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Old 04-06-2015, 10:04 AM   #11
glatt
 
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I really liked how each log was fitted individually, to its neighbor log.
The person who made this house knew what they were doing. Those notches are only on the undersides of the logs, not on the top and bottom like Lincoln Logs would have you believe it was done. By notching them on the underside and sloping off the corners on the top, the joint will shed rainwater. It's a brilliant design that was probably learned by trial and error over generations.

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