The land is in Washington State, in the hills above Leavenworth. We bought that chunk of dirt years ago as an investment to be used as a college fund for my girls. Well, we fell in love with our...
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The land is in Washington State, in the hills above Leavenworth. We bought that chunk of dirt years ago as an investment to be used as a college fund for my girls. Well, we fell in love with our...
Wade, any luck hearing back on this? I'm in the same boat, took the class (my wife too) back in the 90's. I've inquired about how to be recognized as a member, but no response. I'd love to be able to...
Here's another pic of my hunk of dirt, pre-cabin
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/wristwister_photo/Cabin/Land.jpg
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm in the process of reconstructing a small 100+ year old log cabin on my property. Last weekend I got the gables and ridgepole up, in a couple weeks the roof sections...
The "backer rod" I've seen, at least the stuff from PermaChink, isn't really meant as a sealant for external exposure. It's just a gap filler to be chinked over. Plus it's soft foam, and I can...
OK folks, I've been experimenting around with different types of rope and attachment methods. And the winner is ... drumroll please ... 5/8 "Pro-Manila". Looks like manila (will look great as...
Hey, I did some research on Oakum. There are places that still provide it, and there are alternatives to the tar saturation. It's a little pricey, I'm seeing around $.50/foot. But then again, this is...
Thanks for the quick advice everybody.
mlr1968; these logs were and shaped with an adz or some such thing. In some cases they were flattened log-to-log, and in other cases they're round to round....
Here's the deal folks, I'm in the final stages of reconstructing a small ~100 year old cabin on my land. The logs are held together purely by corner notches and they were hand-shaped to fit log to...
Yuhjn, I'll take some pics next weekend and post them. My wife and I are heading up to the land to hopefully get the gables and ridge pole up. We've got an appointment in mid October with some heavy...
Hey folks, new member here. Well, not exactly new. My wife and I took Skip's class back in the 90's, but I'm just now building a log cabin of my own (although we helped several neighbors build their...