The green woodworking horse outside on a winter day about to start a new project. The bench is Red Pine and the rest is White Cear. The Cat pen in behind is explained further down.

This horse was used all the time for so many different uses. The door I'm making is finished and installed in the picture below.

This door was one of my personal favorite creations. Since the whole cabin was heated by a woodstove in the main room, I needed a door that would allow air to circulate to the back room.

I milled the lumber from a fallen Cedar that went down in a bad storm.

The tenons were all hand carved. This door was super strong, and because it was White Cedar, it was very light.

Door finished.

Of all the things I made while at the cabin, this was the crowd pleaser. People would stop by and ask if they could take pictures. It was large, the upward tilting 4 main arms were exactly 6 feet long.

Close up of the Cedar clothes line. You can see where I cut the main post, just under the upward sloping main arms. I smoothed the edges, drilled a hole in the upper and lower, put in a steel pipe and put wax on all moving parts. It spun so easily, it would spin in a light breeze if there were sheets hung on one side.

Almost everything for the yard was hand made with green wood. On the left is the mini-greenhouse for starting plants in the spring. I would cover it with construction plastic sheet.

I used this moose as the cover for the book I wrote about the time living in and restoring the Cedar Log Cabin.

The moose patiently waiting for spring.

Using a board on top of the log as a guide to make a straight cut, then running the chain saw mill to slice the board.

This small log was sliced in half for making steps. I welded the log stand out of scrap steel.

After the boards were dried, I cut the edges off on a table saw to make dimentional lumber for projects. Red Pine on the outside piles, and White Cedar in the middle.

This White Cedar came from a huge tree that was uprooted in a storm. Used the wood to make cupboard doors.

The beams for the loft I made out of Red Pine that were on my property.

This tree which was used for the main beam was so straight and ballanced, it just stood there after I had chopped away to this little bit.

After the tree was felled, I cut out the best section for the main beam.

Getting it to the log cabin was a job in itself.

Taking the bark off in the main room.

Next job was scraping off the inner layer under the bark. I had to work fast with this, because if it dried it would not come off and looked terrible.

Next I chiseled a tenon into the end to fit into a matching mortice on the wall.

The log had to be lifted into place. Since I was working alone the whole time, I came up with jigs like this lifting jig.

After the better part of a day, it was in place and secure.

After the main beam was in place, I cut down trees for the cross beams.

Because I had to mill an even flat side on the cross beams for the floor boards, I came up with this jig.

The chain saw mill slid along the top rail of the jig.

Regardless of the diameter of the logs, the jig made them all the same height when cut.

After debarking, and cleaning them up, they were ready to be shaped & installed.

Though unorthodox, this adjustable steel tenon sytem was strong.

Rough, green 2 inch thick by 8 inches wide White Cedar for the loft floor.

After drying inside by the woodstove for a month, I used a router to tongue & groove them, then ran them through a thickness planer to clean up the rough, raw cuts.

The edge of the first floor board had to come flush to the round beam, so it had to be custom cut by hand.

To get a tight fit when installing subsequent floor boards, I used these truck straps to pull them tight.

The installed floor from under the loft looking up.

The other end of the cross beams went into the wall.

Next was the job of the railings. More chopping down trees, debarking & fitting.

I had to steam the bark off the White Cedar branches I used for the spindles.

Starting to instal spindles.

Spindles done.

Railing and spindles around stair opening looking up.

Stair opening from above.

Next was the making of the stairs. This was a major project in itself. I cut tenons on the ends of each step.

The stairs finished and installed.

Loft finished.

Different angle.

After the loft was finished, the loft inspector Cornelius made sure it met all comfort standards.

This cat pen was about 24 feet from the house. The tunnel is made from a White Cedar backbone and dozens upon dozens of 14 inch Cedar branch sections tight, side by side the whole lenth.

The cat pen in early spring. This picture shows the construction.

The covered cat bridge between the cabin and the cat pen under the Apple tree in flower. The cats loved to run up and down through it.