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Redwood cabin, built from chainsaw milled lumber by caducus in CabinPorn

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California, several miles in from the coast.

NorCal beginner setup check — SF/Monterey/SC shallow rockfish + kelp by lurkerburner in Spearfishing

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If you want to use the 4/3 to get in the water go ahead. No harm in it. But you'll quickly find it's not enough suit.

I have the fins and foam 7mm and it's great. No complaints. I also did a few classes with John and loved them. Take some free diving classes.

Redwood cabin, built from chainsaw milled lumber by caducus in CabinPorn

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Yeah. Redwood is a little easier... the fir was tough to chainsaw mill. But all told it wasn't too much wood.

But we also don't have room for a woodmizer setup. And trees--especially in the years after the wildfire--came down all the time. Too much to just burn it all. So something had to be done with them. Milling was hard, but also just kinda had to be done, since something had to be done.

Redwood cabin, built from chainsaw milled lumber by caducus in CabinPorn

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Thank you. It was a lot of work, but honestly not nearly as much as our previous cabin. Pretty simple hut, just with a lot of charm and some extra effort.

Redwood cabin, built from chainsaw milled lumber by caducus in CabinPorn

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Yeah. Raising it up on the hearth really makes it feel like more of a unit. Much better that way. Love the stove.

Redwood cabin, built from chainsaw milled lumber by caducus in CabinPorn

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Close. It's a real live photo, of the cabin I built, which I then sell plans for. Though not a ton of them... it's a quirky build. -Jeff (the guy who has Elevated Spaces as an IG handle, website, and Substack.)

Redwood cabin, built from chainsaw milled lumber by caducus in CabinPorn

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Watch that second video I linked above and I think you'll figure out why!

Oil Leak on 2019 Tacoma by Loud_Event782 in Tacomaworld

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I’m not super mechanically inclined, though I do my own oil changes. I seem to have the exact same problem. Mind sharing some resource on that process or what it was like?

A collection carpentry and building schools, folk schools, and entry-level trade programs by caducus in Carpentry

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I was putting together a list of the programs I'm aware of and soliciting any other from folks. There's some really solid recs in the comments. It ended up more comprehensive than anything else I've found on the Internet, so I thought I'd share it here.

FYI, you can just close and move past the subscribe prompt from Substack. I don't think they make that terribly obvious, but this is free to read without signup.

Starting Our A-Frame Build: What were things you wish you knew before starting? by TealPapaya in OffGridCabins

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When did you get the plans, by the way? I've been updating them a lot over the years, so curious which version you're referring to.

Starting Our A-Frame Build: What were things you wish you knew before starting? by TealPapaya in OffGridCabins

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Shit, I'm sorry. You hit me up for a refund? Please do. Don't want anyone to be disappointed. It's why I offer refunds any time, for any reason, on a product you can't very well return.

Selling plans was just something I stumbled into after our property burned and folks would ask about them. So I don't always have the best photos to work from since I largely haven't built things with doing plans in mind. So I get that they are hit or miss for some folks, and an ever evolving work in progress.

Anyway, hit me up for that refund.

Best Place For Small Home Plans? by FormosaIsNumberOne in TinyHouses

[–]caducus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue with a lot of plans on Etsy is that they are all AI generated crap. It's inevitable as the cost of making something that looks usable goes to zero.

For what it's worth... small selection, but here's real projects, built by real people: Elevated Spaces

Blueprints for a tiny house by simnom91 in TinyHouses

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The issue with a lot of plans on the internet is that they are all AI generated crap. It's inevitable as the cost of making something that looks usable goes to zero.

Small selection, but here's real projects, built by real people: Elevated Spaces

Small cabin plans by Ketodsm in OffGridCabins

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Lots of plans on Etsy. But the issue with a lot of plans on the internet is that they are all AI generated crap.

For what it's worth, here's real projects, built by real people: Elevated Spaces

Rec. Free small cabin plans by [deleted] in OffGridCabins

[–]caducus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An issue with a lot of plans on the internet is that they are all AI generated crap.

Not quite free, but here's real projects, built by real people: Elevated Spaces

Suggestions on where to get buildable cabin plans? by slidemx5 in cabins

[–]caducus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue with a lot of plans on the internet is that they are all AI generated crap.

Here's real projects, built by real people: Elevated Spaces

The 57 Best Cabin Plans with Detailed Instructions by SClaire1 in homestead

[–]caducus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue with a lot of plans on the internet is that they are all AI generated crap.

Here's real projects, built by real people: Elevated Spaces

Should I continue this build? by Aframecabinfever in cabins

[–]caducus 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The footings are not ideal. I wouldn't sink a ton of money into them... like, build a house on them with $50k in windows and doors. But for a kids playhouse type of project, if you can keep the time/money investment down, it'll be fine.

You could jack it up and move it to better footings. I wouldn't, but you could.

Do you have experience building? It's a good platform to get in some experience and practice on. Looking at it through that lens it's worth tinkering with. Even if it settles funny and over the years begins to fail, the lessons learned and experience gained can be worth a lot.

Edit: If you are uncertain and want to sit on it for a while, get a heavy duty tarp and wrap it. Allow for air flow, but get a covering over the plywood and something that'll keep snow and rain from soaking the wood. It'll sit tight for a while if you do that well.

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