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20 Years of Contributors (A-L)(M-Z): A list of the writers and their projects (1976-1995)
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Jim Marcus
Painless Balustrades: 3:1 (11-14)
Don Massie
Photographing a TSC Cover: 6:3 (36-40)
David McWhirter
Dado Routing Fixture: 10:2 (37-38)
William S. Miller
19th Century Accessory Table: 15:3 (27-28)
1940's Telephone Bench Stand: 14:1 (37-39)
3 Variations on a Piano Theme: 10:2 (5-11)
Billiard Tables in Half Inch (Pocket and Pocketless): 17:1 (41-46)
Building a Weiman Desk: 9:3 (35-38)
Chicago Chair: 13:4 (39-42)
Colonial Bedside Step Tables: 19:1 (43-47)
Conservatory Tables: 14:3 (45-48)
Contemporary Colonail Cracker Barrel: 19:4 (44-48)
Drawing To an Inside Straight: Octagonal Card Table: 16:3 (41-44)
A Duncan Phyfe Window Bench: 7:1 (13-15)
Early American Tavern & Curio Hanging Shelves: 19:2 (43-46)
The Essential Bedside Cabinet: 11:4 (33-36)
Four Variations on a Theme: The Canterbury (c. 1800-1825): 7:4 (14-20)
Foyer & Console Tables With Benches: 14:2 (43-48)
Game Room Dart Board & Cabinet: 17:2 (37-39)
Georgian Book Table: 12:2 (20-22)
Georgian Lowboy: 14:4 (38-42)
Hepplewhite & Shaker Washstands: 20:1 (44-48)
Kitbashing a Settee from Some Queen Anne Chairs: 6:3 (27-28)
A Kneehole Chest of Drawers: 10:1 (24-28)
Lyre Back Italian Settee: 9:1 (47-50)
Lyre Table: 10:4 (17-19)
Nursery Furniture (Baby's Crib, Play Pen, and High Chair): 18:1 (11-20)
Outdoor/Indoor Corner Chair: 15:1 (44-45)
A Paris Hall Chair: 13:1 (36-39)
A Pembroke Table (c. 1790): 12:1 (20-24)
Queen Anne Fixed Head Day Bed: 6:2 (17-20)
Queen Anne Spice Chest: 8:4 (4-8)
Queen Anne Style Coffee Tables: 12:4 (36-38)
Roman Curule Chairs (c. 1810-1840): 7:2 (4-8)
A Shaker Writing Desk: 18:2 (17-20)
Sheraton Style Lady's Writing Desk: 13:3 (35-39)
Slant Top Desk on Frame: 16:1 (41-46)
Small Hepplewhite-Style Sideboard: 12:3 (13-16)
A Sofa Table, c. 1800-1810: 13:2 (19-22)
Step-Top Highboy: 10:2 (15-19)
Tables for the Rec Room...Backgammon and Tennis Tables: 17:3 (33-38)
Three Early American Cradles (Shaker, New England Hooded, New Jersey Hooded): 18:3 (29-34)
Three Utilitarian Furniture Pieces: 15:4 (34-37)
Time On Your Hands: Two Case Clocks: 11:3 (29-34)
Two Canterbury Tables & a Backdoor Valet: 19:3 (19-24)
Two Eighteenth Century Cellarettes: 8:3 (19-25)
Two Silver Chests: 9:4 (33-36)
Useful Tables with Interesting Names (Porringer Table and Cricket Tables): 17:4 (37-43)
The Valet Chair: 8:2 (20-22)
A Voysey Table: 9:2 (45-47)
Welsh Cupboard, Huntboard and Table: 18:4 (18-24)John H. Murphy
From Can Opener to Disc Sander. 4:3 (41-43)
Hand Turning Tools: 5:4 (46-49)
Primer for Plastic: 5:3 (48-51)N
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John Ottewill
Plastic Jigs and Fixtures: (Part 1) 8:2 (37-42); (Part 2) Acrylic Power Tool Jigs: 8:3 (39-44)
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Don Peck
Bending Hardwood For Miniatures: 12:2 (39-42)
Bending Hardwood: Vienna Dining Chair: 12:3 (29-32)
A Butler Table: 14:2 (23-24)
Contemporary Walnut Veneered Liquor Cabinet: 13:4 (25-29)
Continuous Arm Windsor Chair: 12:4 (18-20)
Tenons and the Trestle Table: 13:2 (45-48)
