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mountain_man
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# Posted: 23 May 2010 09:44 - Edited by: mountain_man
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I have built two cabins using dovetail notches on the corners. The first one took about 2 months to notch and raise all of the logs using the scribe method.

The second one went very fast because I made some jigs to cut the dovetails with. The fit was much better too.

More info on the jigs: http://logdovetailjig.com

The first cabin I built:
cabin 1
cabin 1
cabin 2
cabin 2
cabin 3
cabin 3


juhhie
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# Posted: 19 Sep 2013 03:44
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What is the material between logs?

Scooter
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2018 07:42
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I'm starting a 16' x 16' in the spring, using 5x10" white pine timbers with a two inch joint. Is it necessary to have any type of connectors other than the dovetails? Seems like there should be a rebar or something along the length of the wall?

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