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Building a Rustic Table for the Off Grid Log Cabin with Materials From the Forest

Building a Rustic Table for the Off Grid Log Cabin with Materials From the Forest

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I reuse the old cabin door, converting it into a dining table for the off grid home. For legs, Cali and I snowshoe out to the primitive Adirondack shelter that Joe Robinet and I built last March where I cut some of the logs to length and haul them back to the cabin. The snow is deep in the meadow and Cali, our golden retriever dog, plows through it, loving every minute. Back at the cabin, I use an axe and drawknife to remove the bark from the logs out on the front porch. Inside the cabin, I use a hand ripping saw to rip a log in half to use as braces on the bottom of the table. I use a brace and hole saw (manual, non-power drill) to make mortises in the logs, and I handcut the tenons with a Virtus knife and a wooden mallet. For meals this week on camera, I have curried squash stew, chicken and fried potatoes, all cooked on the wood stove in cast iron pans. At the end of table build, I explain why I made it the way I did, and what I still have to do to it to make it more permanent and stable. Working with green wood has challenges. I bring a couple of items of furniture for the off grid home - my childhood chair from my rolltop desk, and a foot stool that I made in 1996 out of white pine, the year I got married. On the front of the stool, I hand carved a white timber wolf. In my self reflections, I talk about gratitude, thanking all of the amazing viewers and/or subscribers for following me on my journey in 2017. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, or happy holidays, and I talk about my plans for 2018. In 2018, I plan to build all of the infrastructure required to make this a permanent wilderness homestead, including a workshop, implement shed, woodshed, root cellar, smokehouse, outdoor kitchen, bread oven, cheese cave, food cache, sauna and more. For the solar light bulb; For the Agawa Canyon saw
Date: 2020-11-30

Comments and reviews: 10


I have enjoyed your work on here possibly more than any work on U Tube. I have so many of all these wood cutting tools you have that was my granny and grandpa's tools. You have to think I am 77 and these were my grandpa's tools. The draw blade, the use of the tool to bore different size holes in your wood. Brings such precious memories of my childhood. What a blessing for those who have never seen all these works. We had every kind of fruit tree you can think of. Our pears, apple, peach trees we canned and dried the fruits for winter and packed them in 5 gal sealed cans. Our lard, cracklin's etc. The only thing we needed from store was some sugar, flour as we didn't grow wheat but we had our own meats, veggies and fruits. Life was filled with everyone helping and real love back then. God bless you for doing this for people to see there is a better way to live than city life.
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Here is a tip for you. Most people use the claw on a claw hammer incorrectly. Instead of pulling on the handle in the traditional way to pull a nail, Try grabbing the nail with the claw as close to the wood as possible and pry the nail out sideways which greatly increases the pulling power of the claw. it's difficult to explain without a video but using the side of the claw is the idea and you can pull nails that have no head. Pulling against the handle also can break the wooden handle by putting too much leverage against it. It seems like a simple thing but if you break your only hammer handle out in the woods?
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I've watched a couple of your videos. I've done some of what you've done--chopping down dead cedars, hauling them home, taking the bark off with a draw knife; we had a log house & some property. I have learned from this video, even though I have done some wood working. Enjoyed this. Glad you're doing it. Nice! You're building up quite an audience. Impressed. As for sourdough, I used to have milk goats, and kept sourdough going, baking bread every day. It was delicious and healthy!
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Thanks for your videos they are very inspiring
I live in Maui Hawaii trim coconut palms for a living since 94
It's crazy how life is and what things happen I've been in a dark place and hard trial in life and your videos brings peace to my mind and encourages me to push on don't give up good things happen
Mahalo for your unknowingly helping another person
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I am new to watching your videos. Love them. I especially like how Cali mimics you. If you dig she digs too. If you are collecting wood in jet sled she brings sticks and puts in sled too. And of course like all dogs if you eat she wants to eat too! Cali is a sweetie!
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How do you take a shower or keep food cold if that place is it it's all you have you still wouldn't have a shower and ice box let me know I was thinking about doing that I am going to do that but I got to get everything in order before I do that
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Shawn: I have total respect for everything youre doing! Please dont take offence to the Real Canadian Mountain Man comment earlier. The comment was for tourist that may get crazy ideas about visiting someone at home unannounced
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the table legs design could have been better i think, maybe one piece of lug in the middle do the job instead of for legs which block free human leg to go around
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Shawn, how do you insulate the floor? I've been watching since you've started the cabin and I haven't seen an episode where you've insulated the floor.
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Cali looking up at you hanging on your every word is just too precious! You two have a bond of fun, work, and caring that is awesome. True PALS.
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