hello my name is tim and am singed up for the may 2010 boston class and looking forward to it. coming from mid mo. hope its as great as it sounds. see you in may.
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hello my name is tim and am singed up for the may 2010 boston class and looking forward to it. coming from mid mo. hope its as great as it sounds. see you in may.
it is, Tim. changed our lives! again, welcome:)
hello my name is tim long and have sinded up for may 2010, boston. just wanted to say hello to you to. have already said hi to ellsworth
looking forward to the boston class been wanting to take this class for a long time really stoked it so close
I'm sorry to hear about skip...
I took his class in the early 80's in Redmond and later helped chink the 1st house near Monroe.
I need a refresher course to remodel a log home my wife was born in in Canyonville Oregon.
Any information, how to books that Skip may have written or publications would be helpful.
Thanks,
Chuck
Try and email Ellsworth, and see if there is any way you could get on the members side, since you already took the class. there is enough info you wouldnt need to purchase any books
Ramblin, I'm actually not in San Diego anymore. I'm in the Marines and am stationed out in Japan for the time being. I loved San Diego and miss the fish tacos there too but we probably won't be back. My wife's family has some land in Missouri that we're looking at buying and build on but we have to get back to the states first. I saw your models on your website and was wondering how long it took you to make them. Did you glue the "logs" together or nail them. Does this help you determine the nummber of logs you need or just give you an idea of layout? They look good and that's a good idea.
Counting the days to May,
Joe
i built those in about 2 in less than 10 hours..i did a little moulding on the dowels to make em look like peeled logs...so that added time. i started another one thats to more scale. i pin nailed them. i would say that the dowels can help bring you pretty close to the log count by im not sure if it would be exact. there some other factors that come into play. having them sure helps people "get" what you are doing. modified lincoln logs for adults..: )
Not all who wander are lost...
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I'm definately planning on building one now, I think it would help me "get" what I'm trying to do. My home plans keep getting larger and larger.
will really help you get it : )Quote:
Originally Posted by actionjoe
Not all who wander are lost...
http://s888.photobucket.com/home/rusty_bucket_album/index
Hello - I hope to be a new member soon. I live in the St. Louis area but actually in Illinois and want to build a couple hours further into Illinois. Anyone out there who has used the information from this class to build a simple cabin in the midwest - affordably? What I am reading sounds "too good to be true" and I worry that after taking log transportation costs into account we aren't going to be able to afford to build a home after taking the class.
I could use some encouragment. Thanks!!!
here ya go! we have plenty of members in the midwest.. including oklahoma..read..read..n read here..take a look at peoples photos..then jump in on a class : )
Not all who wander are lost...
http://s888.photobucket.com/home/rusty_bucket_album/index
Thank you! I notice you are in KY which really isn't that far away ... I'll think positively and hope it all works out. I only wish I could afford to go with my cousin to the class but I will need to save my money to buy the land etc. This is going to be so much fun!
than a barrel of monkeys!! lol..at least thats how i think the saying goes..: )Quote:
Originally Posted by mrawson
Not all who wander are lost...
http://s888.photobucket.com/home/rusty_bucket_album/index
What you spend, you'll get back in spades. Not the same with your cousin trying to teach you the class after he attends. The best money you can spend. Just about everyone that became a member has worried about spending the money on the class. I'm not sure you can find one that regretted it and didn't profit from the weekend. Hell, just meeting Ellsworth and Steve is worth the price. The others in the class push it over the top.
And he's giving out sage advice. Take the class. It is like buying insulation for the attic. You spend a buck to save twenty. The payback time is quick and it keeps paying. Take the class with your cousin.
mrawson -- Let not your heart be troubled.........Quote:
Originally Posted by mrawson
I took the class almost 11 years ago, BEFORE the Y2K scare (because who knew, if TEOTWAWKI would allow another chance) :+ and wondered if the cost then was worth it. I would definitely pay the price KNOWING what I learned and know now.
Trust me (ya, heard that before, eh!!) You will not regret the fee, besides its 100% guaranteed.
There is a lot here and you have a lot of folks near you.
I am in Iowa and there are ways and means...
James.
Hi, myself and my wife and kids have just joined your great association. We are moving permanently out to California in the summer and have been inspired by your website to build our own log home; We have just finished a renovation of an old stone house in France, sold it and are ready to move on to our new home (my wife is from LA).
We are so excited and are both planning on taking the course sometime in the second half of the year/ when the next one is reasonably close. I have been studying all the information here and the projects of students. I have also been looking into land to buy however I realized today that you need quite alot for the construction process. I am afraid that the area we need to move to for work reasons (Southern Cali) does not have affordable land for such a project as so far the plots I have seen are just 1/4 - 1/3 acre max! Help!!
Well this is just our first step. Do you know anyone who was built on smaller lots?
Anyhow, we both look forward to being part of this community, see you soon!
