Off-Grid Timber Frame Cabin Finishing The Floor

[VulcanCommando]

I lol'd at 5:05

[TheMouhcine88]

good job from morocco :)

[4doctorjohn]

Looks like you're doing a great job for a "total beginner." Started a similiar project building a conventional framed cabin with lumber (from trees on our place) I sawed with a portable sawmill. Enjoying your posts.

[a1jc2]

a router would be handy for checking in those plates

[ke527nt]

This is not "off grid"

[MegaPitoe]

now thats a big chisel!

nice job on the house

[CloningerS72]

God bless you cody. Want your doing was and is my dream to do. I'm 14 and i can see you are doing the right thing for your family. I hope it works out. Since i went huntting at 6 and kill my fist buck this year(W000000T), i have alwayed want to live in the woods. god bless and take care.

[scarmenl]

Not knocking but for some of that work since you have power I would be using a wood router. Great work by the way. Missing the center dove tail is not the end of the world as you've found a way to secure it just fine.

[daveyboy126]

you have definately inspired me to start wood working, I've found this project very interesting thus far !!!

[monoseb]

whats that music¿?

[TacticalN8]

Im not an expert, but I think your floor is a bit over built.

[wranglerstar]

@TacticalN8 Not at all. This is properly built for a tf

[astro1218]

@wranglerstar theres no such thing as "over build " when it comes to trying to making your work last a life time and making something as structurally sound as possible

[Houseofthe7gayboys]

my, them big pieces of wood

[MusicMan20061210]

This is a really nice project and watch each episode...I love it

[RcUniverseGuy]

thats gonna be a tiny cabin

[toolburger13]

Nice videos thanks for sharing 

[docsimonson]

This is a really interesting project to watch. I can hardly wait for the next installment.

[ds10363]

Great video again Cody. This is better than cable TV. I always can't wait for the next episode. Keep up the great work.

[74Hobbes]

Hey Cody... GREAT work man. Watching you build your homestead is making me want to save more money and buy some more property back here and start doing what you're doing.

Thanks for bringing us a long and God bless!

[cooperdisciple]

I have an idea for preventing spread (that doesn't cost $10 a whack). Drill a (loose) 1" hole down through the mortise joint where half of the hole is in the beam and the other is in the joist. You would then trim a piece of 1" dowel to fit into the hole. During assembly I would use glue on the dowel when I was ready to make the structure permanent. Assemble the joists and beams, snug them with a come-a-long, then pin them in place with the dowels. I wonder if that would work?

[88arau]

How are you going to transport this thing? (This is a very important question lol!)

[wranglerstar]

@88arau I have numbered each piece. I will assemble the frame in the shop. Once complete i'll simply take it apart and transport all the pieces to the site with my trailer.

[TIMBERHEATHEN]

Cody

Tool tip 4) Timesaver no. 1

If you're going for another TF to your camp or one to sell etc.

Buy a band sawmill. The longer you work with it the more new ways to use it you'll find and for TF....SO Sweeeet. True timber saves time.

Got a router?

[TIMBERHEATHEN]

Cody

Are you making a bigger TF house/structure next?

You need to remove ALL the bark from wanes all the way down to wood.

You might get larvas eating on your closed structure if not.

Tool tip 1) Striker carpenter pencil. Use a fine grit sandpaper on the grooved side every tenth pencilmark to keep it sharp. Don't drop it on the floor!

Tool tip 2) The 2600 or 2700 Bacho handsaws

Tool tip 3) Want really sharp tools? TORMEK!

Would you like more TF/building tips?

[wranglerstar]

@TIMBERHEATHEN As far as timber framing goes I am a total beginner. I hope I am not giving the impression that I am an expert. I am simply documenting my progress. I checked out a few TF books from the library and bought a few tools and away I go. Any advise from an expert would be much appreciated.

[wranglerstar]

@TIMBERHEATHEN As far as timber framing goes I am a total beginner. I hope I am not giving the impression that I am an expert. I am simply documenting my progress. I checked out a few TF books from the library and bought a few tools and away I go. Any advise from an expert would be much appreciated.

[TIMBERHEATHEN]

test

[1ILgunner]

Something tells me 150 years from now Cody's cabin will still be standing.

[BigOStyle1]

I have been really enjoying this series of videos so far. Thank you for posting. Keep up the good work and keep sharing the knowledge!!!

[NewJura]

Excellent Cody!!

[22justus2]

Just read through all the comments and I see one prevailing question..namely how are you going to move this huge piece of work? Curious minds want to know!

Is it the cabin or a shop? Could you do a close up of the blueprint of the structure so we can get an idea of where this project is going? I'm enjoying the videos themselves, but want more info so I can intelligently follow what is going on. Keep up the good work Cody! That cat is a star within it's own rights!

[ChuckCh9]

Nice work! Keep at it. Thank you

[lenty2000]

Man i cant wait to see its completion! .... great army!

[iMatt65]

Great progress! Can this be taken to the site in one piece or will you have to take it apart for transport?

Enjoyed the Bible Study last week, hope to join you again this week. Sadly I had to leave a little early last week, 4am comes early here in the East.

Keep up the hard work, and thanks for sharing these videos. I am always happy to see an update.

[Gtrsnax]

Is the idea to assemble as much of this as possible, then mark it all, relocate to onside, and reconstruct it all?

