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One Year Alone in Forest of Sweden Building a Log Cabin
- rini17 6y agoIt seems to me that either you do this "return to nature" alone, or there's a community inexorably sliding toward being a cult. There's nothing in between and then sadly, relationship of our whole society to nature suffers from this.
- bildung 6y agoI've visited a few communities quite a while ago, and I've found a common trait of those that didn't devolve into a cult: They were outward-oriented right from the beginning: Volunteering for various purposes, engaged in the local communities around etc. - things that made steady social contacts with the outside world a necessity. These communities usually also had less problems with gaining new people once the founding generation got a bit older. It's the same as with normal individuals, actually: The more the individual traits make one prefer solitude (like introversion or social anxiety), the more it is mandatory to maintain steady contact with others, otherwise the own comport zone steadily shrinks further.
- throwaway4good 6y agoYeah. Maybe on Youtube, only the extremes exists. Sweden has thousands of remote houses (ødegård) that be bought or rented for very little. It can be refreshing going there for a few days. Drinking fresh cold water from a well in the forest, no electricity, a fireplace, some mosquitos, crayfish, playing scrable and looking at the rain. And then being reminded why it is actually quite nice and much more interesting to live in a big city.
- rini17 6y agoI have a natural garden with wildflowers. Anytime unwinding by sitting down and watching the bees. Planted all kinds of fruits and herbs, so there is always something to taste too. Looking forward for trees to grow and provide shade. Nicer than living in a big city. Everybody else around has a manicured lawn and ornamental shrubs. My garden is unkempt mess to them. That is what I mean by problematic relationship with nature. I don't think you can fix that by only occassionally spending few days in cabin. I had to discover much of it myself, have personal experience with communities as described and still would like to meet like-minded people but...somehow there aren't many.
- krageon 6y ago> some mosquitos Now now, surely you mean thousands of mosquitos. Especially if you have a lake nearby, which is a real big possibility in Sweden.
- EdwardDiego 6y agoI lived in an alpine village[1] for about 18 months - mainly to see if I could handle the winter, the isolation when the road closed due to snow and there were no tourists, just us. I was villager number 37, I think. In Spring, it rained (heavily, 5m of rain a year on average) 28 days out of 30, and on the other two it drizzled. Depending on the moods of the weather, floods could take out the roads[2], or slips, and never mind the earthquakes.[3] During the winter you had to fill the kettle at work before 10am, because 10am to 11am was the coldest part of the day and that's when the pipes would freeze (the village lay in a valley running north to south, and the mountains limited winter sunlight to 11am to 2pm). We weren't "returning to nature" as such, we always had power and usually dial-up (at a terrible bps...), but we were rather close to nature's virtues[4] and vicissitudes. We all relied heavily on wood fires, some on coal, although we only lost electricity some of the time. What was really interesting for me though, was how a population of 37 handles all of the above, without killing each other. Generally, everyone had one or two people that, I'd guess you'd call friends, but in reality were "people I can spend time with okay". Other than that, everyone kept themselves to themselves. In such a small village, it's very easy to gossip, hell, when you've only got two TV channels (and did I mention the shit dial-up?) it's an attractive option. But, there were three types of occasions the entire village came together: 1) Happy Hour at the local pub on a Wednesday. And this misleadingly named event could last until 4am. 2) Cleaning up all the crap that tourists like to leave behind. So. Much. Litter. Basically an emu parade[5] over 3km of village. 3) Whenever an emergency hit. Whether that was flooding, a power outage, a bush fire, everyone pitched in as they could, no matter their differences, everyone was in it together. I really enjoyed the model of living apart together, to be honest. Only reason I moved is that I got married, and about 20km down the road was a rather worrying neighbour, who I didn't want to subject my wife to...[6] > The Alpine Fault has a high probability (estimated at 30%) of rupturing in the next 50 years. The rupture will produce one of the biggest earthquakes since European settlement of New Zealand, and it will have a major impact on the lives of many people. But yeah, there was no inexorable slide towards a cult, because no-one could be bothered with that crap. And there were no "This man is actually an island, screw you John Donne" people, because when the the freeze came, and the cloud base was 100m above you, and visibility up and down the valley was 200m from you, in a valley 500m wide, everyone realised that they needed to talk to somebody every now and then, just to escape the reality that nature had put them in a frozen box. [1]: https://arthurspass.com https://arthurspass.com [2]: https://i.imgur.com/kFryHnV.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/kFryHnV.jpeg [3]: https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/assets/display/82881-max https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/assets/display/82881-max [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyU3Q5DeKEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyU3Q5DeKEI [5]: https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/aus/word/map/search/word/emu%20parade/Wester/ https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/aus/word/ma... [6]: https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/Major-Faults-in-New-Zealand/Alpine-Fault https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthqua...
