Hi all i know im new here but just wanted to try and get pointed in the right direction. The wife and i have been looking into buying land up in the U.P. of MI and moving there full time within the next 10-15yrs. We want to build a log home, wood shed and atleast one barn from the ground up ourselves and from the trees on the land. My parents plan to join us there at somepoint so a second cabin would be built. But onto my question where would be a good place to start learning how to work with logs and to start aquiring tools needed (want to limit power tools since the places we looked at are very very remote and other reasons) would it be worth my effort to start with log furniture? or just wait untill i can take one of the classes and go full steam on the cabin when we get the land? My building skills right now are only with 2x lumber simple sheds finishing basments etc... our dream is to set this up as our final homestead . Also is it worth getting really old tools to start found a drawknife on craigslist and a crosscut saw too?
thanks
-J
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