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Building & Testing Compound
Wooden Beams
page 14,67
Tech Talk: Cross-Tied
Wagon Axles
page 8
40 Years of Log Building
History
page 1122
Tech Talk: Norway
page 2324
Log Building in Switzerland
page 2526
Classifieds
pages 2830
Advertisers in This Issue
page 31
Figure A
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Building & Testing Compound
Wooden Beams By Meinrad Rohner & Robert Chambers
MEINRAD MEIRI ROHNER HAD SEEN FANCY OLD
WOODEN BEAMS IN CENTRAL EUROPEON TRAIN
TRESTLES AND BRIDGESWHERE TWO TIMBERS
WERE JOINED TO EACH OTHER TO MAKE ONE
DEEPER, STRONGER, MEMBER: A COMPOUND
WOODEN BEAM.
This September, Meiri and I taught two hands-
on classes in Kuopio, Finland at the Savo Technical
University. Most of the participants were log home
builders in Finland, and some came from Estonia and
Russia.
While Robert was teaching mitered truss
construction to half of the students, Meiri and his
students were building four different compound
wooden beams: three were built with wooden
interlocking joinery, and one used only structural
screws. Halfway through the courses, the students
switched, so they could help both with the
beams, and with the truss.
The beams and mitered truss were all
constructed to be parts of a building for a
customer. All four beams had 7.2m (23 7-1/2)
span, and all were built using Scots pine (Pinus
sylvestris) with 26% to 29% moisture content.
The round logs had about 290mm (11-1/2)
small-end diameter, and the timbers were sawn
from logs of about this same size. The trees
were more than 200 years old when they were
cut downnot surprising, since they had been
growing not that far from the Arctic Circle. It was
very high quality wood.
The four styles of compound wooden beams
that Meiri built during the courses can be seen in
Figure A and Photo 19 (page7).
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LogBuildingNews
Winter 2013
Issue #76
Published four times a year
2012 International Log Builders Association
P.O. Box 775
Lumby, British Columbia
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Log Building News Editor
Robert Chambers
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Contributors to this issue:
Meiri Rohner
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Roger Porrenga
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Robert Chambers
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Association History:
Ingrid Boys
Brian Lloyd
Ed Campbell
Vic Janzen
Gary Pendergrass
Robrt Savignac
David Rogers
Ann Miks
Terry Hall
Ed Shure
Mira Steinbrecher
Tom Hahney
Brian Olynek
Shannon Maris
Robert Chambers
Catharine Hansen
Gunnar Granberg
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MISSION STATEMENT
This association is a non-profit
organization comprised of log crafters and
affiliated members from many countries.
We are dedicated to the education of
both our members and the public.
Our association has a mandate to
research, develop and share techniques
relevant to the construction of superior
handcrafted log buildings.
Meiri writes:
The sawn-timber lightning bolt is a traditional method, which was used by the central-
European carpenters in early days. The wedged round log beam and the round log
lightning bolt are variations of old techniques, which I fgured out because I wanted to use
great old ideas in round logs.
The development of these beams is not yet fnished. There are things to improve, and
tools / jigs could be fabricated to help. But it is very rare that we are asked to do this
kind of work, and when we make these compound beams for customers (and with their
deadlines) we have little time to build better jigs!
Here are descriptions of how each of the four compound beams was fabricated:
1 Sawn Timbers Connected with Engineered Screws
Sawn timbers, screwed together with a double row of Sihga GoFix XB 8mm x 400mm
screws positioned as seen in the Figure A. Each timber was 170mm wide x 230mm
deep (6-1/2 x 9). The screws were installed using the manufacturers jig to locate
and shoot them in at the correct angle (Photo B).
2 Round Logs with Lightningbolt Cogs
The cogs were 70mm (2-3/4) tall. At completion, seven 16mm (5/8) diameter
throughbolts and small washers at top and bottom were installed (all bolt locations are
shown in Figure A).
Heres the process: set the top log of the beam over the bottom log, and scribe the
long groove using a scriber that puts a scribe line on both logs. Remove the top log.
Mark the top of the log below for the lengths and positions where you want to have
each of the lightningbolt cogs start and end.
Use a block of wood to simulate the cog you will cut into the bottom log. The block
should be nearly as wide as the diameter of the log below, and must be longer than
the length of the longest cog. Set the block onto the lower log and hold it in place at
a slope using wedges.
The sawn timber beams were joined together with
long screws. One man holds the guide that positions
the screw and gives it the correct angle.
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Now, set a scriber to the distance equal to the height from the
top edge of the block down to the long groove line on the log
below (photo 1). Lock the scriber at that setting. Now, hold the
scriber where you want
this cog to end (where
this cog exits the log
below), and adjust the
wedges so that block
of wood has the slope
that will make the cog
exit the log where you
want this cog to end.
Use the scriber, with
its locked setting, to
match the bottom
surface of the block
of wood to the scribe
line on the log below
(photo 2). In other
words, the bottom of
the block of wood will
meet the scribe lines
where the next cog
will start.
Repeat this process,
with the scriber locked
at the setting, for the
long groove lines on
the other side of this
block / cog position.
Note that the block of
wood might not be
(and probably wont
be) level, side to side.
Scribe from the bottom of the block of wood down to the log
below, all around.
Move the block of wood along the log and repeat the process
for the next cog. Once all the cogs have been marked onto the
log below, cut them out (photo 3).
Position the upper log back in its original position above the
log below. Re-set the scriber so that its scribe distance matches
the long groove scribe line on the upper log with where each
cog ends (well call this distance SC). Scribe everything you can
reach (photo 4), including the part of the endgrain surface that
you can reach (photo 5).
To scribe the parts that you
werent able to reach, put the
block of wood into the cog of
the lower log (photo 6). Mark
a plumb line on the edge of
the block of wood so you
know the plumb thickness
of the blockyou need this
amount to adjust your scribe
setting. Re-set your scriber
distance to the SC scribe
setting minus the plumb
height of the block of wood.
Scribe the parts you could not
reach before (photos 7 and
8). These two photos show
why the block of wood must
be wideabout as wide as
the diameter of the log
because, where the upper
surface of a cog is narrow
the lower surface is wide, and
where the upper surface of a
cog is wide, the lower surface
is narrow.
Cut the lightning bolt in
the upper log, and assemble the compound beam.
3Round Logs with Wedges
This beam was made of two round logs that were linked to each
other with a total of 8 pairs of tipped wedges. This beam also got
seven 16mm (5/8) diameter through bolts and small washers.
When loaded, these two beams want to push away from each
other, and the bolts are necessary (for more on the engineering
of compound beams, see the article listed at the end). The
wedges were oak, 60mm (2-3/8) deep.
Make blocks of wood that are about the width and length
shown in photo 9. On top are the two oak wedges, and
underneath is the block of wood well use for scribing.
