Popular Post scrimper Posted February 12 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 12 Hello everyone, I feel a little awkward posting this here as I have not been an active member, so I hope you will forgive my forwardness in posting this here. For some time I have been creating a website on Fretworking (scrollsawing) mainly because I have always been a fan of the old fretwork days and especially the old Fretwork companies Hobbies and Handicrafts of England. There is very little of their history on the web and I wanted to keep their history alive so to speak. Back in 1900 my late grandfather was an expert fretworker (he used to teach the hobby to youngsters in his home town. He also sold Hobbies fretwork items in his shop, My late father was also a good fretworker, I have followed the tradition and been keen on the hobby for over 60 years, My grandsons are also keen fretworkers. As well as documenting the history, the site also has lots of advice on the hobby inc saw buying, blades and general advice plus some free designs to download. I have done this purely out of interest, I am not a professional web designer so don't expect perfection, it is all my own words and work and I do not make any money whatsoever from the site. The existing Hobbies company have given my site their blessing and are happy that I have put their history online. (I have put a link to Scrollsaw village on the help and advice page of my site I hope this is OK?) Perhaps members here would be kind enough to have a look at the website and offer their opinions good or bad. Thank you so much for reading this. John The website is here https://sites.google.com/view/scrimpers-fretworking-site JessL, TAIrving, ChelCass and 10 others 9 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Very nice history of fretwork. scrimper and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimper Posted February 12 Author Report Share Posted February 12 Thank you Roberta. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Fengstad Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Interesting and thankyou scrimper and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 You certainly have put a lot of work into that site. Very nice. I do not have time to read it all right now but have it bookmarked. You may mention it on your site but the site https://www.finescrollsaw.com has many old fretwork patterns that are free to download. OCtoolguy and scrimper 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Thank you John, I remember as a young lad seeing the Hobbies weekly My dad used to get and seeing him make a dolls house, I think you have done a great job on the site! Bob scrimper and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 That is a VERY good website. It's clear you put a ton of time into it. Lots of great info and laid out well. Nicely done! OCtoolguy, scrimper, bobscroll and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Very cool site. I'm going to have to spend some serious time there. Lots of information to view. Thanks for putting that together and letting us know about it. I'll definitely pass this along to the members of my scroll saw club. OCtoolguy and scrimper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 I have just scratched the surface of your website. I look forward to much more reading and information. Thank you so much for putting it all together and informing all of us here at The Village. Please keep us updated on anything new that is added. scrimper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Excellent work interesting and I will be reading it scrimper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 WOW! What a great website. I really appreciate the time and effort you put in to it, and are willing to share. Thank you, stoney OCtoolguy and scrimper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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