Hey there Ron,

I've never used the split faces tool in 4 years of using Maya, prefering to cut objects with the split poly, split edge loop tools or a combination of both to get the results I require.

After trying the split faces tool this morning, I can see it's potential but I can also see that, as you've pointed out, you're going to have a bit of cleaning up after each cut if you want a tidy model.

Mat.