Arnold, CA…With the walls done it’s time work on getting a roof on the Chainsaw Cabin. First up is the floor joists for the sleeping loft with will tie the whole structure together and strengthen it as well. These will be just under 10ft long. To keep with our 10 x 12 footprint these will […]
Arnold, CA…Well with the weather and just grinding away on boards we now finally have enough lumber rough milled to get floor and wall construction underway. The next video will be back at the property and real construction that actually looks like construction. About The Chainsaw Cabin The Chainsaw Cabin is our first building, a […]
Arnold, CA…More Floorboards, Almost Enough…Chainsaw Cabin Day 17 and actual construction set to begin. 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 inexpensive electric chainsaw. This is to see if anyone can build a […]
Arnold, CA…The Floorboarding Continues….Only 5 Floorboards left. One way or another we finish them tomorrow… 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 inexpensive electric chainsaw. This is to see if anyone can build […]
Arnold, CA…Well the floorboarding continues. Once we finish with this log we will have enough floorboards for the Chainsaw Cabin and maybe a couple of loft floorboards left over. Measure, cut board, lather, rinse & repeat. Hopefully this weekend we can move our efforts back to the property and start putting the Chainsaw Cabin together. […]
Arnold, CA…We started with a log that was almost 17 feet long and cut it in two to be able to move it around. We were able to get 10 boards ranging from just over 8 inches wide to over 16 inches wide. As you may have seen we chalked a centerline and then just […]
Arnold, CA…After a bit of moisture from the sky we are back in action. On our Day Nine work session we marked and started cutting slices of lumber from this log with hopefully will be Wallboards on the Chainsaw Cabin. We are largely just eyeballing it and trying to get boards that are good enough […]
Arnold, CA…On day eight we debated whether we should post at all. But I told myself I would be honest with you and show what it might be realistic for someone else to do as well when trying to do a project such as this while working full time and also has other commitments. So […]
Arnold, CA…Our hope on this build is to stay focused on what is possible with labor, simple tools and what can we do to make at least some progress each day. It was another long workday before we could get to Chainsaw Cabin build therapy. Artificial sun was our only choice to work in. Logs […]
Arnold, CA…Well the old saying Two Steps forward and One Back certainly applies to our progress on Hewn Hill the last couple of weeks. We ordered a low cost chainsaw mill to start working on our lumber. Well our little electric chainsaw just wasn’t big enough or powerful enough to really make it work. In […]
