Log Building News Issue No 53

by Jeff Patterson
Wow, another incredible Conference! If you were

there, you know what I mean and if you were not
able to attend, you wont want to miss the next one
at the Chateau Montebello. Once again, it was hard
to make it to all of the classes you wanted because
there were so many great presenters and there were
always two or three classes going at any given time.
I have heard from many of the participants in the
Pre-Conference seminars and they said they were well
worth taking. I showed up at 9:30am on Tuesday
morning, at break time of the Timber Framing work-
shop two of the guys attending from our yard could-
nt believe how much they had already learned. I got
the impression that everyone taking the seminars felt
the same way.
Once again, our staff did a great job of packing our
days and evenings with opportunities to learn, time to
share and time to be entertained. The Sponsor Trade
Show was also terric and many thanks go out to our
Sponsors for their participation and support. Without
their participation and support, our conferences
would not be what they are today.
Many thanks go out to our presenters. Can you
believe it, there were classes ranging from keeping
your computer sharp and stress management to intri-
cate scribing with lasers and mirrors. If you are inter-
ested in presenting at the next conference, please let
the office know well in advance.
The Log Builder Games were another success. And
Simon Auger You da man! Two time All Round
Champion, congratulations! Thanks to all who helped
put them on and to all that participated.
There was also an in-depth discussion about the
Standards. As a result of that discussion, a Standards
Committee is being formed to review the Standards
and revise them as necessary. If you are interested in
participating in that committee, please let the office
know and you will be contacted. Several other com-
mittees are being formed and we are looking for par-
ticipation in these as well. They are Publications,
Membership, Fundraising, and Education. Again,
please let the office know if you are interested in
working on any of these committees.
We were also proud to announce THE JIG BOOK
IS DONE!! John Boys was presented with the rst copy
NEWS
Inside This Issue
Conference Comments
page 2
Log Builders Games Results
page 3
Our Volunteers page 3
ILBA 2005 Achievement
Award page 3
Pre-Conference Workshop
Photos page 4
Conference Photos
pages 5, 6, 7, 11, 17
GST Plea page 6
OfficeUpdate page 7
Our Members page 8
Homes Needed in Mexico
page 10
Speaking Out Loud
page 12
TechTalk page 15
Log Builder Games Photos
page 18
Once in a Lifetime Builder
Prole page 20
Sauna Tips page 21
List of Advertisers page 21
30th Anniversary of the Pat
Wolfe Log Building School
page 22
AGM of the ILBA page 24
Latvia Conference page 25
Treasurers Report page 26
Thank You to Our Sponsors
page 27
Scribe Quiz Winner page 27
New and Renewing
Members page 28
Classied Ads page 30
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LogBuildingNews
January/February 2005
Issue #53
Published six times a year
2005 International
Log Builders Association
P.O. Box 775
Lumby
British Columbia
Canada V0E 2G0
Toll-free: 800-532-2900
Phone: 250-547-8776
Fax: 250-547-8775
www.logassociation.org
Cathy Hansen, Executive Director
cathy@logassociation.org
Ann Miks, Administrative Assistant
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Robrt Savignac, Executive Director
robert@logassociation.org
Contributors to this issue:
Jane Beall 613-256-0631
John Boys 250-378-4977
Pat Clark 406-863-9482
Mark Fritch 503-668-7130
Tom Hahney 360-354-5840
Jeff Patterson 208-683-3330
Martha Patterson 208-683-3330
Vic Janzen 604-858-4135
Robrt Savignac 250-547-8776
Jean Steinbrecher 360-221-0494
Jim Johnson and Brian Lloyd
conference photos
Log Building News Editor
Cathy Hansen
PO Box 775
Lumby, BC
Canada V0E 2G0
1-800-532-2900
at the opening of the conference and they were put on sale shortly after that time.
You can order your copy by contacting the office. Keep in mind, these are a mem-
ber benet and will only be sold to members of the ILBA. Thanks to John and Ingrid
Boys for all of their hard work in making this book a reality, and thanks also to ILBA
and Wayside Press staff for their nishing touches to the publication.
Lots of good things are coming up this year, the Board of Directors and I will try
our best to keep everyone posted of these events on the Website. Dont forget that
the Forums area of the website is checked regularly by the Board and almost any
topic can be discussed there.
I wish everyone a prosperous and healthy year.
Building Forever from page 1
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Conference Comments
Below are just a few of the many comments and thank yous we received. It is you,
our members, who keep coming and appreciating our efforts, which in turn keeps
us inspired. You are an incredible group of people and we are honored to work with
you all! Sincerely, Cathy & staff at the ILBA office
You guys sure worked hard and did a fantastic job. Thanks for all your
efforts!
Higgs Murphy
Thanks for all the love you gave to me for this years conference. I had a
fantastic time, escaping from normal routine!
Katharina Koelbel
Thanks for a great conference! Im sure you are just getting to the point of
being able to relax again. Thanks for all the hard work!
Ron Jasper
You did an OUTSTANDING job with the conference! I am so proud of you for
all the work you do for the ILBA. Thank you!
Sarah Hamilton
Mike came in for 5 minutes this morning and wanted me to connect with you
to say that he really enjoyed the conference thought it was great. Good job!
Carrie Peet for Mike Flowers
Thank you both again for the superhuman effort in making the convention
happen.
Vic Janzen
Just a short note to thank-you for giving us the opportunity to be part of the
trade show at the conference. I enjoyed myself and it was good to see people
who I had not seen in several years and meet new people. There were some
very good sessions that I took in too. You do a wonderful job putting on the
conference. Thank-you.
Helen Radomske
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Log Builder Games Results
Log Slabbing
1st Eric Larson
2nd Mark Deagle
3rd Justin Goodrich
Axe Throw
1st Paul Kaszuba
2nd Terry Dietzler/Eric Larson
3rd Pat Clark
Full Scribe (2 man team)
1st Mark Deagle & Simon
Auger
2nd Jarret & Del Radomske
3rd Pat Clark & Paul
Kaszuba
Notching
1st Simon Auger
2nd Pat Clark
3rd Rick Taron
Overall Grand Champion
Simon Auger
(pictured right)
Our Volunteers
Cathy Hansen of the ILBA is surrounded by some of her
dedicated volunteers, Tom Terry of Utah, Nancy Wilde of
British Columbia, and Gaylene Bergan of Washington.
Tom Hahney was awarded
the ILBA Achievement Award
for 2005, as presented by
John Boys, Robrt Savignac,
and Jeff Patterson for this
years of contribution, posi-
tive energy and dedication
to the industry and the asso-
ciation.
This is Toms response to
receiving the award:
Gadzooks! Flabbergasted describes it. Jaw dropping surprise.
And, great delight!
How honored I feel to have been given this 2005 ILBA
Achievement Award. And what an honor it has been for me to
know and work with so many ne, ne people over the years
some of the very best in my experience!
Mary Mackie once said something about how relatively easy it
was to start the Association. But that it was the on-going activity
of keeping it going that was the real work. Like that one year in
which she kept the Association alive on paper, by ling the
required reports with the government, even though there were
no real activities. When I was elected as Secretary/Treasurer in
1988 I saw two main things that I wanted to work on. First was
communication. I wanted to make communicating with our
members easier, and have it occur as quickly and as often as we
could. I wanted a long term address and phone number for the
association, which ended up being my office (I still receive the
occasional membership inquiry.). Second was to stabilize our
nancial situation even more. At that time I was the recent and
proud owner of a new Mac + (the rst personal computer
with one meg of RAM; can you imagine it?!). The nances went
into it. All the typewriter-created membership information went
into a data base. All of a sudden we could produce mailing
labels, membership cards, correspondence, news letters, right in
our office and so much more quickly and easily. I smile as I think
about this now, but it was revolutionary in 1988.
In addition to playing in the office, the Association gave me
the opportunity to do one of the things I love most teach.
Conferences were often a chance for me to talk about design or
engineering. My addition to the booklet Log Span Tables is a
direct result of one of those presentations, and this led me to a
whole new area to explore writing. And there was the
Association newsletter, just waiting.
