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Title: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking 1&2: A Step-By-Step Guidebook to Essential Woodworking Technique by Tage Frid ISBN: 1-56158-068-6 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A "must have" book. But watch out for safety issues.
Comment: I recently starte re-reading this book and I was surprised at how much I picked up from a 2nd reading. The book is full of practical advice on the use of both power tool and hand tools. There's a lot of gems of information in there. And it's a joy to find them.
Of course, a book can only describe how to do something. You'll need to put in the practice required to actually learn the technique. For example, this book has excellent descriptions of how to make full dovetails, half blind dovetails, and full blind dovetails all by hand. But you'll need to put in quite a few hours of practice time before your dovetails look as good as his (I'm still working on mine). I once heard Frank Klaus lecture that we should all take 4 boards 4 feet long and dovetail them together. They'll look terrible on our first try so saw off the ends and dovetail them again, and again, and again. By the time you really know how to make dovetails you'll have a nice little box to hold your shoe polish.
Overall this is an excellent overview of woodworking. My only warning would be to think twice about his power tool advice. There are several pictures which show him doing what I consider to be potentially dangerous things on his table saw. In the chapter about sharpening a hand saw he demonstrates how to build a jig for that purpose. This picture of him "squaring up a seam" on his table saw while holding the piece with his hand scares the hell out of me.
But even with that caveat, I still think that every woodworker should own this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Book for Beginner to Intermediate Woodworkers!
Comment: Tage Frid presents a book that is well organized and insightful. I thought I had a good working knowledge of wood movement and joinery, but Frid offers some points that will help you make furniture that will last generations. The text does contain black and white pictures that can be hard to see, however, if you follow along in the text it will be clear what is being depicted. To address an earlier comment, this is an instruction manual for people interested in the finer points of woodworking and IS NOT a book for "crafty" people who think it would be chic to have a book about woodworking. Frid has been working wood for more than 50 years and his experience and expertise show through in this well written text. If you are interested in making fine pieces of furniture, then this book is a must read!
Rating: 2
Summary: Very b&w
Comment: In view of all these rave reviews just a cautionary note. This is a reprint of two c 1980 books when b&w pictures were still acceptable, and the book uses very many. Maybe this will grow on the reader after a while, and there are also some illuminating line-drawings but the initial effect of this volume on the unprepared reader is depressing: all those hard to make out greyish b&w pictures. This is not helped by the fact that many feature an elderly, out of shape gentleman. Definitely not a coffee-table book!
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Title: Woodworking With the Router: Professional Router Techniques and Jigs Any Woodworker Can Use by Bill Hylton, Fred Matlack ISBN: 0762102276 Publisher: Reader's Digest Association Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Getting Started in Woodworking: Skill-Building Projects that Teach the Basics by Aime Ontario Fraser ISBN: 1561586102 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish by Bob Flexner ISBN: 0762101911 Publisher: Reader's Digest Association Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Woodworking: The Right Technique : Three Practical Ways to Do Every Job-And How to Choose the One That's Right for You by Bob Moran ISBN: 0762102284 Publisher: Reader's Digest Association Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Basics of Craftsmanship: Key Advice on Every Aspect of Woodworking by Purdy Strother ISBN: 1561582972 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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