Overall, this has been a really cool project to follow along with. Great stuff!

[aaroninatlanta]

Looking good and coming along.

Seems like maybe the plans should have had a half dovetail over a deeper half lap? Thoughts of a beginner...

Learning from my mistakes too. I designed a timber frame storage shed with sketchup and see where I should have done some joints differently. Thats why I did the saw horses and shed before moving to my bigger project. Make mistakes on the small stuff first! Wish I had a video camera but taking lots of pics instead

I'm enjoying the show and tell series.

[revisualize]

Should you have waited to put the bolt in? Just a thought.

If you can, I'd like to see maybe an overview or just talk about how to do all of this with no powertools all man power. And what supplies would be needed to build your home with zero power.

[dadinanm3]

HUGE BOLT!

Good work. Keep it up!

[TNPviewer]

That kitten is too cute, thanks for the heads up on those timber frame books, you never know maybe that lag bolt will help you out later in the structures life, at least if was somewhat of a learning experience and the next set of plans you look at you know you will be looking at the little details and using your own experience.

[BTSchnauzers]

Looking great! When will you have to move it outside?



[1978graham]

nice army lil' wranglerstar, nice work Cody, project is coming along great and i am really enjoying this series of vids!

[URBANAMERICANTAC]

looks great. what type of treatment are you going to use?

[matt4270]

Great Cody! With the untreated timbers for the bottom frame, you might want to consider a water and insect repellant coating, such as Thompson's water seal or a more heavy duty industrial brand. I know you are going to put the corners up on rocks, but the wood could still wick up moisture, and I'd hate to see things go down that road after all your hard work. All the best my friend!

[firebelliedtoad]

That's a good bit of problem solving!

[genegarris]

Would Gorilla glue or some other construction epoxy solve the problem with the sills bowing out? This is an awesome project. Thanks so much.

[pinetar100]

great work as always ..would the decking hold the sill in place?

[bblinda129]

Cody, aren't you worried that when you remove the lag screws to move the cabin to it's location, when you go to reinstall them at site, the holes will be a little bit to loose? I love these videos. I am learning a ton.

[jbr1074]

what happened to the giant beam saw? 

[rooftopeagle]

Good to learn on your storage shed instead of your main cabin!

[craigtheng]

Are you planning for this to be a storage building, or your main cabin? I remember you saying that the plans you're working off of were for a 12' x 16' shed.

[HalfQ]

@wranglerstar Hi, nice work man, really like it. I have a question though? I assumed you would be building the frame inside and then dismantling it so you could put it together on site?

How will you move such a huge structure? I just finished my decking and that almost killed me moving the frame 10 yards lol

[ZombieReady556]

Very nice work. There is something about building things with your hands, that can't be beat. I just rebuilt a motorcycle engine for the first time ever by myself this weekend. It really just gives you so much confidence in what you can create with your hands. Keep it up!

[conleytgn]

It's really cool to see the project coming together.  In the rpevious vid I was sort of wondering what would keep those end timbers pulled in tight.

[wsucougarx]

Great video Cody!! Great attention to detail! Thanks again for taking the time to put these videos together. They are an inspiration to us all

[SerialCapitalist]

This is a great series of vids. How many sq ft will the cabin end up being?

[autobahn101driversed]

Wunderbar! - Keep up the good work!

[duragezic]

Looks great. You sure do some good work. Thanks for sharing!

[fart1fart1]

any guess on the weight and how to you plan to transport it?

[Trigcure]

Dang, now i have to go get my legos out.

[operater05]

what book are you using to work out of?

[CopingWithTheTimes]

Great to see more progress! Also, I notice "Little Wrangler Star" and you with Legos in another video too. Is he in the "Lego Club?" My son and I are always playing with those and we found the website recently, Legoclub DOT com and joined. They send the kids a Lego Magazine and stuff. He loves getting mail. LOL

[BeantownJim]

Heavy floor.

[RememberThe1776]

you overloaded your microphone a bit during the sawing.. instead of silence you should edit some of that bad ass acoustic classical guitar... :)

[dunn98632]

being a mechanic I quarrantee you I could put that in by hand with the right tools and get a nice work out in the process.

[mysciencenow]

my brother was very impressed with your project

[sraike]

Very good, thanks!

[BrownDogDuke]

Love the videos.  Thank you for your efforts.

[ivezik]

keep em comin :)

[TheBeeperman]

I'm enjoying this more with every vid!

[gregman909]

That was a good vid, I used to build log and timber homes in the Park City area. That brought back memories.

[trenttyre]

Are you fitting everything in your garage then disassembling it and moving it to the site to reassemble everything all over again?

[cam131313cam]

very nice!

[freakshow2000]

3/4" dowel rod is way cheaper, just a thought if you wanted to do every floor joist. You would not be able to do these in the shop as they will never come apart to be moved

[boboelmo]

You're putting this together at your barn, right? How are you going to transport it to the homestead site?

[snippinz]

Really enjoying the vids for this project. Learning alot. Thanks!

[jjsandersheli]

How are you going to get that to your site? Anyway cant wait to see the finish product!

[bdfgli]

@jjsandersheli I've been wondering this the whole time.

[jimhuntermj21]

I am so enjoying this series of videos, Please keep it up. I feel like i am learning with you, Thanks