Wonderful, wonderful people, many, many learning opportu-
nities and ways to expand and explore what gifts I have
received! Thank you all!
Best wishes, Tom Hahney
ILBA 2005 Achievement Award
Jeff Pedersen shares his dovetail techniques in a preconference session.
Tim Chauvin of Texas,
explains the basic of
Timber Framing to
Franz Ambichl and
Don Breimhurst.
Will Dancey carefully demonstrates timber frame techniques
to assist individuals in their trade, during a preconference
timber frame course.
BELOW AND LEFT Grayden Laing of Dietrichs, assists in the pre-
conference Timber Frame course, during which time a beautiful
structure was built as shown in the photo to the right.
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GST Plea
by Mark Fritch
Members one and all...
As one of your board members, I have a request of you. The Association met with a
bit of difficulty with Revenue Canada this year just prior to the conference. For quite
some time Cathy has been working with them to determine whether or not the
Association was required to collect the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the mem-
bership dues. After many calls and offers to collect and pay the tax, Cathy was told
that tax was not due on the dues collected.
On the suspicion that the taxes really were due, Cathy collected the tax on the
dues for Canadian members since they were in Canada. Tax was not collected on the
dues of non-Canadian members. As luck would have it, Revenue Canada came back
to the Association saying that it was their determination that GST really was due and
that they wanted to collect for the three previous years. Cathy was able to show that
she had done her due diligence and negotiated the back GST for one years worth of
dues only. Cathy used the tax collected from the Canadian members, but had not
planned on paying on the rest of us foreigners.
The Association has paid the bill for us and this years dues reect the GST. What
Im requesting is that those of us who are non-Canadians help pay for the gap in the
GST from last year. It doesnt really amount to much. To get the Association caught
up, company memberships would pay an additional C$28.00 or US$22.40, individ-
ual memberships C$8.75 or US$7.00 and employee memberships an additional
C$5.25 or US$4.20.
I request that each of us digs into our pocket, coffee can, beer fund or mattress
and send a little gift to the Association. The staff and board will smile down upon
you and offer you eternal thanks. Thanks.
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Log Builders of the Future
The childrens workshop was a great success, much thanks to all the young
students, instructor Vic Janzen and assistant instructor Ron Neufeld.
ILBA Hits the Road
The ILBA Tour will hit the road this summer, stopping at a vari-
ety of events throughout North America from the West to East
and back again. Our stops will include such as the Great Lakes
Log Crafters Association Annual Meeting in Siren, WI June 16
& 17th; the 75th Anniversary of Le Chateau Montebello in
Montebello, PQ July 2nd; our Workshop/Rendez-vous and
public demonstration at the Westeld Heritage Centre near
Hamilton, ON July 17th; as well as visiting member sites and
potential members, government officials, historical log building
sites, and more. The tours initial trip take us on the road for 6
to 8 weeks. We welcome members to submit ideas for location
stops along the way. Sponsorship of the tour will help to pro-
mote the industry and provide education to industry profession-
als and the public. There are a variety of sponsorship levels avail-
able; at specic levels, members can even have their company
logo displayed en route. Space is limited so early registration is
recommended for this. The tour promotional material will also
include an interactive CD which will provide a resource list (of
all ILBA current company members), the Log Building
Standards, and information from our Land to Lock up Manual.
The plan is to promote the
industry and you our
members!
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Our Members
by Cathy Hansen
We had the pleasure of enjoying some time with our member
and now dear friend Cormac Seekings. His travels to North
America from Scotland are interesting, always full of adventure
and excitement. How many of us would like to take time out to
travel and meet other builders Cormac has done just this. I
would like to congratulate him for fullling his passion and
dreams.
My rst meeting with Cormac was in Park City, Utah, in 2002
we enjoyed his humor, dedication to the trade and compas-
sion for all. Then in 2004 he joined our pre-conference teachers
team and assisted with the construction of the Gazebo, which
now overlooks the Pacic Ocean off Vancouver Island, in
Canada.
In late 2004 Cormac returned to our neck of the woods to
take an Advanced Log Builders course offered by Del Radomske
just outside of Kelowna, B.C. This was the start of his two-
month tour of North American Log Builders or a two haircut
trip as Cormac said. After completing his course with Del,
Cormac was lled with new ideas on Log Building. He carried
pages of notes and new concepts, which he was going to apply
as the time arose. The learning and networking he acquired has
more than met all of his expectations. He then returned to
Lumby to prepare for his adventure, packing and mapping out
his route while sharing his great cooking and story telling skills
with our family great fun was had by all! His path then took
him to Gordon MacDonalds, who is a member of both the ILBA
and the TF Guild, for more knowledge and sharing on the beau-
tiful West coast of Canada. Departing Gords, enroute to the
USA, he spent a night with Vic Janzen, ILBA Clerk and one of the
founding fathers of the ILBA, where I can only imagine all the
knowledge and stories that
were shared. His next stop
was to well known French
Timber Framer, Frederic
Brillant on Vachon Island, in
Washington State, whom
Cormac had met at our 02
conference again lots of
knowledge was shared
while pouring over manuals
and books in Frederics
library. Long time ILBA
member and artist, Gary
Espe in Leavenworth,
Washington, was his next
stop where he learnt the
aspects of log artistry.
Leaving Washington State,
Cormac then discovered
many of the wilderness hot springs throughout Montana. Hot
springs are a great place to meet very interesting people,
laughed Cormac, when telling me about his travels.
On Christmas Eve morning Cormac found himself in Idaho
Falls, near one of our ILBA jig guys Russell Joseph, another friend
he met at an ILBA conference. With a quick call to Russell,
Cormac found himself enjoying the holiday season with Russells
LEFT TO RIGHT Del Radomske, Cormac Seekings, Jarret
Radomske, Robrt Savignac. Photo taken at Del Radomskes
Advanced Log Builders one week class this past November.
Cormac in London with Prince
Charles
family. He has a lovely wife and three terric children, it was
just great sharing the holiday season with them. I learned a lot
there but was inspired by thinking how jigs work it forced me
to think about scribing and reference planes and brought things
together for me mentally said Cormac. The jig only works if it
is capable of relocation in indexed ways different movements
in one plane. remarked Cormac, and I can only imagine how
much jig talk went on in the Joseph house this holiday season!
By the beginning of the New Year Cormac found himself on
the road again, this time headed to Ed Shures site in Colorado,
where he spent time with Eds family, Brian, and Egils Artmanis.
As Cormacs ight home was due to leave Vancouver, BC, on
February 10th, he headed north leaving Colorado. He wanted
to visit more hot springs in British Columbia, where he linked up
with Higgs Murphy in Kimberley, BC, whom he had met on a
project in England and I think Higgs still owed him a beer or
so goes the story.
Shortly thereafter, Cormac was back at the ILBA Inn, packing
and preparing for his return to Scotland, wishing he had more
time for travel, even though he had met all of his learning
expectations, he was on his way remembering there is always
a next time! Recently we received Cormacs photo from a British
newspaper clip where he was being acknowledged by Prince
Charles, The Prince of Wales for his endeavors to learn more
about the log building trade here in North America.
Congratulations Cormac you are an inspiration to us all, for get-
ting out of your daily routine and following your dreams!
Editors note: In September 2004, I had the opportunity to listen
in as instructor Higgs Murphy told his students that one of the
best investments they could make was to join the ILBA and the
TF Guild Cormacs trip is just one example of how this is so
true!
Let others who could benet from our Association
know about us today! Industry professionals, your
employees, your suppliers, etc.
The attached photo shows me with my building crew and the
family for which we built a house in Vicente Guerrero in the
Mexican Province of Baja. Eighteen of us ew down to San Diego
CA, rented three vans and built two houses for truly poor families
who were living in shacks with dirt oors. No beds that I could
see. Seven or eight people to a room. Cooking outside on camp-
res. Illiterate. Malnourished. No medical care. There are 300
families on the waiting list needing homes. Forty-ve concrete
slabs have been poured in preparation for teams appearing in
order to build houses during Spring Break obviously mostly
teenagers. My grand daughter Rachel is going down for two
weeks to work in a nearby orphanage.