Snap a centerline on the top of the log below. Mark the log
below for the positions of all the wedges. Screw blocks to the log
below in these positions. The blocks
are set so they are approximately 90 to the top centerline on
the log below. Little wooden wedges/shims are used to adjust
the slope of each block. Position the upper log, and scribe the
long groove (everything you
can reach). Well call this
scribe setting LG.
Now, one at a time, adjust
the slope and side-to-side tip
of each block of wood. The
blocks often have to be tipped
off to the side because, of
course, the long groove scribe
Photo 6
Photo 9
Photo 7
Photo 4
Photo 8
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lines are not level side-
to-side across a log
(photo 10).
Set a scriber so that
it has a scribe distance
equal to 1/2 of the
long groove scribe
setting you just used.
At the high end of the
block of wood, hold
the scriber as shown
in photo 11, and have
a helper adjust the
wedges so that at the
bottom edge of the
block of wood the
scriber just touches the
scribe line below. Now
test it for the upper
edge of the block and
the long-groove scribe
line on the upper
log. Adjust and tweak
the blocks position
and slope, and re-check how well the block edges meet the
scribe lines. When you are as happy as you can get, scribe the
underside of the block (photos 12 and 13). Well call this setting
L for lower scribe setting.
Photo 11
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lightningbolt pattern with a plumb line along the faces of the
timbers (red lines in Figure 16).
Each cog is traditionally about as long as the total height of
the compound beam. Each tooth in the cog is about 1/10th the
length of each cog. The end
of every cog is a plumb cut.
(The engineer would usually
prefer that the end cuts
be at a sloping angle, not
plumb.)
Use a dressed piece
of wood (a lath) or a
straightedge to draw the
sloping planes. The width of
the lath, or the straightedge,
must be 5mm to 10mm
(1/4 to 1/2) wider than
the maximum depth of the
teeth. If there is no gap at
all between the two beams,
then the lath or straightedge
can be exactly as wide as the
depth of the teeth.
Lay the lath on the faces of the timbers and line up the bottom
edge of one end, and the top edge of the other end, where the
plumb lines you drew meet the space between the timbers (blue
lines, fgure 16).
Now scribe the upper
surface of the block to the
log above using a scribe
setting that is equal to the
LG setting minus L (photo
14). The scribe setting you
use for the below the block
(L) plus the scribe setting
for the above the block
surface (A) must be equal
to the long groove setting.
L + A = LG. Scribe settings
L and A may be slightly
different amounts, but
when added together they
must equal the long groove
scribe setting (LG).
This positioning of a block, and scribing the lower and upper
surfaces of the block is critical for success. This is because the end
of the wedges must not touch both logs, anywhere. In photo 15
the block is in place, where the oak wedges will be. Note that the
top surface of the block comes exactly even with the long groove
scribe lines on both sides. If the wedges touch both logs at one,
or at both, ends, then you can not tighten them.
Once everything is scribed, remove the upper log and cut the
cogs on both logs. Instead of a coped or coved long groove, we
cut fat across from scribeline to scribeline (photo 15) because
we are going to bolt these logs together, and the friction of fat
on fat improves the strength of the connection, and fat-on-fat
removes as little total wood from the logs as possible (less total
wood is removed than would be removed with a coved groove).
4 Sawn timbers with Lightningbolt Cogs
The interlocking portions were 50mm (about 2) tall, and
spaced lengthwise by 515mm (20). Again, we connected the
two component beams to each other with seven 16mm (5/8)
diameter throughbolts with small washers top and bottom.
The timbers need to be sawn and dressed on at least three,
or on four, sides. The two sides that will mate do not have to be
planed frst, but it is okay if they are. Set the timbers on top of
one another. Do not worry about the small gap between the two
timbers. Mark the midspan of the beam, and work the layout to
the left and right from there. Mark the end of each cog of the
Figure 16
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Testing Defection
After all four beams were built, they were loaded to
test for defection. As mentioned earlier, all beams had
the same span, and about the same width and depth
(or were sawn timbers made from logs of the same
diameter). The beams were loaded at their midspan
using concrete counterweights (borrowed from a tower
crane)up to a total of 9590 Kg (21,140 pounds) for
three of the beams.
The wedged round log beam can be seen in photo 18
at the start of the defection test. Photo 17 shows more
than 21,000 pounds of concrete on that beam, and a
very happy (and relieved) Meiri Rohner.
When Meiri loaded the screwed beam, the structural
engineer who was supervising all the tests, stopped the
test at 5480 Kg (12,080 pounds) because adding one more counterweight would have sent the defection over the maximum he
allowed. After all, the goal here was to test defection of four compound beams, not break them.
Figure B shows the defection results for all four beams. The steeper the line, the larger the defectionas can be seen, the compound
beam made of two sawn timbers that were screwed together
according to the manufacturers specifcations had the greatest
defection. The test on this beam was stopped at 5480 Kg.
The round log lightening bolt was the stiffest of the four
beams. At a midspan load of more than 21,000 pounds it
had less defection than the screwed beam had at 9,000
pounds. A very impressive result, and gratifying that traditional
joinery methods adapted for round log construction could
outperform the defection of a beam built with modern
engineered screws.
For more information:
Watch video of the testing at this website:
www.kantti.net/artikkeli/2012/09/hirsiliitosten-kuormitustesti
For more on the design of Mechanically Laminated Beams,
see the article by Ben Brungraber and Joe Miller, in Timber
Framing #93, September 2009, pages 14-21.
Figure B
Each of the 4 beams was tested by loading
concrete at midpsan and measuring defection
with a stretched string. This beam was made of
round logs with wedges.
Nearest to us is the sawn timber lightningbolt
beam; then a mitered truss; round log
lightningbolt; and, farthest back, round log beam
with wedges.
Photo 18
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This old wagon was used for hauling
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1880s, and is now in a logging museum.
Heavy wooden wheels with full-wrap
steel. Both the front and the rear axles
turn. Wire rope cross-ties connect the
front axle and the rear axle, so they
always turn opposite directions. Very
useful for making super- tight corners
with heavy loads. As I remember, Lloyd
Beckedorf had modifed a semi trailer
fatbed to do this to deliver log home
packages on narrow, winding driveways.
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1974 1st AGM, at Mackies home, BC
6 founding members: Al Mackie, Art Long, Ed Campbell,
Vic Janzen, Bernie Legault, & Fergus OConnor. Allan
Mackie is President; there is serious discussion on
methods of cost estimating.
1975 2nd AGM, at Mackies home, BC
Ed Campbell is President; 24 builders attend (32
members total); All agreed that a single afternoon
was not enough time to take full advantage of the rare
opportunity to exchange information. membership is
limited to those who have built at least one log home
of sizeable construction approved by the Association, or
have taken an approved log building course.
