I'm Bill Kisken, the owner of Log Weavers. I arrived in Alaska at the age of 18 and began building with logs almost immediately, constructing log cabins at a remote lodge during the summers. I have since continued to build with logs in the Fairbanks area. As my skills evolved I became interested in improving the quality of the log work being done at that time. I began experimenting with scribes, saw chain, cutting techniques and more

complex joinery while striving to improve quality and to make log work more efficient. The Alaska log house has also changed a great deal during the last
25 years, the only houses we could
build then were simple in design and
execution...Many of the methods and
tools we routinely use today were
unavailable then, in many cases they
had yet to be invented. This log building
renaissance period was going on all
over Canada and the United States
and the result was a compilation
of some new innovative log building
methods and techniques, which
revolutionized the industry. Better
homes were the result, the ability to
achieve fits that stay tight forever,
and the skills to build more complex
designs. My career has mirrored the
changes in the log home industry. I
started building with logs using hand
tools to cut and my back and brawn to move logs, now I own three cranes and the best tools money can buy. I'm glad I've had a chance to participate in the                                                                   growth and changes of log homes over the
                                                                      last 25 years.