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jono
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# Posted: 24 Sep 2012 19:35
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Hi Everybody, I'm looking to buy a 500 to 700 square foot log cabin package and finish it off myself. I live just outside of Halifax (Canada), do you have any suggestions on what type of wood would be most suitable?
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 24 Sep 2012 20:21
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White cedar
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 24 Sep 2012 22:25
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sweet gum log houses are hard to beat.
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jono
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 00:09
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haha
I've been looking at this handcrafted package in Douglas Fir, what do you guys think?
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TomChum
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:59
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Quoting: jono what do you guys think?
Machined logs look like a stack of telephone poles. Not my style.
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fpw
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 14:27
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Doug Fir is ok. There are many log builders with different approaches. I, too (like TomChum) prefer hand peeled and hand scribed.
You can find quite a bit of info on log building at the following url:
http://www.logassociation.org/
There also plenty of builder listings.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 15:11 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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Hand peeled with a "skip peel", ie leaving bits of the bark behind looks the best IMHO. The milled logs are really "large dowel pin" homes" I still like them, just the least desireable IMHO.
I think Spruce or Douglas Fir would be some of the best choices. Winter harvest it best time to have no sap leakage.
Another great site is:
http://www.loghomebuilders.org/
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jono
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 18:18
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the one that i posted is hand peeled handcrafted with full scribe scandinavian saddle notching. i'm getting better pics send from the builder. thanks for the tip about the winter harvest logs!
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 23:46
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How about this? Hand scribed in white cedar.
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