I've been toying with this idea for some time now and thought I would share it with you. Criss-cross stacking the ends of a long row of logs works really well, and if you do it, the logs in between can all be stacked horizontally and aligned, which is really easy. No end staking is required to hold up the ends.
But get this. Suppose you need about 6 rows lined up, thus forming a square when viewed from the top. The last time I did this I criss-cross stacked 12 times, twice for each row. That worked OK, but it dawned on me that I really only needed to criss-cross stack the four corners. Here's a sketch, top view and side view:
The outer rows run at right angles to each other and the ends of all the rows are now held up by the two end rows that are in turn held in place by the criss-cross stacks at the four corners. (I know, a picture is worth a 1000 words). WDYT? Anybody ever tried this?
But get this. Suppose you need about 6 rows lined up, thus forming a square when viewed from the top. The last time I did this I criss-cross stacked 12 times, twice for each row. That worked OK, but it dawned on me that I really only needed to criss-cross stack the four corners. Here's a sketch, top view and side view:
The outer rows run at right angles to each other and the ends of all the rows are now held up by the two end rows that are in turn held in place by the criss-cross stacks at the four corners. (I know, a picture is worth a 1000 words). WDYT? Anybody ever tried this?