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jessandminisa
04-19-2009, 05:40 PM
Hello. We are scheduled to attend the class in April of 2009 and are very excited about building our log home model. What tools, techniques and methods would you recommend using? (Mainly the tools....) Thanks for your response in advance!!

Jess and Minisa

status: status: currently living in a small cabin, off the grid, at 8,800 feet with two boys under the age 3... eagerly awaiting our first LHBA class in April!
edkemper
04-19-2009, 06:48 PM
I am so excited for you. Don't worry about the tools or anything else until after the class. Then you get to join the member's only area. That's when you are going to get more than you realize. The class is/was awesome.
jessandminisa
04-19-2009, 09:37 PM
Edkemper:

Thanks for the response! Our family owns some land that is heavily forested and we are eager to learn all that we can!! But I guess that good things come to those who wait.... Thanks!

Jess and Minisa
Yuhjn
04-20-2009, 10:38 AM
I just used a keyhole saw, a tack hammer, some small finish nails, and an exacto knife.

I purchased 5/8" dowels for all my "logs" and a 3/4" for my RP.

I also purchased some balsa wood strips for "dimensional lumber".

I attached all my logs with the nails in the same way it's done on the real thing, and I used a hot glue gun to put down my joists and flooring in dimensional.

I screwed my outer RPSL's to my walls.

For my rafters I used 1/2 dowles and tacked them in just like my log walls were done.

Took about 10-12 hours of work to complete.

You can see my pics here.
http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll220/Yuhjn/Model/


There are others who did a great deal more with their model than I did. I simply wanted to make sure I understood the structure, and have something to show to inspectors and contractors to help them visualize my project. And of course because it was fun :)



That said, dont buy anything yet. Take the class and then build the model.
StressMan79
04-22-2009, 09:13 AM
but I understand an air-brad nailer is nice. But yeah, I'd wait to build the model until after you take the class, draw up lots of floor plans, etc.