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    Tage Frid

    Tage Frid (1915-2004) is a well-known furniture maker, designer, and teacher, and served as a contributing editor to Fine Woodworking magazine from issue #1 through #171. He is also the author of the classic series of books Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, published by The Taunton Press.

    A native of Denmark, Frid apprenticed to a master craftsman named Gronlund Jensen beginning at the age of 13. Five years later he was awarded journeyman status. He continued to pursue a university degree in interior architecture while working in a cabinet shop and building furniture in his trademark Danish-modern style. In 1948 Frid moved to the United States to take a job teaching woodworking at the School for American Craftsmen, first at Alfred University and then later at Rochester Institute of Technology. Then in 1962 Frid launched the first college-level program in woodworking and furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design, where his influence flourished for the next quarter century.

    • Professor Frid

      February 14, 2018

      A former student of Tage Frid describes the extraordinary experience of being taught by the Danish master

    • Looking Back: Woodworking thoughts

      September 30, 2015

      Some musings of a designer-craftsman-teacher

    • Cutting Through Dovetails

      February 1, 1996

      Pins or tails first: a case for each

    • Veneering Over a Solid-Wood Substrate

      February 1, 1993

      Thirty-year old rosewood gives life to a shapely coffee table

    • Making Salad Servers

      June 1, 1991

      Curved laminates for lifting the lettuce

    • Variations on a Four-Drawer Chest

      February 1, 1991

      Divergent details make all the difference

    • How to Make Drawers

      April 1, 1984

      Design for drawing table illustrates the principles

    • Bandsawn Dovetails

      December 1, 1983

      Tilt, saw and chop

    • Folding Stool With Tray

      October 1, 1982

      Knockdown design for a dual-purpose project

    • Three Decorative Joints

      August 1, 1982

      Emphasize the outlines with contrasting veneers and splines

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