- driverdan 6y agoI downvoted you because there are millions of people who live in rural areas and aren't in a cult. I have no idea where you're getting this idea from. Try getting outside of cities and go somewhere rural next time you take a vacation.
- rini17 6y agoHave you read my reply with further explanation?
- driverdan 6y agoThe one about having a garden? If so it sounds like you're in suburbia, not a rural area. Get somewhere actually rural, like a town with less than 1000 people or an area with most people in agriculture. Somewhere people can't see their neighbors. You'll find most people don't care about suburban nonsense like preening lawns and HOAs.
- rini17 6y agoThe context was a "return to nature" movement, not specifically suburban morals. Rural areas, at least in my country, mostly consist either from intensive unsustainable agriculture, or forests that get logged out with increasing speed. There are attempts to steer to more ecological and climate-change-resistant land management but it's so slow and arduous. Nature is to them just something to be exploited.
- ozychhi 6y agoIf you are interested in similar content, I recommend you check out youtube channel Advoko Makes. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1ufNROdAxto9Fr0jnEE2Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1ufNROdAxto9Fr0jnEE2Q
- aquir 6y agoAdvoko's channel is great!
- karaterobot 6y agoI was going to link Advoko Makes if it wasn't already here. That guy amazes me more than anybody else, not just because of the scale of the stuff he builds by himself out in the middle of Karelia, but because of the preparation and focus he shows. He clearly spends 11 months out of the year learning new skills and planning down to the smallest detail what he will do in the one month of build time he has each summer.
- Grustaf 6y agoSomeone has been reading Hamsun! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_the_Soil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_the_Soil
- sjaak 6y agoA great excuse to drop a link to this legend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke Richard Louis Proenneke (/ˈprɛnəkiː/; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 53, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1969–1999) in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes. Proenneke hunted, fished, raised and gathered his own food, and also had supplies flown in occasionally. He documented his activities in journals and on film, and also recorded valuable meteorological and natural data.[1][2] The journals and film were later used by others to write books and produce documentaries about his time in the wilderness.
- throwaway4good 6y agoI thought classic text on this was Thoreau's Walden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden Actually I don't think it is moral. This idea of going somewhere remote and just living off the land. As an adult you are supposed to produce more than you are consuming. Just as when you were a child or when you become old, society will give you more than what you are capable of producing.
- stepbeek 6y ago> As an adult you are supposed to produce more than you are consuming. Can't I just produce enough to support myself? Why would that be immoral?
- TrackerFF 6y agoIf you enjoy this stuff, do check out "Alone in the Wilderness" with Dick Proenneke Here's a clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss
- rob74 6y ago...but also take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(film) and the story behind it for a more cautinary tale.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoIt is easy to romanticize Proenneke's films, they are cinematically beautiful but also don't highlight the hardship and practice the man had to go through to get to where he was in his mastery. Proenneke was a trained mechanic, who spent most of his life around farms and who's father was a carpenter and welder. He was also a very happy introvert. At age 53 the man had enough skills under his belt to fully appreciate the risks and work needed to survive in that harsh environment. McCandless was unfortunately just a young man in search of himself.
