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Title: Building With Logs by B. Allan MacKie ISBN: 1-55209-102-3 Publisher: Log House Pub Co Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not the bible I expected
Comment: I was extremely disapointed with the content of the book. I definitely can't say that I would be able to build a log home with the insufficient information provided. I found explanations were confusing, unclear and not detailed at all. It seems that the author is assuming everybody knows how to build a house. There was not enough pictures or images to illustrate some of the most important steps of making a log home (e.g. scribing the logs...). I find this book may be interesting to get familiar with the basics of log building but it's definitely not a technical reference for a builder wannabe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Textbook
Comment: Very thorough treatise on the subject of log home construction. This text does not give details on wiring or plumbing in great depth, but that would have expanded the volume to 400-500 pages, largely of work covered in several other trade-specific books. No, this is a book on building a log structure, and as such gives propper technical instruction on how to safely perform intricate and delicate tasks with large tools on large logs to form a comfortable dwelling. Or, if the task seems harder than you thought, to knowledgably oversee the work of others. I would buy this one again.
Rating: 4
Summary: Clear and concise, great pics and drawings - good stuff!
Comment: Allen Mackie's the original starting point for the resurrgence of the craft of log building and can be traced to every major log building project built in the past 30+ years around the world! This book is a good how-to and often used by owner builders and students alike with great results! I just wish he would do something on log roof support systems in greater detail and also a new revised edition of "The Picture Book of Log Homes"! We're looking for the day! Lasko School of Log Building - Bill Lasko
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Title: Log Construction Manual: The Ultimate Guide to Building Handcrafted Log Homes by Robert Wood Chambers ISBN: 0971573603 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Notches of All Kinds: A Book of Timber Joinery by B. Allan MacKie, Allan MacKie, B. Allen MacKie ISBN: 0920270247 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment by B. Allan MacKie ISBN: 1552975487 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home by Roger Hard ISBN: 0882663992 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: November, 1985 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Small Log Homes: Storybook Plans and Advice by Robbin Obomsawin ISBN: 1586850431 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: 05 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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