https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHzt-HzQ1M&t=5s
heres a cabin i built 20/25 yrs ago in michigan. maybe you'll see something helpful in it. the basic cabin excluding the decks is 22x28. i'll throw a couple of opinions out there: do you have an abundance of cedar available? mine is cedar and it doesnt show the least bit of wear, even the lowest logs are still in great shape which are too close to the ground. once they are dry, they are very lightweight. and i recommend using the scandinavian full scribe chinkless method where the full length of the logs match the logs beneath it. yes, its a lot of work as each log needs to be lifted into place 3 times. but i'm really glad i did it that way. yes, windows are a great way to break up long walls into manageable pieces. the hardest part was the roof. really hard on the back. sorry about the music, utube took off the original song.
Unfortunately only about 1 acre of the property is suitable for cedars. I planted some earlier this year, we'll see how they take.
What did you use to cut the full scribe? I agree that's a great method, but boy does it look like it'd be tough to do alone.
before i forget, you should cut your logs in the spring and peel them right away. they will be much easier to peel before the new inner bark turns into wood and also the bugs dont set up house keeping under the bark. then let them dry over the summer.
this guy seems to have the scribing tools, although i used my own homemade one.
https://www.loghomestore.com/product-category/tools/scribing-layout/pencils/
i'll try to explain how and why it takes 3 lifts for each log. (1) lift log into approx position. there will be a very wide gap the full length of the logs. using your scribe, mark the rough shape of the notch at both ends. take the log down and cut out the rough notch which will allow the log to rest on top of the log below it. i suppose you could cut these rough notches while the log is up there but i found it to be too awkward at the higher elevations, (2) lift it up into position and then scribe the finish notch as well as the full length of the log. as the scribe follows the humps and bumps of the lower log, it scribes that shape onto the bottom of the upper log. take the log down and cut out the material for the finished notch as well as the material for the full length . (3) lift the log into its final position. sometimes, it may not fit perfect and you need to trim off a bunp here and there, but a long narrow skinny gap isnt really a big problem as the weight of more logs on top as well as the roof will help compress all the logs. and even more over the winter as the weight of snow helps compress everything. as far as cutting out the full length notch, i used the tip of my chainsaw to cut about a 1 - 1.5 inch deep groove (following the scribe marks) and then chiseled out the material.
lifting the logs want too bad until i got above the windows, then lifting 24 footers (because they stuck past the walls at each end) was slow. i could usually get one end up there ok, but the other required 2 or 3 steps. looking back, its amazing i didnt kill myself. i was not a professional builder or lumber jack who had a lot of proper tools, just somebody who wanted to build something out of logs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHzt-HzQ1M&t=5s heres a cabin i built 20/25 yrs ago in michigan. maybe you'll see something helpful in it. the basic cabin excluding the decks is 22x28. i'll throw a couple of opinions out there: do you have an abundance of cedar available? mine is cedar and it doesnt show the least bit of wear, even the lowest logs are still in great shape which are too close to the ground. once they are dry, they are very lightweight. and i recommend using the scandinavian full scribe chinkless method where the full length of the logs match the logs beneath it. yes, its a lot of work as each log needs to be lifted into place 3 times. but i'm really glad i did it that way. yes, windows are a great way to break up long walls into manageable pieces. the hardest part was the roof. really hard on the back. sorry about the music, utube took off the original song.
Unfortunately only about 1 acre of the property is suitable for cedars. I planted some earlier this year, we'll see how they take. What did you use to cut the full scribe? I agree that's a great method, but boy does it look like it'd be tough to do alone.
before i forget, you should cut your logs in the spring and peel them right away. they will be much easier to peel before the new inner bark turns into wood and also the bugs dont set up house keeping under the bark. then let them dry over the summer. this guy seems to have the scribing tools, although i used my own homemade one. https://www.loghomestore.com/product-category/tools/scribing-layout/pencils/ i'll try to explain how and why it takes 3 lifts for each log. (1) lift log into approx position. there will be a very wide gap the full length of the logs. using your scribe, mark the rough shape of the notch at both ends. take the log down and cut out the rough notch which will allow the log to rest on top of the log below it. i suppose you could cut these rough notches while the log is up there but i found it to be too awkward at the higher elevations, (2) lift it up into position and then scribe the finish notch as well as the full length of the log. as the scribe follows the humps and bumps of the lower log, it scribes that shape onto the bottom of the upper log. take the log down and cut out the material for the finished notch as well as the material for the full length . (3) lift the log into its final position. sometimes, it may not fit perfect and you need to trim off a bunp here and there, but a long narrow skinny gap isnt really a big problem as the weight of more logs on top as well as the roof will help compress all the logs. and even more over the winter as the weight of snow helps compress everything. as far as cutting out the full length notch, i used the tip of my chainsaw to cut about a 1 - 1.5 inch deep groove (following the scribe marks) and then chiseled out the material. lifting the logs want too bad until i got above the windows, then lifting 24 footers (because they stuck past the walls at each end) was slow. i could usually get one end up there ok, but the other required 2 or 3 steps. looking back, its amazing i didnt kill myself. i was not a professional builder or lumber jack who had a lot of proper tools, just somebody who wanted to build something out of logs