Do we have scrap...

Man do we have scrap - but the good thing is a friend of mine heats with wood and is going to take it away once we have used what we need from it for stickers.

Lumber - I gots lumber!

We took a guess when he started sawing up the logs that I would have about 6,000 board feet of lumber. A board foot is a board that 1" x 12" x 12".

Well as we get closer to finishing up the sawing it appears that we where way, way, way off - we will end up with 11,000 board feet!

This will more than enough to finish everything in the cabin - build the 2 car garage and still have a bunch left over.....

The saw

He has a band saw (instead of circular blade). I have heard that you get a lot more lumber using a band saw.

Logs, logs, logs

We ended up with WAY more logs than we needed so I hired a guy to cut them down to lumber - so I took the full length logs and cut them down to 10 foot lengths and piled them up.

I have started cutting in the windows. I came across a killer deal on windows so I want to get them in and out of the garage....

I stopped by UBC the other day and came across a pallet of 12 brand new vinyl - 3x5 foot - for only $25 each.... and 5 - 4x6 foot windows for $40 each.

Ceiling of front half of cabin

A view from the third floor looking out front. It will look great when it is done - but it has been slow work. Between the height (the ridge is 34 ft) and the size it takes a few people to get anything done. This ceiling is exposed all the way down to the first floor - 34 feet down.

The roof is coming together

As you can see the roof is coming along nicely - in the spring I will put on the final roof but for now it is coming along. I hope to get the gables closed in before the snow comes for winter.

Long time......

It's been way too long since I last posted on my blog - here's what I have gotten done since spring

• Finished putting the 4x10 rafters in place
• Almost finished putting the 2x6 tounge and groove on top of the 4x10's
• Began cutting in the windows
• Purchased all the windows needed for the cabin
• Hired a friend of my Uncle's to saw up the remaining logs into lumber

I have a few new pictures for you....