Make log cabin shakes shingles

[RLScheurman]

what is the grey stuff on the walls? what kind of mortar?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@RLScheurman mud and straw

[debater96]

Does the first method of shingles keep all the water out? Is it warm at all?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@debater96 yes both do, Cedar swells when it gets wet

[Simulationkid]

at the Living History School do you have an old school house? please reply because i'm thinking about making a trip down to Oregon this summer.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Simulationkid no...the first "old" school houses were log cabins here in Oregon..then when the mills opened up they were boards...

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Simulationkid what year?

[JustinBaker2567]

"Two and froe" did this saying originate with using the froe?

[Outdoorwes]

Im planning to build a cabin some time-Ill definitely try this for the roof!

[cybercab]

Cool!

[mwillblade]

Do you use some kind of wood preservative on the shingles before you install them?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@mwillblade no cedar has a natural preservative

[starvingtech]

I have been looking for a froe for years. Hard to come by these days.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@starvingtech maybe a local blacksmith can make you one

[meforgodforall]

@starvingtech You can easily make your own. Find a piece of metal that is proportionate to what he is using.... grind it down so you you have two beveled edges like a long knife. The eye for the handle is a little more difficult, so just use metal again for the handle base and wood for grips. Pretty much any town has someone who can weld that metal handle to the froe you have just made. Simple!

[1afrowolf]

@starvingtech Lee Valley Tools now carries them, in case you are still looking. I was able to get one. They include an information sheet with tips.

[pyroman675]

nice man i was wondering about this

[sailingmanuel]

That is pretty neat

[TheBeeperman]

So thats how they do it. Cool.

[IronRangeSurvival]

Installed a few in my day, but didn't have to make em =). It takes and eye, and some skill, to get it right. Nice job, and thanks for sharing.

[TRINTYGAMMA]

No the way i am thinking is use the hole and pen system.

[TRINTYGAMMA]

Nice vid. But i see you said use 2 nails. What about showing the old way with no nails to hang a shake.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@TRINTYGAMMA that would be just a log on the roof on top of every coarse of shingles

[synal]

Great video!

[LivingHistorySchool]

@synal just a few squares is a chore

[a2zhandi]

I'd hate to have to cut 20 square this way

[jjaayypp963]

Great Info !

[aborocz]

what about the sap wood? do are you supposed to take that off?and depending on the direction you pull that froe handle you direct the split, making the shakes tappered?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@aborocz no sap wood in cedar... you have to work with bolts of straight grained no knot cedar... not just any wood will work

[ZBlocker93]

so, let me see if i am understanding this correctly... to secure the shingles on the roof, all you need to do is lay the shingle on one of those cross beam thingers (the logs that had one side shaved flat) and dive two nails in the top part of the shingle??? and also, approx. how big are the shingles that you made and what is about the length that you used for over lapping when you moved onto the next row up???

[LivingHistorySchool]

@ZBlocker93 shingle has to be long enough to span to the next purlin , look up purlin if you are unsure of this term, each coarse goes to the next purlin... see the last shot of my video... the dark video at the end

[LivingHistorySchool]

@ZBlocker93 with skip sheathing the span can be less, so the overall shingle length can be less

[jerryboy219]

I have a couple of froes that my grandfather left me and I had no idea what they were for. But now I do. Are they supposed to be sharp?

[medievalman86]

how do you make the 1x6?? that run along the roof that you nail the shakes into? 

[LivingHistorySchool]

@medievalman86  I showed two ways to use the shakes, you can attach the shakes straight to the logs like in the last version (purlins) or use 1x6 as skip sheathing... these 1 x6 were cut with a band saw... if you could not get some milled lumber you could attach them straight to the logs

[pinetar100]

cool..made some once.. fliping the block each time will give a tapered end

[LivingHistorySchool]

@pinetar100 yes, and you get more out of a bolt

[ncbookz]

@pinetar100 thanks god idea

[1x93cm]

nice