cabin of interest

[nyvinny]

[nyvinny]

Wow that pic took along time for me to how its done. thanks Don and John for some links posting pics.This sharp cabin is around corner from our property where we will build.Weather upstate ny is cold and snow rain ice now.logger comes to us next month to officially get us started on site work.we will build using wood from our mountaintop property.hardwoods for floors and hemlock for framing bandsaw milled on site.The cabin pictured might interest forum members as it was built in stages using material local to our area from the sawmill not the box store.board and batten rough sawn siding matching pitched roof on all sections.Kind of a variation on The Big Enchilada.John R. posted shed images recently and members also. Hope you find it of interest.

[MountainDon]

Wow!  It's hard to beat NY state for summer GREEN! Cabin looks nice too.

My wife's from Binghamton and the thing she misses the most is the summer green, followed by the fall colors.


Glad you got the image posting figured out.

[jbos333]

Hey nyvinny,

That's really a nice looking setup....it looks kinda like what I'm contemplating with my existing building which is 24 x 24....looks very much like the left portion in the picture, but right now it's just a post and beam barn, no windows, etc. Board and baetten siding (Amish wood) etc. So now I have a better idea of how good it could look! Thanks for posting and good luck with your own project.

If you don't mind me asking, where are you in NY? I'm in Cattaraugus county, Little Valley area.

[nyvinny]

jbos333- Glad you liked the pic. We are in Schoharie county, bordering Otsego county and close to Cooperstown ,Baseball hall of fame. Gotta Love the Countryplan site,LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE here. I wish you the best on your project.

[Redoverfarm]

nyvinny just a little hint to make your "board & batten" look a little better than ordinary.  I used approximately 7-1/2" boards and a 1-7/8" batten.  I used a 3" makita planner to champher the edge of the batten strips. It has a V- groove in the bottom of the plate that allowed it to follow the edge of the batten strip for the champher.  It sort of blends the batten strips into the board to give it a good finish.  The V-groove only allows for about 1/4" depth so basickly you are just knocking off the sharp edge. No real set up just clamping one end fast, plane two thirds on both sides then reversing to do the remaining 1/3 . I'm not sure whether you can tell on my photo's or not of this detail. Some of the photo's at a distance is hard to tell that there is batten strips but the best close-up is pic#4 of the following:

http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=3613.msg44370#msg44370

Look forward to your posting the progress from ground breaking all the way through.

[nyvinny]

John, Thanks for the tip on the batten edging. It is a nice touch to what I call the rustic refined style,rustic doesn't have to be rough.My hats off to you on your own project. I really enjoyed the progress photos,lots of fine details, yes I would call it rustic refined style.