Off Grid Log Cabin Built by One Man: Making a Bear Escape Door?

Hello friends, this is Max Egorov And you're watching the third part of the series of short videos on my successful attempt to colonize a totally wild and secluded place last summer I started building my log cabin from extra thick logs A lot of the tall trees here were downed by a severe storm a few years ago So I decided to reclaim those 15 inch logs, which is about 40 cm Frankly, I thought it would be fully done by now. Now looking back I'll say this I could have built two cabins had I used skinny logs in their construction Now here's a problem for you guys Besides the fact that it is a good idea to have a back door If a bear decides to camp at the front of the cabin, why do you think I made a second door? Okay, so it's been decided the cabin is going to have two doors Which means we will need four jack studs and two headers to frame both doors My jack studs are actually logs with two jointed surfaces As you can see it is easy to make a groove in the jack studs that will accept the logs' tenons I made two cuts with my chainsaw and then quickly chisel the groove out The last thing we need to do is to cut two tenon's on the jack stud One rectangular shaped at the bottom and one that is long and round at the top. It is easily done with the handsaw and axe I'm doing it in a few steps to make sure I don't remove too much material and get my tenon to be just right I made the bottom tenon rectangular so that the jack stud wouldn't rotate in the base log It is even easier to make a corresponding mortise I just drilled two holes and chiseled out the rest of the wood in the mortise As you might have seen in the previous episode you can easily hammer a square tenon into the rounded mortise In fact, this is what professional carpenters do all the time But I'm not a pro and can afford to act irrationally at times So I took my time and rounded up the tenon only because I wanted to play with my homemade draw shave I made from a ball bearing Lastly I will chamfer the tenon and we are ready to install the jack stud Note that I cut the jamb and stop for the door from one piece It is easier to cut a stop separately though and add it later I just decided to make it all from one piece of log because it is just quicker to do so with my primitive tools. I have installed three jack studs, and now I will show you the installation process using the forth one. I Used thin logs to make the jack studs and laid moss between all doorway members for better insulation. I Was carefully fitting the doorway jack studs as it is easy to break off those tenons Getting a piece of scrap wood to temporarily hold the jack start vertically helped You might have noticed I have made 16 cm 6 inch long round tenons on the top of the jack studs These extra long tenons will go through the header into the gable's top log Be ready to reinstall each doorway member a few times as it is hard to achieve the necessary precision on the first try To finish the door frames installation. I just need to assemble the gable This drilled opening will serve a double purpose I'm using it to check if the door frame is still vertical But later is going to be a mortise for the doors top pin hinge As you can see there is nothing technologically advanced in building a log cabin. I'm using the same techniques our ancestors used thousands of years ago P.S. it would be too boring to only build the log cabin during the whole month of my vacation Simultaneously, I entertained myself with other interesting projects I made a catamaran, build an earth oven, and made this external pack frame that I used to carry small trees I was planting around the camp. So far I managed to transport and plant about 250 exotic deciduous trees over the years If you liked this video, perhaps you could share it with your friends that could people watch good videos This is Max Egorov, St.Petersburg, Russia Lastly, I hope you'll find my other videos to be of an equal quality...

Channel: Advoko MAKES

Views: 5,068,194

Rating: 4.9156599 out of 5

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Id: 7DOCsMBA5lo

Length: 4min 37sec (277 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 01 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/TeacherWright]

Wow! This is super impressive. Amazing quality!

[u/OzChopper]

But, but... What does it look like inside? Awesome job though. How long did it take?

[u/monkeywelder]

Needs a Bear Board. Hinge it to the door front so it can be deployed from the inside.

[u/NorthernPike1276]

Awesome

[u/Farmerdrew]

I can’t be the only one who cringed when the dude was planing the top of the log.

[u/mrviridi]

Awesome! Gained a follower. Can’t wait to see more!

[u/SphagettiKnight]

This is awesome

[u/gentlemanofleisure]

Would this cabin be warm enough to live in during the winter there?

[u/hAbadabadoo22]

This guy is making Russia great again