Make log cabin shakes shingles

Learn how to make roof shakes with a froe and mallet . Shakes are hand split, shingles are sawed.

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• shakes
• froe
• and
• mallet
• shingles
• pioneer
• skills
• shtf
• prepper
• wrol
• hand
• tools
• bush
• craft
• survival
• homesteading

[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 what year?

[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.

[LivingHistorySchool]

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

[JustinBaker2567]

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

[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!