 What started once is Donnie's dream of having a cabin in the North Main Woods is starting to become a reality at 81 years old Donnie Stevie and I Are gonna build a cabin in the wilderness of the North Main Woods We've been milling the lumber for the building all summer And then we went up and cleared the lot with some helps from some really good friends We set up a really nice base for the camp with gravel and Shale and slate We hold all of our lumber up in one trip that was pretty eventful And since then we've been building step-by-step and showing you guys all the steps along the way We really appreciate all the support on the build There's gonna be some guys coming and going on the building project But for the most part it's gonna be 81 year old Donnie and I Stay tuned guys, and we'll show you step-by-step how we're building this wilderness log cabin Today is sheathing day We're gonna sheath our cabin with one inch thick boards that we milled back in the summer on Donnie's wood lot Donnie has a pretty substantial wood lot that he's been managing his entire life For projects like this and and to be able to harvest and utilize the trees Boards we're using are anywhere from six inches to 16 inches wide They're all one inch thick when we mill them they can shrink down to about seven eights Coming various lengths depending on how long the trees or the logs were that we cut Like sheathing with pine boards a lot more than I do plywood It feels like a lot stronger structure the way you intertwine them and weave them in a lot of nails in them as well I got to believe a one inch thick pine board has a little bit of our value as well So it just makes the structure really rugged And it kind of fits with what we've been doing this whole project Don't miss I can see yeah, you don't have to hit him you can take that You can probably go after it. I'll cut the next you stopped it before if not, we can do it from outside reaching out Yeah, I don't know anything about it Kind of feel like saving these wider ones for the roof, but They're short like from here to here. Yeah, exactly six and a quarter Yeah We get a great surprise visit from steamy's brother Mike and Mike's kids They're up in the North Main Woods to do some trout fishing and some target practice with their new firearms They brand new guns Whoa, those are nice looking It doesn't lay anything. Oh my gosh. Wow You must be pretty excited I Remember my first shot. You're never my dad bought me a 12-gauge. Yeah, yeah Yeah, he said don't tell your mother I never did I think I had a 22 before The 12 gauge but the 12 gauge was a JC Higgins bold action. Oh, wow See his Robic so What was your guys the first guns was at the mountain rifles? Firehunt was it 10 when we were growing up had to be 10 Yeah, yeah, probably I had a 22 when I was what seven Are you shot your first deer? Wow, it's not fitting girls Yeah, I always had my dad always let me use his guns, you know, and there were guns We were allowed to use and stuff, but the first one that was mine Like I was an eighth grade. He got the 12 gauge That's an 1100 get your 1100. That was your first. Wow. That's a good gun for the first one. Yep You got some use out of that one. Yeah Probably I can't even tell you how many growls have fallen for that thing because you use that when you were coming up here. Yeah All through college High school college everything thousands around Did I have the vented rib when you got it? Yeah Dude Yeah, cuz his first gun was a 20 gauge 1100. Really? Yeah, I grew up shooting that was that the one that I used? Yeah We were really fortunate that Mike and his kids wanted to help out Earlier in the summer we brought up a big load of pine boards for the sheathing And they're all mixed in and they're pretty far from the job site as far as just cutting and throwing them up So the kids and Mike were super helpful in not only bringing the boards over but separating them into Piles according to their wit It's important to have them in the same width when you're running a line across the building Horizontally, you don't want to put like a six inch board with an eight inch board because you'd have a two inch variance So big thanks to them for all the help they gave us. It was huge That's true, Donnie Bless you on the trap Right here tacker. Yeah Yeah, right Yeah, I got these these This is all So I can use anything Yeah, I'd start it around the corner, but I'm gonna go to the far wall Yeah Right here. Take this five amp. It'll be lighter You get a staging area for our batteries that need charging Our neighbor left a set Yeah, he came down to the ice-cream shop. I Think you saw three bear or something Kids want to run a nail gun only certain people can hurry and still be efficient leave anything holding up for insulation Sleeve at a time. You're gonna be pretty close We're gonna be pretty close to hitting that window. Oh, yeah To 816 That looks about