We were told by our organizers that it was more important that
we spent time relating to our families and the people in the
neighbourhood. Showing love. Modelling behaviours, especially
masculine ones, that are foreign to these people. The brand of
Christianity that dominates this area is a blend of old-timey
Catholicism mixed with Indian paganism. One of the most visible
results of this theology is the total ignorance or fear of birth con-
trol. The men dont stick around very reliably after impregnating
the women. The family in the photo included a grandmother
with three children and a fourth child that she was nursing as well
a 17-year-old daughter who was nursing a baby of about the
same age as her little sister. The people to whom we ministered
were mostly Indian
Mexicans from remote
southern villages origi-
nally. They have been
and are being import-
ed by land owners to work in the year-round harvest, pull weeds
out of wheat elds and the like. They come with promises of a
better life and spend years as indentured servants paying off the
land lord. Hundreds live on the farms in work camps and are
worse off than those who live with no services in slum neighbour-
hood villages.
I wanted to adopt the children and bring them home with me.
It was a heart-rending experience to leave as six-year-old
Alejandra hugged me and said, through tears, that she loved me
very much and didnt want me to leave.
Otherwise, it was great to live in houses, not quite as luxurious
as the ones we built for these people. To work with a bunch of
people focussed on pulling together to get houses built, painted
and furnished. We were well-fed at the mission station by a cou-
ple of local Mexican girls. We snuck off to Taco stands in down-
town Vicente to eat pork, beef and sh tacos to die for. I will
never set foot in a Canadian Mexican food place again. It pales in
quality over the real thing, totally unsanitary conditions not with-
standing. None of us got sick from the food. We drank bottled
water and brushed our teeth with distilled water. Washed our hands
with highly antiseptic gel that we each carried wherever we went.
On dedication day, we loaded the families up with groceries,
clothing, bedding and books and stuff for the children. Since we
nished the houses a day before our Friday deadline, we took
Friday off to relax, explore the nearby deserted beach and distrib-
ute food to other families in need in the several villages in our area.
We each paid a fee of $800 for the one-week expedition. This
covered our ight, the rental and fuel for three vans, all of the
building materials, all of the groceries and clothing we distrib-
uted, one night in a motel in San Diego and the cost of our up-
keep at the mission station.
Our group ranged in age from 18 to 70. It was amazing how
such a demographic mix could live and work in such harmony.
I am sure that most of the gang involved will nd ways to do
this sort of thing again in the future. Claudia and I are certainly
giving something more long-term and more frequent serious
consideration.
LBN Editor note: Perhaps we, the ILBA, can work on such a project
let me know if you are interested and I can begin the coordina-
tion. When I asked Vic if I could share his story with you he agreed
with the following comment, The whole time I was in Mexico I
was thinking that this sort of thing would be natural for our guys.
We would have to target an area where timber was available but
we could easily put up log shells like lightning. And they would be
so superior to the stick-frame and OSB buildings that we built.
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Franz Ambichl from Austria
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Upon invitation from BC Wood, a provincial non-prot organi-
zation that promotes products and technologies derived from
the forest resources of British Columbia, I participated in a Trade
Mission to promote the handcrafted log building industry in
Japan. Although the Japanese housing market was initially very
keen on importing log homes into their country, especially
handcrafted log homes, the predominance of this style has
been completely turned around, where now 90% of log homes
built (and/or imported) in Japan is of a machine-cut variety,
where it was exactly the inverse 10 years ago. There was in fact
a great volume of handcrafted log structures delivered to this
appreciative market, where log homes demonstrated a large tol-
erance to seismic activity, their thermal mass responded well to
the huge variation in climate (in the same day, I witnessed peo-
ple surng off of sandy beaches outside of Tokyo, and by late
afternoon, after a brief ight to Hokkaido, we were caught in a
white-out blizzard, with no less than 8-foot snow banks skirting
the road to the ski village of Niseko!). However, quantity
seemed to prevail over quality, with builders and importers now
trying to sort out the proverbial wheat from the chaff.
My mission was very simple. There are builders who do in
fact pride themselves on quality of work, and the benchmark for
establishing this quality can be based on an adherence to the
ILBA Log Building Standards. There have been a lot of advances
made within the past decade, and with the advent of the ICC
Standards on Log Construction, it is likely they will be scruti-
nized by code officials in Japan. The issues of thermal perform-
ance and air inltration, which is addressed in depth in the ICC
Standard, sends a message that chaff will be a lot less tolerat-
ed, and that the handcrafted log building industry overall con-
tinues to improve joinery details and the incorporation of gas-
keting systems with all due and proper accounting for settle-
ment.
Now for the fun part! This was in fact my rst trip to Japan,
and certainly not my last. We consumed untold amounts of raw
seafood and other unidentied foodstuff, accompanied by tons
of rice and rice derivatives (by the uid ounce). Our delegation
visited a number of log homes from various manufacturers and
of every building style. Not surprisingly, we came upon, quite
by accident, and by no coincidence, a number of ex- Mackie
students, who had participated in some of Allans courses some
10 or 20 years ago, and who are still building (although one fel-
low seemed to spend more time on a surf board rather than
gripped to a chainsaw!). I conrmed that, yes, Allan is still
around and swinging an axe (mostly at logs, and not at
heads!), and that in fact the organization he founded, the CLBA,
is alive and well and now circles the globe. There was indeed a
renewed interest in the ILBA, and we can expect an increase in
membership as well as renewed interest in the sharing of infor-
Speaking Out Loud!
by Robrt Savignac
Feeling right at home in Japan, Savignac peels some Cedar
logs with a Japanese draw shave (close up of tool in Tech
Talk Section)
Onozuka-san has 150 of these forest bears throughout his
property in Chiba, Japan, where they are all engaged in
various activities, including building log homes!
Mr. Kazundo Onozuka (pictured with Robrt) is credited with
bringing the Teddy Bear to Japan. He is a log builder/
woodcarver who initiated the Forest Bear Club a group of
wood carvers whose regular gatherings include chainsaw
carving instruction and demonstrations at fairs and special
events.
mation we are so proud of fostering. There is in fact a Japanese
Log Building Association, and reective of todays activity in
Japan, is comprised of mainly the machine-cut log industry.
Kumiko Tanaka, their representative, boasted 140 company
members in Japan, and was quite encouraged about joining the
ILBA and re-establishing a strong rapport with our eclectic inter-
national membership, as well as strengthening the handcrafted
industry. I expect we will soon collaborate on a joint venture
conference. Their gathering is on June 9th this year, and I regret
not being able to accept their invitation to speak and attend
that meeting this time around, although if you are interested in
attending, you might contact Tanaka-san directly; their website
is http://www.log-house.gr.jp
The ILBA has a busy year ahead, with a lot of presentations
and participation in a number of events across Canada, the US
and abroad. It is this kind of outreach that indeed helps all of us
by spreading the word, and speaking out loud about the
advances in log building, and promoting our members and the
legitimacy of ne log home construction, in this day of code
development and competitive edge. People need to know there
are high building standards, and that the ILBA is dedicated to
the promotion of these standards and the construction of supe-
rior handcrafted log buildings.
LEFT TO RIGHT Jim IvanoffBC Wood Japan Office, Dave
StevensonInsulspan Corp., Matt Fraser-Embassy of
Canada/Japan, Kazundo Onozuka, Bill DowningBC Wood,
Robrt SavignacILBA, Miho OhashiBC Wood/Japan,
Mitch NakamuraSitka Log Homes
LEFT TO RIGHT Tsuyoshi Shito logbuilder-surfer, tour guide,
Mitch Nakamura, Matt Fraser
B. Allan Mackie seal of
approval found on a
log restaurant
Timber frame detail at Japanese Buddhist temple.
