Building a cabin

[Cavman]

https://m.wimp.com/a-really-cool-tim...-from-scratch/

[3 Wheel Rider]

What a beautiful cabin. So few have these skill sets today.

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

For a contrasting method watch this video. It's not a time lapse but segments chained together. The Finns introduced log cabin construction to the new world back in 1638. There are a few notable differences from the method used in the video in the OP. The Finns hewed the logs flat on the outside to better shed rain and snow. The logs don't rot nearly as quickly then. They hewed the underside of each log to fit the contour of the log it rests on using only grass or moss to seal the space, which is already tight from the hewing. Finns did not chink their logs. If you happened to notice in the video above after he had all the logs stacked you could see gaps between some of them. The comment that has been made of the Finnish method, "You don't see any daylight between the logs." In fact you'd have a hard time slipping a knife blade between them. The old time Finns dovetailed the logs together in the corners, instead of round notching them. Many Finn log cabins over one hundred years old are still standing!

However you build a log cabin it requires skill. The Finns not only were skilled, but when they finished a cabin it was a work of art. Here's a review of a book my brother wrote about the subject. http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/reviews/index.htm If you are interested in learning more about Finnish log construction and/or acquiring a copy of the book PM me.



This video shows the old traditional method of dovetailing the logs at the corners. This method made for an extremely solid tight cabin.

[DGoebel]

Works of Craftsmanship and Art both.

[Little Blue]

Very Very Nice. This is a LOST art. The wife said 'Can you do this for me?'