Log Home Construction

Log Home Construction: Dreaming of Building a Log Home? Meet Fred Masey

by Bearfort · 2 comments

Have you been dreaming about building a log home but didn’t know where to start? Paging through the typical log home magazines doesn’t help much as they tend to focus on the extreme “McLog and McLodge” homes of several thousand square feet in remote mountainous locations with exclusive views and heliport pads.

Unfortunately the log homes that they feature are simply out of reach for most so unless you have the cash of the elite the message is clear – keep dreamin’ cuz you cant afford it.

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Building a Log Home Video

by Bearfort · 0 comments

in Log Home Construction

Here is a fun video of a man building his own log home.

The video is a slide show showing his progress

He has done a wonderful job.

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Log Cabin Construction | Video Peeling Bark Off A Log

Log Home Construction

Here is a short video of someone peeling a log for a log home using a tool called a spud. A spud is a long or short handled tool with a flat and dull head at the business end. The reason for using a dull tool is to prevent the edge from digging into the [...]

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Log Home Construction Methods: Notched or Butt and Pass? Part II

Log Home Construction

In Part I we defined, in rather simple terms, the basic difference between Butt and Pass and Notched joinery for log home corners. Lets now focus on Notched — I’ll refer to this simply as ‘coped’. As elegant as notched corners are there are some drawbacks that should be discussed. Keep in mind that as [...]

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Log Home Construction Methods: Notched or Butt and Pass? Part I

Log Home Construction

One thing on the list of things that can confuse someone who wants to build a log home is with regard to construction style – particularly to the method of joining the corners. There are a number of log styles but I’m going to focus on two major methods of corner joinery common to log [...]

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Log Home Construction Methods: When is a Log Not a Log?

Log Home Construction

When is a log home not a log home? When is a log not a log? Well, to answer that question, lets us first define what a log is and is not. As simply as possible – A log is a length of natural wood material, in part or in whole, of a felled tree [...]

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Log Home Construction Methods: Some Thoughts on Style

Log Home Construction

In the last post on log construction I stated the difference between a log home and a simulated log home. Where a log home is built with debarked unadulterated logs a simulated log home is built with logs that have been milled into lumber in a manner so as to achieve a uniformity amongst “logs” [...]

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Log Home Construction Methods: Call Me A Purist

Log Home Construction

Over the next several months we will discuss restoration of a log home as well as building a log home. Bearfort Lodge was built around somewhere in the early 1900s. Feel free to visit the gallery and take a peek around. I love the layout and general design so I will be keeping much of [...]

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