Top 5 Bushcraft Projects at My Log Cabin Camp | Overview of a 30 Day Summer Expedition

Hello friends! I'm Max and this video is an

overview

of my completed

projects

and

bushcraft

activities during the last

summer

vacation I spent at my log

cabin

camp

ground during that month. I improved the creek dam. I assembled a waterwheel driven mill. I made a

bushcraft

tool rack. I held and tried. a handmade clog knife repaired the

cabin

door that was broken by an intruder established a small garden, as well as ground flour and coffee for more artisanal culinary experiments because it would be impossible to post a detailed video showing each project. This video will be a general compilation.

The main project I worked on during this 30-day stay was building a waterwheel-powered mill. I finally fulfilled my long-standing dream of baking bread using homegrown wheat, husked and ground on site as soon as I got to my log. I

camp

ed in a cabin and brought some basic tools from the boat. I started working on establishing a mini garden to grow lettuce, radish, and other fast-growing vegetables. I fenced the raised garden bed with cherry branches and filled it with sapropel, a dried organic sludge collected from the bottom of my pond that I mixed with the leftover compost used in my tree nursery last season.

This is an onion that was replanted from last year's harvest. I didn't bring my fishing net this season, so I had to make one to collect. pond mud to make a makeshift landing net I used an old polymer bag and a spare kayak rib bent from a skin branch to prepare the polymer bag for assembly. First I pulled out some threads to make the fabric more permeable to water. This primitive contraption helped me clean the pond and fertilize the vegetable bed, all in one step, now it's time to plant seeds knowing that I'm quite far north.

I use the fastest germinating vegetable seeds for at-risk agricultural areas, however, I only managed to produce a mediocre harvest. At the end of my stay, as the

summer

was particularly cold that year, the night temperature dropped to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (80 degrees Celsius). Once I was done with the immediate task of planting plants and clearing a path to the lake shore, I continued moving tools and supplies from my boat to the cabin camp, in fact, I was doing so on and off for the rest of the week as I As I approached the cabin, I noticed that my bear-proof door was challenged by a two-legged antagonist armed with a crowbar, as evidenced by these crowbar marks that the intruder only managed to partially break the door since, after all, it was a bear-proof door.

I can see how the door was damaged, but I can't understand why anyone would want to break into an unlocked door, maybe someone has an explanation. In any case, I'm lost. I plan to remove the door from its frame to reduce the space between the two slabs this season when I build the door. I knew that the wide slabs would dry completely within a year, resulting in a gap. widening even though I hammered the slot between the slabs, that's why I installed dowels only on one end of the dovetail door rails so I could take out my hinged door for repair.

I had to lift the door frame header along with the entire roof using a post and two wedges this roof lifting procedure is not complicated. I have done it more than once when installing the door. I even kept the original shims unexpectedly. The next step took me more time. It took me about 20 minutes to get the shims out. rail pegs the fitted door rails came out easier the intruder probably came here on a snowmobile and had some tools with them since then there was enough time for the manipulated slabs to warp slightly which means I will have to correct the geometry of the door to make a repair.

I wasn't counting on doing it, luckily I had my giant two handed chisel with me, it's a perfect tool for shaving and even smoothing large surfaces if you don't have a hand plane with you once you're done correcting the geometry of the dovetail joints . I joined the surfaces of the door using a scrap plane, a gift for my friend Alex Siegfried Alex, thanks for such a great German tool, then I inserted a new groove into the grooves between the slabs, assembled the door and finally nailed two pegs on each horizontal rail. We need to install a door handle.

I made the metal part of the handle from an old railroad spike ahead of time at home. Making the door handle is a very basic blacksmith project, while the end result looks quite advanced as long as you have a place to heat a railroad nail, you can easily make a twisted door handle that has the illusion of an elegant design. . I foresee a question about its ergonomics, although my door is quite heavy, the twisted edges of the handle do not cause any discomfort during use to make the handle move. Along with the rustic design of the cabin, I made the rest out of curved pine branches before fully installing the handle.

