Dovetail Log Cabin - Halfway Finished Timelapse - Cabin Build Video
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2019
- We are roughly half finished the build (I think?)!
We collected some new and old footage to put together a video of where we are currently with the build.
We started the process about 11 months ago when I bought a Woodland Mills HM126 Bandsaw Mill. From there, we cut down the spruce trees I milled into the dovetail beams, boards, and planks.
We then built a jig using plans from Fred at logdovetailjig.com. This jig has been the cornerstone of the construction process. Thanks Fred for the plans!
After the supplies were milled, we had to get them to the build site. This required reclaiming part of an old road and building a new road to get to where we are building the cabin. We have mostly used a Kubota L2900 tractor but for some parts of the project we have used a 1950s's Ford 8N, a 1994 Belarus and a small 1970's skidder.
It has been a learning experience in many ways - I have had help from many people including my sister, cousin, father, brother-in-law and uncle, among others. They have helped with their knowledge of the woods, their construction experience and with lending a hand with the labour. My sister and brother-in-law have been indispensable with their help with video work and editing.
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For me, the ideas in ruclips.net/user/postUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE Plans were a starting point for building different sheds . Ryan gives ideas that allow an individual to draw nicest conclusions into the design and building of his or her own shed.
Incredible
Great design ! The open porch front and back is phenomenal 👍
Thanks! I had originally planned a smaller cabin without such a big loft, but glad I modified it.
Oh my goodness! What a great job everyone is doing on that cabin! I really like it! Nice job! Thanks!
Thanks! I really appreciate it. It has been nice to see it come together. Hoping to get the roof on this month before the snows start to come. Then I can spend the winter getting stuff done inside.
You, My Self Reliance and the Outsider should all team up for an all Canadian log cabin build. I'd watch the heck out of that
Thanks Manfred - Those guys are big inspirations for sure. To use a very Canadian analogy, if I ever had the chance to work with those guys, it would be like if I could play hockey with Gretzky and Orr. (I am not a great hockey player and those two are two of the best)
@@PenniacWilderness lol been watching them for about two, almost three years now and for my first cabin I think will be a basic scribed with chinking. Looking for land in central Ontario now where the eastern white pine is bountiful
@@manfred9528 I'll be curious to see what your design looks like. There's a nice community of cabin builders on here - Thanks for connecting!
Love watching this and the accompanying music is great.
Thanks, Rich! Glad you liked it.
I have been working with logs since the late sixths,used to build houses. But a I got older I wanted to have something that I could do my self and not have employees . So after restoring an old ranch with many old cabins and barns for 4 yrs, I decided to do chinking and log railings. That was 30 yrs ago,had 4 daughters that have all worked with me,2 still do some times. In the winter I build log and rustic furniture. I like what you are doing, I have 2 sawmills and have been cutting logs to build some small cabins I think dovetail but maybe one with square notches.my house is a 100 yr old two sized log cabin with square notches, have add on to it twice using sq notch. If you are thinks nag about chinking your cabin I would suggest using Weatherall Triple Strech chinking and better backer. I have used this for 30 + Yrs and it's great! Keep up the videos I enjoy them.
And you are right on its chinking and daubing.
Hi there - I really enjoyed reading this story. In my experience with this one build it has been really nice to have some family members and members of the small community I am from come visit, help, or show interest in the build. There is something about log cabins that seem to attract or draw people to them. Maybe it is the simplicity, or the natural-ness. I do not know, but I have really enjoyed it.
Beautiful vid. Good idea to splice a few time lapses together!
Thanks Victor!
Love it. Great work
Thank-you, really appreciate the feedback!
Looking great... like the 2 decks can't wait to get started on my cabin next year, thanks for sharing and giving me some ideas on my build...
Thanks
Denis
Thanks Denis! I look forward to seeing what you create too. Hopefully we can connect at some point. If you are in the area sometime, feel free to let me know.
@@PenniacWilderness started putting up videos on my youtube channel denislosier@gmail.com on my progress check it out...
