Gable Ends & Rafters | LOG CABIN BUILD | PIONEER LIFE CIRCA 1700's

Peter finishes raising the purlins and the gable ends, continuing to use a ramp and ropes to raise the logs. He then notches the purlins and installs the rafter, leaving space for the chimney.
Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly
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The amazing music in this episode is graciously provided by our friends - Richard Fortier and Al MacDonald.
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[@riverrockproductions]

This channel and the Townsends channel are the best thing going on KZbin!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We are flattered, Andrew, to be thought of in the same category.

[@dalegirard9740]

Also your very good at it for little fella

[@pettyreas7659]

I didn't know David Carradine is Alive!!! Anyway, the World will be a better place to live with people like Peter Kelly. What a wonderful person! Greetings from Germany.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Wow that’s flattering. Thanks Petty for such a kind compliment.

[@stevenbp101]

Hi, you know I asked you a question the other day about the length of your logs for the sides and I realize it was a very dumb question. It is what I make it. Just want you to know you and a few others are a blessing to watch and learn from. Thanks. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

We certainly appreciate your continued interest.

[@user-np4iy1iq1n]

Уou are a strong and young old man! Respect!

[@fhagerber4079]

A very nice cabin nice work

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks for your kind compliment

[@alanpinn2266]

That much closer to closing it in. Lookin' great Peter!

[@earlshaner4441]

Hi from Syracuse NY brother

[@LucasRichardStephens]

Thanks for sharing your work, looking good!

[@earlshaner4441]

This is history in action and adventures and a outstanding job brother

[@SKEvolved]

I am enjoying this series. Nice work, sir. -Steve

[@macmcdonald9347]

Yes, you are correct and I understand the your desire to use a great looking build. Thanks

[@denislosieroutdoors]

looking great I like working with cedar... please keep posting updates Denis

[@jtsterry]

❤😊😊

[@sunriversuite8446]

I suspect, if you looked closely at the cabin built in the 1840s which you mentioned, you'd find shims between the log rafters and the sawn boards secured to their tops. The technique is still used sometimes today with warped or misshaped trusses to flatten and even out a roof surface which, as you said, would relieve stress on the sheathing or strapping as the case may be. Cabin's looking great! I'm impressed with your working through the winter like this. Good job.

[@josannefromin7750]

I do love your work, u seam to be really busy..............thanks for everything u show in this video............

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Glad you’re enjoying.

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Outstanding videos 👍

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Dave, glad your enjoying.

[@cathie9614]

Beautiful

[@ricklarade3593]

awesome series, awesome music, awesome everything!!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Wow, flattered Rick, thank you.

[@michaeldennison3548]

I am enjoying your build immensely! Stay safe. No injuries.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Michael.

[@StrongandFree]

Fantastic work!!!

[@rezaghoroby7753]

You have done a wonderful and amazing job with your hard working in beautiful and peaceful nature , I enjoy watching all your video and I love it all . God bless you .

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Rena, glad you are enjoying.

[@StevePrimo]

Great stuff guys, keep the videos coming and I'll be tuning in. Until then, keep on living for a livin' :)

[@jpintopinto961]

Oh God... How I wish make my own cabin, to live in the nature. That's beautiful. Rgds

Just found your channel, it's amazing! Just subscribed. I'm doing something similar on my channel, building a log cabin with only hand tools, although I have some more modern tools. I'm in the early stages of harvesting logs. I'm learning a lot from your channel and will definitely be incorporating a lot of the things I've learned here into my build. Keep it up! Also where you located? The accent leaves me to believe southern Ontario. I'm nearby in Quebec

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Good luck with your build and I’m pleased you’re enjoying. We are located in eastern Ontario.

@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you! May I ask what the interior floor dimensions are?

[@andrewstetson7614]

Sir you are inspiring me to build my own thank you

[@halliwilljon]

Pretty cool, cant wait to see the finished product. Have my AMA winter camp comin up here in February. 1

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Glad you’re enjoying Jon. I’m also heading out for a few days winter trekking soon ... enjoy your camp.

[@stevenbp101]

Hi, just found your channel. Love to watch the going ons you guys building those cabins. We got a pretty awesome guy down here in Arkansas that builds these things. Anyway thanks for sharing. Your pretty awesome too. God bless. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks Steven.

[@jamesjohnson9668]

Just subbed cabin looks great

[@macmcdonald9347]

The logs you have used seem to be the correct size and I believe this cabin will be a picture of a proportional build.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you .

[@jaybird2593]

Thanks

[@robertboyd650]

What a Kneen dresser and woodmenship....

