Index to LOG CABINS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM


Adze, LC 36, 40
Architect, hiring, LC 31
Asbestos shingles, LC 2
Asphalt shingles, LC 2
Attic dormer, LC 24
Axe, double faced, LC 39
Beaver cut, LC 49
Bell post, LC 185, 186
Bits, sharpening, LC 38, 42
Block and tackle, LC 1
Boat storage, LC 8
Bonding in masonry, LC 59
Brace, LC 40
Bridges, LC 189, 190
Broad axe, LC 53, 54
Brush fires, LC 5
Bucking barrel, LC 192
Building preparation, LC 1-5
Bunks, LC 7, 16, 118, 119
Cabins: comfy, LC 15, 16
Cabins: double, LC 20, 21
Cabins: Finnish, LC 16
Cabins: half log, LC 11, 12, 13
Cabins: half stone, LC 7
Cabins: lake, LC 24, 26-28
Cabins: milled log, LC 20, 22
Cabins: ridge, LC 24
Cabins: Russian, LC 16
Cabins: stilts, LC 9, 11
Cabins: stockade-built, LC 59-61, 74-77
Cabins: stony creek, LC 22
Cabins: types, LC 7
Cabins: week-end, LC 7-9
Camp bed, LC 164, 16~
Canoe, dugout, LC 193
Cant hook, LC 37, 41
Car: bits, LC 37, 42
Car shelter, LC 116
Care of cabin, LC 170
Cesspool, LC 152, 153
Chimney, LC 133, 134
Chink, when to, LC 72
Chinking, LC 69
Chinking material, LC 69-71, 73
Chinking spline, LC 70
Chinking wire lath, LC 71
Chisel, gouge, LC 123, 124
Club chair, LC 169
Concrete floor, LC 2, 104
Corduroy road, LC 183-185
Corners: cob, LC 79, 83, 85
Corners: cupping, LC 86
Corners: dovetail, LC 80, 81
Corners: mortise, LC 78, 81-83
Corners: New England, LC 78
Corners: notched, LC 87
Corners: saddle and notch, LC 88
Corners: trough, LC 84
Countersink, LC 37, 42
Creosote, LC 58
Culvert, LC 183, 184, 188
Dams, LC 194-200
De luxe chaise, LC 168
Destroying stumps, LC 51
Door jambs, LC 1
Door knocker, LC 162, 164
Doors, LC 105, 108
Dormer construction, LC 66
Double family cabin, LC 20
Dowels, LC 1, 18
Drainage pipe tile, LC 155
Draw knife, LC 40
Dressing logs, LC 53
Drift pins, LC 1
Dutch settee, LC 162, 163
Emergency sleeping nook, LC 120
Exterior of cabin, LC 118
Felling trees, LC 47-49
Fences: decorative, LC 175, 176
Fences: post and rail, LC 176, 177
Fences: rail, LC 173, 174
Fences: removable, LC 173, 174
Fences: sapling, LC 177-179
Fences: snake, LC 174, 175
Fireplace, LC 126-141
Fireplace damper, LC 128, 133
Fireplace, determining size, LC 128
Flagging, LC 135
Flashing, LC 134
Floors: concrete, 2, 104
Floors: fir, 3
Floors: joist, 3
Floors: mastic tile, 101, 104
Flue, 127, 128
Flush joint, 58
Folding chair, 166
Footing, 56
Foundation, 56
Foundation, in hillside, 62
Foundation, procedure, 1
Fox wedge, 159,
Furniture, 159
Garage, 117
Gate entrance, 177
Gimlet bit, 42
Girdling a tree, 171
Gouge surface, 123
Gun holder, 160
Haggle surface, 120, 121
Hammer, 39
Hardware, 105
Hatchet, 39
Heatsaver, 129-131
Homemade shingles, 2
Identification of trees, (see Leaves)
Insurance, 5
Interior of cabin, 118
Jim pole, 1
Joint raker, 58
Kerfing, 53, 54
Leaves in identification of trees, 180-182
Lighting fixtures, 167
Linoleum, 3
Lintel, wooden, 13
Location, selecting, 33
Logs: handling, 44
Logs: spacing between, 65
Logs: splicing, 69
Logs: stripping, 54
Loom weaving, 179
Love seat, 169
Lug hook, 39
Mail box post, 191
Mallet, 40
Mastic tile, 2, 12
Maul, 39
Mullion, 4
National government parks, 32
Pipe trench, 156
Plastering, 122
Poison ivy, 201, 202
Poison oak, 202
Porch, 117
Posts, supporting, 58
Privy, 157
Pullman bunks, 118
Pump, 144, 145
Pump sink, 143, 144
Rabbet cut, 84
Rafter, 93
Rake line, 5
Ridge board, 96, 97
Ridge timber, 5
Roof, 93
Roof, bracing, 93
Roof, curved shingles, 96
Roof, imitation shake, 98, 99
Roof, shiplap, 11
Roof, thatched, 95
Saddle, 20
Sapling, 178, 179
Saws: hand, 41
Saws: two-man, 40
Scaffold, 68
Scrub plane, 23
Settee, 163
Shingles: asbestos, 2
Shingles: asphalt, 2
Shiplap, 11
Shutters, winter, 109
Sign post, 187
Skiing hut, 14
Slick, 54
Spring bolts, 9, 112
Spring house, 29
Square timber, 18, 19
Stairs, 124
Stone cottage, 13
Stone cottage flagging, 2
Stones, removing, 51
Stripper, 54
Stumps, pulling, 50
Sumac, 201
Sunburn, 200
Sunstroke, 201
Tank, septic, 154, 155
Tick, 203
Timbers: suitable types, 45
Timbers: trimming, 53, 54
Tools, 36-42
Trees: caliper, 42
Trees: shield, 171
Trees: trimming, 172, 173
Trowel: brick, 41
Trowel: cement, 41
Peavey, 41
Piers, types of, 61
Walls, 64-91
Walls, rake, 14
Walls, stockade, 75-77
Windows, 105-113
Windows, French, 110
Wall ties, 134
Wood box, 162
Wash stand, 161
Wood storage, 140
Water supply, 142
Well, 142
Well, casing, 151
Well, driven, 147
Well, points, 150, 151
Yoke fixture, 167