Denis
Good video and music.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Best way to build log cabin love it
Thank you!
I want to learn how to build log cabin
Beautiful build and perfect music choice!
Thanks Jacob! Appreciate that. More to come :)
Looks like a good setting for a cabin. A creek that runs year round with cold spring water, even in drought would be good. Means fresh fish. As well as where to soak a deer carcase.
Have friends come over and have a BBQ.
But one thing, after timbers have completely dried and cured, assemble cabin then saturate with liquid epoxy that gets drawn into the wood, sealing it as well as binding the timbers together.😉. Unh hunh
I hope everything will be OK :) My friend built a cabin using the same technique 10-15 years ago and it has aged very well! The stream is great.
Looks good looking forward to seen the video on chinking
Thanks :) Yes, doing the videos also helps me figure out what I want to do. From doing research and getting comments it helps with making my plans for the cabin.
When we built ours in 1975, wwe used sill seal, a foam product between each layer of logs and 10” spikes every 24” made for a very tight weather seal! Still nothing comes thru even with the New Hampshire winters, snug as a bug in a rug! Yes we heat w/wood!
Interesting! What kind of foam product did you use? Have you had any moisture problems at all? Our winters here in New Brunswick, Canada, are probably similar to yours. Would appreciate your thoughts - I am still not certain what product/mix/insulation I am going to use for chinking.
@@PenniacWilderness I'm in nb, look for pink roll of sill gasket or sill sealer at Home Depot in the insulation aile. It is made to go between the sill and the basement wall normally. Used it in square log sona.
Impressive!
Thanks! Glad to hear you liked it. What part of the world are you writing from?
FANtastic 👍🤠
Thank-you! Love the look of the cabin in your picture.
That was good.
Thank-you very much :) Will put up another video later this week.
Very nice! I was building a little bigger twenty years ago. ✌
Cool! Similar style or what did you build?
@@PenniacWilderness mine was a round logs ful scribing system, and it was too much work. your design is much better
Excellent concept with the jig! I have a series on my channel, I'm actually in the middle of it now. I am building a half dovetail traditional cabin doghouse for my black mouth cur puppy, just like the one I built in my picture up there, but a small 3ftx5ft. I really like how y'all work, subscribed!
Very nice work you are doing. Down the road I might try to build an outhouse as well using this technique. We will see. Got to get the cabin done first! Thanks for reaching out!
You might also look into more complicated dovetail notches, possible something with a wind-blocking elements in the notch so you don´t need screws to hold the notches together.
Super.
hard work paid nice job i had book mark your video for a futur project. Each cut is a pice of art and mistake are fatal salut from Montreal
Salut! Merci :) If I can be any help in the future feel free to email.
@@PenniacWilderness salut tu parles francais ou batis tu ton projet
@@PenniacWilderness mon autre question pourquoi as tu coupé tes fermes de toi si proche de tes murs ?
@@PenniacWilderness si tu ne l'a jamais vu regarde ce video un autre gars comme toi tres passionné
ruclips.net/video/ErGQ0rXkn74/видео.html
While I do like traditional log cabins with the semi circular intersecting logs, I love dovetail joints from my wood working days they are simple, strong, and beautiful.
Do you think 12'x12' is going to be enough room? Even for only two people with bunk beds that is pretty cozy. For me a 20'x40' cabin would do, the actual inside living area would be 20'x30' with a 10'x20' porch which give 600 sq.ft. The first floor would be a simple bathroom, guest bedroom with bunk beds, and combined kitchen living room. There would also be a second floor loft bedroom in the peak of the roof with some storage.
The top level adds a lot of space in my cabin. And I went on the add an extension too. 12x12 is tight. It might be ok for one person, but even then it's tight
I used black jack roof ter in a tube inbetween the joints. It is air tight water tight and bug will not get near it.
wow, you built this house so fast. how is it even possible for 5 minutes dude?
Awesome..great videos..
Thanks William! Nice of you - I appreciate it.
Cabin 10 ok ..👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Sancler - Hope you are well. Where are you writing from?
