Some of my dads antiques, and he has a propasal.

[Spots]

First off, here are some pictures of the cabins my dad has built, the antiques hes collected, and his blacksmith shop.

Homebuilt antique museum, dad has used 99% of this equipment in daily farm life.

Old cabin cooking and heating stove

Papaws wine press, various tools hung behind

Horse logging equipment

Plow shares

Wash tub that dad used until his teens

Another storage shed

Broad axes and foot azes

Cane hooks

Old crosscut, and logging tongs

[Spots]

Bean pole drivers

Fire place cooking pot, in our family since the 1880's

Ox yoke, hand drills, mining hard hats, etc

Shingle froe, and old mallets

Blacksmith shop

Various tongs and hammers

Swingle trees for horse farming

Anvil

Forge

Vise

[Spots]

Now his proposal. Since the Primitive survival class, Dave and Don, really caught dads attention. He has since offered his land for the next class, including hunting privileges. But, he wanted to know if some people would be interested in pitching in time and sweat to build a backwoods style cabin for these events. He is intrested in hosting one every 3-4 months, and has land to build on, and will provide the logs for the cabin, and most raw materials. We just need help putting it together, and need to know that theres even an interest in doing these kinds of events on a regular basis. Let us know if your interested in helping, and in continuing the Primitive events. Thanks guys

[Guest pfries]

Well me and the boy would be glad to help for a weekend or three

[gjohnsoniv]

I'd be willing to put in some time.

[DaveS]

I'm in, when travel time allows. It was a little over 4 hours for me, every weekend would be hard for me...

Dave

[Spots]

Dave, theres no way Id exoect you to make that drive more than ever six months lol. Id love it if you could make events / camp outs/ rendevouzs on a 3-4 month basis. One thing about hosting there, we have 72k acres of woodlands behind us, 35-40 acres pvt owned, a full blacksmith shop, and all kinds of primitive living tools and equipment on the property already.

[Ebow1]

If I could get a ride out there, I'd be more than happy to help. I'm not much when it comes to experience or knowledge with anything hands on (I am working on that) but I've got a no problem being a pack mule. I enjoy some good physical labor every now and then, sometimes I wish technology didn't remove us from it quite so much.

[10-Ring]

I would be very interested in helping out. I live about an hour away from you. Only thing is I work a lot this time of year. During the winter however, I could contribute a good amount of time, just depends on the time frame you are looking to build this thing in.

[Guest cardcutter]

Let me know when you plan to start the cabin. I always wanted to build one.Maybe I can help.

[jtmaze]

Yes I would like to help as well. Time and place for planning. I need at least 30 days notice.

JTM

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[peejman]

Great pics of all that stuff. I hope he teaches you how to use all that stuff, it's quickly becoming a lost art. Building the shed/cabin sounds fun to me. Might be a good idea to wait until it's a tad cooler.

[UncleJak]

I'd love to help, depending on when it is.

[Timestepper]

Count me in (of course), but allow me time every now and then for honeydo's and work - that way maybe I won't have to move in once we get it done.

[Guest bkelm18]

I could lend a hand. I'm only a short drive from Oliver Springs.

[RED333]

I aint much good in the heat, however I can work a good day or 2 in the cold.

Put me down for the late fall or winter weekend.

ETA: Great pics, thanks for showing.

Edited July 6, 2012 by RED333

[robin48]

I aint much good in the heat, however I can work a good day or 2 in the cold.

Put me down for the late fall or winter weekend.

ETA: Great pics, thanks for showing.

This is my thoughts also.

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[Guest Lester Weevils]

Those are great cabins and tools/artifacts!

[Guest adamparker86]

I would be happy to help. my carpentry and framing skills may help. what part of tn would this be built?

[Spots]

East Tn near Oliver Springs. Any help, skilled or otherwise would be appreciated. Itll be this fall when it cools off not while its a 100+ degrees constantly. Dad has to much farm work when its summer time

[jtmaze]

That is about five hours away for me. Still willing to take a couple of vacation days to participate.

JTM

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[Guest adamparker86]

this sounds great id love to help. I have always wanted to do sonthi? g like this.. maybe a few of us In mid. tn could do a carpool. how far from nashville is it?

[Timestepper]

It'd be roughly about 3 hours from Nashville, depending upon how many times you stop for gas and whizzing.

[Ebow1]

A carpool would be a good idea for the Nashville group.

[Guest adamparker86]

yea id love to help just dont know if my ol' beater car would make it or not lol