Practice for axe work

[Scythe13]

Cool, thanks SS. I think I'm the far end of the country from you, and it's a long way to consider doors. I'm scared enough of a roof, let alone windows!!! haha. When the times comes, I'll definitely take you up on that offer mate.

One thing I did notice, there are a lot of words between you saying "Log" and then saying "all" five lines later, that I do not understand. But I think that will be a large part of the fun. Growing up with an accountant father, woodwork has been something I've taught myself, so most of the actual technical working is far from my vocabulary.

For the flooring, what do you think about breeze block and cement? Is it cheating? Maybe. But I've never build a log cabin before, so I'd like to give it the best chance of staying upright. I've seen videos on youtube about breeze block, rebar and cement. Seems simple enough (famous last words do you think? haha).

Initially I'm just going to buy in some sleepers to practice on and to learn to do the joints and get the skills right first. After that, I'm a little lazy, so will probably just buy in a load of logs for the main project, but I've not fully planned the building yet. There is plenty of time.

I'll post up the work with the sleepers and you can give me your critique and tell me where to improve.