[@LisaGriffiths460]

new subscriber. What an inspiration you both are, I admire you so much. Cabin looks amazing and I love how informative your videos are. Respect from Wales UK

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thank you. Glad you’re enjoying our step back in time.

[@bradpirochta9293]

I'm guessing this isn't his first log cabin.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Actually it is number 4 Brad, but the first I’ve built that is this basic.

[@kurtmanshardt9825]

Is it Irish folk music with a flute whatever it is I really love it I'm quarter Irish myself on my mother's side

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

It is certainly an Irish instrument… the penny whistle. Most of the music we use is provided by friends of ours.

[@wazzyman2875]

👍👍💪💪💪💪💪✌✌

[@didierleclerc66]

I imagine your wife filming you while you're up there on the roof !

[@macmcdonald9347]

How will the windows and door a line to the era of the cabin.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Glass would have been rare and expensive of the frontier and more common in communities. I’m taking a few liberties to make it a usable cabin when completed.

[@shawno3681]

How seasoned are those logs? If they are still green, then do you have to plan for them to shrink and thus the cabin to settle? And if you have glass windows, would that create pressure on them? (I do see the window boxes, so maybe that protects windows).

[@thehonesthobo]

I would like to know that also. Like what will happen when it start to get warmer?

[@LucasRichardStephens]

Sink is reckoned at about 3cm a meter for (fresh)pine and spruce on full line-scribed houses. Maybe Cedar is dissimilar. The door frame will hold up the gable wall when the corners sink down.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

The logs are green as grass, but cedar doesn’t shrink quite as much as other woods. I have allowed a gap over window and door frames for shrinkage.

[@darrenupfield4600]

Where did you get the plans for the cabin, i want to build one.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

The only plan I used were in my head. Just kinda modified as needed as it went up.

[@rudycarlson8245]

Are you going stain the logs? Or put some kind of sealer like Thompson’s water seal on them?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

To keep it historically accurate I was thinking use linseed oil.

[@rudycarlson8245]

@@TheWoodlandEscape That will work too!

[@prestonjones7574]

Chuck Norris hasn't got a chance against Peter Kelly.

[@thehonesthobo]

In that time were would a person get their tools from, or would they have to make them?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Tote them along or make them. Most settlers had basic blacksmithing skills.

[@sbishop16]

What are the inside Cabin Dimensions?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

About 12 x 14

[@robertboyd650]

I’d be very curious to know how old you stand ?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

This old fellow would be coming up on 68.

[@rickyburton4642]

I think you forgot the How-To part !

[@julienhains9852]

What diameter of log are you using for your cabin ?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

They vary Julien, but on average about 8 to 9 inches.

[@julienhains9852]

@@TheWoodlandEscape oh ok it’s a good size

[@nonameyet7162]

How big is the cabin?

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

It is about 10x14

[@nonameyet7162]

@@TheWoodlandEscape I figured it was around that size. It's very nice. I sure love the fireplace too. For years I've wanted to build one for myself with a Rumford fireplace. I just my house this week. I am planning to move back home and find a piece of land, with the little money I'm making off the sale, and build one. I don't like to work in the winter. If I live in a cabin with no bills to pay, I should be able to only work in the summer. I'm in NB. A few years ago the northern part of Ontario had land going for quite cheap where they were no roads but now it's kinda expensive. I wouldn't mind going to BC but again the prices are expensive. So back home it will be.

[@dalegirard9740]

Where did u learn carpenter ur father grandfather school maybe or just picked it up

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

School of hard knocks, Dale. A lot of trial and error along the way.

[@Za-CAMNEM]

Пётр,а вы уверены,что вы в точности повторили то,что.якобы увидели в вопросе строительства даного здания？ Извините,но по моему вам только показалось,что вы якобы поняли основной посыл квиденного вами аригенала.

[@charlesberryhill7179]

I found these videos and started sharing them in my garden/homesteading group but the farther I got in them the more I wish I had not started sharing because you spend far too little time showing, explaining, how, what and why you are doing certain things. Nobody could follow these videos and erect their own cabin. Yes someone with carpentry skills could figure out a way to solve such and such a problem but for example you did not really show here how you actually put up the rafters one scene there were none then then next shot nearly everyone was in place just like when you put the logs above the windows and door. you briefly tried to explain but then there is not one video showing the result until you finished. You did not show one single example of putting the logs between the door and windows I am assuming you drilled and pegged but you told nobody just showed it finished, You did not show how you notched the logs, you spent more time showing you going from one side to the other moving your ladder. Very disappointed in the quality of these videos for helping the novice to erect their own cabin

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

Thanks for your feedback Charles. I am far from an instructor, simply attempting to show life in the 18th century. I will make an effort to show more detail, but this is not intended to be a how to series.