 Log
Building News
One of the benefits of membership
in the International Log Builders' Association is a subscription
to Log Building News, the association's newsletter.
Featuring in-depth articles on the techniques of handcrafted
log construction, this newsletter will keep you up to date
on what's going on in the handcrafted log building community.
Back issues of Log Building News are also available
for sale. See our back issue
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Standard on the Design and Construction of Log Structures
ICC 400-2007
$27USD/$30CDN plus $6.95 shipping
email the International
Log Builders' Association, or mail your request to:
International Log Builders' Association
PO Box 775
Lumby, BC VOE 2GO
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Boy’s Big Book of Jigs
A LOG BUILDER’S REFERENCE TO JIGS, TOOLS + TECHNIQUES
Cost: $77USD/$95CDN plus $15.95 shipping
This book is only available to ILBA members. |
Log Building Standards for Handcrafted, Scribe-Fit
Construction
The International Log Builders' Association has compiled Log
Building Standards for Handcrafted, Scribe-Fit Construction as building guidelines for this specific type of construction.
The booklet contains construction specifications for log builders,
architects, buyers, engineers, building code officials, owner/builders,
contractors, subcontractors, and students of handcrafted log
construction. The guidebook includes technical construction
information on log walls, notches, spiral grain tolerances,
joists and beams, window and door openings, settling details,
roofs and roof support systems, electrical, plumbing, and
masonry. Log Building Standards is written with running
commentary and diagrams, and is included in the Log Homes-Land
to Lock-up publication as well as the Log Span Tables
Publication.
20 pages.
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TO DOWNLOAD LOGBUILDING STANDARDS (675Kb PDF) |
 Log
Span Tables for Floor Joists, Beams and Roof Support Systems by A. Mackie, N. Read, T. Hahney. Includes tables for sizing
log joists and beams as well as Log Building Standards for
Handcrafted Construction printed at the back.
$25USD/$30CDN plus $6.95 shipping
email the International
Log Builders' Association, or mail your request to:
International Log Builders' Association
PO Box 775
Lumby, BC VOE 2GO
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Suchsland's The Swelling and Shrinking of Wood: A Practical
Technology Primer addresses "the fundamental
concepts of the swelling and shrinking of solid wood and wood-based
composite products and serves as an invaluable guide in the
design, manufacture, and use of these products." Order
a copy from the Forest Products Society. www.forestprod.org or phone 608-231-1361 ext. 202.
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