Dorsett
Publications, LLC. Publishing quality miniature plan, pattern, and technique books
since 1964.
Dorsett
Publications, LLC is a new name for an old company. The company was started by
Jim and Helen Dorsett as Dorsett Miniatures in 1964. In 1976, when they began
publishing The Scale Cabinetmaker, they renamed the compay to Dorsett Publications,
Inc. In 1996, after 20 years of publishing TSC, Jim retired, although he
continued to produce new books and started working on the re-release of TSC
on cd-rom. In 2006, the company was reincorporated as Dorsett Publications,
LLC. After more than 40 years, we are still a family-owned company.
We
pride ourselves in releasing quality miniature plans, patterns, and technique
publications. In an essay, "Why Scale?,"
published in the first issue of TSC, Jim defined the mission for both The
Scale Cabinetmaker and Dorsett Publications. He often said that he and Helen
started the journal as an answer to the age old assumption that "men don't
play with dollhouses and women don't use tools."
Since
its founding, we have published materials on everything from building Victorian
furniture to building power supplies to caning. We invite you to spend some time
exploring the website, download a sample project, read the essays on scale modelling,
and, if you are new to miniatures, pick up an x-acto knife and join the fun.
Meghan
Dorsett
A Note about our logo and the
depot. The drawing of the train and the Cambria
(Christiansburg) Depot (our new logo) was done by Joe
Olivaras in 1985 for the first "Depot Day" celebration in 1986.
Sale of the poster helped pay for the depot's rennovation. We still sell the poster
through the Cambria Toy Station to help support the endless work involved in maintaining
a 140 year old building that sits 15 feet from the mainline of the Norfolk-Southern
rail tracks.
In addition to remaining the headquarters of Dorsett
Publications, the depot serves as home to an antique dealer, a photographer, the
Cambria Toy Station, and the permanent
exhibit of the prototype models from The Scale Cabinetmaker and the Guides and
an occasional home to the publishers and the depot security force (two small dogs
with more hair than body mass). If you are driving through Virginia on I-81, stop
in Christiansburg, stick your head in the door, and have a cup of coffee (the
pot is always on).
Dorsett Publications, LLC
Dorsett
Publications, LLC is a new name for an old company. The company was started by
Jim and Helen Dorsett as Dorsett Miniatures in 1964. In 1976, when they began
publishing The Scale Cabinetmaker, they renamed the compay to Dorsett Publications,
Inc. In 1996, after 20 years of publishing TSC, Jim retired, although he
continued to produce new books and started working on the re-release of TSC
on cd-rom. In 2006, the company was reincorporated as Dorsett Publications,
LLC. After more than 40 years, we are still a family-owned company.
We
pride ourselves in releasing quality miniature plans, patterns, and technique
publications. In an essay, "
Since
its founding, we have published materials on everything from building Victorian
furniture to building power supplies to caning. We invite you to spend some time
exploring the website, download a sample project, read the essays on scale modelling,
and, if you are new to miniatures, pick up an x-acto knife and join the fun.