Arnold, CA…In this video another standing dead was taken down and turned into firewood & a bit of grading for the outdoor shower & composting outhouse. It has been a busy last few weeks. Unfortunately not so much on the cabin and improvements. I also had a bit of a health issue that curtailed some of my work. It did not stop it entirely, however, and progress has still been made and some big changes are ahead as well.

The changes, we have always planned on turning Hewn into a full-fledged business at some point even with my local news business taking up a good chunk of my waking hours. Those, at some point plans have become now! Someone gave us an opportunity to use a 5 acre commercial parcel on a local highway with a possible purchase. the opportunity as many are is wrapped in a package of long hours of work.

It needs a ton of work and is so loaded with downed trees, brush and debris that immediate work on it needs to be done to mitigate the fire risk. Not only that but the the wood is rapidly decaying so if anything of value is to be done with it needs to be done now.

Hence we have officially changed from Hewn.tv to Hewn.co. You will see an increased focus on wood products, our clothing line and a bushcraft style campfire kit for local purchase in our area. Is there enough time in the day to do all of this? Of course not….and so it begins.

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 small functional building with literally tools you can find at a garage sale and our only costs will be roofing, fasteners & glass for windows.

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 well.

Henry David Thoreau’s cabin was only 10 x 15 and not much bigger than you can legally build today without a permit in most counties. For the Chainsaw cabin while it will only be 10 x 12 it will have a sleeping/storage loft. So if you are staying for a night or two at least you will have separate work, living & sleep areas.

In 1845 is cost the tiny home pioneer $28.12 to build his modest abode. With inflation that comes in at $962.80 in todays shrinking dollars. That is our goal to build our small structure with doors, windows and roofing for less adjusting for inflation than Henry did many years ago.

We are starting with outbuildings to get the property functional. Places to store tools, a solar shed & a place to sleep if need be. This is phase one and we hope to get that done this year starting with the Chainsaw Cabin then learning how to build a log structure on our next shed.

Next year, Lord willing we will start on our main two story, traditional log cabin built with logs from the property and probably a few other locally sourced ones as well.

About hewn.co
At Hewn we are going take you on a journey to see if it is still possible to build a functional, small homestead that anyone, even someone making minimum wage can build and own. We are going to try this in California no less. Join us as we attempt to build an off grid, solar powered, rustic, pioneer style homestead.

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