New and learning

[ChuckH55]

Just discovered the site while looking for people that had Wood-mizer mills and built homes themselves. Living in Western Washington I see there are a number of other builders here and reading more that the technique started here. I really wanted Appalachia Dovetail style log home but this does sound pretty nice. My early years were spent in the SE USA, Louisiana, Carolina's and Virginia, the reason I like the look of the dovetail style. Wish I had known about the May class, can't arrange care for my critters between now and then. My hope is for the fall now. Gives me time to go through the site and maybe ask a few questions. Since most of the big timber companies have gone from lumber to real estate, there are small parcels of tree farms for sale, hope to find one and build there. Several friends have pretty much moved off the grid and I would like to try that too, return to lifestyle of my youth. Have already talked with a couple of friends that are electrician and plumbers, going to swap mill time for their trades. They too have an interest of getting out of town! Look forward to chatting with you all.

[loghousenut]

Welcome aboard Chuck. The system we use is Western Washington born and bred. There are some very real reasons why you might want to build the LHBA way, especially in your climate. Keep reading. You'll trap yourself just like the rest of us did.

A few of us here have mills too. I have a cheap, non-Woodmizer, band saw and love milling but I'd never want to build a home for my family out of boards. I hear they have to keep everything square, level, and plumb and somehow that just doesn't work with me.

[rocklock]

Where about in WWash?

[AkChas]

Welcome Chuck;
I think MOST of us here "stumbled" upon this site. A word of advice -- if you read much further, you'll be hooked, will take the class and there'll be no looking back thereafter.
I had it in mind for Decades, to build my own log home, using the Scribe Fit method, as detailed in the book "Building the Alaska Log Home" (by Tom Walker). Well, that was before I came across LHBA here and read a bunch and took the class and now? I'm all-in on this method/style of construction!

Keep reading here, all that you can and sign up for the email alerts for upcoming classes (you get advance notice, before it's posted on the website).

I'm sure we'll be hearing from you, for some time to come.

Welcome!

[lynncherl]

I have found my little Wood-Mizer 13 (11' bed) extremely useful in constructing my "real log" cabin

[LogHomeFeverDan]

Welcome Aboard Chuck! Not only is the enthusiasm here contagious, there's a high quality group of folks here to entertain and motivate you on the way!

[ChuckH55]

Newcastle, looking north and south of this area to escape and build. I have considered the Leavenworth area too.

[ChuckH55]

Thanks for the welcome, I was pretty much set on the dovetail style, but reading here has me sucked me I'm afraid. Ironically I was looking for a Chalet style house plan and see that one of the very common plans here is more or lest square and would lend itself to making a few mods and having the chalet style you would find in Austria.
I love Alaska, was stationed there in the 70s.

[ChuckH55]

I'm not sure why it appeals to me to get a mill but it does.

[ChuckH55]

Dan, I graduated high school in Beaufort SC decades ago and my baby sister lives in the Hendersonville, NC area. To the other board members I specified SC, because there is a Beaufort NC too, but it is pronounced like the French would and SC use a long U...

[Mosseyme]

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