What's New
9/24/2009

Now on CD:
TSC Volume 1
TSC Volume 2
TSC Volume 3

The Scale Cabinetmaker
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The Scale Cabinetmaker & Depot Museum is now open.

In the Interim

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Guides
The Best of TSC
Retail Order Form

Sampling
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Why Scale?
In the Interim (1976-2005)

Contacting Dorsett Publications

Dorsett Publications
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Christiansburg, VA 24073
540.382.6431
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The Best of TSC

This is a six volume collection of select articles from the 20 years of The Scale Cabinetmaker. Each volume is topic specific and contains the plans and directions for multiple projects. Each volume also contains articles specific to the techniques required to successfully complete the projects included in the book.

Two new titles are being released in 2007: The Whitman House (September, 2007) and The Beginner's Workbench (November 2007)

The Best of TSC

Volume 1: The Toys of Christmas
Volume 2: Kitchen Cabinets
Volume 3: Kitchen Appliances
Volume 4: Dollhouse Power Supplies
Volume 5: Arts & Crafts Furniture
Volume 6: Hand-Woven Caning

 

Ordering from Dorsett Publications

After going ten rounds with various online options (all of which cost Dorsett Publications and our custormers a small fortune and required far more programming capability than any of us exhibit), we decided to take the simpler and more direct approach. Download the retail order form (pdf file), fill it in, and either email, mail, fax, or phone in your order. We can process credit card purchases onsite and it removes the possibility of online theft of credit information. Please see second page of the retail order form for more information. Due to problems with currency exchange (we are located in the non-population end of Virginia), we ask that all payments be in US funds only. Thank you to those customers who have been patient with our trial and error. (mhd)

Retail Order Form

 

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Volume 1: The Toys of Christmas

The Toys At Christmas: An Introduction (Jim Dorsett & Meghan Dorsett)
19th Century Noah's Ark (Helen Dorsett)
19th Century Nuremberg Kitchen (Helen Dorsett)
1858 Greiner Doll and 1867 Crandall Doll Carriage (Helen Dorsett)
1870 Operating Kaleidoscope (Ruth Armstrong)
1877 Bentwood Sled (Helen Dorsett)
1886 Two-Wheel Pull Cart (Helen Dorsett)
1914 Speedway Roadster (Jim Dorsett)
1929 Child's Vanity Dresser (Helen Dorsett)
1935 Fiberboard Doll House (Helen & Meghan Dorsett)
1940's Artificial Christmas Tree (Helen Dorsett)

The Cabinetmaker's Notebook: Preparing Tinstock (Ruth Armstrong)

Techniques for Bending Wood (Don Peck & Helen Dorsett)
Nature of Cuprous Metals: Copper, Brass, and Bronze (Al Atkins)
Photo Etching and Scratchboards (Jim Jedlicka & Jack Reifel)
Soldering Tools and Techniques (Jim Dorsett)
Scroll-cutting (Suzanne Russo) (Return to List of Volumes)

Volume 2: Kitchen Cabinets

Built-in Kitchen Cabinets (James H. Dorsett)
An 1890 Country Kitchen Cabinet (Helen Dorsett)
1920's Kitchen Cabinet (James H. Dorsett)
1920's Breakfast Nook (Marie & Don Heuer)
1930's Sears Roebuck Breakfast Set (Helen Dorsett)
Contemporary Kitchen Cabinets (Helen Dorsett)

Technical Data Sheets

A Guide to Joinery
Ripping Stock, Table Saw Safety, & Cutting Joints with Hand & Power Tools
Using a Drawplate to Size Dowels
Measurement Conversion Chart

Volume 3: Kitchen Appliances

Farmhouse Cream Separator (Ruth Armstrong)
1915 Detroit Jewel Transitional Gas Range (Ruth Armstrong)
1922 Montgomery Wards Fireless Cooker (Ruth Armstrong)
1925 Sears Elite Gas Range (Marie & Don Heuer)
1920's Wards Blue Line Oven/Stove (James Dorsett)
1931 Monitor Top Refrigerator (Ruth Armstrong)

Volume 4: Dollhouse Power Supplies

Dollhouse Power Supplies (Wm. T. Roubal)
Combating the Burned Out Lamp: Voltage & Resistance in Miniature Lighting (Jim & Hariet Jedlicka)
Multi-Display Workhorse Transformer (James H. Dorsett)
Regulated Power Supply for Miniature Settings (Glenn Botto)
Variable Voltage Power Supply (Wm. T. Roubal)
Power Supply in a Coal Shed (James H. Dorsett)
Using Voltage Dropping Resistors & Light Emitting Diodes (Wm. T. Roubal)
Lighting Shadows to Scale (Jim & Harriet Jedlicka)

Volume 5: Arts and Crafts Furniture

The Craftsman Furniture of Gustav Stickley (James H. Dorsett)

Celandine Tea Table
Library Table and Chair
Hanging Book Shelf
Magazine Cabinet

Arts & Crafts Bungalow Furniture (James H. Dorsett)

Stickley Paneled Bench (Inglenook Bench)
Library Table & Chair
Spindle Sofa
Greene & Greene Fern Stand

Half Inch Scale Mission Bedroom Set (Helen Dorsett)

Panel Bed
Bedside Stand Chest of Drawers
Princess Dresser & Mirror

The Morris Chair (James H. Dorsett)

Volume 6: Hand-Woven Caning

An Introduction to Handwoven Caning
Victorian Factory Side Chair (Helen Dorsett)
Contemporary Bamboo Headboard (Helen Dorsett)
Late Empire Caned Couch (Helen Dorsett)
Renaissance Victorian Side Chair (Helen Dorsett)
Mid-Victorian Caned Rocker (Helen Dorsett)
Child's Empire Rocker (Helen Dorsett)
Eastlake Nursing Rocker (Helen Dorsett)
Eastlake Swivel Office Chair (James Dorsett)
Practice in Seat Rushing
New England Fancy Chair (Helen Dorsett)