Building Cabins & Log Homes For Generations To Enjoy

Information:

* Spiral Grain in Logs - Why left-handed spiral grains cause badly fitted corner notches and grooves in your log home.

* The 2007 Residential Building Code - "ICC 400-2007 Standard on the design and construction of log structures". Does this pertain to you?

* Log Notch Selection Calculators - figure the "Desired Shoulder Heights" for your set of logs.

Log selection calculator or metric log selection calculator.(One file is for metric builders, and the other file is for imperial (feet-inch) builders.

* Building A Log Cabin Video Clips :

1) How to SCORE a saddle notch with a chisel and mallet -- 1.5 minute "video book."

2) How to CUT a saddle notch with a chainsaw -- 4.0 minute "video book."

"Natural Way Of Building A Log Cabin" Technical Sheets :

# 1 - Windows and Doors in Log Openings 1

# 2 - Windows and Doors in Log Openings 2

# 3 - Gasket Material, Design, and Installation

R-Value and Thermal Efficiency of Log Walls :

# 1- R-Values of Log Walls

# 2- Energy Performance of Log Walls

Log Cabin Building Standards, Log Building News, and more :

# 1- Log Building Standards - This is the full version of the Log Cabin Building Standards and Chinking Standards.

# 2- Log Building News - One full copy of the ILBA newsletter, 20 pages.

# 3 - Log Builder Interview Form- A 3-page form that can be used when you call or talk with log builders.

Dovetail Notches - Two articles about full-scribe, full dovetail, hewn-log construction for Joiner's

Quarterly magazine. There is plenty of other info on chinked dovetail construction.

Maintenance and Preservation of Log Homes :

# 1 - Maintenance and Preservation of Log Walls - information on insects, decay, removing iron stains from wood,and more.

US Army Rigging Manual - - or, "How to Lift Things:

# 1 - Gin Poles - 19 pages of free information on how to build and rig lifting devices like gin poles,

derricks, A-frames, and more.

# 2 - Anchors & Guys - how to build anchors (stakes, deadmen, tree wraps) and how to guy them to support a gin pole, derrick, etc.

# 3 - Hoists - how to rig for lifting and pulling. Includes block & tackles, mechanical advantages, and more.

This information also includes:

*Index to all chapters that can be downloaded

*Decay & Insects

*Drying of Wood

*Round Timbers and Ties

*Mechanical Systems in Log Homes

*Fire Resistance of Log Walls

*Lateral Loads on Log Walls

*Lateral Resistance of Handcrafted Log Walls

*Strength Values of Softwoods

*Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design

*"Mold, Housing, and Wood"

All this information on building cabins is Provided by Robert Chambers.

You can find all your log cabin building plans and information by clicking on photo.