1976 3rd AGM, at Vic Janzens home,
South Langley, BC
85 members, Vic Janzen elected President; work begins
on Log Building Standards, discussion of Ethics within
teaching log construction; about 50 at the AGM
(on the agenda: bullshit sessions); the rst display
advertisement ever in our newsletter is for Pat Wolfe
Scribers ($16, including postage); I hope to see the day
when the initials C.L.B.A. are synonymous with good log
building anywhere in Canada. Dues are $125 per year.
Allan Mackie and Ed Campbell plan to direct the CLBA
manpower in erecting a building in one day.
1977 4th AGM, at Banff, Alberta
Log cabin built in 8 hours and 2 minutes; AGM held
during the Conference on the Log Structures of
Canada. Janzen re-elected President; 46 members
attended; dues are $50 per year; the Society is ofcially
registered in BC; CLBA regalia sashes are available for
$20; membership is ofcially closed to Americans. Ethics
document adopted. Brian Olynek is Secty-Treasurer.
Victor Nymark (Montebello builder) voted to be an
honourary member.
Vic Janzen remembers:
These men were all interesting gures. One left medicine to become
a log builder. Another an American diplomat to Japan. Orchardists.
Accountants. High school shop teachers. Regular teachers. Social workers.
-- so many of us left respectable secure jobs to follow this dream. The
times were exactly right for such divergence.
The objective of the project was to naysay the manufacturer builders who
claimed we were too slow and expensive compared to them
Brian Olynek remembers:
I was standing on top of that building wondering, now what am i going
to do with this building? when a man named Carl Chulakal offered to
buy it. We shipped it to his home outside Nakusp!
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1978 5th AGM, at Columbia Valley
Community Centre near Cultus Lake,
British Columbia; Tech Talk at Janzen farm
Art Lloyd is President; John Brown speaks on lifting
with a skyline and on log acquisition; Jack Haden from
CMHC on mortgages; the Association is now publishing
Log Builders News; log builders games; John Brown
is editing the newsletter; discussion if there are now too
many log builders; $50 membership fee; plan to lease
30 acres of crown near Mackie School for a permanent
CLBA home; One building was liberally pinned with
rebar which has hung up the logs. Dont use rebar,
Turkey!; Doris Muir wants to organize an international
log conference.
1979 6th AGM, at Nakusp, British
Columbia. We are now called Western
Canadian Log Builders Association
James Durham, President; held at Nakusp Senior
Citizens Hall (a log building built by CLBA members in
1978); CLBA T-shirts for sale $7; Art Lloyd is editor of
newsletter; $15 conference fee (includes dinner).
1980 7th AGM, at Golden,
BC at Brian Olyneks house
Bill Peyton elected President; Brian
Lloyd (VP), Lloyd Beckedorf, Walt
Murray, John Brown, and more
24 members attended; now
called Canadian Log Builders
Association, BC Chapter; there
are CLBA chapters in the Maritimes,
Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and BC.
CLBA-BC has a display booth at the
Vancouver Sportsman Show.
1981 8th AGM, at Golden, British Columbia
1982 No 9th AGM?
But there was a builders get together at the Mackie
School reunion during Canadian Thanksgiving.
Lloyd Beckedorf
John Brown on saw; Jim Durham with foot on log. 1980 AGM.
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1983 10th AGM, at Mackie School
John Brown is President; membership $10 per year;
AGM costs $25; Beckedorf: I really believe that log
building . . . is such a young industry. Things which
were standard a few years ago are
quickly becoming outdated;
Larry Parker attends; pot-luck
supper; slide show.
1984 11th AGM, at Mackie School
Lloyd Beckedorf is president; 143 members; bus tour
of log homes west of Prince George; Lois Isabelle and
Freda Greenlees are the caterers; Ralph Salm asks the
School to archive CLBA les; CMHC is working on a log
home code, and is using the CLBA Standards.
David Rogers remembers:
Standing on the porch of the
old classroom, observing the
gathering at the new classroom,
I asked Robert Chambers What
is the CLBA? Thinking to
myself, How is it different
than the School?
The Gatehouse at the 1983 AGM.
1983: Allan Mackie
and Larry Parker
Dave Gardner demos a slabbing
jig with Kolve chain (1984).
1984 group photo at the new tool building.
1985 AGM
Gary Pendergrass, David Rogers, Val Rasmussen, Steve Schwartz &
Vicki Strobe, and others . . . Tom Hahney teaches Design &
Engineering pre-conference session.
1985 12th AGM, at Mackie School
Lloyd Beckedorf is president; Design & Engineering pre-
conference course by Hahney; Tom Hahney article about
the need for gaskets and inltration seals in grooves and
notches; 57 attend conference; founder Art Long passes
away; $25 registration fee; Kyra Guest (Mary Mackies PA)
performs belly dancing; Technical Talk; Chambers talks
on kerng logs to locate checking.
David Rogers remembers:
I had to make a hole in the ice in order to get to the lake water to cool off
after being in the sauna.
Gary Pendergrass adds:
Somehow Dave and I convinced the others that going from Sauna to hole
in the ice was a Rite of passage. ..and somehow we talked all the others
into giving it a try. Dont think Ive laughed that hard since.
Gary Pendergrass remembers:
During a treasurers (?) report, a listed expense
was $900 for dishes and silverware. I looked
down at the paper plate I was eating off, with
a plastic spoon...and interrupted with a query
If we have $900 worth of dishes, why are we
eating on paper plates?. . . It went downhill
from there, with Larry Parker, who was sitting
beside me, egging me on with a go get em
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1986 13th AGM, at Mackie School
Allan unveils his new Mackie scribers; David Rogers
and Tom Hahney speak on stair railings; Robert
Chambers elected president; $5,550 in the bank; 21
attendees; Hahney gave rave reviews of his new
Macintosh computer; Mary Mackie will no longer
publish the CLBA newsletter.
Tom Hahney remembers:
When elected to the CLBA board of directors, with the position of
secretary-treasurer, in 1986 it was my rst time as a board member,
and the rst time I had met Robert Chambers, who was chosen as our
president. The Board gathered in a circle. Robert said that we were
going to have a newsletter that was focused on the technical skills and
knowledge of log building, and that he was asking each member of the
board to submit two articles for the coming year. I remember feeling a
sense of excitement as I took this in. And indeed, I still feel delight when
I get a new edition of Log Building News the glue that through
communication has held us together.
David Rogers remembers:
Lloyd Beckedorf introduced the buttery notch, and Allan Mackie
showed us his power scriber concepta grinder with attachments to
score the groove on both logs.
1987 14th AGM, at Mackie School
Now is called Canadian Log Builders
Association, International.
