Log Cabin Workshop

Last weekend I put on a 3 day log cabin building workshop. There were six people who attended: two from Canada, two from Virginia, one from Florida and one from Colorado.

Here are some sketches of the cabin, with some furniture thrown in just to get an idea of a possible arrangement. 

From that, the wall elevation drawings and cutlist were made.

I had cut about 10 logs before they arrived then they cut the rest that were needed for the cabin walls. I hired another person to be the sawmill instructor. He works for the company that makes the sawmill so he was very well qualified.

This cabin is 11x15, just like the little one I am in now, It will have taller walls, larger windows and electrical wiring built in rather than added after the fact.

It was a lot of hard work but the weather was really nice and everyone enjoyed it.

The plan was to sell the cabin after it is done but now I may want to keep it.

The window on the right is framed out. The doors and the other windows are not yet fully cut out yet.

Not bad for 3 days work! 

Now I think I have enough unfinished projects. I better finish the ones I have now before starting any new ones!

Game Camera Video

Here is video of a mountain lion I got on one of my game cameras a couple of years ago.
Click the picture then click on the icon in the lower right to enlarge the frame. (click on it again after the video plays)
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Here is one of what looks to be a bear:

And an elk:

Shop/Sawmill Progress

Progress has been slow on the shop but I hope to get the metal roofing on soon. I have also been setting up the sawmill. In a couple of weeks, I am putting on a log cabin building workshop. More on that later.

I made a power feed for the mill using parts from an old mobility scooter someone was giving away on Craigslist. There is a video of that at the end of this post.