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1 Japanese draw shave
2 Sumi tsubo ink line marking tool.
Sumi = charcoal, tsubo = pot,
the turtle and crane effigies
signify long life, the bamboo
stick is used for drawing lines
and marking timbers
3 Stack of antique Kobiki saws,
used for felling
4 Japanese Chouna adze on
curved Birch handle
5 Excessive checking, lateral
slumping, open notches and
long grooves have discouraged
handcrafted log work in Japan.
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Tools from Japan
Three Variations on a Drawknife
I rst had a chance to use one of the
Shady Grove draw knives at the 2003
Rendez-vous. The short curved blade on a
wide stance pipe handle proved ideal for
hollowing out dovetails, a job I used to do
reluctantly with a grinder. (Photo 1)
Pat Clark and Paul Kaszuba have pro-
duced wonderfully balanced knives that
are much more than just great peeling
knives; they are joinery tools. The short
blade allows you to control the knife to
produce a lightly scalloped surface on
scarfes faster than a grinder and with out
the noise, dust and power cord. Scalloped
chamfers on log ends are effortless.
(Photo 2)
The adzing knife shown here was a cus-
tom knife they built for me to produce an
adzed nish on very large cedar timbers.
The bicycle style handle keeps your hands
clear of the timber. A razor edge and slic-
ing cut is key to a smooth scalloped sur-
face. (Photo3)
The third knife was an idea I got from
Two Feathers, a member of our crew. It is
a cross between a scorp and a heavy chis-
el and cuts an accurate seat for gasketing
in a four cut lateral. (Photo 4)
John Boys
Stefan cleans up a dovetail with Long
horn
Higgs Murphy tries his hand at notching
with a drawknife! Stick to timber frame!
Two Feathers adzing a big Cedar timber Gasket knife
Tungsten Carbide Grinding Wheels
Ah, the new age decisionto cut and carve with a hand tool or
submit to the power tool. I struggle with this often. My rule of
thumb is if a hand tool will do the job almost as fast or faster
than a power tool, then Id gladly work with the hand tool.
However, when you consider the thousands of feet of lateral
groove that go into a full-scribed log shell, it makes sense to nd
a fast, efficient tool. Heres a nice power tool that often nds its
way into my hands. Its made by King Arthur Tool Company and
is made of hundreds of structured tungsten carbide teeth. We
have ours mounted on a 4 12 angle grinder, turning at about
10,000 rpms.
We build primarily with standing dead dry logs that have often
already checked out. It can be difficult cutting to the lateral
scribe line on dead wood with a lot of checks. Pulling the tool
down the lateral, it cuts all grain patterns with very little tear-out.
It also comes in handy with its round prole cutting the end
copes, and its not too shabby at nishing notches to the line.
Theres no danger of kickback with this tool. However, a good
pair of gloves is recommended. They say it also cuts plastic,
soapstone, and composite materials.
It comes in two proles: round and atplus 3 grits: red
(coarse), silver (medium), and blue (ne). We prefer the red
round prole for laterals and coping, but the red at prole
might work better for nishing scarf notches.
All in all, its a pretty cool tool that we nd more uses for every
day. Give it a try! The tool is available from Woodcraft at 1-800-
225-1153 or www.woodcraft.com for about $50 US.
Pat Clark
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Everyone enjoys the music on Saturday evening, especially the
children.
Dai Ona receives the Peoples Choice award on Saturday
evening for his entry in the Project Expo.
Vic Janzen, our Childrens Workshop Instructor,
proudly presents Alex and Luc Savignac their awards
for their completion of their rst log building class.
2 0 0 5 CONFERENCE
On Stage
Jarret & Del Radomske (father & son team)
compete in the annual log builders
competition.
Simon Auger works hard at the
competition, winning Overall Grand
Champion and is presented the annual
trophy and Chainsaw as seen on page 3
(Games Award Grand Champion).
Eric Larson worked hard at the
competition, and as well as taking
rst place in the slabbing
competition, he also walked away
with the Sportsman Award this
year for his great attitude and
assistance to other competitors
many thanks Eric!
Brian Lloyd, Games Judge, carefully
inspects Jarret Radomskes notch.
Grizz Grant of Scotland joined in
the competition, and is carefully
mapping out his log before
cutting.
Rick Taron shows off his stuff at this
years competition.
2 0 0 5 CONFERENCE
Log Builder Games
Todagin Hodson was one of the many competitors taking in
some fun.
The 2003 Grand Champion Simon Auger and the 2004 Grand
Champion Mark Deagle join forces to compete in the Two
Man Scribe competition, taking rst place.
Annual competitors Pat Clark and Paul Kaszuba work their
way towards some wins.
Back in the 70s, Mary
Mackie published The
Canadian Log House.
One of her regular fea-
tures was under the
title of The Once In-
a-Lifetime Builder. Of
course, in those days, most people were
building their own log houses and profes-
sional builders were thin on the ground.
I thought it might be fun to run a story
of a modern once-in-a-lifetime builder. In
1991, my neighbour Ryan Brezden and
his ance asked me to design them a tra-
ditional hay-barn style log house that they
could live in and later turn into a horse
barn, horse washing station and hay barn.
Their plan was to live in this barn tem-
porarily and then build a log house and
turn the barn over to agricultural use. I
told them that the building would be so
beautiful and would require so much work
that they would never let it become a
barn. They sort of believed me but we
went ahead with the plan. A plan that
employed wide double patio doors at
each end to eventually allow for tractor
travel as well as large windows in the loft
that would make hay-loft storage access
an easy option.
I dutifully designed the barn/house,
gave Ryan copies of my do-it-yourself
book, a few pointers and sent him on his
way. I got to have a bit of fun out of this
experience when I received a call from the
engineer who had been asked to approve
Ryans plan. Not noticing that my name
was on the plan, he found me in a library
data-base and phoned me to ask if the
engineering plan met with log building
standards. I immediately recognized that
he was referring to plan that I had drawn
and therefore assured him that the speci-
cations in that plan were totally trustwor-
thy and acceptable.
Ryan is a master machinist and steel
fabricator and therefore already had many
of the skills of measurement, scribing and
other precision abilities. So, with the help
of his father, Jim Brezden, from whom he
had learned to work with wood during his
youth, he began to execute a creditable
building in the hills of the Columbia
Valley, BC within sight of the American
border.
Needless to say, with all of the precision
work in massive Douglas Fir logs cut large-
ly on his own farm, Ryan and his family
never turned it over to a bunch of horses,
noble though horses might have been.
About a decade after building and moving
into the barn-cum-house, Ryan popped
over and asked me to design a round-log
timber-frame addition to his long-log
house. Family life had changed. Two chil-
dren needed to be accommodated. Since
the original house had nished settling,
rigid timber-frame seemed to be the best
solution. And for a steel fabricator, the
challenge was only exciting.
So, with a bunch of ideas that Ryan had
already thought through, I set about the
task of marrying
round-log timber
frame to the
well-settled exist-
ing house. The
Brezdens still had
some Fir on their
acreage, albeit
massive stuff. With 16" to 24" diameter
logs to work with, we set about creating a
building that would marry well to the
original house while incorporating mod-
ern technologies of frame construction
into the mix. The resultant edice works
well. James Mitchells book, The Short Log
& Timber Building Book, was extremely
useful to us as we walked together
through the preliminary drawings.
Ryan is still doing interior nishing on
his days off, having recently invested in
yet more tools, such as a heavy-duty
thickness planer that will allow him to cus-
tomize all kinds of interesting interior fea-
tures. Hey, guys, any excuse to buy more
tools, right? The wee children can run
wild throughout the two-storey addition,
shedding wood chips from their hair as
they pass their young father planing and
chipping away at an interesting stairway
systems in this organic work in progress
which is mercifully under cover from the
elements.
As professional log builders, we can
never lose by encouraging young families
to take hold of their own housing des-
tinies. None of us are starving. Therefore,
when the opportunity arrives to launch
people into their own projects, lets just
do it.
