dietrich cabin restoration 2013
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Dietrich Cabin RestorationTim Wilson and his three sons, Gilman City, MO, spent a week during June 2013 at Dietrich Cabin replacing several rotted logs and replacing inappropriate
chinking on three sides. Here they are removing chinking.
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More removal of chinking. They use an air compressor to get the last bits out after it is loosened.
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Tim begins preparation of a walnut log with a chainsaw.
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After several cuts with the chainsaw, he hews the log with an old axe.
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Hewing is hard work!
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The old axe that Tim uses is his, but one just like it is one of Dietrich Cabin’s artifacts.
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The newly hewn log on the sawhorses and the rotted log that it will replace in the lower left.
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News logs in place on the north side of the cabin.
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New logs on the northwest corner of the cabin.
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The rechinking process takes time.
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Tim Wilson and his sons. They have restored log cabins throughout the Midwest and also build new log homes in the traditional way.