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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 374041, member: 56&quot;]The patterns would have been cut with a fret (or scroll) saw.&nbsp; You can cut with a fret saw starting inside the edges of the piece.&nbsp; You drill a small hole, insert the saw blade through the hole, and then attach the blade to the saw frame.&nbsp; Fret saw blades are very coarse, and very brittle, very thin wire.&nbsp; They cut a very thin line and the operator has total control over the direction of the cut. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fret saw:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128733[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a treadle example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128734[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And you can see on your fan blade the preliminary holes that were drilled as starting points for the fret saw cuts:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128736[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My father, when he was a boy, adapted old treadle sewing machines into fret saws.</p><p><br /></p><p>You look hard at one of those wire blades and it will break.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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