Logs in the process of being peeled. On the left, Dan uses a home-made drawbar. Peeling spuds, broad chisel-like heads on a long handle, were also used but the large drawknives were preferred. It was back-breaking work.

Vertebrae Lodge would require about 7 logs per floor and there were to be seven log walls, one being an interior wall common to the two wings. With final plates for the roof, the building would require just over 100 long peeled logs. The 40 ft. walls would require lots at least 26 ft. long and the 50 ft. walls would require 56 ft. logs.
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