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[quote quote=9081]Frank Klausz – again, I’ve met him in person, have a signed dovetail – and he’s a great teacher. But he’s not a great DVD teacher…. If you were in the shop with him, it would be 1000x better. But he doesn’t really teach – he shows…. “Cut here like this, now here, now here….”[/quote]
Klausz is in the same “old guard” teaching style as Tage Frid. Experts at what they do, but teaching a mild form of “fail until you succeed” (or is it, “trial by fire”?) method. I suspect that those teachers do not appreciate all the hand-holding that is going on these days. 😉
[quote quote=10254]I wish there were some Tage Frid videos just because I’d have liked to see him work. His books are very detailed and clear. He wrote one of my favorite woodworking lines (paraphrasing): “This joint is very easy to make, especially after you screw it up a dozen times.”[/quote]
There is one Tage Frid “Profile” DVD that comes bundled with the boxed set of his books. Published by Taunton, you can also buy it separately from Amazon or elsewhere. You follow him through one of his typical woodworking days, and he discusses his tools, shows you a few things and describes his approach to design and woodworking in general. Very enjoyable since it feels like a personal tour, but the DVD is not very useful in terms of instruction. He has a very un-fussy style, and jokes about being cheap when choosing tools for his work, which I find charming. He was very dedicated to his powered router and table saw, neither of which appeal to me.
His joinery book was required reading many years ago in college, so I will always have a fondness for Frid.