@Phil Coffins , Very impressive workmanship. I'm just a little older than you, but you got me beat in the muscle department for sure - heck I get all stove up just taking out the trash. This pic is really cool; says it all.
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@Phil Coffins , Very impressive workmanship. I'm just a little older than you, but you got me beat in the muscle department for sure - heck I get all stove up just taking out the trash. This pic is really cool; says it all.
Bark-eater
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I haven't studied on log cabins much, but I think hard wood cabins where more often made of squared off timbers. Makes for more work prepping on the ground and less work and weight up high.
Love it!Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
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John Smith IV
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Nice set up. Not exactly what I'd call 'camping'.Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!Doing this work at 65 was tough, at 75 I’ll be passing on that opportunity!
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@andy52 same here, but my property is 85 miles one way from my residence, and is under constant stream of poachers and vandals. If I could somehow get control of it, I would like to put a little cabin on it.
Phil Coffins
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Can’t say it’s hard camping but with no TV, stereo, or crowds I can watch the sunset, smell the Sage brush, and shoot a can anytime it suits me. Some sacrifices are made in this hard life!
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Fortunately, my property is only about 2 miles from my home I really don't have an issue with poachers or trespassers. I've lived in this area for a little over 50 years and most folks around here know I'm not the most tolerant person and going on my property uninvited would be a bad idea.....
Depending on the time frame you're probably right, when I was a kid growing up in the Ozarks there were still several families living in log homes and all were of the square hewn type logs.
them is some tuff vehiclesNice jeepI drive a 2 door Willys.
Phil, I accidently got access to your FLICKER photo file. Hope that was OK. Very interesting photos. Really enjoyed looking at them but stopped short of seeing all of them. You really took a lot photos! One really caught my attention. Its the one of a person getting medical attention for a severely injured hand. Would you care to tell that story? Of course you may not. Best regards and Happy Thanksgiving
Phil Coffins
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I don’t mind anyone looking at the photos on FLICKER, that’s what it’s for.
That hand is from a fellow (I don’t know) using smokeless in a muzzleloader.
Lucky you! Almost all of the old cabins from pioneer days that are still standing (and there’s a lot of ‘em) were made of hardwood. The pioneers used axes of various types, horses to move the logs, and could have a cabin stacked and ready to move in, in one season or less. They were squaring off the sides with an ax or broadax by hand.
And lemme tell ya, they weren’t waiting around for the logs to dry. They’re waaaaaay easier to work when they’re green.
You’d have a much easier time of it with a chainsaw and today’s machines to help.
Antelope Pete
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Not much to add that hasn't already been said. Awesome.
I have an old hewing axe I guess I could give the old ways a try
or just get so frustrated and start beheading people....
You have an awesome cabin .
Enjoy it while you are able to.
Enjoy it while you are able to.
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Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
All a Man needs, well done sir.
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Very true sir, as we age and realise how little we actually need to be happy, its then we find a peaceful acceptance and contentment.
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