LIST OF TOOLS TO BUILD A CABIN Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 14:03:00 -0400 From: David Lee Subject: Re: One pack full of tools Horace Kephart listed a set of tools with which he constructed a cabin, etc. in his book Camping and Woodcraft. This was at the turn of the century, so, needless to say, there were no electric or gas-powered tools. List of building tools from Horace Kephart (from Camping and Woodcraft, chapter "cabin building"): 2 axes 2 hatchets crosscut saw (6 ft) and handles peavey, or cant hook sledge hammer (8 lb) 2 steel wedges (5 lb) froe spade mattock hand saw rip saw compass saw brace auger 3 auger bits (3/8, 3/4, 1 1/4) 2 drill bits (1/8, 1/4) drawing knife jack plane framing chisel (1-1/2) tape line 2 ft rule steel square pocket level to screw on square T-level plumb-bob chalk line crosscut saw file 2 triangle files (7 in. and 6 in. slim taper) mill file (8 in) whetstone 50 ft rope (1 in)