ISBN: 9780920270141 - Building with Logs (3 results)

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Glossy Soft Cover. Condition: As New. Oversized (oblong) 91pp Lots of illustrations Photos.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Later Edition. Most of the author's references (think permits, etc.) in this 91 page volume are for British Columbia (Canada) but the techniques described are quite portable. .Read more about : Lawg Caybunism, butts, insulation, framing,spar,high-lead, froe, joist, Forest Service Office, window-trim, barge-boards, and guy-lines. Some of the tools you'll require are : log dogs, peeling spud, broad axe, and log scriber. Text assisted by plenty of b/w (`how-to') diagrams. Also b/w photos and even a colour shot or two of finished projects. Page 55 talks about `piece-en-piece'. Author offers a `building with logs' school. Condition: Paper wrapper is green and gold - think: real logs. Lettering is black. Cover inset is not attributed but seems to be a completed Mackie project. Spine fine , colours bright. Tiniest of wear points. No names ,marks, creases, nor tears. Excellent copy. Almost giftable ! Quote (p. 50) : " This is not to suggest that fibreglass is not a good material. I use it frequently in logwork when it is not possible to obtain moss. And I use it in floor and roof insulation, of course. But I do believe that manufactured building materials should be avoided when a free and equally good ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). …