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An Unexpected Journey: A Newbie's Walk In Wet Shaving

1savvyRogue said:
Very nice, lower back pain sucks but usually moving about helps tremendously
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You are wise my friend. I've always found that to be true as well. Each day of hard work this week finds my back feeling a little bit better. Ibuprofen helps too!

NurseDave said:
And then.....
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It looks pretty funny when you present it like that!

Cabin update: I finished up the back side of the cabin yesterday morning. I spent yesterday afternoon flashing the gable end window opposite the loft, moving some lumber inside the cabin (we are getting some pretty heavy storms and rain Thursday - Saturday 😡), and battened down the remaining lumber with two tarps. Green wood doesn't like to be in damp weather being covered up, but I can't control the weather. I also had to correct several of the previous builder's errors on the gable wall and generally get ready to tackle that gable end when I get two days of clear weather. I decided to wait on trimming out the windows so I can think more on what I want to do. I have the top trim piece in with it's flashing so the rain and snow doesn't run in behind the top trim. Though it is raining all day on Saturday I can work inside finishing up the blocking inside in between the studs.

Speaking of studs, I tried to use my stud finder to locate the blocking better from the outside (my measurements weren't quite on) but the dang thing kept going off because of my close proximity to it :LOL:
 
Boy, it used to be a guy could skip writing in his journal for a half a week or so and his journal was still on the front page! That's a good thing though because it means more people are writing journal entries!

I've been working some long hours lately, especially at the cabin. I put in a couple of 11 hour days and I'm half done with the outside hemlock siding. I'll testify that 16 foot green hemlock boards are quite a thing to move around and get up on the cabin alone! I started to trim out the side window but decided to wait until all the siding was up. I have to put a sill on it and side pieces but really wanted the finished look to speak to me as to what would look good. I have the pieces of left over rake trim sitting where the sill will be so I don't get water in behind everything. Both gable ends get all the weather facing south and north respectfully. I read an old-time book on barns from the 18th and 19th centuries and the builders then claimed the north side of the barn got all the weather. Since my weather always comes from the west or southwest I didn't believe it. I'll tell you what, they were right! The north gable side is always wet after a storm and always snow covered after a winter storm.

Here's the view coming down the trail from the house to the cabin. I really enjoy this view while walking down the trail. I have some scrub trees to take care of, but I think I will just transplant them elsewhere on the land rather than chop them down.

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Here's the back side of the cabin. For my very first wall, it turned out better than I thought it would.

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Here's the gable end I just finished. It may look small, but the peak on this side is over 20 feet off the ground which makes for some interesting solo carpentry work. Work smarter, not harder, I put a ledger up so I could put the long boards on something. I ran out of time to neaten the flashing area above the window and get the top trim piece up there. It drove me nuts because it look uneven but the level is dead on. I decided it was the trim and my homemade bending job in a brake made of 2 x4's that didn't work all that well on this piece! I keep telling myself "Mike, dude, it's just a cabin don't be so particular!" Then I always think, heck this is really a small house! I am surprised how much quieter it is inside with the windows properly framed and sealed and inch thick solid hemlock over OSB. With insulation in the walls and ceiling I think it will be really peaceful and quiet in there.

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That cabin is looking great! Do you have plans of running any kind of power or gas to it? Or using propane tanks? Or are you keeping her Au Naturale?
 
dangerousdon said:
That cabin is looking great! Do you have plans of running any kind of power or gas to it? Or using propane tanks? Or are you keeping her Au Naturale?
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We have a wood stove that we could cook on someday, but we also have a modern gas oven with burners that we plan on putting in the open kitchen area and running it off a propane tank. We dream of putting in a solar panel someday to run some basics. For now we have an antique ice box that will work just fine for a fridge for a day out there. I'm crossing my fingers that I will be able to properly install the little wood stove before winter, but double walled stove pipe is expensive so I'm doubting we'll be able to do that.

We lose power 8-9 times a year where I live so it would be nice to have a warm place to spend the night if it happens in the winter.
 
