The Hiawassee Project
It seems the mountains call upon some of us in a special way. For one year in college, I lived in an old log cabin...
Field repairing the Lumbersmith sawmill
A few issues with the Lumbersmith sawmill cropped up during my last trip. This post is about how I’m currently dealing with them. Blade cutting...
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One-man milling
Up until now, I’ve always had help moving logs and milling. But, last Sunday I was on my own for the first time. My first...
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Moving a heavy log
Last weekend I was joined by Reese (who helped with the log arch) and his brother Kit. With clear weather, we decided to dive right...
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Where to put the privy?
Excretion is a fundamental process for living organisms. How to dispose of waste is an equally fundamental problem for off-grid habitation. As I’ve been visiting...
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Milling lumber
Friends David and Knox joined me in Hiawassee last weekend. Since we didn’t have a lot of time I decided my goal would just be...
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Learning to use the Alaskan mill and setting up the Lumbersmith
My first sawn boards
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My sawmill
The decision to build the cabin with materials I could harvest myself significantly changed my calculus about a number of aspects of the cabin design....
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Inspiration
Before starting on my cabin project, I spent about eight months reading books and blogs and watching YouTube videos. Interestingly, I didn’t find as much...
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Building the log arch
There is plenty of timber around my cabin site. But, especially green, it will be very heavy. So, I decided to build a log arch...
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