ok ,please help me understand ,I hear a lot of people talk about fretwork, and fretsaws...what is fretwork? and is fretsaw another name for a scroll saw?
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Any time when you drill a hole and do an inside cut it is called fret work.
Technically the fretsaw is generally hand held
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Over here in the Uk Widget fret work is done with a hand held fret saw whereas scroll saw work is done on an electric scroll saw. Both basically do the same job but the only fret saws I see used these days are by carpenters scribing one piece of wood to another. If I had to resort to a fret saw I think I would take up golf.
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