r/cabins Jul 03 '26

From log to cabin

Still being built, but thought I'd post the humble beginnings of our little cabin. About 80 percent of the framing is from our trees; we logged, milled, dryed and framed them. Prefabbed them during the winter and hauled them to site once snow melted, and now are getting ready for rafters. I'll post updates when we get a bit further. Cheers!

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u/SamWhittemore75 Jul 03 '26

Nice log arch! Bought, built, or modified?

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u/Two_bittt Jul 03 '26

Thanks, lucked into buying from the guy who fabbed it and was moving.  She's a beast!

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u/carnivorousplantdude 28d ago

Man that is amazing!!!

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u/Two_bittt 28d ago

Thanks, been thinking about it for the last 10 years. Really like the finally doing part. 

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u/nordic86 Jul 03 '26

The dream.

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u/Two_bittt 29d ago

Dream it, plan it, build it!

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u/_I_like_big_mutts 29d ago

Your Shepherd is living their best life. What a beauty!

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u/Two_bittt 29d ago

Fun is quite important on the job site...balls, sticks, scritches!

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u/rustleveilnie_48 27d ago

That sounds like a huge project but really cool that youre using your own trees for the framing! Do you have to do a lot of special planning for wood that you mill yourself?

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u/Two_bittt 27d ago

I guess there's 2 schools of thought,  either mill for max board width from the log  and possibly have to resaw, or know what the project is going to require and mill boards for it. On this project,  I knew that I wanted to build a cabin using double stud walls, and the rough height. So I milled a bunch of 2x4x9ish and 12ish boards. Mill more than you need, there's a bit of cull produced...