new guy questions???????????

[Urich1]

Can any one tell me or show me what the difference in intarsia/ Fret work or any other types there are in scroll sawing Thanks in advance J

[Larrysch]

The first one is scroll work, the second is fret work, and the third is Intarsia.

PS - these are not my work! ( Chrestensen Burghout Designs )

[workin for wood]

Darn...I was just about to show you some inlays and other things as well, but then realised I have no pictures. My computer died and now I have a new one, so any pictures I have are on cd's and supposedly I still have them on this computer but can't get to them. They ponied the old harddrive on here so I could still have all my pics and articles but the computer won't let me access those files. Just check out the scroller galleries and you'll find about every conceivable possibility for scrolling.

[Rolf]

Urich,

The pictures that Larry posted are almost correct. The firsttwo ar both fretwork.
If you cut something out with just a perimeter cut then it is just "scrolled" (although everything you cut on a scrollsaw is)
As soon as you do internal piercing cuts it tecnicaly becomes "fretwork"
As Jeff points out there are lots of things you can do with a scroll saw.

[Janette]

Originally Posted by Larrysch

The first one is scroll work, the second is fret work, and the third is Intarsia.

PS - these are not my work! ( Chrestensen Burghout Designs )

Just a little correction Larry...The 3rd - intarsia - is something I made for the magazine designed by Bruce Worthington (www.intarsia.net).

As was said - there are tons of ways to use the scroll saw and regardless of what each type of thing is called - they're all fun! I'd suggest picking up a magazine or 2. I think it would give you a great idea of all the wonderful things possible with a scroll saw.

[Larrysch]

Janette - I stand corrected and with that said - again - you really do beautiful work. LOL I just wanted to make sure all knew that I did not have that kind of talent. I also stand corrected by ROLF - I always thought that fret work was stand alone cuttings while scroll saw was being held together by a outside work. Then again - what do I know.

[minowevie]

Ok , I will give this post a shot. it is my understanding,,HOHO. that first scrolling is just a term used to do a cut in a line with a saw, scrollsaw, band saw, fret saw, rotorzip, sabersaw, etc. etc. it is just scrolling a line. most saws can do scrolling like yard art, etc. just scrolling around a line. then fretwork, is holes cut inside a project. I say I do fretwork, but really any inside cut, that you do buy drilling a hole inserting a blade, then cutting out a shape is a fret. and for me, I do lots of tiny frets in a project. lacy you might say, but don't have to be. Intarsia, is a way of doing scrolls, through a project to cut out parts of a project. most use differant woods, then sand them to make a real like dimintion, cuttin one piece of wood at a time eather the same thickness or thicker, and the grain going a sertain derition, to make the part look more real. etc, then placeing another piece of the pattern on a differant piece of wood, with grain going maybe a differant deriction, to do the same, thicker or thiner wood, still sanding them as you go. makeing one piece at a time. useing a pattern templet on the bottom , to show where each piece goes, and where, after sanding one piece, where the next piece goes. and fit tight. so on, and so on. then placeing the hole project to a backer bord. Segmentation, is simalar. but from what I have sean , the whole project can be cut from one piece of wood, buy scrolling, and sometimes puttins some frets in, like holes or maybe eyes, and maybe some viening, or just a fret that makes it look good. and then, staining the deferend pieces to make some demention. also, razing, and lowering some pieces to make the demention. whuuuu are you still with me. and a vien, is a little line cut into the wood. not a fret, it is just a line like a eybrow, or mouth etc cut buy drilling a hole then cutting a line inside the project or scrolling from the outside in to make a little cut line in the project.like the spaces between toes, fingure nails, eagle wings etc. Ok , now how could I have kept this short. like Janett said, get a couple magazines, or I say books, and you will learn alot. but hope this helped you get interested. your freind Evie

[Janette]

Sounds pretty good Evie! I personally don't have much patience for what I call fret work. Not sure where I get the patience for intarsia but I guess it's not like work if you enjoy it!

[Rolf]

Janette, No patience? It must have taken a lot to do the Bird feeder Intarsia above.
I have really come to enjoy intarsia, but I not quite ready for that piece yet, only because it would become all consuming to my time.

[Janette]

That bird feeder really did test my patience! I think Bruce could hear me cursing him clear across the country. The Ram also nearly did me in - that one is coming up in #137 of "the other mag". I nearly threw in the towel over it!!

As far as time goes on the birdfeeder - if you do each bird individually and break it down - which is what I emphasized in the article - it isn't too bad. Makes it seem like several smaller projects.