From the ground up cabin build notes in Bennington Banner
The author outlines the tools and methods for constructing a cabin including sills logs, floor joists, and a subfloor of pine. He details log handling with ramps, sills set on posts, and the use of a block and tackle. He emphasizes axes as essential, and weighs options for foundation pillars, preferring concrete cylinders with wood dust supports over sonotubes and wood posts.