My Old Log Cabin

[William Egan]

Merry Christmas everybody, hope it was a good one. This is a log cabin I built when I was a teen. I started when I was 12 years old back in 1972 and finally finished it in 1976, when I was 16. We had Christmas dinner with family at the farm and after dinner we went over to the back side of the farm and I made a video of it. If I had put it up on a better foundation and had peeled the logs it would have been in a lot better shape, but hey, I was 12. Most of the logs are still solid despite my mistakes. If built correctly and taken care of, a log cabin will last hundreds of years. I am planning on building another one but much bigger, so I hope to document that too.
I hope you like it and thanks for watching, God bless and have a happy, prosperous new year.

 

[Sentry18]

Wow.

When I was 12 the only thing I built was a ramp to jump my bike with.

 

[Weedygarden]

I think it is very cool! We had an old set of encyclopedias when I was a kid, maybe from 1915, give or take. One of the things in that book was how to build simple houses and log cabins. I was very fascinated and wanted to do that. I would still like to build a log cabin, but I wouldn't do it alone now. There is a YouTube series put together by a guy who lives in Canada who has built a couple log cabins. i have watched almost all of his videos about the build.

 

[LadyLocust]

That's just awesome! How many kids today would have the stick to it-ness to complete such a project. If interested in log cabins, might also check out Noah Bradley's "Handmade Houses." A great resource.

 

[Meerkat]

Merry Christmas everybody, hope it was a good one. This is a log cabin I built when I was a teen. I started when I was 12 years old back in 1972 and finally finished it in 1976, when I was 16. We had Christmas dinner with family at the farm and after dinner we went over to the back side of the farm and I made a video of it. If I had put it up on a better foundation and had peeled the logs it would have been in a lot better shape, but hey, I was 12. Most of the logs are still solid despite my mistakes. If built correctly and taken care of, a log cabin will last hundreds of years. I am planning on building another one but much bigger, so I hope to document that too.
I hope you like it and thanks for watching, God bless and have a happy, prosperous new year.

What agreat job for such a young boy..

Did you cut down the trees for the logs? also it did hold up good consiering you didn't peel the logs..

We built thing's like tree huts, outside dance floors tunels but never a house.

 

[William Egan]

Wow.

When I was 12 the only thing I built was a ramp to jump my bike with.

Did that too, and around the same time, 12 years old, I got a mini bike and was jumping it too. Its a wonder I survived childhood, I think the Lord truly does look out for people.

 

[William Egan]

I think it is very cool! We had an old set of encyclopedias when I was a kid, maybe from 1915, give or take. One of the things in that book was how to build simple houses and log cabins. I was very fascinated and wanted to do that. I would still like to build a log cabin, but I wouldn't do it alone now. There is a YouTube series put together by a guy who lives in Canada who has built a couple log cabins. i have watched almost all of his videos about the build.

Hey Weedygarden Thanks, glad you liked it. Would that channel be My Self Reliance, Shawn James ? I love his channel, or was it the Outsider, he and hid Dad are building a cabin and I like that channel too. One guy I really like is The Bearded Carpenter from Arkansas another good youtube channel and he does the hewed dove tail type of cabin. he is getting his materials together and does a good job explaining things as he goes so that would be a good one to watch too. he is not too far from my place in the Missouri Ozarks so I hope some day to go and make a video of him building too.
I hope you had a great Christmas, thanks for watching and God bless.

 

[William Egan]

That's just awesome! How many kids today would have the stick to it-ness to complete such a project. If interested in log cabins, might also check out Noah Bradley's "Handmade Houses." A great resource.

Hey LadyLocust, Thank you for your kind words. I grew up on a farm so I know how to stick to it. I was a get fan of the Daniel Boone tv series with Fess Parker so that really helped to drive me. I made my own buckskins (the Indian way, braintan) and shot black powder rifles so of course I needed a log cabin. Thanks for the reference to Noah Bradley I think I have heard of that before but I'll check it out.
Hope you had a good Christmas, thanks for watching and God bless.

 

[William Egan]

What agreat job for such a young boy..

Did you cut down the trees for the logs? also it did hold up good consiering you didn't peel the logs..

We built thing's like tree huts, outside dance floors tunels but never a house.

Hey Meerkat, thanks for the compliment. the first tree I found laying in the creek and it was a great looking log, at least to a 12 year old so I think I spent the first day carrying it a quarter of a mile, then it was cutting trees with an axe until about 14, I snuck out with my Dads chainsaw and he caught me. he only said your doing a pretty good job, just be careful with that damned thing. But off and on I worked on it till I got it pretty much done, never did completely finish it. Chinking upstairs windows and such.
I hope you had a good Christmas, Thanks for watching and God bless.