Jack Sobon, architect and timber framer, is guest
speaker; Randy Campbell on business; Tom Hahney
brought his Macintosh computer; Albie Barden on
thermally massive replaces; dues $10 per year; 130
members; our newsletter is Joiners Quarterly.
1988 15th AGM, at Mackie School
$35 conference fee; rst issue of Log Building News
published; a full page ad costs $100; Allan Mackie
reects on sharing knowledge between builders, and
how that improves quality; Tech Talk: Timbor (borate)
rods, Ken Guest and hoof shapers; Duane Sellman
showed the scribers he is making; Ed Campbell speaks
on accessing logs; Tom Hahney on stress and strain;
Beckedorf gets Technical Excellence Award--a painted
antique slick.
1989 16th AGM, at
Mackie School
Mary Mackie ofcially honored
as the founding mother of
the CLBA; Tech Talk: sheep
wool as insulation; Garth
Farquhar is President; CLBA
has a certicate of deposit that
is paying 10.4% interest.
Mary Mackie, Founding
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1992 AGM at Sorrento, BC.
1990 17th AGM, at Sorrento,
British Columbia
Doyle Burke, engineer; Murray Hardie on exporting;
Ralph Salm on roof panels; Tech Talk: braided line for
chalklines; $3000 laser level; Wayne Sparshu peeling
machine; Shannon Maris is hired (our rst paid staff
person); Association ofces will be in Tom Hahneys
design ofce; $60 conference fee; singing around the
campre; Maritimes log builders; Beckedorfs shoes end
up in the auction, but beer commands a higher price;
life memberships removed by the members at AGM;
a few members report they now have mobile phones;
Beckedorf reports his double scribe groove has been
patented.
1991 18th AGM, at Sorrento,
British Columbia
Terry Hall is President; Membership numbers have
doubled since last year, and we now have 283; Jeff Arvin
gives keynote on timber framing; Skip Ackermann built
a 55,000 sf house for Saudi prince in Aspen; Company
Membership is now offered; exports of log shells from
Canada are down 20% from 1989; Tech Talk: plate log
roll; random-orbital sanders demonstrated; Radomske
explains underscribing; Chambers on log selection;
planning starts for 1993 Yellowstone conference--Brian
Lloyd is in charge; Standards Committee works on big
revision (meets twice at Radomske School).
Catharine Hansen Remembers:
The display of international ags in Yellowstone, the people who travelled
from around the world to attend the wide variety of workshops, and the
buffalo and hot pools we had to dodge on our way back to our cabins late
at night ~ it was an amazing time.
1992 19th AGM, at Sorrento,
British Columbia
Radomske on log selection; Chambers on Kizhi, Russia;
Latvian builders available for US companies; Terry Hall
on roof systems; major revision of Log Building Standards
will be ready in 1993; the Association now accepts
credit cards; Mackie School is closed and buildings are
auctioned; Chambers is President and Radomske Vice
President; Commentary column to be added to Log
Building Standards.
Shannon Maris remembers:
A BIG bonre, a clear night, and a full moon. A group of fellows
from Nova Scotia who were on their way, or just back from Maritime
Music Festival burst out rip roaring a cappella sea shantys late into
the night while those of musical talent used found object such as
an empty guitar case to sticks and driftwood on empty beer cans to
accompany the singers with percussion. The annual auction with
wacky and wonderful donations, sometime bottles of beer being the
most protable auction item.
Standards Committee meets at Radomske School in 1991.
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R Chambers, S Greer, T Hahney, E Shure, S Ackerman, K Mogenson, 1995
Shannon Maris Remembers:
20th Anniversary Conference at Yellowstone
National Park took every Board person, staff
and volunteer hour that could be mustered
to pull that one off. We had delegates, log
historians, authors, craftsman, and legends
ying in from Japan, Finland, Germany.
Switzerland, and all corners of Canada
and the United States. A cornucopia
of information exchange, talent, new
friendships, business connections, mentoring
and camaraderie. We all needed a two week
vacation after packing up that phenomenal
event.... but WOW! what an event.
Gunnar Granberg Remembers:
Im thinking back of those wonderful and
exciting days at Yellowstone, it was a
great statement of the skill and vision in
craftmanship -- it brought people and ideas
together on an international arena. I have
warm memories of an enthusiastic crowd
who gave, and received, inspiration. The
knowledge must be nourished to stay alive!
Robert Chambers Remembers:
Giving my speech at the banquet in
Yellowstones Glacier Hall in front of
the largest gathering of log builders
the world has ever known. Even
now, it gives me goosebumps.
Some of the 500 people at the Yellowstone 20th International Conference
Ole-Karl
Ed Shure Mitered
Banff Truss, 1994
Some of the 500 people at the Yellowstone 20th International Conference
Ed Shure remembers:
Since the statute of limitations has passed- I can now share one of my
fondest memories. The local logs we had sourced didnt meet Ole-Karls
specs, so we cajoled a logger in Northern Montana into felling a load of
peeler poles and running em down to us at the eleventh hour. He must
of been up for two or three days straight cause he showed up (with
remnants of a deer carcass on his grill), parked his rig, and disappeared.
The show had to go on so I committed one felony (and at least a couple
of misdemeanors) by hot wiring his rig and taking my rst drive in an
honest to god 18-wheeler. Roy, wherever you are, Thanks!
1993 20th AGM, at Yellowstone National
ParkNow we are called CLBA and ALBA.
Ole-Karl Prois from Norway; Brian Lloyd is Conference
Chair; Brungraber and Hahney on engineering; dues
are now $35; Henrik Andersen from Denmark; Merle
Adams; Ed Levin on roof kernals; Jean Steinbrecher on
design; Hahney and Brian Lloyd on Building Details;
bison trafc jams between Old Faithul and West
Yellowstone venues; Doris Muir, Log Home Guide; big
trade show in Glacier Hall; Duane Sellman wins World
Notching title; perhaps 450 to 550 people at the
conference. Cathy McIntyre (Hanson) assists; Ed Shure
elected President. Log Span Tables now published by
CLBA.
1994 21st AGM, at Banff, Alberta
John Brown on kiln-dry logs; Ed Shure - Tom Hahney
with mitered truss demo; new Constitution, Bylaws
and Code of Ethics adopted; Tom Stonecipher and
Brian Lloyd on construction contracts; Log Span
Tables now published by the Association; Shure
re-elected President.
1995 22nd AGM, at Banff, Alberta
Steve Loken on resourceful building; Hahney retires
as Treasurer (14 years), and CLBAI has $50,000 in the
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Stephen Kemper, Barry Houseal, Jerry Wait in 1999
On the Whistler log home tour.
24th AGM at Herrison Hot Springs, BC.
