In the previous entry, we discussed debarking spuds and drawknives. We’re going to continue discussing other ways to prepare your logs for the next step in log cabin building. This time we’re going to ...

TRUNK ROAD -- Forget the air compressor. Leave the cordless drill at home. All you really need to build a good quality, ultra-efficient heat-retaining log building is a muscular chain saw, a few hand ...

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 raise 4 more logs and discover an efficient notching technique using a bowsaw instead of an axe, optimizing the number of cuts needed. The tiny log cabin project aims to build ...

Summertime and the living is, well, hot—which makes a roaring campfire a bit of a problem. But if you lay the right foundation, you can build a great summer blaze that puts out plenty of light with ...

Welcome to our Log Cabin Project! We are building a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land and relying entirely on hand tools (no chainsaw!). This off-grid cabin is ...