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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2013 11:23pm
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I'm building another cabin in the neatest area. Right in the heart of Boundary Waters and less than a mile from Canada in northern MN. As of this post I'm three days into it and I expect three or four more to go.
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 2 Aug 2013 06:16pm
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Gunflint Trail or Ely Area?
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 4 Aug 2013 01:15pm
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Post pics when you can of the progress. I wanna see this one to completion!
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 4 Aug 2013 07:36pm
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Shabin, this is actually farther up. It's called the Arrowhead trail cuts off from Hwy 61 at Hovland. It's about 25 miles north to the border lakes.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 4 Aug 2013 08:13pm
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I forgot to take pictures, but all the windows and door are in, chimney and roof is done. We also Tyvek is on and the loft is in.
Here's pics. from the day before.
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 5 Aug 2013 06:58am
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Owen, I should have remembered. Back around 1984 I built a log home just before you get to Hovland. During that summer I spent a lot of time exploring the Arrowhead trail and the numerous cross roads. If I recall correctly, shortly before you climb the last hill to lake McFarland there is a road on your right. Back then it was drivable through a clearing until you reached the older forest, about a third of a mile. Then you walked the road for a few hundred feet and took the border route trail to the right. In half a mile the trail brought you to the pigeon river. Beautiful country and excellent grouse hunting in the fall.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 5 Aug 2013 09:22am
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Yes, I think it could be the most beautiful area in the state.
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Dillio187
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# Posted: 5 Aug 2013 10:00am
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until winter anyways...
tisk, that's a 4 letter word this time of year...
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Rick004
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# Posted: 5 Aug 2013 09:07pm
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Great looking cabin !!! How long are the 2x8s you used for the rafters and how much headroom is in the loft ? Thanks
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 6 Aug 2013 04:39am
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135 3/4''. With the 2x8 loft joists on top the walls and deducting 8'' for the rafter thickness, there's about 6'8'' headroom.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2013 07:34am
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I just got back from another trip to the cabin site. I forgot the camera again. We did get it all insulated and all the lower walls paneled with knotty pine, as well as the loft ceiling. We hauled home some tools for today's job close to home a 12' x 12' sun room, along with a huge load of garbage. I think I still have three or four days left on the Arrowhead cabin. I will remember the camera next time.
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norseman
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2013 08:35am
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Owen
Do you work from engineered plans? The County in VA I have property in wants engineered plans to be able to build anything.
Thanks
Vern
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LakeSuperior5
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2013 10:15am
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Looks great. Very nice that you are able to work in such beautiful areas!
Quick question, we are/will be working on the porch roof that will be metal but have not purchased yet. Where is the best place to purchase in the great north woods?
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2013 10:59am
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Norseman, Love thy handle by the way, I do not use someone else's plans.
Lake Superior5, I buy roof metal and windows from Menards. There are three around Duluth, one in Virginia.
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norseman
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2013 02:53pm
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Owne
Raised in Barnesville MN, Grandfather had homesteaded ioutside Solway. Ended up in VA after the service.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2013 06:56pm
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Well it's good to be a Norseman. I just went to see the Kensington runestone. I'm sure it's real and the Norseman were here first.
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JHall
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2013 12:06pm
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How much do you have into cabin to get it under roof? How many working hours do you have into the build? Foundation structure?
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 9 Aug 2013 06:13pm
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I have five days into the job now. Windows, door, 1/2 the paneling and all the insulation. The devil is in the details. I figure it will take three days to get it all done. If your asking how much materials cost to get a weather tight shell done of this size, it's about $4,000. Of course I charged about twice that with labor. Including the treated skids and cross bracing.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:57am
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Finally going back to finish the interior. I've had almost two weeks off. I was hoping to have the rough sawn lumber for the siding by now, but no. With all the little sawmills around none had lumber ready to buy. At least we can go up and finish up everything else. That won't take long and we can fish and camp over the next few days. We will stay in the new cabin. Today I'm taking two grandsons and my carpenter and on Fri. my oldest daughter and my youngest,22 will come up with the two little kids, four and six, for some camping and fishing in paradise. This time I'll bring a camera.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:01am
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In case you think, I'm taking to long, I built a little 12 x 12 screenhouse cabin last week for my neighbor. But yes I have dragged this one out too long, 156 miles to the job site is hard.
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:04am
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Owen,
Enjoy and you work much faster than we do 
Another tip for exploring... When driving north on the arrowhead trail, turn right onto the Otter Lake forest service road.. Continue to the bridge that crosses the Swamp river. There should be a trail on the west side heading north. Follow the trail to a fantastic overlook (not more then one mile)
Steve
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 23 Aug 2013 05:54pm - Edited by: OwenChristensen
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Live from the job site. Pictures from yesterday and today. No fish though.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 23 Aug 2013 06:02pm
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And the beauty.
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:44pm
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Love McFarland! Nice build. We may have to talk about a sauna this is on the to do list.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 25 Aug 2013 09:01am
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Thanks. It's such a joy to build with my kids and grandkids. Fishing and swimming help make it less like work.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2013 08:46am
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Ok. I just got in last night. Interior is done. Rough sawn siding will take another trip, maybe in a day or two.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2013 09:31am
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That lake is so beautiful!
Nice work on the cabin
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Rebel300r
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2013 10:19pm
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Thanks for sharing. Can you let me know how much headroom there is in the loft and how much on the 1st floor? Also, what pitch if you don't mind. I was thinking of the same idea and yours looks like plenty of headroom.
Scott
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:53am
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It's a 12/12 pitch or 45 degree, so it's a 16' wide building, 8' to the middle and 8' to the peak on the outside. The loft is 8' minus floor joist and diagonal rafter, so about 6'-9''. The height of the lower headroom is 7'-3-1/4''. The reason I don't use 8' is that I want the sheathing on the outside to reach from bottom of floor to top of plate. Then I use 7' studs cut from 14' 2x4s, because they are better wood than stud grade. 7' plus the three plates make 7'--4-1/2''. Then with the 3/4'' ceiling paneling brings it to that. Of course you can do it different, but this is reasonable and very little waste.
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:03am
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Owen,
Is the T&G from Menards or a local mill near Duluth?
Looking to begin interior work this fall.
Steve
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