Cabin

Here is a selfie of me in front of the cabin floor with the insulation in place. I tacked some small blocks of wood to the inside of each floor joist to hold the 2" thick foam insulation. It's not insulated to northern Vt standards but it should be fine for allowing the building to…

Here is one corner of the assembled floor timbers. These are 8"x8". The timber on the bottom has a tenon (tongue) that is 5 inches long inserted into a mortise cut into the timber at the top.  The wooden dowel is one inch in diameter and pounded in at assembly. I was very pleased with…

Since my last progress update I have completed three of the six posts, four of the 12 diagonal braces and two of the three tie beams. The timbers pictured above are of the posts. These are 10 feet tall and have lots of joinery. The large mortise shown in the post on the left is…

I promised a photo of the floor that was a bit more in-focus.  In the meantime we had a good dump of snow.  I was skiing past and took this picture. Namaste   Ernie

Here is a picture of my brother, Gerry, dragging the last of the floor timbers up to the site. You can see the notches for the floor joists. Screwed onto the bottom of the timber is a board acting as a sled.  After dragging the timbers up  we the then we used a strap to…

Here are the final timbers needed for the floor of the cabin. These girders are notched for the floor joists.  They still need 2 more coats of sealer/stain but otherwise they're ready to go. The large one on the right is the main girder that goes across the middle of the cabin.  The center one&he...

I've been puttering away and now have another batch of timbers to carve.  The six in the foreground are floor joists. I got all of them out of the same log!  It was a monster. Not much work to do on them, just cutting the ends down to size.  In the background is the biggest…

We moved the first timbers into place this morning. My brother, Dean, gave me a hand. We used the tractor to lift each one and then he grabbed one end to guide it along as I drove.  These 20 ft timbers are VERY HEAVY! I needed to get them out of the shop because they…

These are the first two timbers completed and ready to put into place. They are 8"x8"x20 feet long.  You can see some of the mortises carved into them. The timber on the left is the north side sill. It has 5 mortises, one for each bent and one more for a door post. The one…

Here is the model for the cabin under construction. It will be 20 feet long and 15 feet high. Building this helps to visualize each timber and give it a letter-number designation. For example, the front of the cabin is comprised of bent "A". It has four posts numbered from south to north with a&h...