Alpine Cheese Dairy

[Alpkäserei]

Back to work on the Cabin (I never know what word to use there...)

[Spoons]

Oh WOW! Nice work! When will it be operational?

[H-K-J]

very rustic looking Alp ^-^ I like it :D

[Boofer]

Yeah, I'm afraid that tree in front of the window has to go.... ;)

Nice project. How many minions do you have helping you, or is all the work being done by you?

-Boofer-

[Alpkäserei]

I've done a fair part of the work myself. Had some help at the very beginning -actually a workshop, where I taught some others about this building technique- But I've had some help off and on.

Tomorrow, I should get the ridge beam in place and maybe get everything ready to hang some rafters by evening, but also I will be getting a load of concrete blocks delivered some time so that will slow things down.

[Alpkäserei]

[Alpkäserei]

just for a rundown on what you see here: (a bit of repetition from earlier)

This is initially to be where the cheese is made, and where my receiving station is. Later this will serve as my store, with other operations to be housed in another building to be built in the future.

This is a log building (not a log cabin) built in the Alpine style (interlocking passed corner joints, square logs, chinkless construction, posted ridge beam and hung rafters) which is quite a bit different from the log building style used in the Eastern United States.
Architecture is typical of what you would find in an agricultural building in the alpine and pre-alpine regions of most of the Canton of Bern (rough, unfinished logs, very generous roof overhangs)

We hewed the wall logs by hand from white pine logs. Eastern white pine is, in many ways, the closest thing we can get to the Alpine fir they use in Switzerland.
Other timbers are salvaged barn timbers from an old timber framed barn I dismantled.
The roof is decked with siding from this same barn

[H-K-J]

I want to come and help.
I do have 45 years experience in carpentry and construction.  :)

[Alpkäserei]

We do have a facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Kaesereigrimwald?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark

Please like our page, and share it with your enemies. Also share it with your friends, that would probably be nice.

And soon we will be putting up Indiegogo and Kickstarter campaign pages, for any that are interested in helping us out.

I'll try and get some updated construction pics up later.

[H-K-J]

I refuse to go on facebook, I was there way to long for the crap that is there
I hope your page  works out
I do love your building  8)

[Alpkäserei]

 

Here are some photos a bit more up to date.

And here are some photos of the cellar I am remodelling to serve as an aging space and a little shop space in front.

[ArnaudForestier]

Holy cow, Alp!  That is absolutely beautiful, man!  Thanks for the pics, and keep 'em coming!  Good luck with the rest of it....!

[Alpkäserei]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kaserei-grimwald-traditional-handmade-cheese/x/8221101

I haven't asked a whole lot of the community here, but would you please all consider reviewing this campaign, and share it around as much as you can! I'm seeking crowdfunding to help with a sizable chunk of my startup expenses. Right now I just need the campaign to be widely known. Thanks a lot.

This has occupied my time the last few days, I'm getting ready to go back to work on the cheese house, so I'll have more updates later in the week! Today and yesterday I cleared out a lot of large limbs and tree tops that littered the woods around the cabin from logging that had been done last summer.

[ArnaudForestier]

Hey Alp - proud to contribute to your work.  Go get 'em!

[Spoons]

What great perks too! I know it's about helping out and not the perks, but it's 5pm right now and I need a cheese fix  ;D

Hope your crowdfunding campaign works out!