EP16: Self Harvested Log Cabin Build / Raising Massive Post Alone
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this episode, the logs that I have been harvesting over the last 3 years are now becoming a cabin.
Hope you enjoy it.
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A few Special thanks for the support
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Warn Industries www.warn.com/ (Winch)
Jamie Kennedy
Stan and Elizabeth
My Beautiful Wife Caitlin
Tool links
The diamond sharpening essential kit I use to sharpen my chisel is from TREND Tool Technology.
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Adzes ( to curve out logs)
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DEWALT FLEXVOLT ADVANTAGE 20V MAX Circular Saw
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DEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Impact Driver and Hammer Drill Combo Kit
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DEWALT DCP580B 20V MAX Brushless Planer - Love this tool but please note it's not great on wet wood. It gets plugged up if you don't attach to a vac,
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Hand saw: Gyokucho Razorsaw
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Granberg Edging Mill
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Big Construction Screws
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Chain Hoist
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Backstory
In 2013 we moved from the big city and bought a little cabin in the woods as our permanent home. This decision really changed the course of our life. Living along a flowing river full of trout, surrounded by a canopy of the old-growth forest has taught us the values of living within nature. But, like all good things you always want more. For now, we intend to keep this little slice of heaven but are looking to set up another home base a little further north.
Since we’re looking for land that has both a fresh water source and plenty of acres to explore, protect, and manage, we’re expecting to have to pay a fair fee and know we’ll need to put most of our financial resources into the land itself. We also want to design a life that allows us to live a debt-free life to avoid financial stress and worry that often prevents people from properly considering environmental factors in their home building decisions. When even the cheapest mass-produced house is beyond the reach of most, concerns about quality and environment are often pushed aside. This project is going to explore traditional building methods that have environmental concerns at the forefront.
Although it is a little disturbing to see how many trees it takes to make a small cabin I know they have been sustainably harvested from a planted woodlot and I feel so fortunate that my cabin project won’t contribute to the deforestation of the old-growth of the great Canadian wildness that I love exploring. All the trees we are using were planted around the 1980s. At the rate of tree growth, and the size of the woodlot, if managed properly there would be trees for many many generations of cabin builders. My goal is to self harvest 100% of the logs used in this cabin not only reducing deforestation but also reduce environmental impact with the reduced transportation costs, and manufacturing of synthetic materials.
The cabin has been designed in a way that it can be completely dismantled and transported. While we build we are looking for the perfect piece of land to move our cabin.
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I am a young person. I play video games and wish to build my own computer, but the world is evolving, sometimes even backwards. It is getting more complicated. I wish one day to do the same thing as you and live a simpler life. I am blessed to have been able to go out in the woods and experience things first hand. When I have had the chance to work with wood I have loved it. This is the way!
A man gets his dignity from his work , especially when you have high convictions and standards about the kind of work you want to produce , you can stand back and look at it and feel good about what you've accomplished. It feels good !!! When you've went the extra mile and put forth that extra effort. And you my friend I can SEE are a dignified fellow . Husbands love your wives like Christ loved the church and gave himself for it !
Very respectful comment... I couldn't AGREE more..🤙
"A man gets his dignity from his work." I've never really thought of it like that in those words but I would agree. I always feel best when I have done good honest work I am proud off. Thank you for the kind words.
Tons of great shots and some classy log joinery. Awesome
Hey thanks man, means extra coming from you.
I gotta say all the other cabin builds on UA-cam yours is by far the best craftsmanship I've seen.
Thank you very much!
@Shoug038 abselutly
Very good.정말 잘햇어!
It is very good, but I think you should also watch Nik Rijavek building his log house. Another one to watch is Martin Doolard refurbishing 2 stone cabins in the Italian Alps. This is a brilliant operation in it's filming, editing and construction. No loud music( which I detest) and never while he is talking. This production is almost as good though. Enjoying it very much.
Beautiful Forest , Good cabin , good woman , good vittles , can't ask for better than that , it's like you died and went to heaven , total Utopia !!!!
It feels like heaven some days.
Well done, and can't wait for the little timber to arrive ..been waiting for you guys to post a new video, love what you do for all of us..so ambitious, be safe..
We're getting close;)
Great to see the two of You again. Great looking cabin
I like the fact you're using power tools. Some folks I've watched think if you're not whittling trees with your Boy Scout pocketknife then you can't get satisfaction from your work. Life's too short for that. Just get on with building...
