I just recieved this email from FWW for a set of Tage Frid teaches woodworking books and dvd for $63. I'm a complete newbie so would this be a good purchase to make? Any suggestins would be appreciated.
I just recieved this email from FWW for a set of Tage Frid teaches woodworking books and dvd for $63. I'm a complete newbie so would this be a good purchase to make? Any suggestins would be appreciated.
All I can say is that Tage Frid really knows his stuff. There is a ton of good information in his books.
Mike Marcade
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Server Development
Dell Inc.
These are excellent books and you will refer to them often. I don't know anything about the DVD. Check out Amazon and Overstock for prices, too.
For someone just getting started, the Tage Frid books are invaluable. Not only does he do a good job teaching, he has a good sense of humor. Buy them, you'll enjoy them.
Mike
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
Yes they are
I could cry for the time I've wasted, but thats a waste of time and tears.
Thanks for the advice. I looked on amazon and they are quite a bit cheaper with free shipping. I will invest in them. Have a good new year!
Did you find the three volume set and dvd cheaper? All I could find on amazon was 57.00 for the three, and another 20 if you want the dvd. Pre-read editions surface occasionally, and offer good value, but for the new set FWW is offering what seems to be a good price.
Jim
You can get the books on e-bay.....You might have to buy one at a time. There are 3 to the set & I think they are on e-bay now......
He is emeritus from RISD just one of the finest art schools in the world.
I had a couple and keep them for several yrs going back to them during the project.Not that I learned all there was in these fantastic books,I sold them on that auction site,come close to getting my money back.Another woodworker has put them to use.Books can be recycle from one woodworker to another.
Christopher
The books are worth the $$$, and the DVD is great.
I have the 3 volume hardbound set with the DVD. I can't encourage you enough to purchase them if you can.
The quality of the DVD is a little "amateurish", but then again, no one in it is a paid hollywood actor. The message and the content are more than conveyed.
They are great sources for the woodworker! I love them and use them all the time.
"All great work starts with love .... then it is no longer work"
Tage Frid was a helluva a woodworker, and a helluva guy. The short answer is "yes".
Agree on Tage Frid's insights for woodworking. An alternative to paying Amazon ~$57 for the hardcover 3 volume set with DVD is a ~$20 paperback with 2 of the 3 volumes. This paperback book has joinery and shaping/veneering/finishing. The only volume you don't get with the paperback issue is furniture making. Here's the Amazon hyperlink for the paperback. http://www.amazon.com/Tage-Teaches-W...9055681&sr=8-2
Regards,
tom
My set of Tage Frid's books will either be kept on by one of my 2 sons or sold......after I've left this world. Some books belong in my reference library...these are one of them.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....