owner built log cabin

I know this log cabin is small, but it was more of an experiment in remote shelter building for me than anything else. It took about 3 months of weekends to build this log cabin, which was about 100 hours in total. All materials used were found on site or packed in on my back up a small winding foot trail. It took 5 fir trees and a handfull of sapplings plus a bag of screws, a few bags of morter, various concrete blocks and some thick poly for the window and a zinc strip on the roof ridge. The log cabin has had 6 feet of snow last year and the cedar roof held together nicely. This log cabin sits on 4 large rocks, one at each corner of the log cabin and the floor is made of dirt. The wood heater/stove doesn't actually work all that well, but hey it was my first attempt. I think the notching is called a half notch, and it was chosen for it's simplicity since this was my first attempt at this sort of thing. The notches require a hand saw an axe and a few sharp bangs from a mallet to make, they were very simple and quick compared with a saddle notch style, though the downside of this style is that they had to be spiked at each corner to keep them secure. Sorry for the lack of tunes, it's my first vid or should I say slide show.

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[USMCmazac]

Great cabin, That would be my cabin when SHTF. Where you from and what tools did you use?

[186282plus1]

@USMCmazac I mainly used a handsaw, axe, froe, tape measure, level and a few hammers.

[Valdris1987]

Wont you feel cold inside a wooden house like that?

[186282plus1]

@Valdris1987 Yea, it's really only a shelter that would do in a pinch. I personally wouldn't want to live there, but it's a nice sort of place to take a break from structured life for a little while.

[TruegrassBoy]

Awesome. I am most intrigued by the oven. I like the way you set a round steel plate in for cooking. But what are the copper tubes for? Some sort of water heating stsem??

[186282plus1]

@TruegrassBoy Good question my friend, the tubes are the air intake ports for under the fire. There is a steel grate that seperates them from the fire box which is lined with loose fitting fire bricks. The idea wasn't perfect and I found that I really needed more air flow so I drilled a 3 inch hole into the front of the oven once I realized my stove was being starved of oxygen. The concept of the oven/heater is to produce a long lasting gentle heat by mass storage so by feeding it less freq

[ncreb86]

WOW! Truly spectacular!

[vallonia200]

@happywealthyfree You and me both...... It's a beautiful dream.... If only.

[MUDSTERmachine]

cool cabin buddy , not too small i think it is just perfect like that !!!

[jessedevitt]

sick nasty dude ur a beast...how longed it take u tho?

[kingoraver]

Cool cabin

[iulian28ti]

it's beautiful