Finishing The Log Walls | LOG CABIN BUILD | PIONEER LIFE CIRCA 1700's|GREEN WOOD WORKING

Using the mechanical advantage of a ramp and block and tackle, Peter raises the top logs into place. He installs the cross members on the sill logs using mortice and tenon joints.
Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly
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The amazing music in this episode is graciously provided by Richard Fortier and Al MacDonald
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[@jampasurprenant1794]

Absolutely the Wall looks amazingly beautiful I can wait to see it completely finished .

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks so much!

[@OLDBEAR123456]

Very nice build by the way.

[@garyrichardt1496]

Another good one!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks, Gary.

[@beverlymichael5830]

I found your channel after your cabin was built. So I enjoy going back and watching the build of it. Beautiful work.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Tanks Beverly,it has been an interesting experiment, attempting to live as our ancestors did, 250 years ago.

[@TheBeardedCarpenter]

Howdy- the cabin is coming along nicely. Thank you for sharing. God bless

[@cathywolfe1038]

Thank you.

[@nosaltiesandrooshere7488]

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading! 👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you! 👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

[@andyaustin2824]

Cool series keep it up

[@jonathanmaitken]

Really loving these videos Cathy and Peter!

[@andrewstetson7614]

So great to watch this thankscfor making this video series

[@cathywolfe1038]

We are glad your enjoying Andrew.

[@michaeldennison3548]

Great work. Love watching the series. Stay well and safe.

[@palonghunter3608]

I've been in the settlement too long. And have grown lazy. Thanks for the inspiration in this series

[@Nerdperior]

still cant get over how dope that capote is

[@johnclarke6647]

That axe sure looks like my Gransfors Bruk Scandinavian Forest axe. A great axe. Just the right length for doing small cuts. I have a Small Forest axe, too.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

It is indeed … the best!

[@johnhempsall4644]

It’s looking fantastic. Well done a satisfying job and a happy man.

[@markivany5253]

Such a hard working craftsman.

[@throwback336]

I like the dovetails that you put in the top. What a nice build your doing.

[@gordpedersen543]

What a beautiful job , I plan on making a cabin with modern tools with pig trough corners out of cedar logs milling two sides of the log , grooved on flat sides strand board between the log gaps . Awesome job from a good woodsmen .

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Gord.

[@Dilotti]

Great work. Love watching the series.

[@alanpinn2266]

Great progress Peter. And your Math skills have worked out well! Keep at it my friend!!

[@cathywolfe1038]

Thanks Al.

[@robinbonaventura4951]

Goodness "Mr. Pete" (if I may), you are amazing! I bet you sleep well at night!!!! Thank you for bringing us along with you.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Robin and you’re right on that sleep thing.

[@attilaelekes5534]

Nice cabin!thxs

[@jtsterry]

❤😊😊

[@QuiltedLily]

Recent subscriber! Heard about your channel while watching My Self Reliance. Love watching your process, my grandparents and parents built log cabins when they first arrived in Canada around 1930. Grandfathers home had a sod roof. Thank you for sharing your build!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Our ancestors were a hardy lot.

[@alaskalifeadventurewithnic4147]

Very cool

[@jimc4731]

Another way to get the logs up the inclined plane logs is to have drilled holes in the inclined plane about 3 - 4 feet apart and at equal heights off the ground. You then slide the log you are raising from end to end up the ramp and putting a pin in the drilled hole to keep that end secure while you go to the other end. Keep up the good work! JIM

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Great feedback, Jim. Good idea.

[@johnclarke6647]

A 45 degree slope gives you a .707 of the weight, as I remember. A pully can cut that in half.

[@seandahl8441]

You should have notched the tops of the windows and door into the logs above and pinned them. Its more work but would make for a far stronger wall, which as it sits your front wall is basically freestanding and won't be able to withstand the downwards pressure from the roof system as well and will begin to buldge out with time

[@twogirlshomestead60]

I find it amazing how you are keeping an old craftsmanship alive. Hard work but a such a simple way of life. Please continue to share all your knowledge, this is a part of our great history. thank you

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you but, I have to ask, Two Girls Homestead, sounds like an interesting story behind that handle.

[@twogirlshomestead60]

@@TheWoodlandEscape oh its nothing special, two good friends one widow the other divorced, just sick of the rat race in the city, sold everything they owned, after searching for about 8 years for the right land, bought 2 different property sold them and then purchased 5 acres surrounded by a creek on three sides, and started building. No phone, No Tv, No Bills, simple living growing our own food, hunting for meat. Got rid of all our sickness within 2 years. My only regret that I didn't do this when I was 30 years old. We have a Barn, Green house, two Tiny homes, with some goats for milk and cheese, hens for eggs, two guard dogs, and lots of guns. Enjoying the good life.

[@dougm5341]

Stumbled across this channel today, and thoroughly enjoy your channel. Keep it up....

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Doug, glad you’re enjoying.

[@johnkmcgregor5209]

Excellent just found this, liked and subscribed, all the best John from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks John from Scotland.

[@jmccracken491]

So you used Dovetail joints for the joists because they will hold under pressure great.

[@OLDBEAR123456]

Remove the middle two parts in you block and tackle. You will still have enough advantage to hoist the log and you should not two block.

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Nice original looking Capote you have there. I bet it's nice and warm too. Did you make it yourself from a Hudson's Bay point blanket? You did such a nice job on this cabin build. I'm still trying to watch all your videos, LOL. Been watching about 3 per night.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

My wife Cathy made the Capote and most of all my other clothes. I wear only 100% wool in the winter.

[@johnspain9420]

Forgive me if I missed it in the videos. What type of stain are you using for the exterior of your cabin?

