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Log Construction Manual: The Ultimate Guide to Building Handcrafted Log Homes by Robert W. Chambers
Log Construction Manual: The Ultimate Guide to Building Handcrafted Log Homes by Robert W. Chambers
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- Publisher : Deep Stream Pr (October 1, 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 260 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0971573603
- ISBN-13 : 978-0971573604
- Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.75 x 10.75 inches
The Log Construction Manual has been the best-selling log-home how-to book since it was first published in 2002. This 2006 edition has a section of color photos, and updated black and white photos throughout. Hundreds of photos and drawings compliment the clear and easy-to-read information that Chambers provides to beginners and experienced log builders.
Robert W. Chambers is a world-recognized authority on handcrafted log home construction. He has been building handcrafted log homes since 1983 (after graduating from the Mackie School in British Columbia). Chambers has been teaching and writing about log construction since 1987. He has taught log building in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Russia. He is the Editor of Log Building News, the newsletter of the International Log Builders Association. He holds numerous log construction patents, including one for the world's only cut-it-yourself handcrafted, pre-scribed, log home kit.
Review
"An indispensible guide for those who are going to build . . . by perhaps the leading log building instructor in North America." -- Log Home Living Magazine
"Fantastic ! Chambers casts light into some of the darkest corners of log building. Buy it. Read it." Bill Olsen -- Log Building News
"Fantastic! In one book Chambers casts light into some of the darkest corners of log building. Buy it. Read it." -- Log Building News
