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New online feature: Letters to the Editor

Every issue of The Scale Cabinetmaker included "Letters to the Editor. " The letters and the In the Interim column were my father's favorite parts of every TSC. They were the last two pieces of each TSC he wrote, waiting until the end of the publication process to peruse a quarter's worth of letters to find the ones with questions, ideas, suggestions, or alternative solutions to a particular problem. The exchange of ideas was what he loved about teaching and the habits of the classroom transferred to the pages of The Scale Cabinetmaker. He looked forward to trying out readers' suggestions on the workbench, applauding others' work, and celebrating the breadth of ideas that arrived weekly in the postal box.

After much debate in the depot offices, we have decided to rekindle the give and take Jim Dorsett so dearly loved. We are not entirely sure how well this will work because it is, for us, an experiment. Initially, we thought we could put together a blog, but neither of us have one iota of programming capability beyond what Dreamweaver allows us to do, so we are taking a more traditional approach and replicating the original Letters column in html. Over the past few months, we have received a lot of questions. While most are related to our publication schedule, too often dictated by fulltime jobs in fields other than miniatures (by training, I'm a comprehensive land use planner), there are others, like the ones we have included in the first letters column

The Scale Cabinetmaker, Volume 1 is now available on cd-rom!

Dorsett Publications announces the long-awaited release of Volume 1 of The Scale Cabinetmaker. The electronic version (interactive pdf files) includes all four issues from Volume 1 not included in the printed original, including an introduction to the cd project by Jim Dorsett, From the workbench of... series (original shop notes from Jim and Helen Dorsett), an index of Volume 1 (beginnings of a cummulative index), and a reading list of sources and quotations.

The price of the cd is $29 for North American orders and $39 for international orders, the same price as a one year subscription to The Scale Cabinetmaker. Projects and technique articles include:

The Whitman House (4 parts)
A Modern Walnut Folding Chair
Oriental Rug Knotting
Carving Victorian Cabriole Legs
Victorian Settee
Linear Measurement and Tools
Designing Roomboxes (2 parts)
The Slaw Bed
Basswood
Parsons Table
Cutting Queen Ann Cabriole Legs
Smithfield Plantation Roundabout
Curvilinear Measurement
Conversion of Measurement & Conversion Chart
Art Nouveau Parlor Cabinet
17th Century Gateleg Table
Shaker Pedestal Stand
Working with the Dremel Moto-lathe
Hand-woven Caning
Victorian Caned Side Chair
Contemporary Bamboo (Caned) Headboard
Bargello
Transition Side Chair
Practice in Rushing and Turning: A Shaker Ladderback (kitbash)
Dyeing with Natural Dyes
Flat-woven Porch/Lawn Swing
Adirondack Chair
Sling or Deck Chair
Wood Turning with Chisels on a Unimat
Case-bound Book Binding

...and much, much more.

 

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