Off Grid Living- - Page 6

kittygrrl · 05-16-2020, 04:26 PM

Log cabin build, nice to have heavy equip help but you can manage w/o it if you have a partner and you don't mind the process being a great deal slower..during one of my summers helped a friend w building a small log cabin ....peeling logs, pier block foundation, anchoring logs, chinking..etc etc..

kittygrrl · 05-17-2020, 12:27 PM

not a fan of notched style joinery especially with logs, i prefer the butt method and using rebar to secure the logs together..you're just asking for trouble if you notch a log on both sides..logs get wet and once you cut into the soft core of a log rot can set in quick and your join may not last 20 years....i'm not a carpenter but i come from a long line of carpenters in my family tree, boat, finish, cabinetmakers..so i have sawdust in my bones and a love for trees...maybe someday, i will build my log cabin..

kittygrrl · 05-17-2020, 06:49 PM

dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance?

kittygrrl · 05-18-2020, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kittygrrl

dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance?

when i thought about it, tbh..more like 14!

kittygrrl · 05-18-2020, 02:59 PM

logs on the brain.......................

kittygrrl · 05-19-2020, 09:03 PM

kittygrrl · 05-24-2020, 04:20 PM

kittygrrl · 05-30-2020, 07:45 AM

kittygrrl · 06-07-2020, 07:06 PM

love

their journey

kittygrrl · 06-24-2020, 06:06 PM

i've posted from this Carpenter before but building a log cabin using only hand tools(from the beginning) will be exciting to watch...and i want to build a small one someday..high in the mountains near a stream..

kittygrrl · 06-25-2020, 08:08 PM

hippie hot tub..awesome

kittygrrl · 07-18-2020, 10:27 PM

kittygrrl · 07-23-2020, 01:43 PM

kittygrrl · 09-06-2020, 04:57 PM

i would love to build on of these

kittygrrl · 12-10-2020, 06:10 AM

one day..

one way or another..i'm going radical

kittygrrl · 03-23-2021, 04:19 PM

experimenting with making my own wood butter..it's so expensive so i've made my first batch and the consistency is like a paste..not exactly what i was going for but it's more protective and should last longer then what i am currently using..used it on a few things and i think i like it..we'll see

kittygrrl · 09-21-2024, 04:26 PM

going to try to find a little cabin somewhere for a weekend

nhplowboi · 09-22-2024, 08:01 AM

When I started to watch the video I found it very familiar for some reason. The first reference to the area was Fogbuster Coffee which is maybe 20 miles from my house. Now in country speak, 20 miles is next door and not considered a day trip by city life.
I do live in the middle of the woods also but I am not off grid. I have a couple wood stoves in the house and run one of them often in the winter for supplemental heat. I will also do some butch cookery on them when inclined. That video is how I grew up and after traveling the country for work, how I retired. Thank you kg for showing some fall in New England and YES it is here right now.

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going to try to find a little cabin somewhere for a weekend

kittygrrl · 09-22-2024, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by nhplowboi

When I started to watch the video I found it very familiar for some reason. The first reference to the area was Fogbuster Coffee which is maybe 20 miles from my house. Now in country speak, 20 miles is next door and not considered a day trip by city life.
I do live in the middle of the woods also but I am not off grid. I have a couple wood stoves in the house and run one of them often in the winter for supplemental heat. I will also do some butch cookery on them when inclined. That video is how I grew up and after traveling the country for work, how I retired. Thank you kg for showing some fall in New England and YES it is here right now.

how beautiful for you..it's as close to heaven as i can imagine, someday i want to visit, in autumn, maybe next year

kittygrrl · 09-24-2024, 03:20 AM

05-16-2020, 04:26 PM	#101
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Log cabin build, nice to have heavy equip help but you can manage w/o it if you have a partner and you don't mind the process being a great deal slower..during one of my summers helped a friend w building a small log cabin ....peeling logs, pier block foundation, anchoring logs, chinking..etc etc.. __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-17-2020, 12:27 PM	#102
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	not a fan of notched style joinery especially with logs, i prefer the butt method and using rebar to secure the logs together..you're just asking for trouble if you notch a log on both sides..logs get wet and once you cut into the soft core of a log rot can set in quick and your join may not last 20 years....i'm not a carpenter but i come from a long line of carpenters in my family tree, boat, finish, cabinetmakers..so i have sawdust in my bones and a love for trees...maybe someday, i will build my log cabin.. __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-17-2020, 06:49 PM	#103
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance? __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-18-2020, 02:59 PM	#105
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	logs on the brain....................... __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

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05-24-2020, 04:20 PM	#107
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05-30-2020, 07:45 AM	#108
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06-07-2020, 07:06 PM	#109
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	lovetheir journey __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

06-24-2020, 06:06 PM	#110
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	i've posted from this Carpenter before but building a log cabin using only hand tools(from the beginning) will be exciting to watch...and i want to build a small one someday..high in the mountains near a stream.. __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

06-25-2020, 08:08 PM	#111
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	hippie hot tub..awesome __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

07-18-2020, 10:27 PM	#112
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07-23-2020, 01:43 PM	#113
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09-06-2020, 04:57 PM	#114
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	i would love to build on of these __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

12-10-2020, 06:10 AM	#115
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	one day..one way or another..i'm going radical __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

03-23-2021, 04:19 PM	#116
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	experimenting with making my own wood butter..it's so expensive so i've made my first batch and the consistency is like a paste..not exactly what i was going for but it's more protective and should last longer then what i am currently using..used it on a few things and i think i like it..we'll see __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

09-21-2024, 04:26 PM	#117
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,656 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,706 Thanked 22,136 Times in 7,207 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	going to try to find a little cabin somewhere for a weekend __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

09-24-2024, 03:20 AM	#120
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