Yeah, life is short and I always have a million things on the go. So much to squeeze into this one life.
Wow, this is a very impressive build. I admire your craftsmanship. Thank you for taking the time to record and share this with us.
I watch so many cabin building UA-cam channels that I've lost track of how many I'm watching and I have to say yours is done so precise. It is going to be beautiful ! I cannot wait to see your finished product. Also can't wait to see the baby !!! You guys stay safe !!! Tracey from Maumelle Arkansas
I too have watched many Tracy. I know of a person with your name that lives here in South Africa and runs a wildlife reserve with her husband . Have you watched Nik Rijavek?
I love the chisels and the chisel work. Nice to see someone else use the Ryoba saw... Nice Work.
Wow ...thank you you have a new post it's been toolong the wait...
From your new friend in the Philippines... a regular viewer of your post.
Thanks so much. Great to know people are watching in the Philippines
OMG a free education! No, really it's just very nice t see this wonderfully great guy do his thing! I am SO SO INSPIRED! I have 40 logs ready, but I am working with Maple tree hardwood. WHich I KNOW is not the material of choice with virtually anyone.
So I have several logs a year older which I am processing 1st. they are few in number and are near completion of the prep after debarking. I am saturating then with an anti insect product of borate's. Then putting a semi UV protection/ sealing on the logs after the borate dries overnight.
Will try to get through the remainder of the debarking/ borate/ sealing process this season, though I am unsure if time will allow here.
I am so fascinated by the hand hewed work as I have done this on a 3 story horse barn some years ago now. I really like your design idea a lot!
I live in an open field and get frequent high speed winds. I think the heavy super hard wood may stand up to these winds much better and they are all I have here on my land, so really I have no choice.
I move them with a 17,500 pound pulling power winch. I think it best not to have too much of the new cabin go too high in the air ... I wish I could have your knowledge combined with what I have already learned. You have pretty clear explanations in just the visuals! But I love the 1st dining room meal part the best! Very heart warming! Kinda choked me right up there Mr!
Wonderful care in construction. I'm off-grid also, for 40 years. I've built many cabins over that time, and have to say that I put in a lot of love and care for each cabin, but I've not done any log cabins...yet. Being in fire country, I have to build with as much concern for fire, so generally wood exterior is not in the cards. So I've had to use my mortise and tenons for furniture rather than for framing. Great to see you use those techniques and also with the care to fitting each post and beam. Nice work and hope you complete it to your satisfaction. Certainly great for us viewers.
Your kind words are very much appreciated.
Xin chào người bạn mới, bạn rất tuyệt vời bởi tay nghề đục đẽo cực kỳ hấp dẫn 👍
I'm a bit amused by a synergy going on here ;) Your largest posts are 17 feet tall, same as the posts that hold up the peak of our timber frame house design. Watching you raise that post I didn't think you were going to make it, it looked like the tripod was not going to be tall enough - but then it was up ;) How long are the poles in that tripod? I have a much smaller version set up at the moment and find it quite a chore to move about. Can hardly imagine what it takes to adjust yours ;)
Haha, yeah, I did Pythagorean theorem. Can’t remember now but yeah, they are long. I just posted my putting up the other side. Had to lift it up on 4” risers. Just cutting it close. When there is a will there is a way. I move it in very little steps.
Your work feels clean and methodical. Watching your video doesn't feel like being stuck in a quagmire. I urge you to continue being thoughtful with your work, continue being methodical and clean and organized. Subbed. Bell activated.
Très belle cabane, et, votre femme est magnifique je confirme.
Merci
Gotta' love the candles!!
Ce que j'aime de vos vidéos, c'est votre ingénierie, votre adresse et surtout votre patience.... Un véritable exemple. Respect à vous deux et Merci de partager ces images. J'adore.
Mich würde ja mal interessieren,warum werden die Folgen nicht in einer hintereinander Folge gezeigt.Manchmal sucht man vergebens und man möchte doch den Erfolg des Baues verfolgen und auch Letzten Ende das Ergebnis Begutachten.Für mich ist es immer eine Freude,zu sehen wie sich auch Junge Menschen an diese Aufgabe wagen und gute Ergebnisse vorzeigen
If you go to his channel and click on playlists, you can watch this entire series in order.
