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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

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I've had this tube of 12 Olson spiral 41TPI blades for months and decided to try them out on a 8x10 scrap of 1/4" BB A good thing I had a dozen because I bent and broke half of them since I didn't have a clue what I was up against guessing the tension, etc. I don't understand why the pattern side has more tear out than the back, which is now the show side??

If the tear out is on the top, could it be you have the blade installed down side up?

For Christmas I made one of my grandsons a "soccer" plaque with shaker pegs. The daughter asked me to make the granddaughter something similar with a cheerleader motif. Here's what I came up with. Top layer 1/2" Baltic for all the inside cuts, FD Polar #1 blades throughout the interior cuts. 1/2" Baltic laminated to the top with polyurethane glue. All outside cuts made with FD #3 Polar blades. Name painted white and then with glow in the dark paint, for the cool factor. Steve Good pattern modified with the name and the shaker pegs. Mounting holes hidden under the lower team logos. The cheer team.

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

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.

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!

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

I found the tutorial done by Travis in the how to section. .... Thanx for the replies.....forrest

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.

Interesting and thankyou

When using small spiral blades, here are two tips to avoid breakage you might find helpful: 1. If the drill holes are sized for the blade, you should grab the blade with your fingers or a pair of pliers and pull it tightly through the panel as the panel slides down onto the table, or the blade will get kinked and break when tension is applied. 2. When clamping into the top clamp, bend the blade slightly with your fingers to reduce the tension on the blade a little when the tensioning lever is set. My saw tension is set for stronger blades and I need to do this or the small blades will snap imediately. Even applying these tips, I still kink and break my small blades frequently. BTW, nice subject choice for the test cut.

+1 on this...I've been scrolling for decades and I still run my finger down the blade to determine which way it cuts.

Wow! That's 6 years out. Must be quite a practice.

Just finished this one. Idaho plaque, pattern by BoB scroll . Wood is a repurposed plaque ( 6" X 23" ) from a thrift store, 3/4 pine; blades FD Polar #1 throughout. Second Picture is the piece on the saw with a " 1 2 3 block" as a counterweight, nonslip pad underneath. Started cutting in the center to reduce the weight when I got to the ends.

All done!

Excellent work interesting and I will be reading it

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.

Did you try searching the forum? I would use the words "resize" "Inkscape".

Thanks. It was some Poplar that were the "scraps" from the 20 minute stackable puzzles.

No worries, we're all here to learn from each other, as a side note, I'm not a spiral fan either but there are those here that love them. They're different for sure. I always tell folks there is no one right way to scrollsaw, find what works for you and run with it! that includes blade choice. Enjoy the journey! Chris

Thanks for the update. We are ready for your next questions.

Thank you Roberta.

My bad... I told ya I didn't know what I was doing. Yup, I had the blade in upside down. I still use a magnifying glass when I get regular new blades since my finger has trouble with the reverse tooth blades. I'm not a fan of spirals yet!

Run your finger down the blade. It should glide down. No teeth grabbing you. I don’t look at it, I feel it.

Very nice history of fretwork.

Hi everyone. Just finished these two items. Mivkey and Minnie is for my Granddaughter and the ship is for my son for his office. Both nade out of 1/4 in B/B plywood. The ship is a Steve good Pattern. Mickey and Minnie I found on the web.

Barb. Really nice and springy! What was your wood for the leaves?

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Nice job! Intarsia is sure addicting. You'll become a wood hoarder also.

I have looked at a lot of your creations Barb. You are really skilled at intarsia work. Thanks for sharing.

Yep, i have cut a few of those as well. 20 minutes turned into about 20 hours with sanding and finishing, but I had a good time and my beloved got some more puzzles for her learning centers in the library.

Ahh, a fellow Douglas Adams fan. Cheers!

Hello all, Here is my latest project, a pair of Leopard cubs. Cut once again from a Bamboo chopping board using a Pegas skip tooth no3 blade. The pattern is by Kenny Hopkins on the Scroll saw village. Thanks for a lovely pattern Kenny, I hope I have done it justice. Regards, Alan.

Awesome Tulips, Barb. The Daffodils are starting to flower here in Tennessee.

Hey Everyone! In this scroll saw project video, we make a cute stick figure couple for Valentine's Day 2024! I used pieces from my scrap bin to bring this piece to life and it's a very quick project to make! This could be a great gift to give something totally handmade to a loved one on the 14th! The Design comes from Making Wooden People & Pets by Fox chapel Publishing. Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

awesome job

Yes I did thank you had to do a bit of a work around but finally got it right.

These are a few projects that I made for my wife a few years ago.

Did these back in 2019. I wonder where they are now....................lol

For some reason the stars are grouped together with 2 gray boxes and a red one. If ungroup 3 times (ctrl-shift-g) you will end up with all the stars as individual objects. Delete theboxes and you can lasso the 7 at the top and centre align and the distribute with equal horizontal. Continue as per Travis's video. I hope that makes sense. Any more questions let me know. Test rev.svg

Steve Good pattern