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Books Log Home, Timber Frame, Carving, Rustic Furniture & Related

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Log Building Books in French
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Thierry and Marie-France Houdart are authors, log builders, run a log building school, are recently at work on a book about thatch roofs throughout Europe. 

Cahier n.1 Principes de base
Cahier n.2 Apprentissage
Cahier n.3 conception et Plans
Cahier n.4 Maitriser la technique pour faire une maison


Cahier N° 1 

Les principes de base - Fustes de france ( Nouvelle édition Juin 1999 ) 
- plus de 100 schémas originaux 
-photos et gravures en bichromie 
-4 planches en couleur - format 19,5 x 26 - 

Basic principles about log building, the wood, how it dries and settle, the type of corner notches, its origin... 
64 pages and many drawings (more than 100, photos..) 
#bb700 $14.50
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Cahier N° 2 

Apprentissage-premières entailles 
- plus de 200 schémas originaux et photos en bichromie - 
format 19,5 x 26 

For those who want to build with logs, it is the manual for beginners. Many drawings,(200) all the scribing and notching method is explained with detail. Easy to understand even if you do not speak french. 

softbound 64 pages 
#bb705 $14.50
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Cahier N° 3 

Conception et plans 
- plus de 200 schémas originaux, photos et gravures en 
bichromie - 
format 19,5 x 26 - 
Février 1997

This "cahier" is about log architecture, design, and how to make your project. It is a reference in Europe for architects. 
softbound 104 pages 
#bb710 $21.00
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Cahier N° 4 

Maitriser la technique pour faire une maison 
(new édition June 2000) 
en bichromie 
environ 450 illustrations originales (dessins, photos) 
format 19,5 x 26 

This "cahier" is a technical manual for advanced log builders , that you must study bedore starting to build your first house with logs. 
450 drawings and photos. 
softbound 128 pages

Note: a 5th "cahier" jis in the works, "How to buy, finish and decorate a log house. 
#bb715 $22.50
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