En las plantillas leí interior-exterior,¿Son ustedes hispanos?.un saludo y muy buen trabajo
Hola :) Soy de Canadá, gracias por el comentario. Hace poco estuve en Argentina por trabajo.
Nice music...
You wouldn't happen to have a drawing of that dove tail jig laying around would you?
The plans for the Jig were from logdovetailjig.com - The man who runs the site can design plans for any size log.
excuse me, are you not afraid that foundation will sink into the ground with time? How can you get rid of this problem? sorry for the questions, but I would like to build something similar and I'm trying to understand the way to do it!
It is a good question! I think that there is a chance the cabin will sink some over time, but I will be able to adjust and replace these foundation pieces as needed. That being said, several cabins in the area are built on this 'cribbing'style and have not had any problems with settling.
Boy you're right, that jig is key!!
What music did you use for this video? I'm a guitar player.
Thanks Jack! The music was from the RUclips Library and I believe it was called Swamp Stomp.
Hey you earned yourself a subscriber! I’m building a little cabin of my own, out of all pine logs. I’m using hand tools only. What are the dimensions of your cabin? Mine is very small, 8 by 11 and I’m going to add a porch. Any other advice?
Hi there! My main cabin is 12x12 but I am also building a porch + loft on both the front and the back. As for advice, I think just go for it and have fun and enjoy the process :) I have learned a lot - going into this build I had only a little bit of experience building things. One thing I would suggest, especially if you are doing it all by hand, is to use logs that you can handle relatively easily in terms of size and weight. I would be interested to see your progress!
Penniac Wilderness thanks so much for the response, you really made my day! I will definitely keep you updated on my progress, right now i am still peeling and moving logs, but I am making great progress! I love your cabin so far, I look forward to seeing more of it! Thank you so much, I really admire you.
@@wafflescr801 You made my day as well :) Stay well and hope to see your progress one day. What part of the world are you writing from?
I’m from Massachusetts, USA. I would love to show you my progress someday! Do you have a website or email to contact you on, I do have some pictures of the cabin so far. I don’t have much progress, but I think it’s going along well. Stay well my friend!!
@@wafflescr801 Not too far away then! I am in Eastern Canada. For sure - it is penniacwilderness@outlook.com
Are you having hydraulic problems with your tractor? I can see the bucket ever so slowly lower and lower and lower on its own.
You are probably right :) It's possible there's a small leak somewhere. Tractor is 20 years old. I didn't notice it was dropping at all until I watched the timelapse too. I'll add looking I to this to my to-do list ;) Very observant of you!
Penniac Wilderness Thanks. Been enjoying your cabin build. 👍
Why the big gaps between the logs? I would think a tighter fit would be preferable.
Hi Jeffrey - I think this video may help answer some of your questions - ruclips.net/video/bs_HCI-A0Sk/видео.html
Hi! I don't wanna be rude or nothing. And maybe I just don't get it. But why are you logging and leaving gaps between the logs? Also, I don't get why you are using the mold. Other than it's quick. The are simple old ways the make dovetails really tight, which also locks the structure together. The book Timmerknutar by Jan-Ove Jansson is a guide step by step, how to log in several ways.
BR
Andreas
Wood to wood connections need to be minimized to prevent rot. Gaps between logs are important. Traditional log cabins that have lasted hundreds of years have much bigger gaps than this. Tight, roundwood logs structures rot very quickly. This one that he is building could outlast the next few generations.
@@sleepermd2 Do you have any source to prove your claims? Logically, if the logs are properly dried out, they wont rot as you described.
Having such large gaps between the logs is stupid and inefficient. They should be tight and sealed with some sort of a sealant. I'd recommend to watch ruclips.net/video/HNTfLGt59qo/видео.html. That's how you do it properly.
I guess if you are familiar with the Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish traditional timbering technique, this way of doing a log frame seems really weird. And the argue about rot in a tight frame doesn't hold at all as long as the construction has been done the correct way. But this approach with gaps between the logs seems wide spread across north america and to me it looks very odd indeed.
