14 used & new from £7.50
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Furniture Bk. 3
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Furniture Bk. 3 (Hardcover)

by Tage Frid (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Available from these sellers.


7 new from £9.44 7 used from £7.50

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Half Price Sofas at DFS opens new browser window
www.dfs.co.uk  -  Guaranteed Xmas Delivery on a range of bed sofas. Order direct today! 
   Buy Office Desks Online opens new browser window
www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk  -  Office Desks From £38 in 13 Colours Massive choice + Free Delivery! 
   Low Prices - Office Desks opens new browser window
www.plan-itinteriors.com  -  Low prices on office furniture desks, chairs, storage, tables 
  
 

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Bk. 1 & 2

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Bk. 1 & 2

by Tage Frid
4.7 out of 5 stars (6)  £15.91
Fine Art of Cabinet Making

Fine Art of Cabinet Making

by James Krenov
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £13.99
Practical Design: Solutions and Strategies (Essentials of Woodworking)

Practical Design: Solutions and Strategies (Essentials of Woodworking)

by "Fine Woodworking"
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £9.21
The Nature and Art of Workmanship

The Nature and Art of Workmanship

by David Pye
£13.12
A Cabinetmaker's Notebook (Woodworker's Library)

A Cabinetmaker's Notebook (Woodworker's Library)

by James Krenov
4.8 out of 5 stars (4)  £18.99
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • 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.co.uk Sales Rank: 892,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

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.

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
woodworking

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Bk. 1 & 2
42% buy
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Bk. 1 & 2 4.7 out of 5 stars (6)
£15.91
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Furniture Bk. 3
37% buy the item featured on this page:
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Furniture Bk. 3 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Joinery - Tools and Techniques Bk. 1
21% buy
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Joinery - Tools and Techniques Bk. 1
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but read the first volumes first., 5 May 2002
By Andy Dingley "andy_dingley" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   
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.
- but they're still ugly, and I wouldn't have any of them in my house !

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.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 

   

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject

















i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.