Thonet Style Bentwood Rocker: 13:1 (21-24)Bill Postman
Baking Day: 6:2 (22-25)
Building a 1937 Cord: 5:1 (5-9)
Finishing Plastic Furniture: 5:3 (41-43)
Hand Decorated Furniture: Two Alternatives: 8:4 (9-12)
Shaker Commode Chair: 8:5 (25-28)
Shaker Wood Box From Pleasant Hill: 8:6 (14-17)
The Used Look : A Distressed Finish for a Kit Settle: 8:2 (10-11)
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Robert R. Radcliffe
A Miniature Chess Set: 5:2 (51-52)
Miniature Chess and Checker Boards: 6:4 (38-40)Alex & Judy Rankine
Charlton House Kitbash: (Part 1) 4:3 (19-26); (Part 2) 4:4 (41-46); (Part 2): 5:2 (45-48)
Kirk Ratajesek
Fretwork Miniatures: 6:2 (42-45)
Dolores Rawding
Getting the Job Done: Lady's Cylinder Desk (c. 1790): 9:2 (23-28)
Jack Reifel
Special Techniques in Miniatures: 6:2 (8-13)
John C. Reppert
An Eastlake Secretary from Basic Tools: (Part 1) 5:3 (28-37); (Part 2) 5:4 (16-26)
William T. (Ted) Roubal, PhD
Casablanca Ceiling Fan with a Built-In Motor: 8:1 (18-23)
Direct Current Power Supply: 8:3 (45-46)
Dollhouse Power Supplies: 9:4 (41-42)
Enhancing the Realism of a Miniature Grandfather Clock: Adding Pendulum Motion & A Tic-Toc Circuit: 8:4 (36-43)
Fashioning Items in Glass for Miniature Settings (Shaping Glass, Forming Glass with Heat, Coloring Glass) 14:2 (5-12)
A Kitbashed Flourescent Light: 15:4 (45-48)
The Lathe Spindle Indexer: (Part 1) 12:3 (44-48); (Part 2) 12:4 (41-42)
Lighting Fixtures: 10:3 (17-20)
Lighted Working Doorbell: (Part 1) 11:4 (25-28); (Part 2) 12:1 (43-47)
A Review of Small Lathes for Miniaturists: 13:1 (25-35)
Screen Printing for Miniature Settings: (Part 1) 13:3 (25-28); (Part 2) 13:4 (45-47)
Some Topics on Dollhouse Lighting: Using Voltage Dropping Resistors & Light Emitting Diodes: 9:1 (43-46)
Small Metal Lathe: (Part 1) 10:3 (45-50); (Part 2) 10:4 (20-24); (Part 3) 11:1 (51-56); (Part 4) 11:2 (43-48); (Part 5) 11:3 (28-44)Suzanne Russo
Artwork for Two-Sided Photoetching: 7:4 (52-55)
Basic Carving with an X-Acto Knife: 6:1 (4-9)
For the Fun of It: A Serpentine Table: 6:2 (4-7)
Hardware Drawings for Profile Photoetching: 7:2 (41-45)
Ornamental Golden Oak Table: 16:1 (37-40)
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Bill Sevebeck
The All-Purpose Shaper/Saw Table: (Part 1) 2:4 (37-42); (Part 2) 3:2 (18-21); (Part 3) 3:3 (29)
Lamp-Mounted Adjustable Work Clamp: 3:1 (45-47)
Modeling From Prototype: A 17th Century Gateleg Table: 1:3 (2-15)
Practice in Rushing and Turning: A Shaker ladderback: 1:3 (53-54)
Woodturning in the Metalworking Lathe: (Part 1) 1:4 (49-55); (Part 2): 2:1 (26-31); (Part 3) 2:2 (48-53)
Working with the Dremel Moto-Lathe: 7:1 (19-22)Kathy Sevebeck
A Conversation with Harry Whalon: 2:3 (22-25)
A Geometric Rug: 2:2 (31-33)
A Needle in My Hand (essay): 2:1 (15)
Butterflies for Stitching: 4:2 (20-22)
Candlewick Spread: Ancestor of Modern Day Chenille: 3:3 (53-54)
Cozy, Comfortable, and Early American: Wing Back Sofa, Matching Chair, and Ottoman: 3:3 (6-12
Embroidery on Fabric: Three Techniques for Rugs: 2:2 (29-30)
Introduction to Embroidery on Canvas: 2:1 (16-21)
Miniature Quilts in Cross-Stitch: 3:2 (16-17)
Miniature Rooms: A Different Point of View. 1:2 (20-22)
Miniatures in Flame: Bargello: 1:3 (46-48)
