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04-12-2008, 01:33 AM
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Name: Jonathan City: Greenville State: NC County: Pitt Join Date: Mar 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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So I am still very new to woodworking I was wondering if anyone had any old woodworking books collecting dust that they might be able to let me borrow I will take very good care of them & ship them back to you after I read them or whenever you may need them back! There is one set of Woodworking books I have been looking for in particular & thats Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking Seems to be a very hard set to find! So if anyone is willing to part with their Woodworking books to help Educate a green horn it would be greatly appreciated!!! 
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04-12-2008, 08:01 AM
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Name: Larry City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jonathan, I may have that set. Give me a day or two to check and dig them out. (I have 100's to dig thru). I'll get back to you. If I can find them you may borrow for your reading pleasure.
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04-12-2008, 08:19 AM
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Name: Geoff City: Lillington State: NC County: Harnett Join Date: Jan 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I know you said you wanted to borrow them but Amazon has the Tage Frid series. | |
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04-12-2008, 09:39 AM
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Name: Jonathan City: Greenville State: NC County: Pitt Join Date: Mar 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by woodylarry  Jonathan, I may have that set. Give me a day or two to check and dig them out. (I have 100's to dig thru). I'll get back to you. If I can find them you may borrow for your reading pleasure. Larry that would be great If you do find it but don't goto too much trouble for me! Originally Posted by Bigdog72 I know you said you wanted to borrow them but Amazon has the Tage Frid series. Geoff I was checking prices on the Tage Frid series online! Books a million seemed to be the cheapest but I'm the type of person that doesn't buy books without getting a good look at them. Hate to spend that much money to find out its not the book for me.
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04-12-2008, 09:43 AM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Have you checked your local library? They may have what you're looking for or others. If the local branch doesn't have it they can get it from any library in NC through a inter-library loan. I know that my little small town Clayton library has a good collection of woodowrking books and references.
Dave 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
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04-12-2008, 10:22 AM
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Name: George City: Fuquay Varina State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jonathan,
PM me your mailing address, I have some stuff I could send you.
George | |
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04-16-2008, 01:05 AM
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Name: Mark City: Fuquay Varina State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jonathan - that's not an unfounded concern.
I've never been as wild about the Frid series as some others. The Frid series has great pictures and line art of woodworking joints, but he never gives dimensions, e.g. rule of thirds for tenons. IMO, this is a huge deficiency in the book.
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04-16-2008, 07:42 AM
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Name: Ryan City: Rolesville State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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The following book was suggested to me by someone here on the forum and I found it very useful. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565233697
It contains allot of information about different joints and styles. | |
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04-16-2008, 08:25 AM
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Name: Andy City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I have 2 or 3 I can loan you and I will be coming through Greenville Friday afternoon (the Y spring camp odyssey continues). | |
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04-16-2008, 09:04 AM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by DaveO Have you checked your local library? They may have what you're looking for or others. If the local branch doesn't have it they can get it from any library in NC through a inter-library loan. I know that my little small town Clayton library has a good collection of woodowrking books and references.
Dave Let me second what DaveO said. I've checked out dozens of woodworking books form the public library and I have used the inter-library loans. If you have a library card and a PIN (get that from the service desk at the library) you can go to http://wakeipac.co.wake.nc.us/ and search, reserve, have a book shipped to your local library, get email notifications about what is in and when books are due back, etc. The books range from bad to good, from beginner to expert. This is one really great use of your tax dollars.
Ray
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04-16-2008, 10:36 AM
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Name: Andy City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Piling on with the library suggestion. Right now I have this one out: http://www.amazon.com/Wood-Woodwork-.../dp/0500511209
Sizzlin' hot wood porn, but I would not buy it as it would find its way to a dusty shelf before too long. I also have a book of Celtic Patterns by Laura Irish checked out that I likely will purchase (or maybe just the patterns without text, which are available separately).
I looked at my books. I have 3 that claim to be complete references, so I obviously don't need 2 of them.
I will hang on to the older one - The Woodworkers Bible by Alf Martensson. The other two are this one: http://www.clarebooks.co.uk/item8894.htm
and this one: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-.../dp/1890621358
Fairly detailed, lots of pictures, but they are mostly about making furniture (must not have a Big Lots in the authors' towns  ). They make the wood flat with sharp corners, join pieces of wood instead of carving it all out of one piece (what's up with that?) and when they are done they usually wipe stuff on the wood to change the natural color and then finish it with a layer of liquified explosive.  Very strange, but oddly enough some people think the stuff I do is weird, too.  
Anyway, PM me if interested and we can figure out how/where I can drop these off. | |
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04-16-2008, 04:43 PM
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Name: Keye City: Lancaster State: SC County: Lancaster Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Saw the comments about using the local library. Did not read them that closely so some one may have already said this. If your library does not have it and they can not borrow one they will buy the one you want, at least mine will. | |
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04-16-2008, 05:02 PM
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Name: Andy City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by halfblind Saw the comments about using the local library. Did not read them that closely so some one may have already said this. If your library does not have it and they can not borrow one they will buy the one you want, at least mine will. Well, maybe; almost an off topic rant, but...
I requested a book on sailing - Sailing Big on a Small Boat. There was one copy in all of Wake County and I was on the list to get it, but the person ahead of me didn't return it and after a few months it seemed likely he never would. When I got on the list there had been several people in front of me. By the time I was next in line, there were several behind me. So after it wasn't returned for a few months I filled out a request that they buy another copy, giving them all the aforementioned info. Denied!  Not sure why. | |
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04-16-2008, 06:29 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by rywilson I will second that. I just received it for my birthday and it is one of the most comprehensive books on furniture construction and design that I have read in a long time. It's not a novice book, as it doesn't really tell you how to do anything, just the way things are constructed and the type of jointery that is appropraite. It's an ideal book for those that like to design their own pieces and not use plans.
Dave
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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