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Fieldfare Cabin in Norway

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One of my readers sent me this link, thanks Anka! What an amazing place to build a cabin and talk about roughing-it. Also, please forgive the Google Translate translation:

“Fieldfare cabin is a true copy of that war Quarter Linge officers and Ålesund Sunnmøre Association members Joachim, Birger and Olaf Aarsæther built in spring 1944, where they spent the last year of the war. The three had trained as saboteurs of Britain, and with several different missions in Norway and England behind him were dropped in Tafjordfjella to destroy communications in Romsdal and Lesja.

The cottage was rebuilt by Joachim summer of 1990 and then donated to Alesund Sunnmøre Association. It unattended DNT standard with four berths and is hidden beneath a cliff ten minutes from Veltdalshytta.”

via Fieldfarehytta – Hytte – UT.no.

Micro Homestead – Episode 24

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Kevin has posted an update on the tiny house he’s building. You can follow his work at kevinsmicrohomestead.wordpress.com.

“cuting out window opening and dry fitting . next is install tape off trim and side up the wall. getting close to done with exterior.”

via episode 24 front window and siding fall is here. – YouTube.

DIY Timber Frame Cabin – Part 11

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Cody (Wranglerstar) makes chainsaw work look easy. The first half of this video shows him selecting and harvesting a tree on his land. The second half shows how he mills down logs into timbers.

“Episode 11 of the DIY Survival Cabin For Economic Collapse will cover fitting all four corner joints of the sill plate timbers. Working with big timbers is hard and a tight fitting joint takes a lot of time and concentration. The tools Im using today are two Robert Sorby timber framing chisels.”

via How To Build A Timber Frame Cabin Episode 11 – YouTube.

DIY Timber Frame Cabin – Part 9

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In this episode Cody (Wranglerstar) finished up the sill joints and talks about some old-school hand tools.

“Its time to fit the sill joints. Have you always wanted a small cabin in the woods? This video series will demonstrate how mill your own timbers with a Alaskan chainsaw mill.”

via DIY Survival Cabin For Economic Collapse Episode 9 – Sill, Joist, Tools Tenon

DIY Timber Frame Cabin – Part 7

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Cody (Wranglerstar) shares the reasons he is straying off the timber frame plans he’s using. It sounds like he’ll end up with a stouter cabin as a result. You’ll also see more tricks for working with large logs in this episode.

“This video covers the largest and most complex timbers in the survival cabin. I had much trouble getting this large White Fir log onto the cribbing. Fortunately the log was large enough to cut both 16′ sill timbers from it.”

via DIY Survival Cabin For Economic Collapse Episode 7 – Chainsaw Mill-Timber Framing- – YouTube.

The Rockhill – A Tiny Cabin in Vermont

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Derek ‘Deek’ Diedricksen reports back with an update on the cabin built at the tiny house building summer camp.

“I was back up at my camp in Vermont last weekend (the site of July’s “Tiny House-Building Summer Camp”) and worked on readying some of the structures we worked on, for the coming winter (just in case I can’t make it back up there anytime soon). As I’ve mentioned, my 10 acres in Vermont has always been my experimenting grounds, and photo subject-matter for my “Humble Homes, Simple Shacks” book, but the upkeep on so many structures does get time consuming. Cleaning them, porcupine-proofing them, waterproofing their half-done status, and more- it all adds up! Yes, the porcupines are back at it- eating all of the plywood they can get their hands on (see the side story in my book).”

via Relaxshacks.com: Tiny House/Cabin In Vermont UPDATE “The Rockhill”.

DIY Timber Frame Cabin – Part 4

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In part 4 of this video series Cody (Wranglerstar) retrieves another log for milling and some basic chainsaw usage info.

“Have you always wanted a small cabin in the woods? This video series will demonstrate how mill your own timbers with a Alaskan chainsaw mill. I will also be using a mini mill attachment. The saw I’m using is a Stihl MS441. The Ms441 is a bit to small. I would recommend a Stihl MS066.”

via DIY Survival Cabin For Economic Collapse Episode 4 – YouTube.

DIY Timber Frame Cabin – Part 3

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In part 3 of this video series, Cody (Wranglerstar) continues the slow work of cutting the joints for his 12×16 timber frame cabin.

“This video cover the first notching of the 12″ sill timber. This video series will give you the knowledge needed to build an survival cabin. Have you always wanted a small cabin in the woods? This video series will demonstrate how mill your own timbers with a Alaskan chainsaw mill.”

via DIY Survival Cabin For Economic Collapse Episode 3 – YouTube.