Relaxing to watch. Appreciate the work the two of you are doing. Look forward to the next posting. Stay healthy and work safely. 👍
Thank you very much!
When you stated that you were going to raise the 17 ft timber by yourself...I was thinking "How in the Heck is he going to do this?"
Very Impressive work ! Such a beautiful dream to witness becoming a reality . The mix of modern machines and Old World techniques
come together in perfect harmony. When you walked through the smoke it was magical. Happy to see your beautiful wife and her little bump .
Much appreciation and thanks.
Really admire how you handle this build and the wood...
thank you
@@TrustinTimber Seriously though, if my Dad were alive today I would show him your craftsmanship and he would be hugely impressed and he was never impressed by much in carpentry. He was an exacting wood craftsman himself and I hope he is looking down watching your efforts. I am a fan sir and your wife is a beauty. God bless you both!
And at the ten minute mark of this video, the sun shone. The air became lighter, the moody pendulum of life broke into a smile, and there was Katlin, several more months into her creative schedule, hammering away,, and appearing again near the end of the video to remind us of what true beauty is and why a life that can be so full of problems is actually worth living.
With your lifting arrangements, there is an old method of using a "Stick" (say a sound a 25 foot plus pine tree,) as a form of crane that can reach most places on your cabin, once it is set up.
You need a hole in the ground with solid box sides to keep the foot of the stick secure, and then a series of ropes tied to it on three or four sides, (secured towards the top, or at least above the centre,) preferably with the ropes on 2/1 pulley blocks or even larger and secured back to surrounding trees or anchor points.
Secure your chain blocks to the thin end of the stick and the ropes will allow you to swing the stick around over the project and position the chain blocks anywhere above a fairly large radius, depending on the weight that you are lifting,
For maximum reach, this stick can be central to your project, set in a hole in the cabin floor, and if this is not possible it can be set off to one side of the project, with the lifting process taking place from farthest away from the base of the stick and moving progressively nearer.
Yes, your tripod will work, too, but as you are discovering this method requires you to keep on dismantling and re-erecting it over your working space.
Best wishes both. Truly great to see you and observe how you are getting there, wherever there is.
Thank you. I looked into “Stick” probably would work great once it’s set up but it seemed like quite a rig to build. I think I’ll manage with the tripod for this cabin, anything bigger and I’d need a new strategy. Thanks again.
really impressive seeing the thought and craftsmanship going into the joinery. well done!
trop fort bravo continu
Great stuff guys 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Instant subscribe
Great progress on the cabin. Keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
guys ya should be proud, your doing such a great job. real master craft.
It LOOKS LIKE I JUST WATCHED this video twice but I REALLY ENJOY it AWESOME VIDEO THANKS FOR SHARING ROSA
Круто!
👍👍👍👍
Great video once again. What is this amazing electrical device that you use for sharpening the chain of your chainsaw?
It's made by Granberg International.
@@TrustinTimber Oh you are so kind, thank you for your reply! All the best
Your videos are beautiful and you are building a log cabin; I don't know you very little and I wanted to tell you that I show in my videos how I renovate my mountain stone hut and cook traditional dishes just like your girlfriend does. Greetings from the Apuan Alps ITALY
nice setup man... i like your design... haven't seen this design of work before.. great setup man... hope to learn lots from you...
Music please :D From 4:40, she is very pleasent. Need to find her. ;) Best regards guys.
bsr ses du beau travail mai dommage se soie pas expliquer en français 👍😊💪💪👏👏👏💒💖💖
New subscriber from Davao city philippines
❤️👍👍👍 I also like the music. 👌
Even though the comment section has already mentioned it many times, I just wanted to thank you by myself. Thank you for sharing! And I wish you all the best for the future and your child. Best regards from Germany.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
very impressive like to watch the video great job greetings from the netherlands
Camera looks beautiful reminds me of Lumix GH4 a camera i really love.
Very good 👍
Rip chains are a definite must for using the sawmill. Night and day difference.
Looking great you two .
Excited to see it finally come together.
Thank you!