I smoothed the door surfaces with a hand plane to complete the restoration procedure. I also plan to finish it with oil so it doesn't break. They look much lighter than the old logs at the cabin because I'm right-handed. I decided to install the handle slightly counterclockwise for better economy. Now, with the new handle in place, the task of transporting the door has become much easier so that the door can be installed backwards. What you need to do is insert the pin hinges into the round mortises and remove the wedge, the head will fall back under the weight of the roof securing the top pin hinge of the door.

When I installed the door and posted a video about it, some people warned me that the pins wear out quickly, however after using it for two years, I haven't noticed any wear on the wooden hinges. The handle seems to fit the surrounding style. I'm also thinking about making a metal or wood latch for the door as a functional element. decoration I would appreciate some design ideas from you as I couldn't decide on your style for quite some time. Lastly, I finished the door with a fiber wax finish primarily for appearance, as the extra long roof overhang provides good rain and snow clearance. protection I hope next time no one tries to break into my open door with a crowbar but just uses the handle as a courtesy, after about a week after the door was finished with oil it became noticeably darker and no longer stood out .

Meanwhile, the old logs I have to prepare for my main project this season. The mill driven by water wheel. I prefer to start such large

projects

with meticulous, time-consuming preparation. It will be necessary to make special tool templates and set up a workspace. I made a wooden mallet. and rebuilt an old workbench, once I roughly shaped its head with a chainsaw I decided to use my homemade clog knife. The massive knife requires a base with a properly attached pin to function. I haven't made a dedicated base yet and to save time I decided to install it on my razor horse for now to do that I installed the metal pin on the side of the razor horse the pivoting blade has a hole that engages with a metal pin Attached to the shaving horse this is not a traditional solution but I decided to do it this way anyway, usually a clog knife is attached to a base via its upper ridge extension which is hook shaped.

The topic of the clog knife is quite broad and interesting. If there is enough interest from my viewers, I will make a separate video. In this regard please note that the knife pin attachment will not interfere if the razor horse is used as a vise. I use the stripping knife to shape the head of my mallet just to demonstrate that the scrub brush actually works faster and cleaner for tasks like shaping or cleaning. The face of the mallet head clog knife is a perfect tool, it literally takes a minute to clean the face of a broken or chipped mallet using it Lastly, I shaped a slightly tapered maple handle so that one end is slightly more thicker than the eye of the head of the mallet.

The thicker end of the handle should not be cylindrical but oval so that it extends the cylindrical eye of the head along the grain. If the handle fits into the grain of the mallet head, you will simply split it as a last step. I drilled an inch and a quarter (32 millimeters) and assembled the deck. I now have a much needed tool that you will soon see in use in my upcoming projects such as making an upside down workbench, building a water wheel, making a bushcraft tool rack, building a primitive lathe from a log and more and a few words about restoring and modifying my workbench made from a fallen tree that I used as a lathe and workbench to make most of my waterwheel.

You may remember that I milled three long slabs of this fallen pine and then used it as a workbench under a canopy. Even though I protected this makeshift workbench from rain, it dried out and warped slightly over the years. It's time to straighten its surface. I didn't have a joint brush which would be an ideal tool for the task. so I used my trusty scrub brush to flatten the surface of the workbench as much as I could. You may have noticed plenty of round openings on the top and sides of the workbench that significantly expanded the functionality of the workbench.

Some of the openings were used as holes to hold the bench dogs while others were used as part of a makeshift vise. I used the modified workbench to make most of the parts for my waterwheel project. This lathe-looking contraption was necessary to make precise axial holes in the axle of my water wheel to prevent deflection of the axle from running out. and vibration when manually turning the huge octagonal shaft on the makeshift lathe. I drilled two perfectly centered axial holes. This waterwheel project was a case that proved that thorough preparation pays off. Subsequently it was quite easy to correctly install the waterwheel on a shaftless dam. runout or vibration this is the preliminary story about my summer projects that I organized chronologically since most of them are interconnected.

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