Hands-On Log Building Courses in 2012
My next courses are in New Zealand, and then in Land O Lakes, Wisconsin

Introduction to Log Building — January 16-27

Introduction to Building Log Walls — January 30 to February 10

Special "Cut It Yourself" hands-on workshop — June 28 to July 3

	My students built this log cabin shell in 26 days of instruction.
	Students in my course built the log walls & beams for this cabin.
	And here is the finished Bed & Breakfast. Looks great, and all the logwork was done by students.

The 2012 Courses:

1) Introduction to Log Building Techniques— 10 days of hands-on and classroom instruction taught by Robert Chambers. Scribing logs, de-barking, cutting notches, saddles and long grooves, log selection, safe work principles with chainsaws and other tools--an introduction to fitting logs together.
* Hosted and organized by Graeme Mould and Natural Log Homes, Ltd, Geraldine, New Zealand.
* January 16 to 27 — tuition NZD $1900; and other information available from Graeme.
Please email Graeme for details and to register for this course.
This is summer in New Zealand!

2) Introduction to Building Log Walls— 10 days of hands-on and classroom instruction taught by Robert Chambers. How to put the skills together and build a log cabin or log home shell yourself.
* Hosted and organized by Graeme Mould and Natural Log Homes, Ltd, Geraldine, New Zealand.
* January 30 to February 10 — tuition NZD $1900; and other information available from Graeme.
Please email Graeme for details and to register for this course.
This is summer in New Zealand!

3) Cut It Yourself Log Shell Workshop— 6 days of hands-on and classroom instruction, taught by Robert Chambers. Will be held at Frontier Builders in Land O Lakes, Wisconsin. Learn about the fantastic Cut-It-Yourself log home kits here. In this workshop, we will cut all the corner notches, and long grooves of a log home shell kit; install the gaskets, and stack it up. All in just 6 days! There is no faster or easier way to build a handcrafted (scribe-fit) log home shell! June 28 to July 3.

Cut It Yourself is the BEST way to build your own handcrafted log home shell because: it is FAST ; it requires very few tools; and it's EASY to learn.
Your other option is to do it all yourself, from scratch, and this is very hard work (peeling logs!), requires a lot of expensive tools (scribers, crane!), and it a multi-year commitment for almost all who try it.
Contact Dan Wait at Frontier Builders to sign up for this great opportunity!

Have a question about what you'll learn in any of my courses? Please email Robert Chambers

Students talk about Robert Chambers's workshops:
"My thanks and appreciation for the great education at your workshop. For me it truly was a milestone: one of those life-altering types of experiences. The workshop was all I could have hoped it to be: the quality and authority of instructors is tops, and lots of hands-on experience. " John C.

"Very informative - - I now feel I am up to speed with the log home industry!" Tom B., professional log builder"I have learned from the best. A great experience." Dave O."It was so fun, so interesting, and so exciting that the time flew by!" Olaf Edgar"Robert Chambers is the best teacher I have ever met." Chuck Kelly, professional log builder"I now have an excellent understanding of what goes into building a high quality handcrafted log home." Erik L."Robert is fantastic. He knows log building AND he can teach." Dave H."I showed everyone in my family's log home business the mitered truss and they all loved it. Then we built three trusses in three dfferent ways, and the mitered one was fastest and easiest. . . I enjoyed the class tremendously and we will be building better buildings because of it." Richard Musick, professional log builder"I count this among the best things I have done so far in my life." Neal M."There is not enough room on the evaluation form to tell you how impressed I am!" Vince V.

"It is obvious that Robert loves to teach and so it is a joy to learn from him. I honestly feel that he is one of, if not the best, teacher I have ever had the privilege of learning from." Bradley Bartels, professional builder

This page was updated November 2011