In this video, we begin our first major project of the year: a cabin extension. We start by cutting and debarking a tree near ...

This is the beginning of a series discussing tools used in the process of log building. Of course, a lot of these tools can be used for many other applications, but log building will be the main focus ...

In the last couple of entries, we’ve covered a range of hand tools used to peel and prep logs to use in log cabin building. This time, we’ll look at some mechanical or power methods to do this job.

In this episode, we fell one of the tallest trees so far, resulting in two solid logs. The larger log was too heavy to lift, ...

The front porch was strewn with debris and remnants of the chinking, mesh and insulation that once held the hand-hewn white oak logs into the shape of a rustic two-story home in Mokena. The thick, ...