What is the difference between a handcrafted log cabin and a milled log cabin?
Handcrafters peel trees, with a drawknife, cut notches at the corners and stack these logs to create the cabin. The notches are typically round, saddle, or full scribe. Powder River Log Cabins builds a chink style (reminiscent of 1800’s) log cabin. A space is in between the log courses and a foam casket with synthetic chinking is applied. The chink simulates the mortar used historically but is fire resistant as well as a sealer from bug and air infiltration. A milled log cabin is typically mass produced using machinery to produce a log product that no longer has its natural taper- the ‘log’ has a consistent shape. Double tongue and groove, Swedish cope, D-log, or other varieties are the common names of a milled ‘log’. The ‘logs’ typically are no longer than 8 to 12′ in length and butt splices are common.
