Arnold, CA…If you are looking to do a bit of modern pioneering we hope this project can provide some realistic help. The Chainsaw Cabin aims to be a small off grid cabin that anyone, and I mean anyone could build. I mean I site at a computer and type for a living. Not exactly contractor […]
Arnold, CA…Well it has been a tough few weeks where life intruded on the project. Ironically the importance of the project to me personally has increased even more. We now have all of the boards milled to finish the walls and then it will be onto the loft floor and roof.
Arnold, CA…Well it has been waaay to long since we have posted an update! We have been doing quite a few things on the property that were not Chainsaw Cabin specific. Primarily we now have a rudimentary water system in place. Here in the mountains of Northern California is is peak fire season and making […]
Arnold, CA…The premise of this video series is to see if in 2022 can you build a livable small mountain cabin for less than $1,000? Using just a small electric chainsaw to mill all our lumber we actually believe we can do so. In this video we start filling in the walls of the Chainsaw […]
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 […]
Arnold, CA…Well today’s video isn’t very exciting. But is necessary…for the “facilities” we are going with a composting toilet. It is just a fancy word for a litter box for humans. This old fashioned method is all the rage in the tiny home world. Many use nothing more than a 5 gallon bucket with a […]
Arnold, CA…We are glad to be back at Hewn Hill and getting ready to start putting the Chainsaw Cabin together from the lumber we have hand milled with a chainsaw the last few weeks. In today’s video we are doing a bit of clean up and moving a bit of dirt around after setting from […]