Model in a Minute: Chenille Rug: 3:2 (15)J. Sharp
Jig for Cutting Perfect Circles: 6:4 (28)
S. Bernard Shaw
A Cobbler's Bench: 13:3 (44-46)
Peg Legs: 15:2 (23-24)
Sanding Finger Saver: 14:2 (19-20)Judy Shellhaas
Carved Fireplace (c. 1900): 10:3 (36-44)
Carved Frame Mirror: 10:1 (29-33)
Carved Pier Table: 10:1 (47-51)June Simpson
19th Century Blanket Box: 17:1 (32-37)
19th Century Wardrobe: 17:3 (39-46)
Bedside Breakfast Table: 20:1 (20-24)
Carved 20th Century Panel Bed: 19:2 (34-42)
1920's Chippendale Bedroom Suite: Lady's Vanity Dresser and Dresser Bench: 19:4 (33-43)
Chippendale Gentleman's Dresser: 18:4 (30-37)
Colonial Four Post Bed with Trundle: 18:2 (40-48)
French Restauration Lamp Table: 17:2 (20-23)
Gentlemen's Dressing Mirror: 19:1 (16-21)
A Hang of Shelves (What-Not and Bow Front Cabinet): 17:4 (44-46)
Kitchen Clock Shelf (Beginner's Workbench): 17:3 (47-49)
Late Victorian Washstand: 16:4 (31-38)
Regency Library Chair/Steps: 18:1 (36-43)Doreen Sinnett
Punch Needle Embroidery Rugs: 2:2 (34-37)
Kay C. Sobers
A Tomorrow Rug: 2:1 (22-25)
Bill Stalters
Mastic Brick: 10:2 (24-28)
Tom Steiger
Cheating at the Shell Game: 13:2 (5-9)
More Realistic Applied Carvings: 18:2 (25-28)
Molding and Machining a Bombe Cabinet Base: 17:1 (18-24)
O Wondrous Wooton!: (Part 1) 15:1 (25-33); (Part 2) 15:2 (25-35); (Part 3) 15:3 (42-49)
Of Fiberglass & Dental Burrs: 16:3 (49)
Shortcut Parquetry: 14:4 (25-30)Fred Stephenson
Basic Brickwork: 9:3 (14-17)
Brickwork Bonds and Patterns: 9:4 (4-9)
Casting: 10:2 (10-14)
Decorative Roof Trim: 11:1 (29-35)
Introducing a New House Plan Series: The Green Window House: 8:1 (24-33)
An Italianate Victorian House in 1/4" Scale: 8:4 (24-30)
Stairs: 12:3 (25-28)
Victorian Porch Details: 10:4 (5-11)
Windows: 12:1 (25-29)
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Mitzi Van Horn
Oriental Rug Knotting: 1:1 (14-15)
Doris Victor
Simple Lathe Techniques: A Victorian Pedestal Table: 4:2 (41-45)
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Ralph Wanner
Copy Reduction: 10:2 (41)
Peter F. Westcott
A Bishop's Livingroom: (Part 1) 15:1 (5-12); (Part 2) 15:2 (12-18); (Part 3) 15:3 (17-24); (Part 4) 15:4 (38-44)
Cornice Design, c. 1796: 14:2 (16-18)
Furniture for the Southwestern Room: (Part 1: Trestle Dining Table and Dining Side Chair): 16:4 (25-30); (Part 2: Bench and Wall Shelf) 17:1 (38-40)
Graeme House Cornice: 17:4 (48)
The Inglenook Room: (Part 1) 20:1 (5-12); (Part 2): 20:2 (25-36)
A Late Georgian Room: (Part 1) 3:2 (28-41); (Part 2) 3:3 (32-42); (Part 3) 3:4 (8-16); (Part 4) 4:1 (15-18)
Millwork for Miniatures: Chair Rail: 4:3 (29-32)
Millwork for Miniatures: Dental Cornice Molding: 4:4 (51-52)
Mitering Techniques with Hand Tools (Beginner's Workbench, w/ J. Dorsett): 15:2 (36-41)
Southwestern Room Box (Part 1) 16:2 (7-11) ; (Part 2, Ceiling & Woodwork) 16:3 (25-32); (Part 3) 16:4 (43-47)
A Williamsburg Interior: (Part 1) 5:1 (16-21); (Part 2) 5:2 (21-27), (Part 3) 5:3 (12-17)Harry Whalon
A Conversation with Harry Whalon: 2:3 (23-25)
Kenneth A. Wolfe
Jigs & Fixtures: Adjustable Fence-Jedlicka Thicknessing Sander: 6:2 (46)
Pam Wright
Toddler's Toys From Montgomery Ward (c. 1929): 8:1 (10)
Swirling Boy & Girl Toy (c. 1904): 8:2 (9)