[@fgb3126]

At 1:52 that is the widest gap of any course! How did that happen?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I alternate crown for butt ends of each row but, sometimes a get a real crooked guy. A wide gap usually turns into a narrow gap on the log above.

[@fgb3126]

@@TheWoodlandEscape Why did you use a "crooked guy" in the first place then? Will you be able to fill that in with some material? (I guess I could look ahead and see :-)

[@robertboyd650]

I enjoy your dress clothing ....

[@kurtmanshardt9825]

If I'm not mistaken I guess this is just a question but what are you using for the windows are those genuine 2x4s cuz I know when you go to a lumber supply store they're not actually measured out in actual 2 in by 4 in

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

The window frames are cut out on a friends saw mill and are a full 2” x 10” and the same with the door boards.

[@charlesberryhill7179]

Why do you not show and tell every aspect example how you put in the logs between the door an window? How they are attached to the frame etc.

[@shihanjulio]

Watching you build this cabin is tiring.:) :) :) What are the cabin's dimensions?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

There were a few days I would totally agree with you. It is approximately 12 x 16’. Thanks for your interest.

[@shihanjulio]

Thank you.@@TheWoodlandEscape

[@herb1553]

Love your channel I've been watching them all.some of the cuts sure look like a chainsaw did them. And if you did I don't blame you a bit

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Not too many on the cabin but, I made lots in the construction of the blacksmith shop.

[@herb1553]

I made a 16 by 12 cabin in 2010.all chainsaw I know how much work they are.we use it for deer hunting and camping with the family. What part of Canada are you in. We live in Haliburton Ontario

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We live in Eastern Ontario. I was through Haliburton last week both going and coming home from Manitoulin Island.

[@abbynormal8608]

It would be easier to put stops on the ramps so you could pull the logs up in phases. Would have saved you the whole pulley thing and save time/effort.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Good feedback, thanks.

[@kevinharding2099]

Are you planning to discuss your clothing? Would it have easier to put all the logs up and then cut out holes for the windows?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We do plan to cover clothes of the 18 th century. Building the way we did saves cutting a few trees, but is not as strong. Given the small size it seemed the most practical way to build.

[@vernonvest9927]

Do you ever get splinters in the wrong place..

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Indeed I do. Actually working with green wood is better in that regard.

[@vernonvest9927]

One of these days you will be splinters free.

[@rickmcgowan6725]

How do I find your first video?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Go to our channel and click on the playlist, every video we’ve done is on there in categories. Appreciate your interest.

[@robertdrolet5785]

do you use chain saw wend off camera ? About your clothes, i looking for a shirt like yours beacause i think its a super design to keep bugs away from skin. Tanks

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Very little Robert, attempting to do it close to possible the way it was done in the 1700’s

[@robertlawrence2382]

IF YOU NAIL ABOARD TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE POLES YOU ARE USEING TO PULL THE LOGS UP WITH IT WILL LET YOU PULL THEM UP ALL THE WAY WITH OUT HAVING TO LIFT THEM

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Sound advice Robert.

[@georgeyboyhowe1685]

i bet your feet are freezing sod that

[@cathywolfe1038]

Actually they are not too bad. I sew a piece of birch bark between 2 layers of leather in the sole of the moc.

[@frankpohl4377]

Log home history: Traditional Log homes building and the German settlers in the US: Germany and other EU countries like the Scandinavian, have a long history of “good building” The only and best YT canal about "German influence started in TEXAS" is Texas Historical commission" there is super info’s! Log homes houses and settlers from Germany. Its fun to watch. We in Hamburg have log homes that are old then 500 years. Hamburg-my city-the second biggest in Germany with 2 million souls- is in the age of 880 years. It’s the city with the most bridges in the world more than venice-2500- we are built in water we have the big river “The Elbe” and “the Bille” and “the Alster” a sailing paradise in the middle of the city with many canals and because that many bridges. I love log cabs and log homes my Grand-Grandfather had built one 120 years ago in another state in Germany. Stone foundation with a real cellar- that pure logs and a second floor and a bath original form the 19th century. 300 square feet and a hunter home also. They were all lawyers with good money and they loved hunting with a pack of hunting dogs (6 dogs called Deutsch Kurzhaar)- so they rented a forest and build that hunter log home in traditional style and because of that it never had a problem with humidity or fungi. Very solid. Simple but cool. Today on the grid and a family center for 4 generations. But back to the German tradition of log homes building: One of the best YT “log home building” videos is "The Birth Of A Wooden House. Extended", from my friend Northmen (YT canal). There you can see traditional building. There are different building styles also established in the US or CA. Some love to build with “gabs between the logs”. The gaps between the logs had 2 major groups building this kind: 1: In the civil war, when the winter came over night and the soldiers had to stay in an area for a longer time to secure the land- they had to build fast and easy. Wood- trees in that time where used to build the trenches war when they had to build a wall a ring around a city or when they expected armies to come. Wood was needed for heating for cooking and so on. When the soldiers had not enough time they build this way- that is the only way why they did it so. If you would build traditional then you would need 8 ours per log so 10 logs per side- then the roof. 2: Also pioneers "under time pressure" build this way 3: Poor people on land that was not their own. The best way is to build traditional protect the logs from rain with a long overhang roof (you see that in Austria in the winter area in Scandinavia and Russia) Rain is bad for wood and bad for the stuff between the logs. Many build this way because they did not need the cabin for a long time. Also a cool teaching TY video is: Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process- by Northmen. The traditional way is the best way and it distribute the pressure of the logs much better.

[@Puymouret]

again, no completion

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

If you go to our play list, Vern, there is a compilation video of the entire build fro first log to first fire.