In the previous entry, we discussed debarking spuds and drawknives. We’re going to continue discussing other ways to prepare your logs for the next step in log cabin building. This time we’re going to ...

Canadian outdoorsman and woodworker Shawn James built an entire log cabin using hand tools. And he filmed it in timelapse - condensing the entire building process into a five minute YouTube video.

Henry Curtis was 10 years old when his family arrived in central Ohio in 1809. The Curtis family came to Ohio for the same reason many other people did in those days: They were seeking a new life in a ...

This is the beginning of a series discussing tools used in the process of log building. Of course, a lot of these tools can be used for many other applications, but log building will be the main focus ...

It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized pieces. That said, it's simply not how it happens. For most of us, ...

Welcome to our Log Cabin Project, where we are building a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land.

This Log Cabin Project has been a dream for several years, and the construction of a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land and hand tools (no chainsaw) is now a reality.

Depression-era log cabins handmade by the legendary Steiner family in Mount Hood are so prized that some original owners have passed them on to the next generation as they would other heirlooms. The ...