In the forested area of Sweden that I come from, the tradition is still going strong and has evolved for about 1000 years. There are plenty of buildings remaining that are in good shape, and that are still usable today, that are from the late 1200s, early 1300s. No rot there if the roofs has been maintained. And the logs aren't treated either.
I have myself a small building on my summer house property, that was used as a storage for grain etc. It was timbered using round logs and probably only an axe as the main tool and is appr. from the 1600s. If you step inside and close the door you can not see any daylight anywhere between the logs or in the corners and there is only wood against wood in the construction. So anything kept in there would be safe from mice and rats. No metal anywhere apart from the door hinges and the lock. The link provided by @aabens give a good representation of the technique involved.
Wow, I would cut timber so they fit so tight one couldn't slide paper between them.
Full scribe (no gaps) is one way and it has its benefits too. I like the gaps, both for looks but also because it allows a little more flexibility. Thanks for the comment!
The main difference is that he's building a log cabin and your sitting on your couch eating cheetos watching your dreams disappear.
Пришёл, увидел, напилил.
:)
❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍🤝👈
and cracks?
Yes, these are in purpose. I will be doing a video to explain the reasons shortly :)
Penniac Wilderness you need to make a groove, which means to cut even more in the corners so that the logs sit down.
Why use screws and not dowel?
Good question - I could have done dowels too but I went with screws. We will see as the cabin settles how it goes.
@@PenniacWilderness ok
А щели видимо для вентиляции .
If I translated correctly - the gaps will eventually be sealed off with chinking.
не вместо окон
Can't watch that.... So much work and so big gaps...
That is too bad - the gaps are the traditional way to build a log cabin. Take care HQ!
Это беседка? Или что?
It is a small cabin, there will be two lofts in the top so it will be a bit bigger than it currently looks, I hope. If google translate worked correctly - Это маленькая каюта
bruf make me a cabin
Ha - Where are you located? It's been a fun project!
Решето...
почему такие огромные щели между брусьями? ruclips.net/video/n_t7KZuxMuA/видео.html
It is a style that is popular in North America, particularly in the Appalachian area. I have also seen it in Central/Eastern Europe. I think there are many reasons to leave gaps. It uses less timber. It also allows you to use logs that may not be completely dry as they have room to change shape a little as they dry. It also minimizes the wood-wood contacts and therefore reduces the chance of moisture accumulation. Those are some of the reasons. But for me, I just like the look :) It is a good question - A lot of people have asked!
@@PenniacWilderness ну если где-то на юге.. может быть, но это- не правильно, можно не выбирать паз, но плотно положить брус друг на друга, а после усушки уплотнить льном. иначе дом будет продувается сильно, и тепло будет уходить, да и вода будет попадать в уплотнитель между брусьями.. но в целом мне ролик понравился :)
@@user-xz7mx8zh8k I plan to fill the gaps with 'chinking' - I will use a mix of insulation and mortar. Stay tuned :) Thanks for the comment and question!
What is the point of creating flat sides on these beams just to stack them with three inch gaps between them. The point of building a log cabin wall is to create a solid wall, with as little chinking as possible to avoid drafts and rodent pathways. You seem to have built a wooden sieve.
Okay, I just found your video on the chinking and gaps. ruclips.net/video/bs_HCI-A0Sk/видео.html
Yes, it is one of many ways to build a cabin. No way is best, this is just one option.
@@PenniacWilderness Just keep the rodents in mind. Chinking is often just a minor annoyance, and, with the large flat surface, your logs may make ideal nesting areas. You could fit a family of fifty comfortably between two logs.🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭
I dont get it all that nice work but its sitting on piers and ugly ones at that. Nice otherwise
cabin nice. Music sucks. Must be Kentucky
czanel HEY!!!! Kentucky has the best fiddler's and banjo players around, perhaps you should come up to the Appalachian's, we'll give a holler down the mountain, and in a few hours we'll give you a hoedown, that'll change your mind...and it won't be the whiskey that comes with them either!!!