Welcome to our Log Cabin Project! We are building a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land and ...

Building a log cabin took hard work with crude tools. Staff Writer. ThisWeek. ... It was made of hewed logs or 'scutched,' which was a superficial hewing made after the building was up.

Inside the log-cabin structure, lay your tinder bundle and build a tepee of dry sticks and branches. Some of these pieces should be long enough to emerge from the top of the cabin by about 6 inches.

From logs to straw bales to metal, we detail the pros and cons of different small cabin designs so you can choose the best one for your needs. The following is an excerpt from Compact Cabins by ...

Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Read more.

How I Built a Log Cabin in 7 Weeks for Under $100K ... Learning the ins and outs of building a small log cabin in the woods is no small feat. ... We used logs for the whole first level of the cabin.

Just like that. Not bad for a man in his 70s who'd never built a log cabin. "He's pretty much self-taught," Zeke Klinke, who has a house on Union Lake near Erskine, Minn., said of his dad.

In one of his most recent videos, Nichols highlighted how he spent one year building and camping in his log cabin survival shelter with his three young sons, Tommy, Nate, and Jacob.

What's a log cabin without logs? ... The final two "community build" days are Tuesday, Aug. 20 and Wednesday, Aug. 21. All volunteers must be at least 16 years old.