Little Khukuri Cabin on the Hollow

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So I keep thinking about this idea:

Building a little one room log cabin/tea house type building completely with khukuris. Has anyone done this before?

I have some poplar that is in the six to eight inch range near this little bench on my land that used to have an old cabin there. Only daffodils and chimney remain. Could use the YCS to fell, and some others as draw knives and notch cutters. Could possibly even use some to split some in half to use as floor. There's enough rocks from the old foundation of the house to use for that.

Right now I'm mega busy with goat milking, mowing, regular work, and gardening, but I got this on my list, and I'd be interested to hear of anyone who has tried it.
 
HD?


Actually it sounds like a great week-end project for the Hollow Khuk Khonvention you could hold in conjunction with the building work.

Some administrative details would have to be worked out, but with the proper allocation of talent and resources, it would be a hoot.(and a holler)
 
Hey, that's a good idea! Wouldn't that be wild? Probably actually get it done within a reasonable time frame that way. :)
 
Something on the line of the old fashioned barn raising events.....we'll have to include the quilting bee for the ladies..... :confused: :rolleyes: And then the evening dance....Sounds like fun. :D

Now for the serious people to step up with advice and all that other stuff. It really does sound like a fun project.
 
How to build this log cabin for 3000k
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Neat book, might give you a few ideas for a do it yourselfer on the cheap.
 
I'd be down for a Khuk Knut House Raising Weekend.

Everyone brings their knives and know how and we all have at.

And if the house doesn't turn out that well .... eh, its not on our land. :rolleyes:


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I have a cabin on my place made partially with vertical logs. Half is done like that and half is wood framed. It's kinda rough but a neat place. My "guest house" if we ever have a khukuri khonvention here :eek:

I have lots of friends who have built there own log cabins for cheap. The next county over is Lincoln Co. In the 70's Mother Earth News ran a story about the cheap land there so tons of the back to the landers moved there.
A lot of them split when they realized how much work it was and also how little of ANY employment there was to be able to buy the things you need cash for, but a few stayed and the county has tons of cool home made houses. My pals Kate and Helen both built real neat log houses. One day I'll try to take pix and post them. They used BIG logs though, and used work horses and block and tackle to stack them.
 
I used a khukuri once to make a home for myself...the danged cardboard didn't winter well though.

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I don't know. If I actually did it as a group project we could do it however.

I do have a couple of crosscuts, but a small building would be about as easy with khukuris. I could have the foundation done to where we could cut and stack.

Might be worth a try not this year but next spring maybe right before the leaves come out. I have plenty of room for camping and also extra beds in my house and an extra cabin.
 
Yvsa and others would know which is the best season to cut the logs in. I think it's a great idea. If I had 20 acreas I'd love to do it, but I only have one.



munk
 
I read here a lot, frugals, and a server list called old tools.

While I hadn't thought about exclusivly using kuhk's I've been slowly expanding my hand tools for a similar project. I save my stock options hoping one day they'll be worth owning for 30-40 acres someplace.

A small cabin 16X20 with a good size convered porch in the first year. (I had planned post and beam)

An above ground water reservoir the second.

A couple solar cells and batteries the third year.

A few fruit trees when I can afford it...

Maybe by year 6 convert it to a dog-trot cabin...

My 10 year plan, by which time I'll be 46 and likely close to death from a heart attack :)

I figure I wont' have to call it a "dwelling" until year 6 when I'd add more panels, batteries and perhaps a well.
 
[I misquoted 45-70 something serious on that one. I was actually referring to his plan to build a cabin. Now I feel bad.]

Sounds good to me. I hope to do something similar someday.

HD, I like the way you think: "Okay, campers, if you want a roof over your heads, here's what you gotta do..." :) Seriously, sounds like a great project for a KK.
 
45-70 said:
I read here a lot, frugals, and a server list called old tools.

While I hadn't thought about exclusivly using kuhk's I've been slowly expanding my hand tools for a similar project. I save my stock options hoping one day they'll be worth owning for 30-40 acres someplace.

A small cabin 16X20 with a good size convered porch in the first year. (I had planned post and beam)

An above ground water reservoir the second.

A couple solar cells and batteries the third year.

A few fruit trees when I can afford it...

Maybe by year 6 convert it to a dog-trot cabin...

My 10 year plan, by which time I'll be 46 and likely close to death from a heart attack :)

I figure I wont' have to call it a "dwelling" until year 6 when I'd add more panels, batteries and perhaps a well.


45,

My friend Kate has a 3 story cabin she built. It has numerous gutters that run into a 1000 gallon storage tank. The land has free gas and she has gravity fed hot water. She, and several other folks I know have solar panels. You can't really run a fridge off them, but most other things are ok, and they have gas or propane fridges.

My friends Bill an Dave Both also have ponds and hydroelectric when there is enough water, as well as orchards and fruit trees.

Doing stuff like that is possible, but it helps to have a like minded community of individuals to help or tell you what worked for them and what didn't.
 
hollowdweller said:
Doing stuff like that is possible, but it helps to have a like minded community of individuals to help or tell you what worked for them and what didn't.


Thanks HD,

Backwoodshome magazine has lots of good authors, lots of good stuff there. Currently I have "access" to an EE, that would be a good thing as well.

I don't want to live there full time, but it would be nice to have a spare place for when things don't go my way or for retirement.

How are the goats?
 
Goats are fine, but I'm milking 8 right now and it's a lot of work. I have a few sold but not picked up and that will help when they are sold. In the goat biz there is never a more busy time than spring.
 
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