07-05-2016, 10:22 AM
(06-28-2016, 10:26 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: My goal is to build a cabin the old school way, no power tools. I have a tool chest that is at least 160 years old that contains everything I would need to build a building, and all in good shape. My ancestry is all German anabaptist farmers, barn raising and all, and this tool chest was for that and has been passed down. Just need to get the land, money, and time.
One man building a home with no power tools would take forever.
Plus you have to have some assitance in raising the logs to the top of the walls.
Still sounds like an awesome idea. Maybe you will have it done in time to live in when you retire.
