The Cabinetmaker's Guides book series, the Best of The Scale Cabinetmaker book series and The Cabinetmaker's Guide Journals are available for ordering here. These files are quite large and will take a good deal of time to download so be prepared to wait. We (using the imperial here) will help with any problems that may arise as quickly as possible, just let us know at orders@thescalecabinetmaker.com. Our new system allows you to place your order online and then send in a check if you do not wish to use PayPal or credit card for payment.
Published between 1976 and 1996, The Scale Cabinetmaker set the standard for plans, patterns, and tool and technique instructions for the aspiring and experienced miniaturist. By scale modeling, we meant the reduced scale reproduction of full scale, or life-size, houses, furniture, and related objects. Scale modeling begins with a thorough knowledge of objects in the "real world": not only their characteristics, shape, and details of construction but their history and social context as well. The core of the magazine's content would be the presentation of scale modeling plans and directions, coupled with information on the tools and modeling techniques essential to their reproduction.
While Jim Dorsett used in the Interim section of The Scale Cabinetmaker to discuss many things, I'm going to deviate a bit and provide more many things. What that means is that as I am going through the multitude of file cabinets and boxes, I will set aside any writings of the Dorsett's that will perhaps provide a bit more insight into how they worked and lived. Did I mention that there is a multitude of boxes? Sometimes it may be from the column in the journals, sometimes it will be totally new, unseen text.
TheBest of TSCis a growing collection of "subject-specific" books, drawn from the pages ofThe Scale Cabinetmakerand the workshop notes from the authors ofTSC. While not surprising, we believe that there is value in owning all 20 years ofThe Scale Cabinetmaker, finding all of the materials on a specific subject, even with the index in hand, can be a daunting exercise. Some of the books are either technique (caning, wiring) or period (Arts & Crafts, 20th Century) specific; others combine technique articles and project articles into the same book.
Published between 1976 and 1996, The Scale Cabinetmaker set the standard for plans, patterns, and tool and technique instructions for the aspiring and experienced miniaturist. Despite being 30 plus years removed from the genesis of TSC, the content is still as relevant and as useful as it was when it was first published. All plans and patterns in TSC are given in full dimension and the projects are assumed to be 1/12th scale, unless otherwise noted. TSC provides miniature enthusiasts with insights and ideas that can be used in a multitude of applications.
In 1964, Helen Bennett Dorsett published the first of what would become a 10 book series, The Cabinetmaker's Guide to Dollhouse Furniture: Victorian. Many of the patterns included in that first and second books were based on the furniture in her mother's house in Peabody, Kansas. The Guides provide enough patterns, in a specific style, to fill a two bedroom dollhouse, including a living room or parlor, a dining room or a kitchen, and two bedrooms. All plans and patterns, with the exception of the Half Inch Book, are an inch to the foot (1″:1′) scale.
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