Log Home Videos



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This video shows the damage done by a tree that fell onto the cabin in January of 2014


This video tells how I tried to fix a leak in the springbox by dumping bentonite in.


This video tells how I built the hanging scaffolding under the high front eaves.


This video tells how I built the loft staircase.


This video is an exercise in using your imagination to visualize the construction of a 4-D hypercube.


This video is a narrative slide show describing my experience at Camp Serendipity during a power outage.


This video explains in detail how I built the log gables on the log home.


This video shows the process of removing the butt log that was left leaning against the cabin roof after the tree fell and crashed onto the cabin.


This video shows the process of staining one 16-foot tongue and groove ceiling board and storing it on the drying rack.


This video shows how I install a 1x8 T&G pine ceiling board on the gable eaves and the scaffolding required to do it.
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This short video shows Bert and Ernie eagerly anticipating their dog biscuits.


This video shows how I make a new groove edge in a tongue and groove pine 1x8 board.


This video shows a cleaned-up cabin after the cabinets have been installed.


This video shows how I use a Bosch Bulldog roto-hammer to chisel a flat surface on a log.


This video shows the Adriondack chair Dave made, the newly laid flooring, and how I install baseboards against a log wall.


This video shows fun family scenes as well as of me totaling my truck.


This video shows how I use hand tools to flatten a log wall where I want to install a wall-hung cabinet.


This video shows how I use the porch crane to unload doors from the truck and hoist them up onto the porch.


This video shows a test of the drainage channel behind the cabin by pouring ten gallons of water in to see how it drains out and around the building. It also shows some work in the porch ceiling.


The trailer was sold and towed away on 6/7/11. This video shows the first stage of the demolition of the snow shed.


Tour of the inside of the cabin on February 24, 2010 Part 1


Tour of the inside of the cabin on February 24, 2010 Part 2


Silent movie of the inside of the cabin on January 15, 2010


Silent movie of big snowflakes at Camp Serendipity on January 15, 2010


Demonstration of scribing the loft stair stringer for beveling the bottom


Demonstration of using the Log Wizard to gwiz a log


Demonstration of how I mix mortar for chinking the log walls


Demonstration and explanation of how I chink the log walls


Tour of the property showing the twelve Giant Sequoia seedlings


Early spring mini tour of the property


Preparing the inside log walls for varnish


Insulating the seams in the log walls


Nailing the seams in the log walls


Rotating a Cube in the Log Home


Wintertime tour of the property, 2008 Part 1


Wintertime tour of the property, 2008 Part 2


Wintertime tour of the property, 2008 Part 3


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