Once-in-a-Lifetime Builder Prole
by Vic Janzen, Secretary, ILBA
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Sauna Tips
submitted by Mira Jean Steinbrecher, AIA
David Salmela, the Duluth area architect who spoke at our conference there some years ago, has
won an AIA Honor Award for a wood sauna. This might be of interest to members.
Emerson Sauna, Duluth, Minn.
Salmela Architect, for Peter and Cindy Emerson
On Finnish immigrants pioneer farmsteads, the sauna was often the rst building erected. Used
not only for bathing but also for social purposes, the sauna was frequently the place for childbirth,
burial preparation, and neighbor gatherings. The intent of the clients, reared in Northern
Minnesotas Scandinavian culture, was to revive the social aspect of the sauna. The brick interior
provides ample radiant heat and the cooling
porch allows breezes off the lake to pass
through while providing privacy. Structurally,
the triangular tube is constructed from stan-
dard wood frame members in a very exact
but simple assembly; it oats and cantilevers
in great delicacy. The jury appreciated the
simple geometric form, well integrated
among trees with an opposition of forms
that are compelling to the eye. They also
praised the saunas simple, spare, elegant
use of natural materials, calling it an archi-
tecture that appeals to all of the senses. A
very quiet building, juxtaposed so carefully
and so simply.
Emerson sauna
Photo Peter Bastianelli Kerze
Thirty years ago The Pat Wolfe Log Building School welcomed
its rst students. What started as an extension class in the spring
of 1975, under the auspices of Fanshaw College in London,
Ontario, soon became a private log building school offering ten
week courses, spring and fall. The school now boasts two thou-
sand graduate log builders, many of whom came to Canada for
Pats courses from all parts of the world.
Interest in log building has always been an extension of Pats
love of the outdoors, his awareness of the environment and his
belief in self-sufficiency. Upon receiving a chain saw for a wed-
ding gift in the summer of 1970, Pat and his new wife jumped
in the car and drove from Kitchener, Ontario to Williams Lake,
BC. By that rst Christmas they were in their own trial and error
built by Pat log home. That was the rst of 88 hand-crafted
homes he and his students have constructed to date.
In 1974 Pat returned to Ontario, turned his back on his trade
as a plumber, and jumped feet rst into log home building. The
following year he taught his course at Fanshaw College, added
the log building school to his log home business, and the fun
started.
As well as welcoming students from practically every country
on the globe, Pat has seen all walks of life at his school. Hes
taught medical professionals, professional cowboys, stockbro-
kers, representatives of every construction trade, computer
types, radio personalities, policemen, cooks, and even a com-
missioner from the RCMP. Hes instructed men and women from
ages 18 through 80.
Some students from Europe, especially those from Germany
and Switzerland, come to his school with university diplomas in
wood technology. In the same class are those handling tools for
the rst time. By the end of ten weeks, they are all log builders.
In recent years women have shown an interest in log building.
Pat is always entertained watching a woman treated with kid
gloves by male students until it becomes clear shes surpassing
their work.
As each course progresses and the weeks pass, Pat sees his
students become a close-knit unit. Foreign members of the class
are often invited home by families of Ontario students. Often
students will get together on weekends and go camping in a
nearby national park, or drive to Niagara Falls. These close con-
tacts dont end with the course. Especially by email, many
groups keep contact long after graduation. Over the years Pat
has watched ve marriages result from contacts made at the
school.
Pat says that theres something special about every course.
One pupil was a recovering alcoholic. With his permission, Pat
told the others. They kept him out of harms way, dropping him
off at the movies when a party was planned. Another man was
totally deaf. Pat put a mark on his chainsaw to indicate how
wide to open his saw. Those in nearby workstations checked to
see things were going well. A motorcycle accident survivor with
only one leg took the course several years ago. Seeing him up
on the wall was an amazing sight. All those remarkable men
graduated and the school has never had a serious accident.
Another story began twelve years ago with a letter from the
Czech Republic. A young man asked Pat to sponsor his log
building course. Pat agreed and contacted a Czech-Canadian
family who invited the stranger into their home for the duration
of the course. This exceptional student nished head of his class.
He later married a Canadian, began a family and went on to
obtain his PhD and teach Wood Technology for an Alberta col-
lege. He has since served as Vice-President of the International
Log Builders Association.
Pat has had some hair-raising experiences over the years,
especially with groups where a sizeable percentage of his class
was non-English speaking. Notable has been the class outing.
One spring class decided on a canoe excursion. A half-hour
into the trip and a quarter mile from land, Pat realized at least
four of the twelve had never been on water and probably could-
nt swim. Then they began to take off their life jackets. Panic-
stricken he attempted to turn their little eet towards shore with
no success. While the students were sun-tanning, Pat was imag-
The 30th Anniversary of The Pat Wolfe Log Building School
by Jane Beall
ining phone calls to families all over the world with news of the
demise of loved ones. That outing was never repeated, at least
not with the teacher on board.
Being in the log building school business has given Pat a
chance to travel the world. In 1987 he spent many months
abroad, studying heritage log structures in central and eastern
Europe. Then, in 1992 he taught a log building course for a for-
mer student, Kuramatsu, at his Franconia Log Building School in
Murakami, Japan. There he was interviewed on national TV.
Later he discovered his answers had been embellished in the
translation. Asked what he found different about Japan, Pat
replied he was surprised to encounter so few pets. The inter-
viewer added, In Canada, of course, everyone owns a dog to
keep the bears away. Since then, Japanese students come to
the school with the expectation of bears on the building site.
Several years later, Pat taught a log building course at Great
Bear Log Homes in Manchester, Victoria in the Snowy
Mountains of Australia. This course was sponsored by former
students, Australian brothers Cornel and Louis VanderHeyden.
Being a Norwegian Fjord Horse breeder and having just seen
the Australian lm, Man from Snowy River, Pat had a wonder-
ful experience after the course was nished, riding the infamous
Snowy River Trail made legendary by the movie.
Pat will tell you that some of todays best known log builders
got their start at his school. Tim Bullock, Scottie Hay, Dalibor
Houdek, Ivo Buhlmann, Rodney Herwig, Mario Heinzmann,
Kuramatsu, Peter Doucette, Robbin and Jules Obomsawin, and
the VanderHeyden brothers are numbered among many others
from Pats school who have done well in the industry. He has
also seen log structures change over thirty years from rough log
cabins to ne log homes. This was due in part to the use of Pats
invention, the double-bubble scriber, which has had a strong
inuence on the quality of the joinery. The acceptance of
todays log house in mainstream building is good news. New
codes are being developed to regulate the industry and building
inspectors for the most part readily accept log homes.
True to his early interest in the outdoors and the environment,
today The Pat Wolfe Log Building School is located on a hun-
dred wild acres and is powered by a wind generator on a 64
foot high tower, and by solar panels. Students can see deer out
the classroom windows and, if they are lucky, catch a glimpse of
the bear that crosses the property several times a year, coming
especially for the wild blackberries and the apples.
When Pat stops to think back over the past thirty years of
teaching log building, he swears he cant remember any dull
moments. Even between log building classes, he can open his e-
mail any day of the week and correspond with friends from
around the globe. He can also look forward to his next class of
neophyte builders.
