- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Taunton Press Inc (Dec 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 091880440X
- ISBN-13: 978-0918804402
- Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 22.6 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 116,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Tage Frid presents 18 of his favourite furniture pieces in this textbook. Projects covered include tables, a workbench, a rocking chair and a grandmother clock.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but read the first volumes first.,
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This review is from: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Book 3 Furnituremaking : Furniture Bk. 3 (Hardcover)
This isn't as valuable a book as his first book. Now that's no real criticism, because the first book is excellent and no mean target to reach again. My 4 star rating is simply because I have to make some sort of distinction. It's hard to understand this book. Simply put, it's a list of designs (with enough detail to build them) of furniture pieces that very few people would ever want to make. Each design is taken to pieces, the design decisions are analysed,and there's a lot of discussion about why he chose to make them the way he did. This certainly isn't a book of designs to build. Neither is it a book of instructional manufacture techniques. My respect for Tage Frid is as a teacher of technique, not a designer, and I simply don't like the designs he offers here. Maybe it's an issue of fashion ? This is furniture of the American '50s and '60s, in a strange craftsman-made Eames crossover. Perhaps if you like Dean Martin and Martinis, then you'd like the furniture too. Is this a useful book ? Yes, but only to a small audience. If you want to think very carefully about subtle design choices and how they affect ergonomics and long term usefulness of a piece of furniture, then this is a good book. The comparisons between the dozen different ways to make a pull-out table are a good example - few other texts will show more than one of these, let alone compare them, they just describe "an extendable table" and leave you thinking they're all equally good. On the whole, I find the first book of this series to be one of the best cabinetry teaching books around, but this one is strangely lacking. It's useful (to some readers), but not so widely useful that I'd happily recommend it to others. If you want guidance on design, then I suggest you read Krenov first.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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All the basic knowledge that is needed to create furniture,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Book 3 Furnituremaking : Furniture Bk. 3 (Hardcover)
This is a great beginner level to intermediate level book for building furniture. Lots of photos of different ways to make joints. Although this book is short on words, it makes up for it by showing how to make joints and furniture. Tage Frid is a master craftsman and this book is a no nonsense guide on woodworking.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Good book...,
By SoulCatcher "A tool user" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Book 3 Furnituremaking : Furniture Bk. 3 (Hardcover)
...that provides solid information on building and designing furniture. This focuses more on the design part while the first two books in the series focus on basics and techniques.
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Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking Book 3,
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This review is from: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Book 3 Furnituremaking : Furniture Bk. 3 (Hardcover)
Tage Frid teaches woodworking is a study reference for the new woodworker and provides a learing study guide for mastering the skills needed for woodworking. This man was accomplished and an artist in wood, his many talents were in design, skilled woodworking, and mostly the gift and talent to teach. Did I say for the novice, no I really mean he possessed knowledge for any woodworker to learn from. It is a wonderful addition to a woodworkers library.
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