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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: white17] #7082040
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Originally Posted by white17


Trapline cabin on Christmas eve

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Homestead cabin
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^ on the Stony River in Alaska. A great cabin, you are my hero.


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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: white17] #7082084
12/09/20 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by white17


Trapline cabin on Christmas eve



Homestead cabin
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Got a photo of it before the addition?

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7082262
12/10/20 06:57 AM
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nice guys i built one in1992 for my dads retirement , was a lot of up keep on a log camp ,sold it last year , Bruce from Maine came over one year and stay there with his wife to hunt

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7082345
12/10/20 09:04 AM
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Wrapping up some work on the sugar shack...hope to use cord wood construction on another project. [Linked Image]
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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Trapset] #7082463
12/10/20 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Trapset
Thanks, I've been kicking around building one. I might start a new thread so it doesnt mess up Poscos.


Won't bother me a bit if the thread takes a different direction, they almost always do. Great looking cabins posted up. I like the cordwood cabin, I came very close to building one of those. That might make for a great addition as an arctic entry.

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7082516
12/10/20 11:16 AM
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An old log cabin me and some buds stayed in on a spring bear hunt. You can see we were a little early for the bears to be poking out. This pic was taken forty years ago up the Placer River just south of Anchorage.

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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7082734
12/10/20 02:32 PM
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Made a great score on eBay. I was looking at a reproduction door latch to keep things as rustic as I could on my cabin. I had a door built as some of you may have seen and went casting about to find an old thumb latch to go along with it. I found a site that made hand forged hinges and latches and was about to pull the trigger on it when eBay crossed my mind. Sure enough, I found just what I was looking for at a third the price and it's a period piece of hardware. One small victory for mankind. I'm tickled pink. Now I need to find some screws.

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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083094
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The stackwood looks nice.
Is it hard to do to make it look smooth like that?


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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083130
12/10/20 06:46 PM
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I've built more than I can really remember. Over 20 for sure. Have one more planned, then hope to never build another.

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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083195
12/10/20 07:15 PM
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Nice looking work, yukon. Did you use a drawknife or a bark spud to peel your logs? I used a bark spud.

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083271
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here's a latch I made from a elk antler and made the iron parts in the smithy.

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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083276
12/10/20 08:21 PM
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Great idea on the antler and I like your door latch. Very nice.

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: dinorocks] #7083317
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Originally Posted by dinorocks
Wrapping up some work on the sugar shack...hope to use cord wood construction on another project. [Linked Image]
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SUPER COOL


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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083401
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If someone will pm me there phone # I will text them som pictures of my 2 story 4 room log cabin that was build around 1830

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083408
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Man, some beautiful builds. Yukon that is really nice!


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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083446
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Originally Posted by Posco
Nice looking work, yukon. Did you use a drawknife or a bark spud to peel your logs? I used a bark spud.


In the early days I used a drawknife to peel the logs, then again to take the cambium layer off. Then I got smart and bought a curved shoe power planer. Still used the drawknife to peel the bark, but the planer made the rest easier.


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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: yukon254] #7083485
12/10/20 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by yukon254
Originally Posted by Posco
Nice looking work, yukon. Did you use a drawknife or a bark spud to peel your logs? I used a bark spud.


In the early days I used a drawknife to peel the logs, then again to take the cambium layer off. Then I got smart and bought a curved shoe power planer. Still used the drawknife to peel the bark, but the planer made the rest easier.


Looks like you milled your logs top and bottom? I did on mine. My long wall is thirty feet so I was dealing with logs thirty-six feet long all by myself. I used a gin pole to get the logs up. I used block and tackle which gave me that four to one advantage. I still had to enlist my tractor at times.

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083920
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I made this bark spud from some barn junk. works well

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Re: Log cabin pics [Re: Posco] #7083928
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I just checked my gallery on my phone. Apparently I haven't taken any good pictures of the cabin since the new phone. I will take some and forward them along hopefully this afternoon when I make it home.

Re: Log cabin pics [Re: randytt] #7083959
12/11/20 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by randytt
I made this bark spud from some barn junk. works well

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Looks a lot like the one I have except mine has a wood handle. What species of tree did you guys use? I used spruce and fir but if I were to do it again I'd use tamarack.

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