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

05-16-2020, 04:26 PM	#101
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	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.. __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

05-17-2020, 12:27 PM	#102
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	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.. __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

05-17-2020, 06:49 PM	#103
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance? __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

05-18-2020, 02:59 PM	#105
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	logs on the brain....................... __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

05-19-2020, 09:03 PM	#106
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	__________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

05-24-2020, 04:20 PM	#107
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	__________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

05-30-2020, 07:45 AM	#108
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	__________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

06-07-2020, 07:06 PM	#109
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	lovetheir journey __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

06-24-2020, 06:06 PM	#110
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	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.. __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

06-25-2020, 08:08 PM	#111
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	hippie hot tub..awesome __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

07-18-2020, 10:27 PM	#112
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	__________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

07-23-2020, 01:43 PM	#113
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	__________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

09-06-2020, 04:57 PM	#114
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	i would love to build on of these __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

12-10-2020, 06:10 AM	#115
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	one day..one way or another..i'm going radical __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

03-23-2021, 04:19 PM	#116
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Relationship Status: cloudy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a box of chocolates Posts: 8,020 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,758 Thanked 20,102 Times in 6,080 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	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 __________________ "Just because you don't require a lot to be happy, Doesn't mean you deserve the bare minimum"

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