Knew Concepts Knewsletter: Issue #10, January 2015

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Titanium Today

Featured Article: Titanium Today Magazine

Knew Concepts “Accidentally” Selects Titanium to Create Enhanced Birdcage Frame for Fret Saw

Who “knew?” Choosing titanium as the material for the “birdcage” frame of Knew Concepts’ fret saw was a “happy accident,” according to Lee Marshall, company founder and chief designer. As a result, during the last three years, the world of metalsmithing artisans, jewelry designers and woodworking crafters have, quite literally, “beaten a path to his door” in Santa Cruz, CA.

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Video Gallery

New Videos

The Name Might Suck, but ...
the Saw Is Badass!

We recently added new instructional and saw review videos to our Video Gallery on our website, including this nice but critical review of our Knew Concepts Fret Saw by Ben Crowe of Crimson Guitars.

Crimson Guitars is a multi-faceted company born out of building one-off bespoke guitars and other stringed musical instruments. They now, as well as guitars, build tools and provides training for others who want to build guitars. Their YouTube channel has over 50k subscribers and as well as teaching they review all manner of woodworking tools, machines and processes. Ben Crowe, the master luthier, is a huge fan of Knew concepts and uses our saw in all his fine inlay work.

See the video review here...

FAQs

Common Questions

What Are the Advantages of a
Swivel Blade Clamp?

If you are shopping around for one of our fret saws, you may be uncertain about which saw clamp is right for you. Brian Meek of Knew Concepts explains in this video why a swivel blade clamp may be the best choice for your craft.

See the video “The Advantages of a Swivel Blade Clamp”

If you already own a saw that does not have the swivel blade clamp and you would like to upgrade, then we have good news for you... visit our Spare Parts webpage to update your saw with the swivel blade clamp.

Upgrade with Swivel Blade Clamps here...

Leslie Kail Villarreal

Featured Artist

Leslie Kail Villarreal

Leslie is a highly skilled artist who loves making jewelry and sharing her skills. Her goal is to create online video tutorials which you can enjoy from the privacy of you own home. She has created free videos “just for fun”, as well as very detailed courses that can be purchased.

We discovered Leslie while browsing YouTube when came across her instructional video titled “Sawing tips with the Knew Concepts Jeweler’s Saw”. To show our appreciation, we included her on this Knewsletter.

Visit Leslie’s website here...

See Leslie’s Sawing Tips Video here...

Be Featured

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We love to hear your thoughts about your craft projects while using our saws. Please feel free to write us and tell us what you’re working on. We will pick out one artist for every knewsletter to feature their project that was built with the Knew Concepts saw. We may also use your anecdote as a testimonial on our website.

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