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There are other manuals on building cabins, but W. Ben Hunt's is the only one to show you how to build and furnish an authentic pioneer cabin-the easy, natural way, using only hand tools and the woods around you. Our ancestors used logs and hand tools to build durable, dry, windproof, and protective dwellings; and they fashioned chairs, tables, branches, and bushes. In this day of power saws, lumberyards, and high prices, it's good to know that you can build in the same way.
How to Build a Log Cabin
Part One provides complete directions for building cabins of three sizes: one-room, one-room and lean-to, and three-room. Just follow the clear instructions on every step of construction from choosing the site, clearing the tract, and building the foundation to installing fixtures, heating, and lighting.
How to Furnish a Log Cabin
If you're not ready to build an entire cabin, you can try your hand at some of the small furnishings such as lamps, fences, and candlesticks. Part Two tells all you need to know to build and finish rustic furniture for an entire home: benches, tables, chairs, beds, cots, shelves, candelabras, gates, arbors, wayside stands, even road signs and birdhouses.
"Two Books in One"
There are really two books in one here: Building a Log Cabin, published in 1947, and Rustic Construction, published in 1939. These two classics have been reproduced exactly as they first appeared, with the drawings and photographs that W. Ben Hunt selected and produced for the original editions.
The log cabin is a product of the woods and forest. Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Natural, rustic and simple,
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This review is from: How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The easy, natural way using only hand tools and the woods around you (Paperback)
This 'older' book shows you in simple diagrams how to build rustic log structures and furniture the original way. I have used the methods to build a fantastic fence from trees harvested from my own property. I have also built most of the birdhouses. This book is not really for building a log cabin. It is the greatest book of folk art for rustic log furniture and structures I've ever seen.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
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This review is from: How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The easy, natural way using only hand tools and the woods around you (Paperback)
great book for beginners easy to read information lots of step by step details
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good reference,
By Justin (Saskatchewan, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The easy, natural way using only hand tools and the woods around you (Paperback)
Reading this book will indeed give you enough knowledge to build and furnish a pioneer cabin. Techniques, general information and advice on everything from the foundation to the roof, plus additions and all sorts of furniture are included.If you're interested in building a more modern cabin, I'd pass on this book. The author only mentions electrical wiring and insulation a couple of times in passing.
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