When Jesse and I had our minds made up that we wanted to build a timber frame house (check out our timber frame house plans!), we knew it was going to be a wise idea to take on as many small timber frame projects as we could prior to starting construction of our home. The first … [Read more...]
How We Make Lumber With Our Alaskan Chainsaw Mill
When we started our journey of starting an off grid homestead from scratch, we decided that we were going to take a stab at building our own home using primarily trees from our property. Not only that, but we wanted to do so affordably, and that's when we discovered the Alaskan … [Read more...]
First Time Cutting Down Trees for Lumber With a Chainsaw
After we arrived on our property in September, we spent most of the first month gathering supplies such as a chainsaw, four wheeler, winch, and axe. After we had the basics, we were ready to get to work building. First order of business, lumber! To get lumber we needed to fall … [Read more...]
Finding Trees on Our Property to Cut Down for Timber Framing & Lumber
When researching how to build our off-grid home, we came across the idea of timber framing and it was love at first sight. This type of construction seems so simple and can be done with such few materials, it just makes sense. As we are getting close to beginning construction on … [Read more...]
