Can you build log cabin with green logs?

I have built many log homes out of green white pine logs. Do as Andries has said and you will be fine. Use a good guality log sealant and chinking.

What is a saddle notch?

A saddle notch is not just one particular notch; it is a family of notches that can differ in size and shape. It is used to join two logs together perpendicularly to form the corner of the cabin.

What is Swedish cope?

Swedish Cope Homes use a different style of milled log. Unlike milled logs, Swedish cope logs are still round. They have been coped at the bottom and milled to give it a uniform size.

What is chinking in a log cabin made of?

acrylic elastic compound
Chinking today is made of an acrylic elastic compound with special components that allow it to adhere to the logs and flex with the log movement. This new synthetic chinking is often called Elastomeric chinking and does not chip like cement mortar.

What is chinking for log homes?

Chinking is a synthetic sealant that is used to seal the joints of log homes. Chinking is textured like mortar and very flexible. Chinking can be used in place of caulk and is mostly used in the joints between logs. Chinking keeps moisture out by sealing the joints and protects log homes from moisture related damage.

How do you pass a butt?

The butt and pass style method of building cabins is a construction technique that uses tightly-pinned corners, to remove the need for any notching, to join the logs together. The technique requires each log to be stacked on top of another, at right angles and then being pinned or fixed together.

How do you scribe notch logs?

Drive a Timberlock screw or two to keep the log in place as you scribe. Then, holding the compass as plumb as possible, follow the contours of the bottom log and scribe the top log, then go to the other side and repeat. Before you move the log, scribe the other end if you have another notch to cut there.