1996 23rd AGM, at Duluth, Minnesota
North Shore tour of homes; Thierry Houdart from
France; Latvians: Egils, Gintis, & Karlis Apinis; David
Salmela on design; Ed Miller dovetail jig and Mike
Heintzman tenon and drill jigs; 233 members; Ed Shure
is President; our Association gets its rst email account.
1997 24th AGM, at Harrison Hot Springs,
British Columbia
Steve Badanes of Jersey Devil is keynote; CLBA contract
for building is for sale; CLBAI gives $2000 to start the
BC-LTBI; hydraulic peeling spud; Mafell hand-held
bandsaw; Makita curved base planers make their rst
appearance at Tech Talk. Robrt Savignac and John Boys,
and others create Log Home: From Land to LockUp,
our rst publication for customers.
1998 25th AGM, at Whistler,
British Columbia
Tour of local homes; Ric & Matheo Dureld; Steve
Kemper with hydraulic chainsaw and drill; Jay Wan Yu
attends from Korea; Tracy Wakeeld from Australia;
Wayne Sparshu on jobsite efciency; James Mitchell on
using short logs for construction.
1999 26th AGM, at Glenwood, Colorado
Tour of Aspen and Snowmass log homes, many by
Ackermans; Barry Houseal with a non-settling building;
gasket demo; Osborne bufng brushes demonstrated;
Lateral Loads research - Hahney presentation; Tenonizer;
Shannon Maris retires from Association after 9 years;
BC apprenticeship program being established; Cathy
Hansen hired and Association ofces move to Lumby,
BC; Builder Certication initiative is underway; 400
members: CLBAI now has a website.
Shannon Maris
retires after 9 years
as Association
administrator.
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Left to Right: Rouleau, Savignac, John & Ingrid, Ann Miks
2000 27th AGM, at Montebello, Quebec
Now we are the International Log
Builders Association
Two-day pre-conference design workshop
with Jean Steinbrecher; Round Meets
Square gazebo workshop with Shure,
Chambers, & McCarty goes into extra in-
nings; 250 members; Standards are now in
French; Gary Espe demonstrates lasers on
scribers; Jim Grieb scribers unveiled; John
Boys is President. ILBA buys ofce building.
2001 28th AGM, at Kananaskis, Alberta
John Boys is president; Ann Miks is hired; Robert Savi-
gnac hired as Executive Director; draft of the Chinking
Standards; Chambers leads two Accelerated hands-on
workshops; Jerry Rouleau workshop on marketing;
ArchiCAD workshop; Dalibor Houdek speaks about his
research on re and log walls.
2002 29th AGM, at Park City, Utah
Tom Hahney on settling jacks; Compound Log Joinery
pre-conference; French Scribing; Jerry Wait is Presi-
dent; scientic testing of lateral stability of log walls;
Savignac co-chairs ICC committee for log home code.
1st Fall Rendezvous
in Cherryville, BC
Mary Mackie speaks;
Frederick Brilliant
French-scribe work-
shop; saddle notch
workshop. Robrt
Savignac organizes
and spearheads a
European log build-
ing summit, held in
Sweden. Board de-
velopment retreats
at Sugar Lake and
Canmore.

Robrt Savignac remembers:
The French-translation group got
stuck on the title of the document:
Log Building Standards... there
was no consensus on how Log
Building should be translated.
Maisons en billots, maisons en
rondin, maisons de bois brut,
maisons en bois rond, construction
en fustes. We had trouble getting
past the rst TWO WORDS!
Cutting an Accelerated shell.
Duane Sellman explains
something technical.
Gary Espe shows laser
scriber.
Wayne Sparshu with his
scaffold.
Joel and Robrt atop gazebo.
Ann Miks Remembers:
My favorite memory and one
that I treasure, is the rst
slide show that I attended in
2000. It showcased the most
incredible work that I had ever
seen. It truly took my breath
away. I was so proud of all
of the builders that made up
the ILBA and to think that
they allowed me, Ann Miks
(who knew nothing about log
building) to be a part of this
special group.
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2003 30th AGM, at Alymer, Quebec
Dave Gardner is President; Jean Rodrigue stair workshop;
367 members; $480,000 in revenue this year; $484,000
in expenses; Les Jozsa speaks on wood technology;
Simon Auger and Ron Hann win notching competition;
Jig Book is published; Builder Certication Program is
tabled.
2nd Fall Rendezvous, in Cherryville, BC John
Boys and Mark Fritch instruct chinked dovetail course
(cabin sold for $29,000); Russell Joseph tool system is
demonstrated.
2004 31st AGM, at Parksville, BC
Gazebo project with Egils Artmanis, Duane
Sellman, & Dai Ona; raw oysters off the rocks
with Tim Bullock; Cyril Courtois on animation
in design; Dietrichs 3-day workshop on
CAD design; Design expo; Russell Joseph
with jig for cutting arc windows; the auction
raises $45,000; 500 members; Mark Deagle
champion of competition; 3rd annual
rendezvous cancelled; Del Radomske receives
the 1st - ILBA Grand Achievement Award.
Robrt Savignac Remembers:
Cathy & I worked hard to develop greater Board
responsibilities and participation, organizing special board
retreats & planning/vision sessions.
Ron Hann, Frederick
Brilliant, and Simon Auger
Del Radomske receives
Grand Achievement
Award from John. Parksville gazebo project.
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Cathy and Mira.
2005 32nd AGM,
at Coeur dAlene, Idaho
Jeff Patterson is president; 8-week 17,000 km
Road Trip is announced; Tom Hahney gets Grand
Achievement Award; Simon Auger is notching champ;
Jeff Pedersen conducts hands-on dovetail course at
AGM; Wil Dancey conducts timber frame course;
$40,000 raised in auction, Tom Terry auctioneer;
Canada GST levy on US members hit us; Savignac let
go; Cathy on sick leave; nancial strife for Association;
attacks posted on LHOTI are baseless; conference
workshop for kids.
Tom Hahney remembers:
One of the great honors of my life was to
be given the Achievement Award in 2005.
As I remember that moment now, it was so
unexpected, I can still be knocked over with
a feather!
2006 33rd AGM, at Montebello, Quebec
ICC log building code development is underway; auc-
tion brings in $59,000; Higgy Jigger; Robert Chambers
gets ILBA Grand Achievement Award; Ed Campbell
addresses the members; Ingrid Boys provides histori-
cal and scriber displays; compound roof course. Patty
LaFrancois organizes conference; Ed Shure is president;
members now must apply annually to join.
Ed Campbell remembers:
Giving that speech was one of the prouder
moments of my life . . . .
I am always interested to the progress of
the organization that I helped to form and I
have deep respect for those individuals who
work so hard to further the interests of this
industry. My hat is off to all the log builders
who keep this industry alive and thriving.
