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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Building.

While building a house may be out of reach at the moment, let's get some practice putting together medium sized structures.  Trees are a renewable resource and you might have quite a few on your property.  Let's make a log cabin or small building out logs!

Here are some pictures of what we're after:  
 
 

And here's a fellow who built a really nice cabin:


Minimum requirements:
  - At least 100 square feet
       - Maybe a coop, smithy, sugar shack, woofer house, workshop, cabin, etc
  - Fully enclosed
  - At least 2 built-in outlets and a built-in light
  - Starting with round logs (not milled in a factory)
  - You can square or hew them if you want
  - Logs can run horizontally or vertically
  - Natural chinking
  - As with all PEM badges, lesser BBs can be harvested as you complete this project

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - Place where the building will be built
  - Logs you're starting with
  - Walls partway up showing chinking
  - Completed walls
  - Completed building showing size and electrical details
 
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