How to Build Log Homes, Shanties and Shacks; Log Home Plans Book PDF, ePub eBook

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Book Descriptions:
From the forward..."The shacks, sheds, shanties and shelters described in the following pages are, all of them, similar to those used by the people on this continent but the designs are well suited to the arctics or the tropics; also to the plains, the mountains, the desert, the bog, and even the water."

This guide has fifty chapters and over 60 illustrations and photos on the proper use of tools and exercises used in woodturning.

Includes chapters on half-shelters, hunting & fishing cabins and much more, such as..

FOREWORD
I. WHERE TO FIND MOUNTAIN GOOSE. HOW TO PICK AND USE ITS FEATHERS
II. THE HALF-CAVE SHELTER
III. HOW TO MAKE THE FALLEN-TREE SHELTER AND THE SCOUT-MASTER
IV. HOW TO MAKE THE ADIRONDACK, THE WICK-UP, THE BARK TEEPEE, THE PIONEER AND THE SCOUT
V. HOW TO MAKE BEAVER-MAT HUTS, OR FAGOT SHACKS, WITHOUT INJURY TO THE TREES
VI. INDIAN SHACKS AND SHELTERS
VII. BIRCH BARK OR TAR PAPER SHACK
VIII. INDIAN COMMUNAL HOUSES
IX. BARK AND TAR PAPER
X. A SAWED-LUMBER SHANTY
XI. A SOD HOUSE FOR THE LAWN
XII. HOW TO BUILD ELEVATED SHACKS, SHANTIES AND SHELTERS
XIII. THE BOG KEN
XIV. OVER-WATER CAMPS
XV. SIGNAL-TOWER, GAME LOOKOUT AND RUSTIC OBSERVATORY
XVI. TREE-TOP HOUSES
XVII. CACHES
XVIII. HOW TO USE AN AXE
XIX. HOW TO SPLIT LOGS, MAKE SHAKES, SPLITS, OR CLAPBOARDS. HOW TO CHOP A LOG IN HALF. HOW TO FLATTEN A LOG. ALSO SOME DON'TS
XX. AXEMEN'S CAMPS
XXI. RAILROAD-TIE SHACKS, BARREL SHACKS AND CHEMEHUEVI
XXII. THE BARABARA
XXIII. THE NAVAJO HOGAN, HORNADAY DUGOUT AND SOD HOUSE
XXIV. HOW TO BUILD AN AMERICAN BOY'S HOGAN
XXV. HOW TO CUT AND NOTCH LOGS
XXVI. NOTCHED LOG LADDERS
XXVII. A POLE HOUSE. HOW TO USE A CROSS-CUT SAW AND A FROE
XXVIII. LOG-ROLLING AND OTHER BUILDING STUNTS
XXIX. THE ADIRONDACK OPEN LOG CAMP AND A ONE-ROOM CABIN
XXX. THE NORTHLAND TILT AND INDIAN LOG TENT
XXXI. HOW TO BUILD THE RED JACKET, THE NEW BRUNSWICK AND THE CHRISTOPHER GIST
XXXII. CABIN DOORS AND DOOR-LATCHES, THUMB-LATCHES AND FOOT LATCHES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
XXXIII. SECRET LOCKS
XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE THE BOW-ARROW CABIN DOOR AND LATCH AND THE DEMING TWIN BOLTS, HALL AND BILLY
XXXV. THE AURAS LOCK LATCH
XXXVI. THE AMERICAN LOG CABIN
XXXVII. A HUNTER'S OR FISHERMAN'S CABIN
XXXVIII. HOW TO MAKE A WYOMING OLEBO, A HOKO RIVER OLEBO, A SHAKE CABIN, A CANADIAN MOSSBACK AND A TWO-PEN OR SOUTHERN SADDLE-BAG HOUSE
XXXIX. NATIVE NAMES FOR THE PARTS OF A KANUCK LOG CABIN AND HOW TO BUILD ONE
XL. HOW TO MAKE A POLE HOUSE AND HOW TO MAKE A UNIQUE BUT THOROUGHLY AMERICAN TOTEM LOG HOUSE
XLI. HOW TO BUILD A SUSITNA LOG CABIN AND HOW TO CUT TREES FOR THE END PLATES
XLII. HOW TO MAKE A FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY FOR A SIMPLE LOG CABIN
XLIII. HEARTHSTONES AND FIREPLACES
XLIV. MORE HEARTHS AND FIREPLACES
XLV. FIREPLACES AND THE ART OF TENDING THE FIRE
XLVI. THE BUILDING OF THE LOG HOUSE
XLVII. HOW TO LAY A TAR PAPER, BIRCH BARK, OR PATENT ROOFING
XLVIII. HOW TO MAKE A CONCEALED LOG CABIN INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE
XLIX. HOW TO BUILD APPROPRIATE GATEWAYS FOR GROUNDS ENCLOSING LOG HOUSES, GAME PRESERVES, RANCHES, BIG COUNTRY ESTATES AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BOY SCOUTS' CAMP GROUNDS
L. BEDS AND BEDDING

How to Build Log Homes, Shanties and Shacks; Log Home Plans by Calvin Manson

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