use it for pieces under 4" wide (long measure). Thought about getting it and cutting it in half.