Graybeard57 said:
Great getaway place, Mike. :)
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Thanks Bruce. It is a nice little getaway. Though it's just over the hill from my house, it seems like a world away when you are there. The last afternoon we spent there I was playing my Native American flute as we all sat around the fire. I tried to look at music and learn different songs with it but found that I can wing it making up my own melodies and it sounds much better. It put my wife to sleep so it must not be half bad :LOL: Even my dog is starting to tolerate it!
 
I hope everyone had a great Labor Day off enjoying some BBQ. For me, it was an actual laboring day. This past weekend I finished the north gable end of the cabin except for trimming the loft window. The picture and trim sort of make that window look crooked, but trust me, it's level! I was glad to have my wife helping in the late afternoons. She got pretty good at sifting through the lumber stock and finding me boards to go up next. I only have the front to do now and those cuts are so much less fussy. I need to take a day to trim all the windows, but I just haven't decided how I want them so I have metal trim scraps covering the areas where the sills will eventually be. It will feel darn nice to have the outside done before cold weather starts to creep in. Because of the lack of overhang on the gable ends I've decided to add another trim piece under the existing gable rakes and the piece of scrap to the left is just up there as a reference. The actual trim piece will lay flat against the building with the drip edge angled upward.

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Boy Ben, I had to put a level on it the other day just to confirm it was level because there's a weird optical illusion there with the top flashing and such. The same thing happened with the other gable end window too. :D
 
Blade-meister said:
Boy Ben, I had to put a level on it the other day just to confirm it was level because there's a weird optical illusion there with the top flashing and such. The same thing happened with the other gable end window too. :D
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Stupid eyes. This is just the push I needed to get new glasses, and not at all that I have to squint at my phone sometimes. 🤪 I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the inside. I suspect that it'll cover the basics, but this city boy has never been in a cabin. Doghouse, yes, plenty of times, but never a cabin.
 
bentheduck said:
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the inside.
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I have some old hand hewed beams from an 1860's barn that I'm going to put up to look like they are the structure that supports the loft. We'll have a woodstove, table, chairs, and I'm hoping to build some couch type furniture to the size of cushions so that the cushions can be stored in Rubbermaid bins when we aren't in there. Now I think this thing is pretty impervious to mice, but it is the woods and those critters will find a way. After that the decorating will be the usual fare of animal pelts, deer head mount, and some old traps and things on the walls. Plan on finding old barn wood to put up on the walls, and maybe more hemlock for the flooring. I might just have enough left over boards to do the loft floor. It will have to be tacked and loose laid up there so it can have a year to move around before a final nailing down. Lots of plans and dreams that will take years to accomplish. Our plan this year is to get it usable. Why have this nice building you can't use?
 
Blade-meister said:
I have some old hand hewed beams from an 1860's barn that I'm going to put up to look like they are the structure that supports the loft. We'll have a woodstove, table, chairs, and I'm hoping to build some couch type furniture to the size of cushions so that the cushions can be stored in Rubbermaid bins when we aren't in there. Now I think this thing is pretty impervious to mice, but it is the woods and those critters will find a way. After that the decorating will be the usual fare of animal pelts, deer head mount, and some old traps and things on the walls. Plan on finding old barn wood to put up on the walls, and maybe more hemlock for the flooring. I might just have enough left over boards to do the loft floor. It will have to be tacked and loose laid up there so it can have a year to move around before a final nailing down. Lots of plans and dreams that will take years to accomplish. Our plan this year is to get it usable. Why have this nice building you can't use?
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I love it. Can't wait to see the finished product.
 
Blade-meister said:
Boy Ben, I had to put a level on it the other day just to confirm it was level because there's a weird optical illusion there with the top flashing and such. The same thing happened with the other gable end window too. :D
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Window is straight. Cabin is crooked. ;)

Don’t let word of this get out. People will hear, think there’s some special properties about the land. Call it the Vortex and hold weird annual ceremonies there.
 
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