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This is a detail of the cabin I am just finishing building. There were 4 inside corners which I chose to assemble a bit differently. I wanted the inside corners of the logs to look good instead of just functional as most do. So this is what I came up with. Each log is coped around the face of the other and a 1" maple dowel is bored into the seam to completely seal the air gap between the two. Believe it or not these copes have opened up a lot. When I had first coped them they were to tight to fit a piece of paper in, however the logs were considerably high in moisture content and have since shrunk. Alot of difficult trim / woodwork in this home to say the least.

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That looks like a lot od work!
 

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I agree with Charlie…looks like a lot of work, but you did good!

A friend of mine spent weeks trying to get his to look like that and never succeeded. By "his", I mean the job he was working on. The HO finally fired him and hired a furniture builder whose finished work looked like yours. Definitely takes a strong skillset to do that.
 

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What does the 2×4 do?.

Your shrinkage must be a real problem in the winter with one side of the wood in each environment?

Bob
 

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the 2×4 is just a wall end that butts up to the corner. As to the shrinkage every wall attached to the logs had to have a Cerf cut for every nail to allow the logs to grow and shrink without moving the interior walls and causing Sheetrock cracks.
 

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I take it those are spruce logs showing on your pics?
Good idea with the kerfs around the nails.

Bob
 
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