Learn how to build a log-splitting table for the homestead. Wood-splitting season can be a joyful experience or sheer drudgery. Over the past two decades our family’s firewood chopping, which used to ...

Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Living in a cozy little cabin nestled in the woods is part ...

At the age of 81, Charles “Mac” McRaven still can swing a goosewing broadax with the authority of a young Abe Lincoln. Through the decades, the Albemarle County author and master craftsman has built ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Gathering the appropriate resources from the land, Zach and Cody will demonstrate how to construct and ignite a long log fire for maximum warmth in a winter wilderness environment. A long fire is a ...