2007 34th AGM,
at Abbotsford, BC
Log Grading by ALS nixed; major
revision to Constitution and
Ethics; ICC-400 Code is adopted;
Chainsaw carving with Mike
McVay; Litller brothers win. Ann
Miks hired as ofce Administrator.
Ann & Andree at Montebello 2006
Higgs Murhpy with his Jigger.
Team Littler competing.
Brian Lloyd Remembers:
One evening at Montebello I
walked into the bar where I
found Allan Mackie sitting alone,
surprising enough... I picked up a
beer and sat down with Allan. He
looked up slowly and told me that
we were among the very few Old
Log Builders at the conference.
I aged considerably at that
moment!
Rob with ChambersScribers at Tech Talk 2009.
2008 35th AGM, at Whitesh, Montana
Logworks Helper pricing
program available (created
by Dai Ona & John Boys);
Log Building News now in
color; SketchUp workshop
with Egils Artmanis and
Clark Bremer; Toshio Odate
wood sculpture; Mira
Steinbrecher awarded by
ILBA; Katrina Koebel
receives design award.
2009 36th AGM, at Cable, Wisconsin
Our rst joint conference
with Great Lakes
LogCrafters Association;
work starts on what
will become Effective
Practices & Methods;
Dusko Ballmer on scanning
logs and cutting with
CNC machine; Ed Burke
log grading workshop;
Finns and Estonians
at conference; crane
certication workshop;
sill log layout; David Rogers
on log repair.
2010 37th AGM, at Prescott, Arizona
Manitowoc crane demo; Effective Practices adopted;
new Incremental Accelerated video shown by Chambers;
Arcosanti tour; Earl Laverty explores ILBA vision.
Catharine Hansen Remembers:
I miss: the annual conferences, hugs from Uli Walther, a glass of wine with
Robert Chambers, Kat Koebels infectious smile, watching John Boys and
Lloyd Beckedorf out bid each other at auctions. . . the list goes on!
The Finns: Raimo, Hannu, Henrik
John Boys & Jim Grieb
Ed Burke teaches log grading.
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2011 38th AGM, at Niagara, Ontario
Centerline dovetail workshop with Higgs Murphy;
Peter Gott keynote; John Boys brings Buster; Wayne
Sparshu buys Mackie axe for $2100 in auction; LBN
goes 100% digital; Chambers on new underscribe
method; Dalibor Houdek on Canada energy codes;
Dan Wait on low-tech kiln; Chinese businesswoman
attends and wants to buy hundreds of log shells.
2012 39th AGM, at Asilomar, California
First joint conference with TFGNA; Dietrichs
10-year anniversary; EP&M published in paper
and digital; Chambers speaks on Dreams & Creativity;
Brungraber and others break joints; Higgs, Preston,
and Whitehouse hands-on lofting and more; Uli Walter
on marketing.
Peter Gott and John Nininger
Matt Davidson frst in notching.
Ben Brungraber shows how easy it is for
him to break things that timber framers
have carefully built.

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TechTalk
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Photo credit: Robert Chambers
Detail of a drain hole carved
about 900 years ago, in the
sill log of the Borgund Stave
Church. The hole drains water
so it wont collect in the groove
that accepts the thick vertical
log siding above the sill log.
Many of the large logs in this
1600 AD farmhouse were free
of heart center (FOHC) -- the
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TechTalk
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Photo credit: Robert Chambers
Probably the oldest log building I saw
in Norway, the Bjolstad Chapel. The stave
churches are older (as old as 1050 AD), but
are log post and beam, not horizontal scribe-
ft log. This church was round log, not oval,
had full long grooves, and diamond notches
in the cornerssaddle scarfs top and bottom.
The fts were superb.
This large barn (obviously still being used by
the farmer) was built on sloping land. The
low corners were held on log corners (piers).
It looked very tippy to me, but had been in
place for many hundreds of years. The secret
is that the log pier is a triangle in plan. A
solid log-wall triangle very stable. The logs
of the back wall (under the barn) are tipped,
of course, because they have to cross down
to the round below. I have drawn yellow lines
that indicate half of the logs of the back wall.
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Log Building
in Switzerland
By Roger Porrenga
Blockbau is the Swiss word for buildings with crossed corners,
that includes also boards from 1 inch thickness, and up to Log
Buildings. In the region around Zurich and the Lake Greifensee,
in 1975 was found a log building (actually Pfahlbautena
building on stilts) that dates from 1050 BC. The frst round was
in the mud, under water, anchored down with pins, the log walls
were then erected on that round, so that it not was sinking in to
the mud. This is the oldest found in Switzerland, so far.
In the Alps is where most new log buildings are being built
now in different styles, most with hewn logs for homes and
round log for farm buildingsfor example, hay sheds with wide
roofs.
In the mid-1990s North American style log construction
started to come to Switzerland. In the beginning, there were
just a few log builders and they used the saddle notch and the
techniques we were taught mostly in North America.
We started also to use old carpenters knowledge and mixed
that together. with our new North American log building
training. We made buildings with modern interiors, mixed with
steel, concrete and colors. Swiss peoples taste is mostly modern,
and not very rustic.
Everything went fne, until the Swiss Heimatschutz (protecting
architectural heritage) in 2007 wrote to all the building
regulation departments, in almost every town, that they should
not accept log buildings (made with round trees) anymore,
because the overhang at the corners were too rough, the
building style was too simple and it is a step backwards in
craftsmanship. They also questioned the aesthetics of log
buildings.
The log builders were shocked, all the work we had done in
10 years, was it for nothing? A handful of log builders came
together and we founded the IG Blockbau Schweiz (Swiss
Photo credit: Roger Porrenga
Log home in Mllheim, Switzerland.
Saddle notch, character logs, modern
kitchen, stainless steel details.
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Logbuilders Association) and we tried to contact Heimatschutz
to discuss the situation, but there has not been one discussion or
meeting until recently.
We wrote to all the building regulation departments a paper
that tells our views. We try to build every house better and
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A few years ago, it was not easy to fulfll the energy effciency
requirements as they got harder and harder. Now we usually are
able to fulfll those standards, because there are different ways to
calculate.
I wont go into the complicated details here, but the log
diameter should be 44 cm+ (17+) in the middle; the tip should
not be less than 38 cm (15). Grooves and kerfs and corners
have to be carefully and proper insulated. We use mostly sheep
wool, because its organic and last a long time.
This is not new technique. I have helped to renovate a
350-year-old house, and the wool we took out of the wall,
looked just as it did when it came off the sheep. Sheep wool
is able to take 1/3 of its weight in moisture and still insulate.
Mineral wool or glass wool, fberglass is not able to do this.
Sheep wool is able to take building toxics such as formaldehyde,
absorb it, and keep it locked inside. At times we also use gaskets.
