...in the southern hemisphere. The days are getting longer, the temperatures warmer, the leaves are out again and the rhodos are blooming. That means more shop time (I’ve got an unheated garage for a workshop) and more projects – I’ve got a slew in the pipeline: some pressies in the form of some small food storage containers, one of those Wood Whisperer’s boards is glued up and ready for phase 2 cutting and I’ve got a custom TV stand for a friend nearly ready for assembly, but all that is going to have to wait for my biggest project ever… a log home
No, that’s not mine. And I’m not actually building my log home. Rather, I’m on a one month long log home building course starting Nov 5 in Geraldine, New Zealand in which ( I hope) we complete a log home shell. I’m packing a computer with me and a digital camera, so I hope to share this experience as it unfolds.
The course is being offered by Robert Chambers ( author of Log Construction Manual http://www.logconstructionmanual.com ) 
and Graeme Mould, who together run Natural Log Homes – http://www.naturalloghomes.com headquartered in Wisconsin with production in New Zealand.
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long, long time and I’ve got my chainsaw, chaps, helmet, safety boots, measuring tapes, chalk lines, etc all packed and ready to start on Monday and hope to bring updates over the course of the next month.
-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 309 days ago
Wow this is something I have always wanted to do! Will be wacthing this blog with interest! Good luck…it sounds like alot of fun!
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Thos. Angle
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posted 309 days ago
Have a lot of fun. There is a lot to learn as well. Good luck
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dennis mitchell
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posted 309 days ago
Going to play with twigs. Have fun!
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DannyBoy
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posted 309 days ago
I wonder if anyone has thought to build a log workshop? Might be a fun “project” for someone. I’m sure my wife would kill me if I started one in the back yard.
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prowoodworker
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posted 183 days ago
I’ve done a log construction project (Southwest style carport additionwith the vegas and lattias) Its a whole new wood working experience!.....We mortised the upright posts into the Vegas…......what a job! but the results were worth it! Good luck with your project…........look forward to seeing progress and detail of construction….....Take LOTS of pics!
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prowoodworker
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posted 183 days ago
KEEP YOUR CHAINSAW SHARP !!!
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