right. Yeah pretty close Oh, just don't have water That keeps me hydrated no, they're actually up in the back dehydrated doesn't it No, that's just a myth Donnie. It is Gordon's going good and then we're gonna Put the deck on Yep And then that's as far as we can get I can cut rafters. Oh, you can Yeah, I had to tell how much board and we're gonna have left. I know what there is a stack over there there Are you just gonna move your saw horses around? Yeah, so as we're done this well Yeah, I got a bunch still there boards. I got your short stuff cut over there. I started on the gable and on this long and long side. I Got your short one cup for the window. Oh And then I started on that gable and There are 101 inches this whole stack right there's 101 inches They're both about 101 inches I'm not gonna be able to lift my beer out No problem You guys I said Ray never run a nail gun before Girls you ever on a nail gun? Actually I might have I don't know. Yeah, we got saws all still They're pretty dangerous You guys check out the tent Sweet huh Uncle Steve get some fire going in there in the morning. It's nice and toasty Thanks guys. Thanks for lifting all that stuff Yeah, you've got to get some fishing and instead all this working you get some fishing and get some supper These kids didn't sign up for work. They signed up for fishing. They signed up signed up for a nice Peaceful weekend gun shootin You're gonna life ahead of you to work boy. Here come boy. He is thirsty Looks pretty good from up the hill doesn't it Stevie Those place No, we wheeled them in What are those spiders that one over here, I've never seen anything like there was another one over there and Littler it looks like a baby tarantula No, that wasn't a black widow I've seen those but that one over there had an egg sack. Oh really this was probably like an eastern Woodland spider, I bet if you looked it up. Yeah, you'd be pretty close because that sucker was like Yeah, I saw it I flipped them over on his back and That's as big as I've ever seen not on a dock Yeah Be up in the shed or something you just Already looks way different Yeah, three days ago. It was just a pile of dirt here Yeah, it was a mess. It was a big Now we got a Ford at least yeah, well, thanks for stopping over. Yeah, thanks for the hope you guys Boy I have to make another batch of donuts The last batch he made was the best I've ever had really yeah, he made them right down there They were so good Maple syrup In short Yeah, go to you though flush it to you Are you good Good there. Yeah, give it to us. What a day, huh? I don't even know where we started put up two walls Two-end walls on an inside wall Yeah Yeah, we did three walls and we squared up everything. Yep Then we bought three walls. Yep I've got a little start on the port. Yeah, some serious boards move. Thanks to the Osborne family Yeah They had to work in that by the back They all have boots on though. They were prepared so tomorrow Donnie Start with board Then we cut Forge Joyce can we lay them? Are we laying them or not? Yeah, but the plate for the rafters probably We'll go for a ride Look for spruce poles Cedar pole Or you could use spruce on the debt, you know What would you think of take to cut the the rafters about two or three hours? No, you'll take a half a day a very particular on my wrap the cut There's no slam band. Thank you, man Bunchy bad. Yeah What's up, you guys did a good job. I was shocked when I drove in here Where are you? We weren't sure how you were gonna take it. Yeah We thought you'd say Jesus, what are you doing? Well, I did For a guy who doesn't build much TV you're pretty freaking good around the job site Just slow Well, oh God you were pounding that machine all day long. Well, you are slower than ship Raymond I Just don't want to mess it up and have to do it over and take more time. So I just you know the story about the head Tortoise yeah, yeah, yeah, they do No, I'll go one. We haven't had to tear too much apart. Have we I Just one time on them get nailed on the wrong side of the manor or something. Oh No, it's a header wouldn't come together Yeah, yeah Yeah, cats by yesterday and then the one spot with a bedroom wall The top Had a quarter inch gap. We pounded the nails back out and pounded them back in. Yeah, that was it I've seen a lot worse believe me Helps when the guy the layout guy gets it right every friggin time Makes it a lot easier. Yeah Wait till we go put the windows in and they don't fit You hear about that. Oh my I don't think I heard that one Friggin word. This is all Greg bought a bunch of windows Ham and sale. Yeah Yeah, yeah, he said they're all the same So I go measure one for the rough opening 24 36. We make all the window rough openings the same We go to put the windows in Some of them don't fit one of them fit One that you measured Tear out all the framing You know like I don't think there were two windows the same