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PRONUNCIATION OF FRET SAW

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRET SAW

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Fret saw is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FRET SAW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fret saw

Fretsaw

The fretsaw is a saw used for intricate cutting work which often incorporates tight curves. Although the coping saw is often used for similar work, the fretsaw is capable of much tighter radii and more delicate work. It has a distinctive appearance due to the depth of its frame, which together with the relatively short five inch blade makes this tool appear somewhat out of proportion compared to most other saws. Compared to the coping saw it has much shallower blades, which are usually extra-fine. This allows much tighter curves to be cut—with many blades even sharp corners are possible—but the blades are also much more fragile compared to that of a coping saw. Unlike the coping saw, the blade has a fixed orientation in relation to the frame. This means that the fretsaw is less useful when cutting long narrow components, but the increased depth of the frame does allow access much further from the edge of the board. The fretsaw is similar in many respects to the scroll saw, which is essentially a powered fretsaw with a table. Blades between the two tools are usually interchangeable, and indeed scroll saws are often known as "fret saws" informally.

Definition of fret saw in the English dictionary

The definition of fret saw in the dictionary is a fine-toothed saw with a long thin narrow blade, used for cutting designs in thin wood or metal.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FRET SAW

back saw
band saw
buzz saw
chain saw
circular saw
compass saw
coping saw
crosscut saw
dovetail saw
flooring saw
frame saw
gang saw
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scroll saw
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Synonyms and antonyms of fret saw in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fret saw» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRET SAW

Find out the translation of fret saw to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fret saw from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fret saw» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

担心锯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

traste sierra
570 millions of speakers

English

fret saw
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देखा झल्लाहट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحنق المنشار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лобзик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

A fricção viu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাকিয়ে দেখি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scie à découper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gergaji fret
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stichsäge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のこぎりフレット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실톱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fret saw
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

băn khoăn cưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிரி பார்த்தேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झुकून पाहिले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Perdah makinesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fret saw
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fret saw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лобзик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fret saw
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκνευρίζομαι πριόνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vertoorn saag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gnaga sågen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gnage saw
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fret saw

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRET SAW»

The term «fret saw» is normally little used and occupies the 143.688 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fret saw

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRET SAW»

Discover the use of fret saw in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fret saw and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Mechanics
'92), or use the fret-saw method that we chose for this project. The advantage of the fret saw is that you can cut more intricate shapes. The sawing technique shown is called the double- cut because it produces two complete assemblies — one ...
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Woodwork Theory
The fret saw is used to make small curved cuts in thin wood. As the blade is fine and easily broken it is wise to use the fret saw only on very thin wood such as three ply. But as the blade is extremely thin it is possible to make sharp turns and cut ...
P. F. Lye, 2000
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Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America
the holes necessary to start the dozens of interior cuts in a typical fret saw design. 100 The first treadle-driven fret saw was patented in 1865 and within ten years had become something of a fad. One contemporary source claimed more than ...
Steven M. Gelber, 2013
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Choosing & Using Hand Tools
Since much of the work done with a fret saw involves inside cuts, blade changing should be positive and swift. The easiest type of blade-holding mechanism involves separate blocks that hold the blade itself. Once you've locked the blade to ...
Andy Rae, 2008
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Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
In mediaeval churches it figures in the shape of rood screens. Pierced carving is less difficult than is commonly supposed, and very beautiful effects may be obtained with comparatively little labour. Bow saw or fret saw ; brace and three shell ...
Paul N. Hasluck, 2012
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Popular Woodworking - Complete Book of Tips, Tricks & Techniques
In some cases he's built or modified power tools (including an incredible "gang fret saw"; more on that later). And sometimes he's taken an unlikely object, such as in-line skate wheels, and built a safety device, such as a resawing featherboard ...
Popular Woodworking, 2004
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Antique Trader Tools Price Guide
Fret Saw: A saw with a deep throat for sawing thin veneer-like materials. Fruitwood: A heavy wood with little grain that ranges in color from light tea color to dark brown. Can come from many diơerent fruit bearing trees, with apple being the ...
Clarence Blanchard, 2010
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Popular Science
Wave length 256 meters, jf Toy Parts Used in Making a Light Fret Saw BY ERNEST BADE TO MAKE a light fret saw with motor drive is not difficult. The one illustrated has given surprisingly good service for a long time and is admirably adapted ...
9
Woodwork Tools and How to Use Them
In actual practice it has been found that the correct speed for a power fret saw is from seven to eight hundred revolutions per minute;ifthe blade is runat agreater speed the breakage of blades is disconcerting. The usual width of saw used is ...
William Fairham, 2014
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Pixie's Song: A True Story of Betrayal, Deceit & Suppression
My mind returned to a day, a week or so back, when the Maths teacher, Miss Evans produced a fret-saw to make a light diversion in the class and showed us how it could make wonderful things out of wood. “A fret saw.” “I'll see what I can do.
Hazel Cooper, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRET SAW»

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Plastic Fantastic: I Am Acrylic workshop review
Once designs are finalised and sketched out on Post-It notes (comfortably low-fi for non crafty-types) the group is shown how to use a fret saw ... «The London Economic, Jul 15»
2
How to Build Beautiful Enclosures from FR4 — aka PCBs
Otherwise, you can use some hand tools, like a fret saw frame. A safety blade cutter can also be used for cutting straight lines, but the demand ... «Hackaday, Jun 15»
3
Columbia wood artisan fine-tunes his craft for Sugarloaf festival
In keeping with the Maryland theme, the Columbia craftsman used a fret saw to hand cut six mother of pearl crabs for the guitar's maple neck, ... «Baltimore Sun, Apr 15»
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FEATURE: 'What if I don't make it?' Sir Ranulph Fiennes on the …
And then we are reminded of the time when Fiennes cut off all four of his fingers on his left hand with a fret saw after sustaining severe frostbite ... «Somerset County Gazette, Apr 15»
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HALF TERM: Free wood working and craft sessions at Fishermead …
Heinz Elbers from the estate but originally from Germany is teaching children how to fret saw. Sharing his passion, he shares the supplies for ... «MK News, Feb 15»
6
Busby hat not the same as a bearskin
A. In general, you have a piece of fretwork, which takes its name from the fret saw used to cut the finely detailed patterns. The basic framework ... «Waterloo Record, Jan 15»
7
'No Pass Outs!' Things The Quietus Learned At Supersonic Festival
She uses all sorts of abandoned and found objects (pram wheels, a bath with a reverb spring, washing machine, violin, pedal powered fret saw, ... «The Quietus, Jun 14»
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WORK EXPERIENCE: Our reporter tries wood-carving
Next I was shown how to use two cutting tools called a fret saw and a Dremel to cut around the spoon shape. Slightly nervous, my cutting didn't ... «South Wales Argus, May 14»
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Retired fireman makes Colonial-era furniture
To make wood inlay so fine that it appears cut with nail scissors, he re-creates it the old way with a hand-held fret saw, then conjures a ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jun 13»
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Dremel Moto Saw Review
The Moto Saw is essentially a scroll saw (or Fret saw depending on where you come from), and with 70W of power on tap, it's easily as capable ... «bit-tech.net, Apr 13»

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