First things first, thanks to everybody who's taken the trouble to reply.
And secondly just for info, I emailed chronos with a query at around the same time as I made my post here ... and got a reply at 8.40pm on a Saturday night so he gets full points for service, which is a bit of a shame because of the suggestions here I'm going to save up for a proper fretsaw so he doesn't get an order from me ... at least for the time being, if you haven't visited the site though it's worth a look ... bit of an Alladin's Cave.
Anyway, enough of all that, can anyone tell me what the difference is between a Scroll Saw and a Fretsaw? From the photo's I've seen they look pretty similar as though they do the same job.
Also can anyone let me know if the blades on these things are quick to change? The reason I ask is the same reason I was initially attracted to the "upside down jigsaw", that is having a piece of work which needs a lot of cut-outs it would be a simple matter to drill a hole per cut-out, slip it over the blade, make the cut then simply lift it off and move on to the next whereas with the fretsaw (unless I'm missing something obvious) I'd still drill the holes but then would have to unfasten the blade feed it through the hole, make the cut, un-clip the blade, remove the blade, move teh work, re-thread the blade and so forth ... I'm sure that the accuracy of the cuts would make up for it but it would be a bit of a slow process ...
... not at slow as the X-acto needle saw I put a minute ago is though. :-(
(And yes I have tried my Dremmel with a cutting blade but it's not the most accurate way of working). :-)
Stamps and dies ... yup might try that with a bit of sheet metal, the only problem there is that I'd need a hard/strong surface to work against and my workshop although reasonably well equipped for my needs is also my garage and it's unheated ... got to admit I'm a bit wimpy and prefer to work inside at this time of the year. :-)