Arnold, CA…The Chainsaw Cabin is going vertical as our walls are finally going up. The Chainsaw Cabin is a 2022 take on Thoreau’s Cabin on Walden Pond. Can we build a small livable structure for less than $1,000? I believe we can. All the lumber used in the Chainsaw Cabin so far has been hand […]
Arnold, CA…This is just a quick update as we get ready to finally start putting walls up. The Chainsaw Cabin will be single wall construction where the wallboards are a structural component of the build. Many of our primitive and pioneer building were constructed this way. The outside wallboard is also the interior board as […]
Arnold, CA…In this video we continue cutting the live edges from our chainsaw hand milled floorboards. Progress at times seems slow but progress is progress nonetheless. About The Chainsaw Cabin The Chainsaw Cabin is our first building, a small 120 square feet shed/cabin on Hewn Hill. All lumber will be hand milled with a small […]
Arnold, CA…In this video we start installing the chainsaw milled, wide, plank flooring. You may remember we had a couple of videos earlier when we were milling these. Yes, these are random width, random thickness and each plank will have to be hand fitted. Free lumber does have its price in labor invested… About The […]