Gareth, Rikki, Akira & Am?lie
I am one of the lucky ones who has never been tied to a job in Southern California but my Mother in Law lives there. I can't imagine building on a 1/3 acre plot anywhere near where she lives but I suppose it could be done. I think a more popular plan might be a short (or long) range plan to relocate to a "simpler-lifestyle" kind of a place. It is not uncommon for a couple to take the class as a part of their inspiration toward a bigger goal.
If you are tied to jobs by a large paycheck, perhaps the grubsteak principle would interest you. Work at the place that allows you to sock away as much money as you can as a grubsteak to give a fresh start in a new location where land and freedom come at a lower price.
Another alternative might be to take the class and reevaluate your enthusiasm level and perhaps make the move toward the location of your dreams and a lower payscale. I am making the assumption that nobody really wants to live in Southern California and ask your forgiveness if I am totally offbase and offensive. Our group is comprised mostly, though not entirely, of men and women who are leaning away from the urban lifestyle.
Whether the main content of this posting is of interest or not I would make one observation. I have talked with a lot of people who have perused this website. There are lots of them that look around and read a bit and loose interest. Those who keep reading and start dreaming tend to get hooked. Your background will have little to do with your success rate at accomplishing what the rest of us are accomplishing. If you retain a level of enthusiasm for what is happening on these web pages I urge you both to take the class and see where it takes you.
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If you mean tongs then you should try harbor freight they have all kinds of stufff.
The first house I lived in was torn down to build the (405) San Diego Freeway. We used to have conversations with movie stars driving down the street.
What I can tell you is most of the greater LA areas are built in housing developments or areas where a log home would not be allowed as it would be totally out of character. You'd likely have to drive a significant distance to find an area where you'd be able to build.
I moved to Sacramento in 1983. I plan on being a full time Oregonian 2012. I already bought my land up there and will move when my daughter finishes high school.
Make as much money as you can. Sock it away. Make a better move as soon as you can.
Welcome.
Interesting photo. Just curious, were the window spaces left out of the original construction or were they cut out after stacking as usual? Looks like a lot more spaces than the average log home.Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
ccosborne3, I shouldn't have posted this photo on the non-member side of the forum. This is a very non-characteristic example of a LHBA building going up. I had the oportunity to obtain some very crooked, ugly, nasty, large, free logs and accepted them as a challenge. As we were setting the very crookedest logs on the wall we utilized the location of future windows and doors to cut and twist nasty logs in an effort to "straighten" them.
It has been an exciting challenge and will doubtless be a beautiful home. You will easily find much prettier logs that will stack nicely, allowing you to finish the shell before cutting openings. The rest will be explained in class. If you should show the above photo in class and ask about it, the instructor will snort and attempt to control his/her laughter. He/she will explain that there are many ways to build a log home for your family and this one is an excellent example of the hard way.
I knew that going in to this challenge and in all honesty it has been fun.
Take the class. Here is a less confusing photo.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...3-26-09100.jpg
Hi again. Thanks for the welcome. Yes in fact we are at this moment of our lives required to live within a couple of hours of LA. I personally hail originally from an island of the north west of Scotland so am country bred through and through. I'm trying to make this move as positive as possible and am going to be looking fir land in the mountains around the city. Probably to the north in the Los Padres Forest. This area is forested and mountainous so is perfectly suited to a log home and we are so fired up now! okay so you've got the odd earthquake and wildfire to contend with but hey, got to be better than the city! Biggest problem at the mo seems to be decent land availability. Oh well. We will take the course however as you suggest, and see where our life journey takes us. Wasn't one of your members built up on the San Andreas fault? They must be in the same ball park roughly.
Anyhow, I will continue to read and watch your website with eagle eyes....
Gareth, Rikki, Akira & Amelie.
If the class is held in Gold Bar, you'll wanna move there to build your home.
I enjoyed reading this blog here, it's one of two LHBA homes i know of that were built in California... this one was built more recently near Big Bear Lake--
http://barnesloghome.blogspot.com/
Have fun, I just love reading other's stories of building.
For my entire adult life I have dreamed of my log home. I never liked anything I saw in the mags, and wanted antique and simple. I was scared to find someone to build my home because you just don't know what you will get. This website is wonderful. My 14 year daughter. Has build an elaborate tree house outside of our house and she wants to build house for a living. I hate living in the 'burbs and don't want her making more trashy builder grade homes. I want her homes to be ART. We are going to do our best to come to Boston, it will probably change our lives forever, and inspire me to go live my dream.
Can't wait to kiss that banker goodbye and live a much simpler life. I grew up knowing how to homestead and very much want to go back to it.
Jill Reynolds
I'm fairly certain that each LHBA member will nod their head as they read your post. We have all felt the same things that you are feeling right now. All of those home shows, all those magazines, all those websites are out there with the sole purpose of binding you tighter into a slavery that you can't understand. This is one spot on the web that is filled with people who are saying that you were right all along. There is something different, and you can be a part of it. You live in Virginia. The Boston class was made for you.