- willvarfar 6y agoAnother YouTube channel to follow is “Wild Wonderful Off Grid”. It’s a modern build, so complements all the log cabin channels being recommended.
- GNOMES 6y agoCame here to comment about this. Man made handles for all of his tools to save backpack space, and forged for most of his food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-4NxJRxNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-4NxJRxNQ
- stelgard 6y agoThe (real) UnReal World experience
- fuball63 6y agoThanks for reminding me about unreal world, what a gem.
- ur-whale 6y agoAt 20:05, ... that is a rather inefficient way to use an axe to split logs.
- _Microft 6y agoHe's only driving the edge of the axe at a particular position into the log. He does not simply need any smaller pieces but slender pieces that he can carve into "bolts" to connect the different layers of logs.
- ur-whale 6y agoI'm saying that once the axe has bitten in the log at the position he wants, to finish the split you usually turn your axe around and hit the butt of the axe on the wooden "anvil" on the floor, that's more efficient.
- uyt 6y agoI'm really addicted to these rebuild-civilization-from-scratch youtube channels. The one who got me into it was of course "Primitive Technology": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/vid... Which spawned a huge number of copy-cat channels which are all pretty good too: Survival Skills Primitive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUP6B_3zcdFYZnOdMM21og/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUP6B_3zcdFYZnOdMM21og/vid... Primitive Skills: https://www.youtube.com/c/PrimitiveSkillsnet/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/PrimitiveSkillsnet/videos
- theshrike79 6y agoObligatory: - Turn on subtitles when watching Primitive Technology, he explains stuff in the subs.
- fireattack 6y agoWow, just realized Primitive Technology hasn't upload a new video for a year. Did he say something about it?
- cleansy 6y agoYes, apparently he is working on a project for a cable network. https://www.reddit.com/r/PrimitiveTechnology/comments/gscvv8/an_update_on_primitive_technology_and_johns/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PrimitiveTechnology/comments/gscvv8...
- Saig6 6y agoI think he has stated that he is working on a project for Discovery or some other channel.
- agumonkey 6y agoPT was such a zen thing. Both for the environment aspect and the crafting side too. I so stared at the price of forest/land after watching his videos. I could see myself doing that all day long.
- bertil 6y ago
- woolly 6y agoAnother very deep hole to fall into if you're into log cabin builds is Nik Rijavec's build here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjAl_0yeKwUAQ2A3tQFcnA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjAl_0yeKwUAQ2A3tQFcnA And for the cabin/upcycling vibe, Modern Self Reliance: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhInAMlPM1UcjD8lI4o7UA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhInAMlPM1UcjD8lI4o7UA And for more solitary living-off-the-land type stuff, Shawn James at My Self Reliance: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMXKin1fXXCeq2UJePJEog https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMXKin1fXXCeq2UJePJEog
- oflannabhra 6y agoThese are the two that I came to post. James is just getting started on a whole new cabin (he's moving) so I'm pretty excited to see him apply the leassons he's learned.
- bilekas 6y agoI've been watching these this year non stop, therse something insanely therapeutic about them. They also work as a great vector to plan outdoor trips for after the lockdowns.
- rags2riches 6y agoTo see a log cabin built with skill and experience, I can really recommend this older film from Finland. It's a joy watching these men work. https://youtu.be/_3J5wkJFJzE https://youtu.be/_3J5wkJFJzE Edit: hit the CC button if your Finnish is rusty.
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- justnotworthit 6y ago> "skill and experience" There are many one-off DIY projects on youtube that have greatly expanded my knowledge... but I worry that these kind of videos are piece-meal, stumbling-in-the-dark recreations of lost wisdom. Something that reveals the "culture" or mindset of these kinds of videos: The author felt the need to justify using modern tools (tractor instead of horse) but no one questions what's traditional about a young man building alone, without a team of men of different ages. I thought Mountain Men (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_man) were the exception, not the rule.
