Woodworking?

[grampahol]

(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.

That's a lot of getting those muscles into working shape cutting logs. Strange, you can be in great shape, but certain jobs can still sap your strength and make you feel useless. Folks don't seem to appreciate just how hard people used to work every breathing moment of the day. At one time everything east of the Mississippi river was pretty much old growth forests and they cleared most of it without power equipment. My grandfather was a lumber jack in Canada as a young man.. Tough old bird..