I subbed after seeing you properly sharpen that chisel.
how to cat wood looks easy 👍👍👍👍👍👍🌳🌳🌳🌳
You have a good wife. Don't let her become a feminist 👍
So which bank did you rob to get them big nice chisels? xD
The high quality ones where i live, costs around $2000, the "cheap ones" costs around $800-1000.
haha I certainly didn't spend anything like that. The most expensive chisel I own in a Barr Tools chisel which my wife bought me for Christmas. Not sure the cost but I would expect under $200 and worth it. Best Chisel I have ever used. Only sharpen it twice a year. Everything else I use would be under $80.
good idea after scribing lines is to follow line with utility knife, you get a better fit and no tear out when gouging out
Anybody know the name of the song at 4 mins 42 seconds?
That a cool idea to build log cabin give me how to build my cabin that cool man
Since my early teen's it's been a dream of mine to build my log cabin from trees on our property, but a gas company is currently leasing the property until permits for drilling are secure, dashing my dreams of a log cabin forever, but I'm not giving up, I learn a lot from watching your video's so thank you
Man I’ve missed u guys. Being back to work I don’t have the time to go out in the bush rn But glad u back at it. Really
Enjoy watching u work jus make everything so simple looking lol. On to EP 17. cheers.
Dude, thanks for the detailed explanation of your techniques.. Much appreciated! 👍
My pleasure!
Nice to see young people using antique methods of joinery and woodworking. And building something with their own hands. We just bought 8 wooded acres in central Ohio and I can’t wait to start building our retirement home.
If I remember correctly it is getting close to the Trustin Timber Family due date. I hope and pray that all of you are in good health and that a beautiful blessing is bestowed on the Trustin Timber Family. Jim
great job the video I like a lot and you're really good
Very cool. What kind of wood is it?
Fajnie się ogląda ,szkoda że nie ma napisów w języku polskim czy niemieckim👋😀🏕
Może będę musiał to zrobić. Dziękuję
There are a few unique ingenuity surfacing publicly. This is one of them! Thank you for sharing 😀👏👍
What headband are you wearing? :)
Just a green bandana
I really appreciate to his kind of work so hardly to make build very beautiful look safe I think his man are so talented
Beautiful place and video. The scene with the smoke looked pretty.
Cada vídeo,fico apaixonada por essa contrução.... Você é arquiteto incrível
Tão lindos vocês comendo na casa,senti uma emoção maravilhosa,feliz por vocês.. um abraço
So cool to watch you move & place the logs, well I guess I need to go back to the start of the build...
Good Job! That was another milestone. :) Looking, good!
Great video thanks again
U have done well. I agree but u know how many trees u cutted to make one video.
Yeah, I will use about 100 trees to make this cabin. But this property has 60,000 tree and according to proper forest management for the trees to have enough space and nutrition to grow healthy there should only be a bout 30,000. So I'm doing this forest a favor. I'm not cutting the biggest trees either. I'm letting them grow.
Hard work brother. I was really worried about that 17 footer... Good job.
this video makes me happy
Wow Pretty
What % angle do you use on your ripping chain?
Testing my memory but I know they alternate. Some are zero degrees and some are 15 or 20. I just follow the stock angle that comes on the Granberg chains.
Curious, Where are you may I ask?
And thought maybe your wood mallet be better if it were a hard wood VS any type of pine😜
I’m in Ontario, Canada. My mallet is made from hawthorn wood.
@@TrustinTimber
Just a thought about the mallet didn’t mean to offend 😋
I don’t even know about Hawthorn wood.🥺
Where this location?
Where you at. Whats up with the build. Great channel, love the craftsmanship and your patience at a lot of tedious work. Also love your wife's hard work and enthusiasm. But in the long run you can't beat the feeling and joy of a job well done. Congrats young man on the new addition to the family. Can't wait for next video.
Thank you. New video out at midnight and the following Tuesday as well.
Hello! Found you channel from UA-cam suggestions. I see a few channels like yours, but you have one detail I always find wrong in the others, you use electrical power tools. To me makes no sense, wanting a life in the woods, around nature, all those principles etc., and them use gas tools that hurt nature so badly. Congrats on your coherence in your choices. Loved your last video, the one I was referred by UA-cam, and already subscribed your channel. Thank you for sharing! Hope everything goes well for you.
Thank you, yeah, I do my best to be as environmentally friendly as possible. My bigger chainsaw requires gas. There still isn’t a batter saw powerful enough for milling but we’re probably only a few years away. Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoy the rest.
Great craftsmanship, wish i had your patience.
