Log cabin workshop in Palmer
March 28, 2011
UAF will offer a log cabin building workshop May 16— 31 at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer.
The workshop will run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with one day off after every five days.
Robert Chambers, world-recognized authority on handcrafted log home construction,
will lead sessions on how to build with green logs. Participants will practice basic
procedures and techniques.
Cost is $1,200 for a 10-day class on building log walls and $500 for a four-day class
on building roof trusses. The cost to take both classes is $1,400. For more information
contact Valerie Barber, director of the UAF School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences forest products program at 746-9466 or vabarber@alaska.edu.