http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/log-cabin-blog.html Here are the latest log cabin adventures from me and a few friends from around the globe! Come along as we discover rustic retreats, amazing history, and pioneer building methods...all inside the world's best structures - LOG CABINS. en-us log cabin Thu, 03 May 2012 10:33:52 GMT Thu, 03 May 2012 10:33:52 GMT log-cabin-adventures.com http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/looking-for-good-log-cabin-building-resources.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/looking-for-good-log-cabin-building-resources.html I am just getting ready to start building a log cabin, i am wanting to be very involved in the building of the cabin along with friends and family. I am Thu, 03 May 2012 10:33:49 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/chinking-for-mid-1800s-log-home.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/chinking-for-mid-1800s-log-home.html Banjoe, Our log home is only half logs from the mid 1800s and the other half was an addition from the early 1930s and all of it was covered with Hardy Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:58:51 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/best-type-of-wood-for-a-log-cabin.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/best-type-of-wood-for-a-log-cabin.html If I were to build a cabin in North Georgia where there is an abundance of pine, would that be the best type of wood for a log cabin? Is there an aging Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:43:53 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/how-do-i-cut-grooves-in-logs-aready-up-for-lathe.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/how-do-i-cut-grooves-in-logs-aready-up-for-lathe.html I bought a older cabin. How do I cut grooves for lathe? Thanks. Answer from Banjoe: Hello, Roger. Thanks for this great question! My suggestion would Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:14:01 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/quick-log-fitting.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/quick-log-fitting.html I built a log cabin in 1990 with a friend using the Swedish scribe fitting technique----it was awesome ----but took forever. What methods can be used to Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:31:06 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/log-dovetail-jig-plans.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/log-dovetail-jig-plans.html Hola, quiero construir una cabaña con troncos cuadrados y corte de log dovetail y necesito algunos planos de log dovetail jig ya que he visto algunos de Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:19:07 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/peeling-bark.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/peeling-bark.html What is your opinion on peeling bark? I have watched several videos on youtube on building a log cabin. Some people strip the logs of bark and some do Mon, 16 May 2011 19:13:12 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/building-log-cabin-playhouse.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/building-log-cabin-playhouse.html I want to try building a log cabin playhouse for my nephews - something cheap but still nice. Any advice? From Banjoe: Dear Kyle, Building a log cabin Mon, 16 May 2011 18:39:07 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/barothy-lodge-cabin-rental-michigan-river.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/barothy-lodge-cabin-rental-michigan-river.html These cabin rentals on the Michigan river, Pere Marquette, are right in the middle of the Manistee National Forest. The Barothy Lodge was originally a Mon, 16 May 2011 18:25:49 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/restoring-a-log-home-how-to-do-grooves-for-lathe.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/restoring-a-log-home-how-to-do-grooves-for-lathe.html Hi Banjoe, My husband & I are restoring the log home where I grew up. We have completed the outside chinking and followed your advice re: cutting a top Mon, 09 May 2011 20:24:41 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/free-woodworking-tools.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/free-woodworking-tools.html Getting free woodworking tools can be easier than you might think! So many people like log cabins that when they hear about your project, they often want to get involved somehow, even in a very small way. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:54:57 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/arts-crafts-style-cabin-rental-saugatuck-michigan.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/arts-crafts-style-cabin-rental-saugatuck-michigan.html This Arts & Crafts style cabin rental in Saugatuck, Michigan is a great example of the individual ways that building trends have influenced log cabin builders Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:50:07 GMT http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/memory-maker-cabin-grayling-michigan.html http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/memory-maker-cabin-grayling-michigan.html The Memory Maker Cabin in Grayling, Michigan is a kit built cabin...and I don't usually like kit built cabins, but this one is a different story. There Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:49:19 GMT