Nice kitchen ,wishing you the best , Ziggy ,Canada
Winner winner turkey dinner
Most folks don't have the patience to build a cabin with the precision of fitment that your logs utilize for their connectivity ! They just pile'em on each other and fill in the gaps with whatever they feel is appropriate !
Yeah, that is a much quicker method. This design allows for much more and bigger windows which will allow us to feel like we are in the forest rather then a cabin in the forest. I want to be able to look out and just see the forest or lake, not a window frame.
This is what i want to do when I retire. Move to nova-scotia or northern Ontario and do this.
How is the pregnancy coming along?
Pregnancy is going great. Just came back from an appointment. Thanks for asking.
Awesome video to watch. I wish I had taken more notice many decades ago about triangulation and pulleys while still at school. The woodwork I understand the erecting of the beams not so much. Regards Jim UK
This is a simple block and chain tackle that can be purchased from amazon. It's so handy.
Trustin., I am grateful for the video ..once again you work is exceptional!
The intro piano is that you're making or do you have a link where I can find this artist?
It's from a stock music site called www.epidemicsound.com/
What person in your past inspired you to learn woodworking? They did a wonderful job, As you do with your work....Cheers!
It's great question. Much to long to type out but maybe one day I'll talk about that on the channel.
Enjoyed the show
You're doing a great job guy and with the interlocking logs is great and your floor joists look really beautiful the way you designed it with the interlocking so nothing can roll I can mention much much more but I would love to see how the build goes on and I believe you picked out the right leg bolts too unlike both are very durable and they can withstand a lot of pressure but great job looking forward to next videos and it looks like you're expecting a baby too graduations bro
Thank you.
If you screw the logs to the posts, I think there will be gaps when the logs dry out and become thin. I put iron rods in the larger holes to keep the logs from shifting up and down, so that the weight of the logs would not leave gaps when they dried. I did not use screws to secure the logs to the posts.
Yeah, this was a tough decision. I didn’t screw ever log, only a few. I did that just to have a bit more lateral strength to the structure while it’s being built. Since I’ll be moving it the logs will get a chance to dry and then settled in tight when it’s in its final location.
@@TrustinTimber Yes. When I built small Log House at my small garden, I read a book which is written by Mr B. Allan Mackie. The title is Ecological Log Building. Now I gave up to build Log Cabin in Fukushima. I bought the Land in the mountain 2011. And then a week later, we got huge earthquake. My land is near the Fukushima Nuclear Power. My land is contaminated by radiation and now a no-go zone another 200 years. Now I look forward to watching UA-cam of people like you who are putting up rog houses. I hv been Alaska twice log years before. Please build a nice log house.
@@donsaigo4874 sorry to hear about your land. I’ll do my best to build a nice cabin.
great job bro, 👏
Awesome 😻😻😻🥳🥳🥳
Great video, it was nice to see your wife again.
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I love this so much. Thanks for sharing. Incredibly inspired. You have great skills. I'll be starting a log build with a vertical wall system soon. How did you scribe, cut and fit those 17' posts so well without having it upright? It seems even having them on the ground to mark it would be cumbersome? Thanks for sharing the journey. Much love from Nova Scotia.
Great question. I used one of the smaller posts as a reference for measurements and fit and just made the male end the same. I did have to do some fine tuning but got it pretty close.
As expected another great vid even with you being down one helper. Lol Hope all is well with the mom and dad to be. Can't wait to see more. Bless you guys.
Thanks 👍. Yeah, down a helper and my attention is going that way as well getting ready for baby but it's all so exciting and momma and baby are doing great.
Just a question why didn’t you put something between logs to seal gaps there are plenty of sealers on the market which work well cheers
He has mentioned in earlier videos that he is not using a chinking because this cabin will be disassembled and moved to a new location and put back together. This location in not his land, it’s his wife’s grandparents land. But they gave permission to build so this is an interim location until he has his own land.
@@LarryLeesBees all good t y cheers
Thanks
Lifting and setting that log was quite and accomplishment. Congrats on that and the “growing” family.
Yes! Thank you!
Was happy to see another episode come out. Curious as to what kind of chainsaw sharpener you were using at the beginning? Thanks
It's made and sold by Granberg International. Their link is in the description. It took me a while to start using it as I usually sharpen by hand but once you get it set up it's so much quicker & better.
Well Done! 💪
Nice video, I love the obsessiveness it makes beautiful joinery and thanks for the tips.
You are so welcome!