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#1 ·
White Pine Log Cabin

On July 10, 2010 I began to build my log hunting cabin. It starts with harvesting blown down white pine.

We had a horrendous wind storm two years ago that left millions of board feet of timber in ruins. We put some it to good use. Go to my website and navigate to "Work-In-Progress". There you will see the White Pine hunter's cabin being created from logs, to lumber, to rough cabin, and finally, to finished cabin.

I'm building the log cabin right outside of my woodworking shop. It's on skids and will be relocated to my east hayfield which is prime wildlife habit.

I should confess that I no longer hunt with a rifle because I'm just to darned old. These days, I shoot with a digital camera. Let me know what you think of this adventure.

http://mikechapmanwoodworker.squarespace.com
 
#6 ·
Well I've been trying to get a photo or two into this blog post but have failed every time. Even the original post photo link has problems. The URL below is the lasted photo of progress to date on the White Pine Hunting Cabin. I think the best way to view the project is to go to my website (no ads, no hipe, just a photo gallery). Look at the "Work-In-Progress" page. Clicking on any photo will bring up the enlarged version.

Meanwhile, I will try to figure out how to get a photo into this posting process. It should not be this hard. I may finish the cabin before I figure out the photo embedding procedure.

http://mikechapmanwoodworker.squarespace.com/picture/p8300003.jpg?pictureId=6613083&asThumbnail=true
 
#7 ·
Perseverance wins. I finally go a photo embedded. Below is the current stage of work on my White Pine Hunting Cabin. So far its been great fun. After spending the winter months inside the woodshop building two Sam Maloof inspired rocking chairs, it feels good to work on a larger scale outdoor project.

I am beginning to cut roof rafters from 4"x6"x10' beams. I'll need a couple dozen of them.

 
#10 ·
Rafters are going up. They are 4"x6"x10' beams and heavy, heavy!

I could only work half a day today because we delivered a horse drawn corn binder and a 3 bottom disk plow to a Amish family this afternoon. The gentleman that heads this family has a woodworking shop that is absolutely astonishing. It's a story that needs to be told and I hope to tell it when times allows. Problem one is that Amish do not like photographs in most cases. Consider this. There is no electricity on this farm but the wood shop has every piece of power woodworking equipment you would love to have in your shop. Again, no electricity. Still, there is a 20" planner, 18" bandsaw, 32" pin router, 40" double drum sander, 10" table saw, 12 head dovetail cutter, 8" jointer, 1' spindle shaper, complete dust collection system for entire shop, and the rest is unbelievable. Oh ya, shop is heated by an Amish forged wood stove.

Like said, a story that needs to be told.
 
#15 ·
This is a little coal/wood stove that I got from an auction in Larned, Kansas. It's the perfect size for this little cabin. Although this picture does not show it, there is a fire burning in it. I was curing the coat of Williams Stove Black outside so that fumes and oder would not be inside. The old stove with its newly blacked exterior works perfectly.
 
#16 ·
Hey, Mike, you are a man after me own heart. I love your cabin and your web site. I've made this a favorite. If I ever get too old to support myself and the government goes broke and won't be able to give me my social security so that I have to fend for myself when I am toothless and broke then if God will bless me with the where with all to build such a cabin as this on a little plot of ground where I can maybe grow myself a few vegitables then I will be totally content to live in such a beautiful mansion. This is beautiful to my eyes and I will come here ever so often to spend a quiet moment of solitude and rest my weary feet even if it is a moment of time in my innermost mind and soul. Thank you so much for posting this.
 
#17 ·
I'm happy so many are enjoying this (my first blog). Notice the oak keg on a cross-buck next to my cedar chair. When I finish this cabin, I'm going to fill the keg with brandy. My neighbors and I will then sit on the porch and watch the geese fly overhead while sipping contentedly.

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#19 ·
Mike this is really fantastic. You're a regular Dick Proenneke undertaking something like this. It must be incredibly satisfying to sit and relax in it after all of that effort. And the stove is perfect! Just beautiful and thanks for updating it for us.
 
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