#bigblade

The weapons of Dean winchester:

The main supports for the floor are pine logs. These are hand selected from our property as they have to be quite dry and very strong, which in Mrs Logblogger terminology means big!

The trees are cut down and sawed into the appropriate lengths. they are dragged back to the work area with the help of my little mini truck.

Mr Logger informed me today that this log that he is sitting on is actually a fir log. This will be used a little later in the project for a main beam in the living room. Fir is a little bit stronger than the pine. He also said he is using some spruce as well. All three species of evergreen live in our area.

After the log is obtained, both pine or fir or spruce, the bark is then peeled off by hand or with the help of a long handled tool called a debarking spud. Once the bark is off there is a layer of cambium, this is the actual live part of a evergreen tree trunk, and needs to be removed to reveal the clean white wood. A tool called an Australian Draw knife is used to remove this layer. It is very sharp.

I thought this tree cookie (slice of log) is interesting as it shows the various parts of the log.

The log is then drilled to attach to the footing and the saddles are cut where the joining logs will fit.