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MGS

07-06-1999 14:41:41




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I have been working on preparing pine logs to build a cabin on my hunting land. I have enough straight logs cut and piled but it is taking me forever to strip the bark. Has anyone ever done this before and found a useful tool to peel off the bark? Or does anyone have any other suggestions to make this task easier?




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ROBERT SPARLIN

07-15-2001 18:22:15




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  
THE LOGS AFTER SETTING OR ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS THE BARK WILL JUST SLIP OFF THEY CALL IT IN THE LOGGING INDUSTRY AS SLIP TIME BOB



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MGS

07-22-1999 06:52:23




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  
Thanks for all of the resposes. All of them were very helpful. However, my internet service just started to work again so I was unable to read them until long after they were posted.



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jeff turner

12-10-2000 08:21:04




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 Re: Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-22-1999 06:52:23  
my wife and i just bought land a few months ago and i'm working at clearing for a house. i want to build a log cabin aswell, down at the back of the property. i had just about cleared the house sight and had the logs needed when i fell and broke my leg in two places. i can't decide if i should go with round logs or hew them flat on the sides. are there any ideas?



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Seth

11-28-2001 09:23:22




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 Re: Re: Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to jeff turner, 12-10-2000 08:21:04  
make them flat, the home will look to be strong and the overall apperance will be much better



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Bob Mullen

11-05-2000 18:23:00




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 Re: Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-22-1999 06:52:23  
To the person who was looking for a tool to take the bark off of pine prees. They need to be trimmed while the sap is running or they are twice as difficult to get the bark off. A tool that I used was made from a car spring. One of the spring leafs was welded to a metal rod. The leaf was then sharpened on both sides and a point was formed on the front end.



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Stan

07-10-1999 00:15:07




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  
I have not built a log cabin but I have peeled a few logs for different structures. I use a peeling
spud, a tool looks like hand made ,just a rectanglar piece of 1/4 plate steel that a sharpened edge like a broad axe with a shovel handle on it, but secret is to peel the logs when the logs are green. The plate is about 4" by 8"
with a bolted on shovel handle, works great I
peel a 20 ft by 10" log in about 15- 25 minutes. If you are doing it professionally that's not fast enough but for me good enough.
Good luck Stan.

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Stan

07-10-1999 00:25:40




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 Re: Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to Stan, 07-10-1999 00:15:07  
Just to make it a little clearer, the shovel handle is at 90 degrees from the blade and you leave the log on the ground. I usually make a log dog to keep the log from rolling, like wheel
choks each side. Good luck Stan



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Brad

07-07-1999 18:25:39




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  

A draw shave.....12" + blade with a handle on both ends, handles perpendicular to the blade. Build some 3' +high saw horses to support the logs at a height that negates the need to be bent over to do the work.



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shoe

07-07-1999 06:59:46




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  
Regarding Bailey's logging supply. I found the URL which is:

www.bbaileys.com



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Shoe

07-07-1999 04:47:51




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  
There is a logging supply company in Redmond??, Calif. that sells a bark stripping tool. It is a drum holding several planer blades (from a powered hand held planer) that attaches to the end of a chain saw bar. The chain drives the drum (in place of the nose sprocket) and it looks like it should work really well. The name of the company is Bailey's.



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Paul R

07-06-1999 20:48:52




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  

MGS
You didn't mention what you've tried.
Have you tried a broadaxe.



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Alan K

07-06-1999 17:09:29




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 Re: Building a Log Cabin in reply to MGS, 07-06-1999 14:41:41  
I'm not certain which part of the country you are from but if your logs are the eastern white pine variety you cannot leave the bark on too long. The first time I cut a small pile of these logs in the winter I left them near a utility shed on the edge of my property and when I occasionally went to the shed I could hear a quite loud cruching sound coming from the log pile. When I had the logs sawn later in the summer the lumber had 1/4" diameter holes everywhere which explained the cruching sound. White grubs quicky multiply and eat holes in eastern white pine logs. Sorry that I cannot help you with the bark removal, however good luck with your project. Alan K.

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