Summer project incomplete...

[MJR]

Here is my summer project. The main difficulty with this project is my hunting land is a three hour round trip from my house. When you can only work on something one day a week and throw the weather into the equation, things move slow… I dropped the trees on the Saturdays in May. They are hedge row thinnings. With the help of a metal detector, I did not hit any fencing and the Ash was on a fence row! Norway spruce was used for the framing and all other is Ash. I used an ATV to drag the logs to the edge of the fields and then used the Suburban to drag them to the mill/build site (about a ½ mile). I started milling in June. I moved the LL24 every Saturday. Keeping the mill level was a chore. This mill does not like to be moved. It would have made life a lot easier to leave the mill there, but I was worried someone would walk off with it. Mid July we started to put the footers in. I told each one of my kids they had to dig one footer each. Each one of them, ages 7, 8, and 9, was able to get it down to about 2’. This was a huge help. A generator was used for the power tools. Well, this little cabin is not done, but it is done for this year. I ran out of time. The OSB board is quick. The local outlet store has it for 4$. It makes a good barrier layer for the cluster flies. It is well insulated and water poof. In the spring I will put in a toilet, (water will be collected from the roof with a gravity feed system) and the walls will be done with TG cherry or cedar. I can do this over the winter. On the other end of my land I am thinking about building a small log cabin (his/hers?) next summer…

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[fordtruckf100]

Awesome!! Cool Project.

Great Project! Awesome! You will enjoy the cabin for many years to come.
Great Job!

 

[woodshop]

Nice job... how long did the lumber take to dry, did you sticker on site? Or did you frame it wet, which you can do it you account for the movement. Just curious. No problems with local permits etc?

 

[Wismer]

Amazing job!

how did the lumber lite 24 work?

I am going through the same project at my cottage putting on an addition with my Lumbermate 2000

This coming weekend we really start building, so far its just the base frame on sonotubes.

Craig

 

[wdchuck]

WOW. Now that's a nice summer project, turned out great, involved the family, yep, that's awesome.

 

[cantcutter]

I know a guy who hired a mill several years ago to mill a cabin for his deer lease.....it turned out great and only cost him 800.00. only thing they had to buy was the steel for the roof and nails.....milled it out of poplar and dried it in a tobacco barn for 6 months.

 

[MJR]

The wood was dried on site. The location is on a hill top that gets A LOT of sun. Also, it is just a few miles from Lake Ontario so there is a good breeze most of the time. The spruce died very quickly. With the board and bat I am not too worried about any small movement. No problems with zoning. As for the LL24, I have had several quality issues. You are buying 13 boxes of parts. There is no form or fit final testing of the complete mill at Norwood. What I am trying to say is the problems that I had would have been caught at the factory if the mill was assembled there like most other mills on the market. But, if the mill was assembled at the factory you would get the cost savings…
I found myself rushing during the project and saying “well it is just a hunting camp”. Needles to say I did paid for that. I did a much better job of my camp at the lake. Live and learn. If any one is interested in seeing that project I can dig up the pictures. Thanks.

 

[Wismer]

That is an interesting opinion, I haven't had any problems so far with the Lm2000, any problems in specific?

If any one is interested in seeing that project I can dig up the pictures. Thanks.

I am!


Craig

 

[MJR]

Wismer,the problems I had with my mill were missing parts, throttle cable, tracking issues with the blade (a large bur in the socket to the adjusting bolt), and a ¼” miss match on the track. Norwood did correct the issues and are very good people to deal with. I am not trying to judge all Norwood products. These are the issues with one unit. I see the LL24 as a handy man special. For $2900 I am not complaining much. I have the steel to mount the mill on and a trailer. I just need to find time. Any way, following are pictures of my cabin at the lake. Maybe they can give you some ideas. I cheated a little on this project. I used PT and T11. The TG is red pine and so is the framing. The red pine is from my hunting land. I wish I had some T11 trees up there…
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[trax]

What lake is your cabin on ?