- MonsterBurger 6y agoThis video was in my recommended last night - I watched about an hour of it and was really intrigued I intend to watch the rest later. It's not a new video. but HN posts about it just AFTER I watch it. Coincidences eh.
- mclightning 6y agoSame happened to me, except 3 days ago. I did a search in comments to find this. Because I was so sure, this is not a coincidence. It happened to me several times now. I suspect there is a "zeitgeist" sort of thing to the Youtube's recommendation engine. I mean it recommends same individual videos, to a given demographic of people in same span of time. PS : I live in Sweden, I suspected it was just that.
- jonplackett 6y agoNext time I’m complaining to myself that something is taking a long time, I’ll remember this video.
- erhk 6y agoTalasbaun uses real log working in their log cabin, which they are building for the purpose of moving from their current log cabin. This video seems misguided in comparison. https://youtu.be/ycRjXW2aW_s https://youtu.be/ycRjXW2aW_s
- wiz21c 6y agoHe's using cement and a tractor for very critical activities... Both are fossil fuels derivatives. So although I find this work super nice, I can't help but see a contradiction.
- erikstarck 6y agoThe guy is 19 years old and he's building a house by himself. Sorry he couldn't live up to your standards.
- notretarded 6y agoApology not accepted
- EdwardDiego 6y agoThis... > Building Log Cabin like our Forefathers Is literally in the title of the video. And this is in the description: > Build my own traditional off grid log cabin by hand from the materials of the Swedish wilderness. Did their Forefathers really use diesel tractors and cement gathered by hand from the Swedish wilderness?
- erikstarck 6y agoAnd I’m sure the axes and saws he uses are not made by himself either and contains modern welds of steel. Darn those 19 year old kids. Keep taking lazy shortcuts.
- mnsc 6y agoHe is pretty clear about that in the description. The tractor is a Ferguson TE20 "Grålle" from 1946, they were wildly used to move timber. In 1950 the first chainsaws came to Sweden but they were too big and heavy to be practical. I didn't want to take down every closest tree. So by using the tractor (also as a little tribute) I could haul a few trees from further away, about 150 meters. I would have loved to use a horse but don't have one. yet.. The real contradiction is that by recording this project with the intention to publish this movie to the world I'm afraid that he totally missed out on the very nature connection that he states he wanted to have. Having to think about his future viewers and what angle would best document his work he must have lost the immersion building a cabin in the way his grandfathers did, youtube-free, would mean.
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- williesleg 6y agoCluckbait
- petey283 6y agoThis is so satisfying to watch!
- mzi 6y agoI cannot for my life find it now, but I saw a documentary on YouTube or similar a couple of years ago. It was oldish, from the 1960s or 1970s about the restoration of a historical farm in what I believe was a national park in the US. The farm house was build from planks and not logs as this house and the carpenters did it all from scratch. A very soothing film, as documentaries from that time often is.
- hnarn 6y agoOne thing that always seems to be missing from these videos (in general, because there are many of them) is step 0: how do you go about acquiring the land and the permission to build a log cabin on this land? I can't imagine that there's many countries in the world where there is no build code or other legislation regarding how or where buildings can be built. The last thing I'd want to do is spend an entire year building something that I would then be legally obliged to tear down. If you're felling a large amount of trees in a forest, at the bare minimum you need the blessing of the land owner (if that isn't you). Most likely, you'll also need in addition to this a permit to fell trees to begin with, because land owners in most countries aren't free to simply fell any amount of trees they wish just because they own the land. It's obviously an impressive feat to build a log cabin from scratch, but since this step is so often completely omitted, I have to ask myself whether this is because it's considered too boring, or because there are people out there who think that as long as you go far enough into the woods, you can do whatever you want because no one will notice.
