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| the "Lincoln log" approach |
More progress on the cabin today, as the weather stayed nice and sunny and cool, and the skeeters were few. We picked out a couple more big dead trees and got some good logs out of them. Then we dragged them through the woods with the lawn tractor, and scraped the bark off. We thought of maybe changing the joining method, but the "Lincoln log" approach can be done totally with the chain saw, which cuts down on the work.
Starting on the second course of logs, we ran into some new challenges. Main thing is, logs are not straight (duh)! So even if you measure and all that, you end up finessing it to get it to fit. Running the chain saw in between the logs worked pretty good to get the bumps out.
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| sawed to fit |
So by the end of day two, we had six logs put together.
Now that we're learning a few things and getting handier with the tools, we might try to shoot for another six logs tomorrow for Labor Day. My instructions are to wake up Nels at 8 a.m.
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| progress after day two |
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