He covers the very simple to the very complex and if you take your time and read it carefully you will understand both. If you are hiring someone to build your home this is still an excellent book for you. It educates the reader on where and how to look for good craftsmanship in a log building. I have read enough material on this subject to honestly say that all the others have left me with the question mark over my head.
Good Luck and God Bless I made the purchase, read the information and felt compelled to write a review. Chambers takes the complex craft of fully scribed log construction and explains through diagrams, photos, techniques, and formulas how to successfully construct a log building.
Truly a comprehensive textbook, a must for anyone planning to build a log home or cabin. Also included in this book is a chapter on log building tools, some conventional, some unique to log construction, and places to purchase tools; resources, such as book and magazine reviews, log building schools and workshops, design and engineering contacts.
A big "thank you" to Mr. Chambers" Dave Corle, Sr. I can't stop reading it. Thanks for saving me a LOT of time. I am over half way through your book and I love it. Really clear, and I haven't had to read sections over and over to get it, unlike other log home books I own. I have many other books on the same subject and have always wanted to learn the craft by self study, but I have not been impressed with any book until now.
Robert Chambers is perhaps the world's best, a master, of full- scribe log construction to date! It is refreshing to read something that broke through the old ways of log building that have been used and practised for a hundred years. Chambers is an inspiration and I feel so confident from learning from his book that I will now build the best log cabin I could have ever hoped for. Spiral Grain—The Inside Story Kb a 3-page article from Log Building News 63 July about what spiral grain is, where it comes from, and how it affects logs in log walls.
Lefthand spiral is one of the leading causes of badly fitting corner notches and grooves in log homes. Written by Robert W. Chambers, this is a good introduction to the problems caused by left-hand spiral building logs.
Log Notch Selection Calculators. Download one of these files to figure the "Desired Shoulder Heights" for your set of logs. These are Microsoft Excel files, and you can open and use them if you own a copy of Excel software. If you do not have Excel on your computer, then they will NOT work. One file is for metric builders, and the other file is for imperial feet-inch builders. Download just the one file that you will use. These files are copyrighted by Robert Chambers and they are free for you to download and use.
You will need a copy of my book, the Log Construction Manual to understand how to use the numbers this spreadsheet produces. Contact me with questions, bugs, problems, compliments! Note that both spreadsheet files contain "Macros," and they are virus-free, if downloaded from this link. To use the spreadsheet you must "allow Macros. To learn to dance you have to see people dancing! And to learn log building skills, video of people cutting notches, saddles, and scribing will be a goldmine for you.
Illustrates cutting and brushing techniques. Feel free to download and print and use this info for yourself, or email the files to friends. But please do not post these files on another website, they are copyrighted by Natural Log Homes. Windows and Doors in Log Openings 1 Kb a 1-page sheet on the choice between flanged and non-flanged window styles for log homes, the difference between Carpentry Rough Opening and Log Rough Opening, and how to frame bucks into openings.
Photos and drawings as well as helpful words of advice. Feel free to download and print and use this information. Windows and Doors in Log Openings 2 Kb a 1-page sheet including detailed head, sill, and jamb drawings of installing doors and windows, how to flash the opening, how to air seal it, and using settling boards and settling space a safe way.
Photo and drawings as well as a description. Feel free to download, print and use this info. Architects and designers may find the drawings useful--and carpenters and DIYers definitely will. Gasket Material, Design, and Installation Kb a 1-page sheet about the gasket rubber seal , that Natural Log Homes uses inside their grooves and notches.
NLH uses a rubber seal that they designed, tested, and that they have made just for them -- it is not an off-the-shelf item available anywhere else. Good close up photos of how it is installed in logs.
The International Log Builders Association ILBA website , produced the original log building standard and it is filled with useful and great information. The Committee that wrote the Standards were many of the most experienced and highly regarded log home builders in North America. Greatly expanded coverage. Loads of helpful and practical information on logs, notches, settling, gaskets, air infitration, flashing, foundations, roof beams, electrical, plumbing, chimneys, doors and windows.
Or click here to buy a paper copy from Amazon. You'll see what a great new book this is. Click on this photo to download a PDF about 1. Only Adobe Reader will display the interactive functions. Log Building News 38 1. Issue 38 is from August This newsletter Robert Chambers was the editor is sent to all members of the log organization.
Log Builder Interview Form 28 Kb A 3-page form that can be used when you call or talk with log builders - - interviewing them as possible builders for your home. The questions are good, and it's also a way to organize your knowledge of several log building companies to make comparing them easier for you. This document is in English. Some EU countries are using this code, but some are not. For more than one thousand years, builders have been weaving logs into homes, shelters, barns, and churches.
Today, however, the buildings where we live and work are rarely handmade from natural materials. In this context, handcrafted, scribe-fitted natural log buildings are an attractive and uplifting alternative to conventional buildings and building materials. This book tells you what you need to know to build your own log home and also reveals the deep rhythms and patterns of log construction. Author Robert Chambers shows how to take naturally shaped, tapered, round logs and scribe-fit them one to another so that they look like they actually grew together in the woods.
The Log Construction Manual is filled with information available nowhere else, including the Log Selection Rules, Chambers's brilliantly simple method for choosing which log to use next; instructions for building hip and valley log rafters and roof trusses from full-round logs; step-by-step directions for laying out the sill logs for virtually any floor plan, including hexagons, prows, and more; state-of-the-art compression-fit saddle notches and underscribing to keep fits tight over time; details on scribing and cutting long grooves and corner notches just like the pros; and more.
Chambers also offers advice on organizing and financing a log home project and has loads of experience to share on cutting costs and avoiding common pitfalls. He presents practical ideas for saving money and controlling costs. Although handcrafted log homes are expensive to buy, they are within reach for many as owner-managed building projects. Writtenconcisely with great care in explaining important details, the Log Construction Manual brings clarity, insight, depth, and even humor to the log builder's craft.
This is a comprehensive book for log home owner-builders, beginners as well as professionals. Like the Kindle version, this is in "replica" format—meaning this eBook looks identical to the printed-on-paper edition. You cannot buy a copy of either the Kindle or the Apple eBook from this page, you must go to the Apple Book store or to your Amazon website. Welcome to Robert Chambers' Webstore. Log in. Cart 0. Menu Cart 0. Details are at bottom of this page.
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