- emteycz 6y agoEuropean countries often have minimums on what has to be allowed by the government. In my country (Czechia), a 25 square meters house without basement can be built on suitable land with only notifying the government, no approvals needed.
- drra 6y agoIn Poland it's 35 square meters of footprint of a single storey building as long as the land is designated as buildable or recreational. But it has to conform to a plethora of local zoning laws making it kind of tricky. Once you fall out of notification only proces it can take a long time to receive a permit.
- intricatedetail 6y agoWhat about trees? In some countries even if you own the land you cannot cut the trees without permission and you'd have to put every cut tree back - which means buying a similar grown tree and paying for moving it. This can easily cost millions.
- jacquesm 6y agoPretty impressive. All with handtools except for the tractor and it was either that or bring a horse, and that's a whole lot of extra work, so I can't really fault him for that choice. Funny to see how his axework improves over time, in the beginning unsure and shallow, then later on with much more force and confidence.
- timonoko 6y agoWhere is the insulation? Methinks these Suedos have built or studied only barns. https://youtu.be/_3J5wkJFJzE?t=519 https://youtu.be/_3J5wkJFJzE?t=519
- ainiriand 6y agoI want to ask what do you see that impressive about things like this, really. This guy got bored one day and somehow decided to fell a bunch of trees older than him to somehow not even finish the walls in one year? And sorry but I am not able to find confirmation about him doing this in his own land which makes the whole situation a bit more awkward.
- dencodev 6y agoI think if you do something like this it's more about the process than the result. If all you wanted was a cabin it's faster and cheaper to just buy one. Cutting down old trees happens all the time for lumber.
- alluro2 6y agoI think the process of a young person learning a huge amount of manual skills from their grandfather, putting in the sustained long-term effort and building something from scratch with your hands that has lasting value (like a cabin) is pretty commendable in this day and age.
- dagw 6y agoAnd sorry but I am not able to find confirmation about him doing this in his own land which makes the whole situation a bit more awkward. Someone linked to a newspaper article above that made it clear he is building on land owned by his family.
- pp19dd 6y agoThe ice accretion from a few weeks ago weighed down and broke a couple of branches 8-10" thick in my back yard. When it warmed up, I took a saw, a machete and an axe and converted it into firewood over the next few hours. All together, it's maybe 1/20th of a cord that will need a few months to dry, and a mere evening or two to burn. This is a preamble to a novel of the world of pain my hands, arms and joints were in afterward, at my age and shape. And yet despite being an overpaid typist like most of us here, I regularly do heavy repairwork and maintenance, such as digging 110' drainage ditches on my property by hand, shovel and mattock. But it was the jarring impacts that don't play nicely with our flavor of carpal tunnel. From that limited perspective, I can appreciate the amount of work this feller put into this build. He's using hand tools. The tractor is in lieu of logging horses or borrowing a half dozen people to pull. IMO, the sheer amount of time and effort that went into this is to be respected alone.
- atleta 6y agoSo guy walks out into the forest to build an off grid cabin, just like his grandfathers used to and films it to the slightest detail, keeping placing the camera around for nice shots (like the one where chips fly right towards the lens). I don't know... sounds more like "hey, I thought I'd make a hit video that would attract a lot of on grid feedback, unlike my grandpa', who probably wouldn't give a fuck about what the world thinks about his cabin". Now don't get me wrong, it is OK to create a video on anything, including on how to build a cabin or your experience on building a cabin (which is different) or your experience on living alone for a year (I guess this is not what he did), but this just doesn't add up to me.
- lacker 6y ago"How I successfully went off the grid, and got to 300,000 YouTube subscribers!"
- saalweachter 6y ago> ...unlike my grandpa, who probably wouldn't give a fuck about what the world thinks about his cabin... I'm pretty sure 98% of people throughout history who have built a cabin -- or any other sort of home for themselves -- were inordinately proud of it, and the extent to which they showed it off was limited primarily by how many people they could force to come see it.