The windows must have 3 sealed panes of glass. The roof has
to be insulated very well to 24 cm+ (9-1/2) I usually prefer
the insulation made of wood (cellulose insulation).
All connections and joinery have to be airtight. If you have a
controlled air ventilation with heat recovery, the required energy
effciency number is easier to reach. The regulations are going
to be more and more specifc as time goes on. The idea is to
produce less and less CO2.
So, you may get a bonus for heating with a new clean-
burning woodstove, geothermal, passive solar etc. If you have
photovoltaic you get a bonus and so on.
What kind of sense does it make to insulate a house with
styrofoam etc. that is made out of oil and a lot of energy? Some
articles report that with the energy that is used to make foam
insulations you could heat a house for 20 years.
Historic grain storage building built of log.
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FOR S ALE
Building logs for sale - regular and oversize. Fir Cut to peeler lengths
mainly 43 and 52 ft. Trees were harvested in fall 2010 and some in
winter 2011. Good straight logs for building - approx 200 cu m. Also
oversize logs for Timberframe stock. Woodlot 454 Golden BC.
250-344-4646.
1999 Heartwood Band Sawmill Model 310 Electric Never been
used; 6 Double-Cut (cutting travel speed up to 3 feet per second
forward or reverse). Will require 600 Volt 3 Phase Power or motor
exchange. The only noticeable noise this mill makes is the actual blade
cutting through wood. Eighty-eight feet of track; operator travels
with mill head along track. Numerous track-mounted hydraulic log
handing systems and full programmable computer controlled set
works. (We purchased 2 and only set one up for use.) Purchased in
1999, replacement value of this unit today is over $130,000 Canadian.
Asking $65,000.00 Canadian, will require some site preparation
and assembly. To compare this to any of the small bandsaws is like
comparing a hi-way tractor/ trailer to a go-cart, this is a serious
production mill. We often can go three weeks between bandsaw
blade sharpenings! Please arrange for an appointment to see the twin
unit in operation. Link to this model at Heartwood Saw: http://www.
heartwoodsaw.com/Model_310.html. Email to info@moosemountain.
com or phone toll free 1-877-932-3992 Lloyd Beckedorf, Moose
Mountain Log Homes Inc.
Logworks Helper Pricing program specially written for fast and
accurate takeoffs and quotes of log home shells. You can customize
it for the pricing methods and preferences you currently use. Note:
you must own a copy of Microsoft Excel to run Logworks Helper.
Developed by Dai Ona with help from John Boys. Contact Ann at
the ILBA offices for sales and enquiries. CDN $500.
Hand scribed Log Home Projects CD called Drawing Dreams - a
selection of 24 log home projects. A CD of 24 log homes $19.99 tax
and shipping included. Call 1-877-832-0165 RSM Drafting Services Ltd.
House logs for sale We are selling dry and semi dry Lodge Pole Pine
and Engelmann White Spruce house logs. We ship Worldwide.
Please phone 780-674-6325 or email karma.log.homes@live.com
Northern White Pine Building Logs available in most sizes and
lengths. Winter Cut from Quebec. Please contact: Select Log,
Fred Temperton, 2899 Stella, Rawdon J0K 1S0
Phone: 514-867-5430 Email: fred@temperton.ca
HELP WANTED
Experienced full-scribe log builder wanted for year round, full-time
work. Big White Pine logs. Good working conditions, minimal travel,
good pay and benefits. Rural and beautiful Northern Vermont near
Connecticut River and White Mountains of New Hampshire. 3 hours
from Boston, Montreal and coast of Maine. Outdoors oriented person
with good woodworking and math skills. To apply send or email
resume and references. The Wooden House Co., Ltd., 3714 North
Road, S. Ryegate, Vermont to Newbury, Vermont 05051. Phone: 802-
429-2490, email: john@woodenhousecompany.com
Need 2 experienced log builders immediately until the fall for sure.
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C L A S S I F I E D A D S
HELP WANTED
Log Builder/Timber Framer We are seeking
to fill a position requiring the following skills:
Timber Framer; must have 4 year journey-
man certificate in the European Tradition
(Zimmerman), or equivalent in experience. Lo g
Building: mastery of scribed, post and beam and
dovetail log construction.
Other Assets: working knowledge of CLT (Cross
Laminated Timber) Technology, roof math and
roof layout for the purpose of massive log to log
and timber to timber connections and joinery.
Experience with hand and power tools; including
chainsaw, planers, routers. Valid drivers license.
Must be able to read plans, work independently
as well as integrate with our existing team.
Computer drafting skills are an asset but not
required. Hourly pay: $20.00 $24.00 hr
commensurate with skills.
Our company is located in Merritt BC. To apply:
logworks@logworks.ca
Experienced quality orientated log builders
needed. Moose Mountain Log Builders is
looking for experienced log builders who would
enjoy interesting projects to work on in the
Calgary area, in Cochrane Alberta. Earnings
based on experience. Please call Kevin at
1-587-433-6719 or Lloyd if Kevin is unavailable
at: 403-932-3992.
Legendary Logcrafters Limited is a hand crafted
log home producer in Collingwood Ontario. Due
to a consistent annual growth, our company is
adding multiple positions from apprenticeships
to experienced log home builders. Legendary
offers highly competitive wages and a very
structured work environment. Please email
resume to Legendary@legendarylog.com or fax
705-444-6675 or call 705-444-0400.
Full time log chinker. Full time log hand
crafter and timber framer. For both of these
positions we require years of experience and
references. Contact - Southwest Log Homes, Inc
Email: david@southwestloghomes.com
Log Builder Required in Scotland
We seek to employ a log builder to assist with
building fully scribed and Post and Beam Log
Homes in the Scottish Borders.
Applicants should have a minimum of three years
experience in building Full Scribe Log Homes
using the over scribe technique, and Post and
Beam Log Homes. The applicant should also be
able to work from plans, work unsupervised,
and holds either a British or EU passport or a UK
working Visa. Wages to be discussed depending
on experience. Please contact John via e-mail:
info@caledonialoghomes.co.uk
HELP WANTED
Log Builder Wanted Log Home Builder career
opportunity available with a progressive, quality
oriented, full service log home company.
Edmonton area, permanent full time, year round.
1-2 years experience, must have own tools and
transportation, wages are $18.00-$30.00/hr on
piece work. Fax resume to 780-460-2584.
The Log Connection is currently seeking
three to four highly motivated, enthusiastic
individuals to become part of our design
team. Two positions are available for drafters
with a minimum of two years architectural
CADD drafting. Two positions are available for
accomplished drafters/designers with ability to
complete highly detailed log home construction
drawings within a specified time period is a
definite asset. Duties will include the creation
of working drawings for custom log homes
based on preliminary designs, production
design and detailing, shop drawings as well as
modifications to existing designs. Scope of work
may range from medium sized residential to
large commercial projects. Preferred experience
would include log home design/drafting.
