Building a Log Cabin from Scratch!

We build a log cabin from start to finish in the forest which will eventually be turned into a sugar shack for our maple syrup evaporator. Full Log Cabin Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwj3sDjjGtJpaMlqPWZCjyzpH49_53e1K

Part 1: https://youtu.be/Asd2ecr75Yo
Part 2: https://youtu.be/H4SEavk7He0
Part 3: https://youtu.be/a2nvudTbVvw
Part 4: https://youtu.be/dIDDQn39ISE
Part 5: https://youtu.be/WnnklTZ-Joc
Part 6: https://youtu.be/Y4zkpki2Ijg
Part 7: https://youtu.be/_1HddETv3RU
Part 8: https://youtu.be/MwMiyNCcq0Q
Part 9: https://youtu.be/fvwpYZk1smg
Part 10: https://youtu.be/Pq0ByIUn9I0
Part 11: https://youtu.be/obbomgWSp8A
Part 12: https://youtu.be/X0VibvQ6Fro
Part 13: https://youtu.be/3PaSAsXV97A
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We are using dead standing pine trees cut from my 40 acre property and some spruce. The logs are arranged in a butt and pass method and then held together with spikes.

We mostly rely on the help of a chainsaw to cut the logs, a tractor to drag and a lot of labor to lift them and put them in place. The pines in this replanted forest are fat too overgrown and have been grossly mismanaged. The trees should have be cut and thinned nearly a decade ago. Removing the dead trees is a good start to rehabilitating the forest. Later, we will thin even more and get the forest ready for replanting and rejuvenating.

In this part, we will continue to erect the log cabin walls from the foundation up. I will use the butt-and-pass method which laps one row of logs over the other, while fastening the logs together with spikes. This is simpler and quicker because it does not require the tedious work of scribing each log and notching.

A butt-and-pass corner joint on a log home creates the look of a rustic, old-fashioned cabin. As the logs are laid to create the outside corners of the building, the first log on each layer extends past the corner, and the log forming the other wall butts into the first. As the timbers are laid to build up the corner, the extended logs alternate for an effect that resembles interlaced fingers.

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