EP27: Off Grid Cabin Build // Starting Second Floor Walls 

The smoke stove is a great idea. Having built many a structure in the woods, small smudge fires spread around the entire job site goes a long way to keeping the bugs at bay. Rhyme! haha

Love the meticulous attention to detail in your work. Traits of a true Master Craftsman.

Nice spoon! My first 3d object that I carved was a spoon. I had seen Paul Sellers sharpen an old chisel on his youtube channel and I was waiting for some glue to dry one day in my shop and I had an old chisel so I thought I'd give sharpening it a try. I got it surprisingly sharp. Up until then I thought a chisel had to have a hammer lol! But this you could just push thru the wood. I picked up a piece of pine and started testing it. I kept going and I remembered Paul saying, as I watched him carve a spoon, if it doesn't look like a spoon, cut it off. So I just kept going and before long, surprise, a spoon! before long I had gotten a couple of carving knives and have enjoyed carving ever since. Loved yours!

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That was a fun one! 👍 Nice tune, Lane 👏

Dang, hand-carved moon spoons! I've been hoping to see them show up on Amazon, tho I realize they're likely too time intensive to float out there. SIGH. Thanks for the great music, Lane, and the night lights, Trustin. Enjoyed the rain christening the house-tarp! Brings forth a truly house-warming sound.

That guitar has a good sound .

Loving the Charlie Crockett cover there toward the end 😂

Hi Trustin, you have already mentioned the pitch of your roof, so this is just a vote for you to consider or even reconsider a knee stock wall of any height, up to say 3 feet, if the roof pitch set by your ridge pole will stand it. The point is that any knee stock makes a big difference to useable headroom areas on the first floor, and I am sure that you have done a couple of sketches to see how this roof pitch will affect your bedroom. But...if you have been in a bedroom where the roof runs down into the floor, then you will know that the loss of space can feel claustrophobic and that the room can quickly start to feel as if it has become just a crawl space. Yes, you can partly overcome this by putting a false wall in at say 3 feet high, with cupboard space behind, but the loss of floor space will be great and you will end up with a knee stock wall anyway, albeit a false one. Yes, I know that many factors have to come into this decision because of the style of build you are into at the moment, but you've got a lean-to shelter and sleeping in this while imagining it as a room with a front wall can start to tell you what a first floor room without a knee stock will feel like. And finally, on a less argumentative note, I do agree that your mallet is great, but, man oh man, I do love the smooth appearance and precise application of those long bladed chisels.

Hey... sweet tunes, Mr. Dorsey....

Wow, your first sold-out concert-at-the-cabin! Great!

I hope this means you're healed up. I enjoyed the format of this video. The recap, building, and music at the end :)

Another great video. Awesome tune there at the end.🎶🎵

And then you’re going to take this all apart? What an incredible amount of work. This construction method is the only was that could possibly be accomplished. 👍🏻👍🏻

You do nice work, thanks for sharing.

Keep the great videos coming.

great video ! As always !

Great video, Thanks!

Love your work and loved the song addition

I've just found your channel and I'm so excited about it. You're doing such a good job, both building the cabin and filming. Congratulations, keep going!!

Awesome 😻😻😻🥳🥳🥳🤗🤗🤗

Awesome art work sir 👍

Great job, thanks for sharing. Fred

Nice song at the end 👍

it became fashionable to build a house in the forest, I think it's interesting I think I'll adhere to this idea, the house will be magnificent.

It's a beautiful thing to see you back at it. Your attention to making the logs on both sides line up speaks of your fine workmanship. I like seeing your use of the ladder to step the log upstairs (save that shoulder) The SPOON...so delicate, like your use of the chain saw. So many contrasts in motion. I'm going to try your smokey anti bug implement as the season is upon us. Foe some odd reason I thought the front face was all glass . What direction does the front face ?

I wanna come and work. I've been in construction for 20 plus years, love hard work, not scared of long hours and have always wanted to do something like this.

I and many wish to thank you for sharing and being so informative with this video and series. Your method of "grooving" the wall logs is always wise. One doe not have to chink the logs in your method. Also as Cabins settle the walls get even tighter. Really nice, thank you again! Sincerely, Ross

I appreciate the musiclessness of your video 🤓

Skillz R Him.

[Q]when does a Joke, become a DAD JOKE? [A] when it becomes, APPARENT you've just been IOWA DAD JOKED (you're welcome)

You can make a black fly repellant with vanilla or lavender.

excuse the ridiculous question ... but why did you not make the floorboards, at least those of the first floor, with tongue and groove ... one for the alignment of the floor that would come naturally and two to prevent dirt from falling below ... considering that once dry wood will definitely shrink ... great job you are very good bye Gian Luca

What kind of screws do you use

Nice start to upstairs....will you have windows on those walls?

I love the outfit. You look like a gunslinger

What chisel. Do you use the main straight one

Im curious as to why you chose not to insulate between courses. Your painstakingly scribing each for a beautiful fit. It would only add minutes to each course to pack some "chinking" insulation in there. You'd have a fully weather tight 4 season structure. Exponentially increasing it value both monetary and efficiency. Just curious. As a fellow builder, I truly appreciate your effort and skills.

what type(s) of wood are you using?

in Russia they put moss between the logs

Where are you ? County, State ??

This is the worst Log Cabin build I have ever found on You Tube, Boring as it can be, total waste of time!!