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That stuff is useless for fretwork it's not so much that the inner leaf is thicker but that it is made of softer almost 'piffy' stuff. A good source of timber is old furniture as long as it's not chipboard or mdf, often the back panel is made from decent plywood and I particularly prize the draw...

I think horses are beautiful creatures and your work is just brilliant. :) I wish I could do work like that. Why not make a video showing the processes?

As Brian says above Birch plywood is normally the type to use, you can usually tell if the plywood is decent for Scrolling by looking at the cut edge, in normal good quality plywood all of the separate veneers are the same size whether it is 3 or 5 layers or more, if the plywood has a centre...

I was going to show it but I was worried that the whole thing was getting too long.

Part 6 is now uploaded here final Part 7 being uploaded as I write. Part 6 https://youtu.be/xh0IaUQLRVQ part 7 https://youtu.be/dbQTl0kt1Jo

AES You were lucky having a fretsaw at school we had no such thing around here, TBH after the 2nd world war actual fretwork was declining and Hobbies started to provide plans for more useful things around the house but I imagine it must have been difficult for them to stay in business at all...

My A1 is exactly the same as the your second image, it is also the earlier model with the spoked hand wheel while the later one is solid.

You folks are just too kind! :) FWIW I have the next instalment in the camera and will put it up tomorrow to show the completed item.

No problem drifting from the thread all threads do this, I think you and I feel the same about stupid pointless name changes, one that springs to mind was changing Royal mail to Consignia at a cost of £30 million then a few months later changing it back! I wonder how much the ***** who thought...

Thanks for your kind comments Malcolm, these are my first attempts at making videos, I am hoping I can make some more covering basic cutting, types of saws and usage, patterns and pattern making and history of Hobbies Ltd. I do have plenty of ideas in my head as long as people find the videos...

Perhaps the one you remember was the Gem model which was less ornate than the A1, later Gems had plain foot treadles made of pressed steel.

Was the saw you are remembering more like this one I still have one of these bought by my Grandfather, then passed on via my late father. I don't use it now it's much easier with the motorised saw! It was originally called Hobbies catalogue but they changed the name to Hobbies handbook it was...

Hi Mark, thanks for your kind comments and info, unfortunately the camera I bought does not have an ex mike socket. video number 5 is now up and running! https://youtu.be/ffxuNUsa114

TBH I doubt that anyone knows the answer to that question, when Hobbies was liquidated in 1968 most of the company records were destroyed and most who worked for the original Hobbies who might have known have long since passed away. What I can tell you is that the Imperial first went into...

Well folks you asked for it! (you can take that comment 2 ways Lol) part 5 is now live on youtube https://youtu.be/ffxuNUsa114 I have left the mistakes in :mrgreen:

The original Hobbies company was started around 1885 by J.H. Skinner, to start with they bought in fretwork tools and machines from abroad, by 1890 such was the demand that Hobbies opened a foundry in Dereham to manufacture machines in the UK eventually they became the worlds largest...

Is yours like either of the two pictures of the second post in this thread?

I still don't think it was sold in that colour, if you look closely you can see the black finish underneath and on the back of the cast arm support it shows the original black. I will post some further info about the imperial later tonight, I have some grass to cut now! :)

Thanks very much for your kind comments and it's brilliant if my ditherings encourage you to have a go at the fretsaw, that will make my efforts well worthwhile. :)

Lol I am working on it, I am doing most of the cut outs of camera to avoid boring viewers (Lol) but I will start again before the two pieces separate. (hopefully)Lol