Cabin

I devoted a number if diary entries to the cabin I have been building. But I haven't posted anything in a long time.  Here is a shot of the exterior taken last year. This project consumed most of my creative energy over the past 3-4 years. ITEMS REMAINING TO COMPLETE Floor - only the sub-floor&he...

What a day!!!! We had a great group of friends and family put it all together. I was a bit nervous about potential errors and things that might not fit but there were only a couple of places I had to get the chisel out. We started a bit later than planned. but at 11:00…

I finally got all of the cabin bents assembled and am ready for the Saturday raising! This has been a couple of years in the making. I attended the framing class two years ago and then started work on plans and finding antique tools. Last fall we dug the footings and started the process. Over&hel...

Here is a selfie of me in front of the cabin floor with the insulation in place. I tacked some small blocks of wood to the inside of each floor joist to hold the 2" thick foam insulation. It's not insulated to northern Vt standards but it should be fine for allowing the building to…

Here is one corner of the assembled floor timbers. These are 8"x8". The timber on the bottom has a tenon (tongue) that is 5 inches long inserted into a mortise cut into the timber at the top.  The wooden dowel is one inch in diameter and pounded in at assembly. I was very pleased with…

Since my last progress update I have completed three of the six posts, four of the 12 diagonal braces and two of the three tie beams. The timbers pictured above are of the posts. These are 10 feet tall and have lots of joinery. The large mortise shown in the post on the left is…

I promised a photo of the floor that was a bit more in-focus.  In the meantime we had a good dump of snow.  I was skiing past and took this picture. Namaste   Ernie

Here is a picture of my brother, Gerry, dragging the last of the floor timbers up to the site. You can see the notches for the floor joists. Screwed onto the bottom of the timber is a board acting as a sled.  After dragging the timbers up  we the then we used a strap to…

Here are the final timbers needed for the floor of the cabin. These girders are notched for the floor joists.  They still need 2 more coats of sealer/stain but otherwise they're ready to go. The large one on the right is the main girder that goes across the middle of the cabin.  The center one&he...

I've been puttering away and now have another batch of timbers to carve.  The six in the foreground are floor joists. I got all of them out of the same log!  It was a monster. Not much work to do on them, just cutting the ends down to size.  In the background is the biggest…