. Art crafts for amateurs . bythe firms who cater for amateurs, willdoubtless induce many readers to ex-claim there are no possibilities in fret-work, and it is only fit for the lines of the ordinary photo-frame,pipe-rack, and other fancy articles or fretwork therecertainly appear to be small possibilities in the craft, but thisis not necessarily the fault of fretwork itself. Let us see whatreally are its possibilities ; to what various uses it can beput in the hands of a craftsman. A fret is a form produced by wearing away, or cuttingaway, some portions of the material so as to
. Art crafts for amateurs . bythe firms who cater for amateurs, willdoubtless induce many readers to ex-claim there are no possibilities in fret-work, and it is only fit for the lines of the ordinary photo-frame,pipe-rack, and other fancy articles or fretwork therecertainly appear to be small possibilities in the craft, but thisis not necessarily the fault of fretwork itself. Let us see whatreally are its possibilities ; to what various uses it can beput in the hands of a craftsman. A fret is a form produced by wearing away, or cuttingaway, some portions of the material so as to leave other por-tions in relief. The parts removed are usually cut away bya band-saw stretched in a frame to keep it perfectly taut, thatis worked either with the hand or fixed in a machine, which,by means of a treadle, is made to work up and down withconsiderable rapidity. The saw being very narrow, themost intricate shapes may be cutout with ease, and to reachmany of the spaces to be cut away, it is necessary to start by. FRETWORK. 157 gimbleting a hole through which the saw can be saw, therefore, must be readily adjustable, so that theupper end may be passed through the hole to enable it toreach those spaces shut in, as it were, and which cannototherwise be got at. A very familiar form of fretwork arethe old piano-fronts, which con-sist of elaborategeometrical de-signs, but in thenewer and betterpianos they arenow seldom, ifever seen. Thepattern was en-tirely produced bythe portions cut away, though oc-
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