I just started my cabin this spring. Finally got all my piers in and enough 2x8 for my flooring.
cabin is only 8x16 with a 4x16 porch (12x16 total). It is being built with green milled D logs and will have a slanted shed roof, with a small 6x8 loft.
this will be my first build and it wont be anything fancy, just my man cave in the back 40.

here are a couple updated pictures. I now have the deck joists on and will be putting decking down this week. been going slow but only have some free time to get it done

Are you going to 'spline' that doorway ? In my experience it is easier and safer to cut the groove as you go, rather than afterwards.

Here is some log work I did last March.

20x20 inside, and 16' to the top of the ridge.

I then disassembled it and hauled it 30 miles by ski-doo.

Cool! Do you have a picture of your log hauling set up without the logs on it?

Wow Dawson trapper nice job. Do you have a jig for the dove tails?

No jig. I use a ruler, pencil, torpedo level, and log scribe. I doubt I would get as good a fit with a jig. The dovetail angle is 1:8. It is much easier and quicker to do than one would think.

Heres a small one (12x12 inside) I built two years ago.








Knocked down and ready to haul!

I am impressed! Great job and tremendous effort.

Do you connect the front and back sleighs when hauling or are the ratchet straps enough to hold it all together?

The ratchet straps do the job. There are two wooden pegs in the rear sleigh that the logs straddle, keep the sleigh in line. I learned the hard way

That is some pretty impressive builds!

Thanks for sharing!

What a great idea; build the cabin where the material is....then move the cabin.

It would be great if you could make and post a Youtube video of your method of making a dovetail, I'd like to learn how to do that.
I'd like to make a hexagonal log structure using dovetail joints, I imagine that would involve more difficulty.

Beautiful work ! I really like that tricky way of cutting the gable ends up on the deck! That has to be a lot more accurate to say nothing of safer than cutting them in place.

Looking out the front window.........is that the top of Moose Hide Slide in the right of the frame ?

The moose hide slide is about 15 miles behind and slightly to the right of that hill.

I have not tried dovetails on anything other than 90 degree corners:) Next time I do dovetails I would like to make a video. However, I do not have the natural inclination or technical ability to thrive at that kind of thing (editing, posting to the web etc) Plus with two young kids I'm a little short on time.

Nice work