AGM
International Log
Builders Association
February 20, 2005, Coeur dAlene, Idaho
Executive directors present:
Jeff Patterson, President; Pat Clark, Vice
President; Martha Patterson, Treasurer;
Vic Janzen, Clerk
Directors present:
Jean Rodrigue, Mark Fritch, Sjoerd Bos
Board Volunteer: Todagin Hodson
Directors absent:
Elaine Nosaka, Egils Artmanis
Staff present:
Cathy Hansen, Chief Operations Officer
1. Jeff Patterson welcomed delegates and
introduced the board then:
a. recognized the sponsors for their
massive contribution
b. acknowledged the terric group of
volunteers
c. recognized and praised the office
staff for working far beyond the call of
duty, especially Cathy Hansen and
Robrt Savignac
2. Adoption of the minutes of the 2004
AGM moved by John Boys, carried
3. Treasurers Report: Martha Patterson
a. had a wonderful 2004 and it looks
like a good start to 2005 nancially,
thanks to the auction which contributes
a big part to the operating budget
i) raised in excess of $40,000 at this
years auction
ii) decit for 04 of $10,000 owing to
an unexpected GST levy but we are
now more enlightened as to the
Canadian GST rules and in the end
we didnt have to pay as much for
catch up as expected, also $5,000
expense in 2003 for exploring the
conference in Sweden which has
been postponed was posted in with
2004 expenses
iii) expenses for our ICC representation
at ICC this is one of our most
important expenses
iv) glowing report from the certied
auditors who audited the books
v) 04 nancial report will be published
in the next LBN
4. Presidents Report: Jeff Patterson
a. ILBA committees are working dili-
gently:
i) publications:
Jig Book is nished: recognition of
John Boys and Cathy Hansen
working on Standards review,
Land to Lock-Up book, Log Shell
Contract
ii) membership: will be busy and we
are looking for volunteers to serve
on this committee
5. Update of ILBA involvement in ICC:
Robrt Savignac
a. some housekeeping left to do on
draft, will add as a link to our website
when available
b. John Boys asked about the 6" mini-
mum lateral groove for re-guard. Data
from Dalibor Houdeks research could
dismiss this; could be up to the discre-
tion of a re official in a given situation
c. we need to prove our points by con-
ducting our own scientic studies to
demonstrate all aspects of disputable
standards Log Homes Council is com-
missioning studies in labs in Tennesee
on re problems
i) starting at 8" log and staying there
ii) ILBA is starting at 8" and going up
from there
f. we need to come up with our own
studies this is part of our education
mandate
g. we have time to make submissions to
ICC even if we dont meet the
September 2005 deadline
h. ICC will include ILBA standards in the
commentary added for the use of build-
ing inspectors
i. we need to increase our membership
to increase our inuence in the building
world, to open up our membership to
include different types of membership ~
each of us needs to be an ambassador
to our own building district officials
l. Cathy will communicate to all mem-
bers as soon as the ICC draft is posted
on our website
m. John Boys thanked Robrt on behalf
of our members
6. Bylaw change proposed: Brian Lloyd
a. Brian made the comment, We
apparently dont really expect the
mandatoryness of our standard under
our ethics code that says, Our mem-
bers work to the standard.
b. Brian suggested we give our stan-
dards a review over the next year.
c. Brian Lloyd made the motion:
That the standards be completely
reviewed and put forward to our mem-
bership for an initial comment in six
months and then be presented for a
vote at the next Annual General
Meeting. The motion was carried.
d. Brian made a further motion: In one
years time, after standards review has
taken place, that there be a change in
bylaws under the ethics section that will
obligate members to build to the stan-
dards and that our members abide by
ethics of the association.
There followed a motion by Mira Jean
Steinbrecher: That the second motion
(above) by Brian Lloyd be tabled until
Board of Directors at our AGM LEFT TO RIGHT Martha Patterson, Mark Fritch, Todagin
Hodson (board volunteer), Sjoerd Bos, Vic Janzen, Pat Clark, Jean Rodrigue, Jeff
Patterson
the standards are re-written. The
motion was carried
7. Annual Award Presentations:
The ILBA Achievement Award for 2005
was presented to Tom Hahney for out-
standing contributions to the industry
and for his many years of putting so
much energy into the ILBA. John Boys,
Jeff Patterson and Robrt Savignac the
presented Tom with an engraved brass
scriber made by Jim Grieb.
8. GST shortfall: Mark Fritch requested
each US member contribute towards
the GST shortfall. Mark will write about
this in the next LBN
9. Motion to adjourn at 9:40 am John
Boys. Carried.
International Conference
of Log Builders and Wood
Construction Specialists
Riga, Latvia, October 4 to 9, 2005
Exhibition Hall, Kipsala, Riga, Latvia
ADC Azenes 18, Riga, LV1048, Latvia
Administrative address:
Amatu street 5, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia
Tel + fax: (country code 371) 7213927
lak@lak.lv or liga_freivalde@inbox.lv
Languages: Latvian, English
Conference objectives: The Furthering of
Interest in the Wood Culture, Construction
and Uses of Wood Dwellings
For more information: visit http://logas-
sociation.org/resources/ confer-
ence_2005.php on our website and the
link shown on this page. Also watch for fur-
ther details on our website and in upcom-
ing newsletters.
TOP LEFT Panorama of Riga
LOWER PHOTOS Araisi lake fortress reconstruction of wooden fortied settlement on an island in a lake originally dating from
9th-10th century AD; location of Latvia in Europe; Lido restaurant, a log building with windmill
Exhibition Hall, Kipsala , Riga
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Treasurers Report
March 21, 2005
by Martha Patterson, ILBA Treasurer
Well 2004 has come to a close. The I L B A has had a great year
and the nancials show that. We had better than expected rev-
enues, which enabled us to cover some unexpected expenses
particularly with the work being done with the International
Code Committee.
We did however run an $11,582.00 decit, mainly due to two
unexpected expenses. The rst was a payment of GST (Goods &
Services Tax) on the out
of Canada members.
Despite our best efforts to
research the subject thor-
oughly, we were given
incomplete and inaccurate
information by the taxing
authority themselves. We
were told that we did not
need to charge or pay this
tax on the out of Canada
members. It was later
determined (by them) that
we did indeed need to pay
this money. Since none of
the members were charged
this tax it came straight out
as an expense. The second
expense was incurred and
actually paid back in 2003.
This was money invested in
preparatory work to set up
the Conference overseas.
We were to hoping to
apply this directly to the
conference itself, but since
it has been postponed for a
while our accountant
advised us to go ahead and
record the expense this
year.
We are looking forward
to a great 2005 with many
new and exciting things
happening. For example,
Robrt and Cathy are hitting the road to further the mandate of
the ILBA. We will be sending out information regarding the spon-
sorship of this trip through the sale of advertising and your dona-
tions.
I want to thank Cathy, Robrt and all of the staff in our office
for the steadfast diligence of keeping expenses under control
while maximizing revenue.
International Log Builders Association
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2004
CANADIAN $
Assets
Current
Cash 61,913
Accounts receivable 30,507
Inventory 1,188
Prepaid expenses 8,907
102,515
Property, plant and equipment 12,677
115,192
Liabilities
Current
Accounts payable and accruals 10,118
Unearned revenue 33,969
44,087
Members equity
Members equity 71,105
115,192
Statement of Operations and Members Equity
Year ended December 31, 2004
CANADIAN $
Revenue 185,754
Direct costs 149,264
Gross margin 36,490
Other income
Dues 113,051
Sponsorship 39,626
Interest and sundry (616)
152,061
188,551
General and administrative
Wages and employee benets 135,727
Office 14,357
Travel 13,530
Amortization 3,969
Telephone and internet 7,296
Bank charges 6,251
Freight 3,231
Rent 6,169
Professional fees 3,024
Bad debts recovery (109)
Insurance 4,343
Meetings 1,757
Sub-contracts ,125
200,133
Excess of expenses over revenue for year (11,582)
Members equity, beginning of year 82,687
Members equity, end of year 71,105
CBR Products
Bill Willis
1434 Rupert St.,
North Vancouver, BC V7J 1E9
Tel: 604-980-3325
Fax: 604-980-7933
bill@cbrproducts.com
www.cbrproducts.com
Daizen Joinery Ltd.
