Chinking the Log Cabin
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND We mingled the mortar in a wheelbarrow. Before slapping any mortar in the gaps, I exercised my pneumatic framing handgun to drive claws 2-3 inches apart in all the crannies between the enters on the…
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How Danner Boots Screwed the Laws of Physics
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Inspection at school. ~ ATAGEND Boots still on the dirt in our outdoor classroom. American Made Craftsmanship I keep my working axes sharpened and shaving-sharp. The ax strike separated the inside advantage of my boot…
How to Build a Rustic Outdoor Swing Bed
by Todd Walker Impact motorist and instruct … for driving nails and drilling pilot openings and line/ chain holes. Use appropriate sized instruct bits as needed. Size It Up When this project came to mind, I has no such real…
Log Cabin Update
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND The swinging porch bunked. A entire brand-new how-to post is upcoming on this one. I built this red cedar rope sway to add to the cabin site. The aura mattress is queen size and genuinely…
If You Build it, They Will Come
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Just before The Crew evidenced up. Re-assembling the wall records was like a paint by numbers designated. Dianne had labeled the records before we made it down. It was just a matter of putting digits…
Deja vu: Building an Off-Grid Log Cabin… Again
by Todd Walker ~ ATAGEND Many thanks to these fine friends on demolition epoch! Deja vu After the junk rectified, the job of rebuilding began. I figured reassembly would take little meter. I was right. Foundation I decided to go…
Dirt Poor Floor Joists for an Off Grid Log Cabin
by Todd Walker I think I now understand why so many pioneer log cabins had packed dirt floors. Ease of construction may have been the #1 reason. Lacking dimensional lumber, time, and labor, a dirt floor was an easy solution.…
Log Cabin Update: Sill Logs and Hand-Hewn Floor Joists
by Todd Walker As the song says, “I started out with nothing, and I’ve got most of it left.” Those lyrics summed up my feelings since starting this log cabin project in February. I all I had to show for…
[Timelapse] Log Cabin Build Takes Off-Grid Living Seriously
The Log Cabin Timelapse video posted by My Self Reliance shows what the term “off grid” really means. The video is a condensed, five-minute video of a project that took months. No power tools were used to build this cabin—none.…