/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>398944

It was pretty cool how I found it. I've hiked the entire area around it, and been on top of the mountains in the area, and actually looked at all the valleys, and saw no indication that there would be a cabin there. But one day, I was just exploring, and came across it. There was a logbook there where visitors would record if they visited it, and according to the book, the cabin was over fifty years old when I found it. It had a couple pack rats, and there was a hole in the roof, but I patched it all up, and replaced a broken skylight with plexiglass. The window glass was wrapped up and placed in a corner, which I figured was for the best. I just left wooden windows on there. I cleaned the place up and built some furniture for it. Overall it was in excellent condition, and it was a great size. It was right next to a meadow, too.

>>398945

Well, that gets into stone working. Assuming you don't bring stock steel with you into the woods, you'll need to work with some stones. It isn't quite as hard as it is made out to be. Flint and chert are the two most commonly used stones, but if you can't find them, you can actually use quartz, though it isn't nearly as easy to work with. You'll need to get the stone into a good size to start off. Just hitting the stone along the grain will get some good flakes. From there, you can start by pressure flaking an edge onto it, which is just pressing down on the stone to make an edge. You won't be making big daggers at first, but you'll be able to make something that you can gut a fish with or scrape up tinder for a fire.