Dai Yoshita Ona
1289 Hepburn Rd., Box 550
Chase, BC V0E 1M0
Tel: 250-679-2750
Fax: 604-677-5264
dai@daizen.com
www.daizen.com
Dietrichs North America
Wil and Chris Dancey
51213 Wooleyville Line, RR#1
Aylmer, ON N5H 2R1
Tel: 877-877-0086
Fax: 519-765-2846
w.dancey@dietrichs.com
www.dietrichs.com
Emseal Corporation
Gary Kasprzak
120 Carrier Dr.
Toronto, Ontario M9W 5R1
Tel: 416-740-2090
Fax: 416-740-0233
email: gkasprzak@emseal.com
www.emseal.com
Gearhead Scribers
Jim Grieb
10787 Indian Rd.
Brutus, MI 49716
Tel: 231-529-6974
Graphisoft/GSCNE
Pal Szabo/Chris Clark
1473 Crescent Rd.
Mississauga, ON
Tel: 905-274-5534
Fax: 905-271-8618
mail@gscne.com
www.gscne.com
GRK Fasteners
Rod Sienkiewicz/Uli Walther
1499 Rosslyn Road
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6W1
Tel: 807-474-4300
Fax: 807-475-9625
grk@grkfasteners.com
www.grkfasteners.com
HSB-Soft, LLC
Danny Hansen
5375 Pare #201
Montreal, QC H4P 1P7
Tel: 514-341-9646
Fax: 514-341-8856
dannyh@strucsoft.ca
www.strucsoft.ca
Husqvarna
Mark Michaels
7349 Statesville Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28269
Tel: 704-921-7031
Fax: 704-599-4302
mmichaels@husqvarna.com
www.husqvarna.com
Insulspan
Dave Stevenson
3294-262nd Street
Aldergrove, BC V4W 2X2
Tel: 604-857-7982
Fax: 604-856-0608
dstevenson@insulspan.com
www.insulspan.com
International Code Council
Marc Nard
4051 W. Flossmoor Rd.
Country Club Hills, IL 60478
Tel: 708-799-2300
Fax: 800-214-7167
mnard@iccsafe.org
www.iccsafe.org
Log & Timber Style Magazine
Kara Galvin
7009 South Potomac St.
Centennial, CO 80112
Tel: 303-662-5234
Fax: 303-397-7619
kgalvin@mountain living.com
www.logandtimberstyle.com
Log Home Living
Log Home Design Ideas
Elaine Nosaka/Eric Gentry
4125 Lafayette Center Dr
Suite 100
Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: 800-826-3893
Fax: 703-222-3209
enosaka@homebuyerpubs.com
www.homebuyerpubs.com
Log Homes Illustrated
Jason Goodman, President
250 W. 57th St., Suite 710
New York, NY 10107
Tel: 212-262-2247
Fax: 212-262-2278
jgoodman@gmgpub.com
www.gmgpub.com
Murray Arnott Design Ltd.
Murray Arnott
199 Woolwich Street
Guelph, ON N1H 6K5
Tel: 866-603-3889
Fax: 519-829-3672
mail@designma.com
www.designma.com
Sikkens Akzo Nobel
Coatings
Mike Smith
1845 Maxwell
Troy, MI 48084
Tel: 248-637-0441
Fax: 248-649-6529
shelley.johnston@
trd.akzonobel.com
www.nam.sikkens.com
Stihl Northwest
Gene Coakley
PO Box 999
Chehalis, WA 98532
Tel: 360-748-8694
Fax: 360-748-1416
gene.coakley@stihl.de
www.stihlusa.com
The Sansin Corporation
Sjoerd Bos
111 McNab Ave.,
Strathroy, ON N7G 4J6
Tel: 519-245-2001
Fax: 519-245-4759
asksansin@sansin.com
www.sansin.com
Timber Tools
Gary Richter
304 Carlingview Dr.
Toronto, ON M9W 5G2
Tel:416-675-2366
Fax: 416-675-4242
sales@timbertools.com
www.timbertools.com
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Troy Kennedy
900 E. Wayzata Blvd,
Wayzata, MN 55391
Tel: 888-LOG-TIMBER
Fax: 952-473-2317
troy.kennedy@wellsfargo.com
Whiteman Lumber
Brad Corkill
Box 179, 32859 E. Canyon Rd.
Cataldo, ID 83810
Tel: 208-682-4602
Fax: 208-682-4784
wlcbrad@direcway.com
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Dorwood Homes,
Gabriels Carpentry,
Gaudet Log Homes,
Hanson Roof Tile Inc.,
hsb-Cad Canada/Struc-soft Inc.,
International Code Council,
James Cohen Consulting, PC,
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.,
Log Cabin Homes Ltd.,
Lukcik's Log Homes,
Prime Tech Corp.,
Sculpture by Joe Ratushniak,
Sikkens - Akzo Nobel Coatings,
Stihl Northwest,
Streamline Design Group,
Suwannee River Log Homes, Inc.,
Team Kanada Blockhaus,
Timber Tools,
Timberline Builders Inc.,
Whiteman Lumber,
Willow Creek Logging,
Wood Frame Technology Center,
RENEWI NG COMPANY
MEMBERS
American Building Systems
Americana Log Homes
Andersen Log Homes Company
Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Artifex Gmbh
Artisan Log Works
Atali Log Homes
Bailey's Inc.
BC Log & Timber Building Industry
Association
BC Wood
Beaudette Consulting Engineers, Inc
Beaver Creek Log Homes
Big Foot Hand Hewn Log Homes Inc.
Bissonett Log Construction Inc.
Blockhausbau GmbH
Bromley Log Homes
C.M.H.C.
Canada's Log People Inc.
Canadian Wood Council
Cancedar Log Homes Ltd
CBR Products
Chilliwack Mountain Log Homes Ltd.
Classic Log Designs
Davidson Log & Timber Artisans
Del Radomske's Okanagan School of Log
Building International
Designing Change
Daizen Joinery Ltd.,
Dietrich's North America
Dream Crafters
Ed Miller - Logbuilder
Emseal Corporation
Fearless Engineers PLLC
Forintek Canada Corp.
Frontier Builders Inc.
Frye Custom Log Homes, Inc
New and Renewing Members Since Our Last Issue
Gearhead Scribers
Good Shepherd Wool Insulation
Great Lakes Logcrafters Association
GRK Fasteners
GSCNE/Graphisoft
High Mountain Log Homes
Home Field Advantage Ltd.
Homestead Log Homes Inc.
Husky Logwork
Husqvarna
Insulspan Corporation
International Log Home Shows
J. Rouleau & Associates
Jean Steinbrecher Architects
Jeffery Sharpe PE
Kootenay Lake Log Structures Ltd.
Koski Log Homes
Legendary Logcrafters Limited
Lloyd Ventures
Log & Timber Style Magazine
Log Builder's Association New Zealand
Log Home Living & Log Home Design
Ideas
Log Home Store Inc.
Log Homes Illustrated/Log Home &
Timber Frame Expo
Logmaster Log Homes
Magard Ventures Ltd.
Makita Canada Inc.
Maple Island Log Homes
Merritt Contracting
Minde Log Construction Inc.
Montana Dry Log & Lumber
Moose Mountain Log Homes Inc.
Mountain Logworks
Murray Arnott Design Ltd.
North American Log Crafters Ltd.
Norwegian Wood Log Homes
Ojibwa Log Homes
Old Style Log Works, Inc.
Original Log Homes Ltd.
Pacic Log Homes Ltd.
Paul A. Meier Wilderness Architecture, Inc
Pine Ridge Handcrafted Log Homes
Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia
Ltd.
Pioneer Logs Ltd.
REB Properties
Rouck Bros. Sawmill Ltd.
Sashco, Inc.
Sitka Log Homes Inc.
Summer Beam Books
Sun Valley Log Homes
Surelog Homes Ltd.
Swiss Mountain Log Homes
The Continental Products Company
The Log Connection
The Meech Creek Show Company Inc.
The Sansin Corporation
Timber Framers Guild
True Log Homes
Twin Butte Log Homes Ltd.
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab
Library
Weatherall Northwest
Wiens Log Homes Inc.
Winterwood Custom Builders
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MEMBERS
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Alderman. Earl
Anderson. Tim
Bertolini. Gael
Bunger. Richard E.
