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Accelerated log building method

Details

Inventors: Chambers, Robert W.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Stephan; Beth A.
Assistant Examiner: Chavez; Patrick J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap existing between the pairs of logs at each layer, determining groove cuts to be made for every log in the same layer using the same vertical groove dimension, determining a dimension of a final notch cut to be made in the logs of the lowest layer stacked according to this invention, and determining the final notch cuts to be made at layers above according to a relationship among the vertical groove dimensions that were marked for each of the grooves in a single layer and the dimension of the final notch cut determined for the lowest layer of logs stacked according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION There is provided a method of building a structure having a plurality of log walls.
A plurality of logs are provided wherein each log has a first end region and a second end region.
A first layer of logs is positioned in a spaced-apart configuration.
A second layer of logs is positioned above the first layer of logs in a crosswise stack wherein each end region of each second-layer log rests above a first-layer log.
A third layer of logs is positioned above the second layer of logs in a crosswise stack wherein each end region of each third-layer log rests above a second-layer log, each third-layer log lying above and extending alongside an adjacent first-layer log to define a pair of adjacent first-layer and third-layer logs, whereby a first gap is formed between each such pair of adjacent first-layer and third-layer logs.
A fourth layer of logs is positioned above the third layer of logs in a crosswise stack wherein each end region of each fourth-layer log rests above a third-layer log, each fourth-layer log lying above and extending alongside an adjacent second-layer log to define a pair of adjacent second-layer and fourth-layer logs, whereby a second gap is formed between each such pair of adjacent second-layer and fourth-layer logs.
A maximum height of the first gaps in the structure is determined.
A groove cut is determined that would leave a bottom surface of each third-layer log separated from a top surface of an adjacent first-layer log by a first vertical distance that is substantially the same at all points along the first gaps, said first vertical distance being at least as great as the maximum height of the first gaps.
A maximum height of the second gaps in the structure is determined.
A groove cut is determined that would leave a bottom surface of each fourth-layer log separated from a top surface of an adjacent second-layer log by a second vertical distance that is substantially the same at all points along the second gaps, said second vertical distance being at least as great as the maximum height of the second gaps

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