Provide resume and samples of past CADD
work, attention to: Mr. Dave Sutton, The Log
Connection, 129 Nanaimo Ave. West, Pentict on,
BC Canada V2A 1N2.
Daizen Joinery Ltd. is looking for full time, HSB
CAD operator and K2 machine operator, timber
frame production assistant. Please contact
Dai, 250-679-2750 or email dai@daizen.com
Big Foot Manufacturing Inc. in Tappen British
Columbia is looking to hire a qualified Timber
Framer with CNC experience. We are currently
expanding our product lines now that we are
entering the North American market. The ideal
candidate will be a journeyman Timber Framer
who has experience operating a Hundegger k2.
This person will be responsible for processing
and fitting final pieces and may be required to
do some on-site erection. Please email resums
in confidence to: wayne@bigfoot-mfg.com
or deliver them in person to: Big Foot
Manufacturing, 3380 Ford Road, Tappen B.C.
Confort Nature is looking for an experienced
log builder who will be in charge of production.
As a hands-on team leader, he will be responsible
of log shell construction from blueprint reading
to quality management. As a small company
looking to develop and always get better, we will
give a lot of place to your ideas and techniques.
We are located in Quebec, 100km north of
Montreal, in the beautiful region of Lanaudire,
next to Saint-Donat and Mont-Tremblant
Park, nearby lakes and mountains. Lets build
something together! Please contact us via email
at info@confortnature.com or phone
1-877-424-3525.
HELP WANTED
Draftsman with Dietrichs CAD experience.
Must have full working knowledge of the
Dietrichs Program, and hands on experience
in wood engineering and/or massive log and
timber joinery. Wages - 21.00 to 24.00 per hour
- please e-mail applications to: Nicola LogWorks,
attention: John Boys. john@logworks.ca
John Devries Log Homes, a small upscale
company operating in Rural Eastern Ontario
since 1976 seeks an experienced log crafter
preferably with hands on supervisory experience
that can read plans and manage projects. We
foster a dynamic, creative, solution oriented
work environment that emphasizes quality while
attempting not to sacrifice productivity (that
elusive log builders Holy Grail) in a structured
but fun atmosphere. (At least we think its fun) It
would be helpful (but not required) if applicant
has timber framing experience as well. Salary
dependent on experience. Plenty of lakes, great
fishing, hunting and other outdoor recreation.
2 hours to Toronto or Ottawa (for some
serious city fun) Call to Martin or Martin to
discuss at 613-478-6830 or e-mail
info@jdvloghomes.com.
WANTED
A set of Gearhead Scribers Please contact:
Leo Scales - monicanleo@roadrunner.com.
603-846-5703.
Looking for work in the northwest. I have
23 years of professional full-scribe log building
experience. I am only available for short term
temporary work, labor fine also. Patrick Dalton
(907) 803-0092 daltonlogshells@gmail.com
and website www.daltonlogshells.com
Traveling Timberwright Professional Finish
Carpenter for Scribe Fit and Post & Beam
structures. 30 years accomplished tradesman in
this field. Mobile, with extensive selection of
tools. Honest and Reliable. Contact:
RALPH CLEGG 604-740-2404 BC Canada.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Island School of Building Arts 3199 Coast
Road, Gabriola, BC Tel: 250.247.8922
www.isba.ca
Fall 2012 courses:
*Building with Logs - Sept 3 - 28, 2012
*Timber Frame Post & Beam - Oct 1 - 26, 2012
*Timber Frame Bents - Oct 29 - Nov 23, 2012
New Short Courses:
*Custom Door Making - July 23 - July 27, 2012
Concrete Counter tops and Sketchup - Stay
tuned to our website for additional information
on these new short courses.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Ann Miks, Administrator
ann@logassociation.org
International Log Builders Association
P.O. Box 775
Lumby, British Columbia Canada V0E 2G0
800-532-2900 toll-free
250-547-8776 phone
250-547-8775 fax
www.logassociation.org
2012 ILBA Board of Directors
President
Higgs Murphy
Email: logdoggies@yahoo.com
Vice-President
Earl Laverty
Email: earl@lavertyloghomes.com
Clerk
Liberty Lewis
Email: llewis@callSBSA.com
Treasurer
Martin Slager
Email: info@jdvloghomes.com
Directors
Ron Brodigan
Email: courses@schoolofogbuilding.com
Robert W. Chambers
Email: robert@logbuilding.org
Konrad Gallei
Email: konrad@gallei.de
Noah Hedges
Email: nandadevi@hotmail.com
Dan Wait
Email: dan@fbiloghomes.com

C L A S S I F I E D A D S
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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West Coast Restoration LLC is pleased to
announce that they offer complete restoration
services, insurance litigation support and
consulting. Call Bill Finley at 360-961-3220 or
email: billfinley@westcoastrestoration.com
S ERVI CES
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Industry Consulting
Building Inspection
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Drafting and Design Services - RSM Drafting
Services Ltd. is a freelance drafting and design
service that specializes in log and timber frame
buildings. We have been Drawing Dreams
since 1977. We have a CD of 24 log homes
available for $19.99 all taxes and shipping
included. Contact Bob at www.rsmdrafting.com.
Email bob.rsmdrafting@telus.net or call
1-877-832-0165 toll free Ask me first
Building design consultants.
Fire Tower, bringing a modern perspective
to time-honored craft, specializes in the
engineering and design of new and existing
log and timber structures. Licensed in BC, AB
& ON and 31 States.
Fire Tower Engineered Timber, Inc.
Mack Magee
m@ftet.com
27 Sims Avenue
Unit 2R, Providence, RI 02909
Phone: 401-489-4567
Fax: 401-441-5218
www.ftet.com
FraserWood Industries Mack Magee
FraserWood is a pioneering, full-service
provider of innovative timber products and
services committed to extending the reach
of natural timbers in built environments.
Mack Magee
27 Sims Avenue
Unit 2R, Providence, RI 02909
Phone: 401-489-4567
Fax: 401-441-5218
email: mmagee@fraserwoodindustries.com
www.fraserwoodindustries.com.
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Advertisers in This Issue
A Boys Big Book of Jigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
BC Log & Timber Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CBR Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dietrichs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fire Tower Engineered Timber Inc. . . . . . . . 9
Fraser Wood Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
GRK Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Lignomat USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Log Home Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Magard Ventures Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Nicola Log Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Pat Wolfe Log Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Perma-Chink Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 4, 28
Precision Structural Engineering . . . . . . . . 24
RSM Drafting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sashco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Schroeder Log Home Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sherpa Timber Connection . . . . . . . . .25, 26
SMTC Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Streamline Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Summer Beam Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Timber Framers Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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