- atleta 6y agoAnd I'm pretty sure most people hasn't tried to force too many people. It's one thing to tell your family, maybe your neighbour, especially when you know all of them did it it the past and another is going out of your way. But as I explicitly said the thing I found weird is not that he did share it but the effort he put into the presentation and how I think that doesn't fit with the goal or at least the message.
- Cd00d 6y agoPersonally, I'm glad he documented his journey in this way. I'm glad to have shared in it, (mind the sarcasm) without crowding his solitude by watching him in person for a year. It's a real accomplishment. I thought part of the point of the internet was to share things we do. This doesn't read as "gross, wannabe influencer" material, but rather a journey of interest and passion, documented for himself and others.
- nabla9 6y agoIs this guy using fresh logs? If so, expect lots cracks and settlement. The house will sink and shrink a lot. It would be better to cult the logs, let them dry out and settle several months before using them. Modern log buildings use oven dried logs. Edit: I think cutting the trees video might actually be few years before building the cabin. Edit2: In his latest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIgziUp1LE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIgziUp1LE you can already see how some of the logs have bluish color several centimeters into the log. They have been getting wet at some point. Bluish and moldy is bad news. "House museum. Traditional log house by traditional methods in 1980" (Finland). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajb9FMzmamw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajb9FMzmamw
- swader999 6y agoIf you take the bark off with a draw knife it seals the wood by closing the pores. Chainsaws rough up the wood and open it up. The most important part is the bottom, you need to keep the bottom row away from mud and wet ground.
- Xophmeister 6y agoAh, so that's why he stripped the bark off. That was my first question. My second question is: What's with the moss between layers? I assume it's to fill in the gaps and provide insulation, but won't it rot?
- nabla9 6y agoMoss is used for insulation. It will dry if it's not getting wet. Wooden log houses need long eaves to keep the water away and logs dry.
- gfrangakis 6y agoManaged to make it through without being attacked by a single greyling. Quite the accomplishment
- clipradiowallet 6y agoCould someone more knowledgeable explain the concrete footing and foundation log barrier? I can't make out what it is between them...it looks like a burlap sack, but that can't be right. What is preventing the concrete from transferring water into the foundation log? There is obviously some material there, I just can't fathom what it is.
- modeless 6y agoSubtitles said it's birch bark.
- clipradiowallet 6y agoThanks! Serves me right watching it muted...didn't even consider there was audio [or CC]!
- aerovistae 6y agoMy first thought was "wait, did he provide food for himself too?" Seems he brought food instead of providing. Which is fine, building a cabin on your own is cool as hell in of itself. But the title and video description sort of give the impression that he's living off the land alone, which doesn't seem to be the case?
- motoboi 6y ago1 hour of this fellow carefully stacking logs and growing a very fine moustache in the process.
- Arrath 6y agoIn a similar vein that people might enjoy is an old National Geographic documentary, following 4 friends who retrace the Yukon Passage through Alaska. Including: building their own raft to sail down the river, and wintering over in a cabin they build. Great watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NWdFll2X8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NWdFll2X8
- callumprentice 6y agoThe Birth Of A Wooden House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV7pmE4MC-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV7pmE4MC-I Might be one of my all time favorite videos - the story of a man building a beautiful cabin in Latvia I think, from scratch using traditional tools. I feel really drawn to doing the same thing even though it's an impossible dream for a huge number of insurmountable reasons. I am so excited to sit down and watch the OPs video - food for my soul - thank you for posting.
- tommilukkarinen 6y agoSpent last summer building a one room log cabin. In the end I wound up using makita battery powered chainsaw. You can do precision work and quickly too. I did not have any skill before and my vacation was short, but theres now a 5' by 12' cabin, 8' tall, on my yard. This summer it's the floors, roof etc. The video is much cooler of course, just saying if you want to try something with limited time. I had help every now and then. Looking back it's a project for two people definitely. Logs are heavy and having four eyes is better than two, especially as a beginner.