The large 10" nails from the original install are cut with a grinder.

The trick is to avoid hitting these nails with the chain saw. Minimally 4 sharpened chains should be available to begin each day of sawing.

Start at the top and go down so nails are visible and position can be marked. After the first row of 3-4 nail hits, the average is about a nail hit an hour after you get really good at guessing where they are.

Sand everywhere your new logs will join, all around these window frames too.

My water cooler for work in July & August. The portable water supply invention allows the unit not to require a water source.

Fine tuning. Use small piece of half log to check spacing and mark the high spots with marker.

Each high point is marked. Use anything that you can see later, i.e. a sharpie. When finished, go back and chisel these slightly deeper.

Knots require the heavy striking tools; everything else is mold-able with the air chisel.

Nails in the wood below are marked so when cutting into the log below, they can be avoided with the chain.

One of four loads of this stuff.

No rot is left uncut, as the stairs block this wall and are not easily moved.

It's best to start at the top and go down because nails can be more easily marked. The chain track has been notched with a grinder at the 4 1/4" inch mark. No deeper please!