Carradine. David
Couture. Wayne
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Fournier. Dominique
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Hansen. Stewart
Himes. Vincent
Horn. Doug
Jasper. Ron
Johnson. Corey
Kope. Ron
Krantz. Mark
Krieger. Max
Laine. Pekka
Lambert. Rick
Lancaster. Gary
Lawton. Tim
Maloney. Ed
McCarthy. Kevin
Meeker. Herb
Mitchell. Brian
Nelson. Kurt
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Perron. Steve
Rogers. Ed
Rotz. Kerry
Scott. Phil
Stack. Steve
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Burlock, Gene
Carson, Gordon
Christensen, Jim
Clark, Chad A.
Coambs, David
Connor, Karen
Cooper, John
Coppernoll, Keith
Durfeld, Ricci
Enos, Robert E.
Fuller, George
Gott, Peter
Grant, Grizz and Nicky
Gray, David
Guest, Ken
Hall, Rick
Hansen, Louis A.
Harrison, Stacey
Janzen, Vic
Jones, Peter
Kenel, R.G.
Koelbel, Kathrina
Lariviere, Jacques
Lepard, Ron
Lipps, Rob
Mackie, B. Allan
Mackie, Mary
McKay, L. D. (Doc)
Mueller PE, Mark J.
Murray, Architect, Ted
Odermatt, Paul
Oppelmayer, Hannes
Overholt, Kurt S.
Parish, Jeff
Peacock, C.M. (Chuck)
Racer, Steven
Radomske, Jarret
Rigden, John
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Rogers, Homer
Smedbol, Richard
Sorensen, Craig
Strama, Joe
Swetland, David
Taha, Nabil
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Watson, Peter F.
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Celebrating our 30th anniversary in 2005
C L A S S I F I E D A D S
LOG BUILDING TOOLS STARRETT &
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30"; peeling spuds; chopping & nishing axes;
broadaxes; adzes; GRANSFORS axes; ENGLISH
slicks; ROBERT SORBY, HENRY TAYLOR,
FOOTPRINT & PHEIL chisels and gouges;
JAPANESE slicks, chisels, saws, ink lines & ex
squares; hand-forged Flarens, shovel gouges,
at & scarf slicks, drawknives & draw-gouges;
BARR Specialty Tools; peavies; cant hooks;
lifting tongs; log dogs & cleats; log horses;
water stones; Diamond whetstones;
NORTHWEST calipers, tenon cutters & long
auger bits; ship augers; chainsaw mills &
attachments; MAKITA & MAFELL planers, saws
& chain mortisers; MACKIE log building books
& videos. FREE 32-page catalogue
MAGARD VENTURES LTD,
8365 Domagala Road,
Prince George, BC, Canada V2K 5R1
Tel: 250-962-9057 Fax: 250-962-9157
Attn: Maurice Gardy
Awesome Boom Truck for Sale
All-wheel drive Oshkosh with turbocharged
International DT466 diesel, big oat tires up
front, 5 speed with 3 speed transfer case & full
power steering. Tube steel bed custom built
for hauling logs, custom made loader. Lemco
with 26ft. squirt boom & stainless steel jawed
continuous rotation bucket. Used as all around
yard machine for unloading trucks & shell
building, and delivering and assembling
cabins in mountain sites. Grapple allows safe
one man operation. Had over $40,000
invested in new engine set up, loader and
bed. $17,500 includes fresh batteries & tires.
Call Bryan or Ed 303-449-1336 or email
ed@timmerhusinc.com
Have supply of freshly cut Cedar
character wood and Cedar house logs.
Chilliwack, BC. Call Dave at 604-351-0571
1999 Heartwood Band Sawmill Model
310 Electric Never been used 6 inch
Double-Cut (cutting travel speed up to 3 feet
per second). Requires 600 V. 3 Phase Power.
Eighty-eight feet of track. Operator travels
with mill head along track. Numerous track-
mounted hydraulic log handing systems and
full programmable computer controlled set
works. (We purchased 2 and only set one up
for use.) When purchased in 1999 value
exceeded $80,000.00 Canadian. Asking
$65,000.00 Canadian. Moose Mountain Log
Homes Inc. Please arrange for an appointment
to see the twin unit in operation. Link to this
model at Heartwood Saw: http://www.heart
woodsaw.com/Model_310.html
Toll free 1-877-932-3992
One 1979 S688 Bantam 20 Ton Rough
Terrain Crane for sale, $30,000 Canadian
or $21,500 US. Presently stationed in Illinois.
Very Good Condition, 60 foot hydraulic boom
or 80 foot with jib. Very fuel efficient 453
Detroit. Should provide many years of trouble
free service. Call 1-877-932-3992.
HELP WANTED
Experienced Log Crafters Moose
Mountain Log homes Inc. currently has two
full time long term positions open for
experienced log handcrafters with dual US
and Canadian citizenship. Join a leading edge,
quality oriented company that has been in
business for over 25 years!
Please phone 1-877-932-3992 or
email: info@moosemountain.com
Wages, earnings based on experience.
2 Log Home labourers wanted.
Experience preferred, though not required.
Howard Williamson, Custom Log Homes Ltd.
3030 40th St. S.E.
Salmon Arm, BC, Canada V1E 1X7
Phone: 250-832-3690
email: cuslog@airspeedwireless.ca
www.customloghomesltd.com
Experienced log builder wanted for
handcrafted log home building company in
Ontario. Call Martin at John DeVries Log
Homes at 613-478-6830
Log Builders and Timber Framers
Wanted We need 4 to 5 log home builders
and/or timber framers at our plant in
Chilliwack, BC. We will be busy for the whole
next year.
Please contact us via email at cancedar@shaw.ca
or phone 604-836-8315 and ask for Gerhard.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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turers of the Chain Saw Micro Mill. Check
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residential General Contractor with ten years
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turn key construction. To ensure your
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hesitate to call 303.258.1887. For additional
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EVENTS & TRAI NI NG
April 4, 2005
Training the Log Builders of
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16-week entry level class, starts April 4, 2005
www.okanaganschooloogbuilding.com
Contact Del Radomskes Okanagan School of
Log Building International at 250-765-5166
or email:
info@okanaganschooloogbuilding.com for
more information.
April 8 10, 2005
The Cottage Homes and Country
Show
Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ontario
www.meechcreek.com
April 15 17, 2005
Timber Framers Guild Annual Western
Conference
The Resort at the Mountain , Welches, Oregon
www.tfguild.org
June 9, 2005
Japanese Log Building Association
Gathering
www.log-house.gr.jp
June 16 17, 2005
Great Lakes Log Crafters Association
The Lodge on Crooked Lake, Siren, Wisconsin
http://www.gllca.org/con1.htm
July 17, 2005
ILBA Rendez-vous
near Hamilton, Ontario
October 4 9, 2005
Log Home Construction Theory and
Practice World Experience Log builders
section at Latvian Chambers of Crafts with
Rigas Technical University and International
Log Builders Association would like to
announce the conference Log Home
Construction Theory and Practice World
Experience in Riga Latvia, October 49, 2005.
Detailed information at www.lak.lv and
April 6 9, 2006
ILBA 33rd AGM and Conference
Montebello, Quebec
FOR S ALE FOR S ALE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cathy Hansen, Executive Director
Ann Miks, Administrative Assistant
ann@logassociation.org
robert@logassociation.org
P.O. Box 775
Lumby, British Columbia
V0E 2G0 Canada
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Tel: 406-863-9482
Fax: 406-862-1158
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Clerk
Vic Janzen
Tel: 604-858-4135
Fax: 604-858-5665
vicjanzen@uniserve.com
Directors
Egils Artmanis
Tel: 303-775-8333
egipapa@msn.com
2005 ILBA Officers
Sjoerd Bos
Tel: 519-245-2001
Fax: 519-245-4759
sb@sansin.com
Mark Fritch
Tel: 503-668-7130
Fax: 503-668-3285
mfritch@loghomz.com
Elaine Nosaka
Tel: 703-227-5275
Fax: 703-222-3209
enosaka@homebuyerpubs.com
Jean Rodrigue
Tel: 819-832-2167
j..rodrigue@sympatico.ca
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Tel: 250-846-5699
Fax: 250-846-5680
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by Jeff Patterson

Wow, another incredible Conference! If you were

with Sansin Timber-Tec.

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