 

[Meerkat]

Hey Meerkat, thanks for the compliment. the first tree I found laying in the creek and it was a great looking log, at least to a 12 year old so I think I spent the first day carrying it a quarter of a mile, then it was cutting trees with an axe until about 14, I snuck out with my Dads chainsaw and he caught me. he only said your doing a pretty good job, just be careful with that damned thing. But off and on I worked on it till I got it pretty much done, never did completely finish it. Chinking upstairs windows and such.
I hope you had a good Christmas, Thanks for watching and God bless.

Your welcome William. You too.

 

[Weedygarden]

Hey Weedygarden Thanks, glad you liked it. Would that channel be My Self Reliance, Shawn James ? I love his channel, or was it the Outsider, he and hid Dad are building a cabin and I like that channel too. One guy I really like is The Bearded Carpenter from Arkansas another good youtube channel and he does the hewed dove tail type of cabin. he is getting his materials together and does a good job explaining things as he goes so that would be a good one to watch too. he is not too far from my place in the Missouri Ozarks so I hope some day to go and make a video of him building too.
I hope you had a great Christmas, thanks for watching and God bless.

Yes, Shawn James, but I have watched the Outsider as well. Thank you. Merry Christmas to you as well.

 

[Bacpacker]

Nice work William. Impressive work for a 12-16yo.

 

[SheepDog]

I used to know a Bill Egan, or at least I recognize the name. I can't figure out where from...
Anyway, Hi William!

 

[William Egan]

Nice work William. Impressive work for a 12-16yo.

Thank you Bacpacker, and God bless.

 

[William Egan]

I used to know a Bill Egan, or at least I recognize the name. I can't figure out where from...
Anyway, Hi William!

Hi to you too. Well I haven't strayed too far from Missouri except when I joined the Marines from 79 to 83 but there are a lot of William or Bill Egans. Search your name on facebook sometime and see how many of you there are. I even had a Lori Egan try to friend me on facebook and when I looked at her profile everyone she friended had the last name of Egan. I thought it might be best to not be collected because of my last name, lol.
Thanks and god bless.

 

[SheepDog]

When I lived in Seattle there was two others with my name - including my middle initial. One of then banked at the same bank and it cause a bit of trouble for me when they deducted my account for his credit card.
I did finally get it straightened out and then I changed banks.

 

[LadyLocust]

When I lived in Seattle there was two others with my name - including my middle initial. One of then banked at the same bank and it cause a bit of trouble for me when they deducted my account for his credit card.
I did finally get it straightened out and then I changed banks.

I've never met anybody with my name. I'm like Tigger. I knew a gal named Jane who complimented me on my name. I told her I liked Jane, nobody would ask how to spell it or call you something that isn't your name but starts with the right letter because that's all they heard. I suppose the perk is they don't deduct $ from my account for someone else

 

[Meerkat]

I've never met anybody with my name. I'm like Tigger. I knew a gal named Jane who complimented me on my name. I told her I liked Jane, nobody would ask how to spell it or call you something that isn't your name but starts with the right letter because that's all they heard. I suppose the perk is they don't deduct $ from my account for someone else

@William Egan where you at?

 

[Weedygarden]

This is the Outsider. He built a cabin with his dad that is small and moveable, that they call the pop-up cabin. He and his dad are building a larger log cabin, and have been working on the roof lately.
https://www.youtube.com/user/OutsideFun1

 

[Weedygarden]

This video is more than 3 hours long of the cabin build by The Outsiders. I have seen most of this when they post them in periodic videos. The cabin is mostly finished now and they have a wood burning stove in it. Their goal was to have it finished by Christmas and I believe they plan to stay there then.

 

[LadyLocust]

This video is more than 3 hours long of the cabin build by The Outsiders. I have seen most of this when they post them in periodic videos. The cabin is mostly finished now and they have a wood burning stove in it. Their goal was to have it finished by Christmas and I believe they plan to stay there then.

I think I saw the first one. Funny you posted that. I was thinking about a log cabin this week. Not as a real residence, but a sorta work shop. Great timing

 

[Weedygarden]

I think I saw the first one. Funny you posted that. I was thinking about a log cabin this week. Not as a real residence, but a sorta work shop. Great timing

I always wanted to build a log cabin. I'm the kind of person who wants to do things I am not always capable of! This is a beautiful build, imho, and I love that the father and son built it together. I love that they used a saw mill to make the boards for so much of this cabin. Love the metal roof. Love the dormers. I am looking forward to how this cabin gets finished on the inside.