I recommend picking up the first five or so volumes of the Foxfire books. They are chuck full of "how-to-do-it" information gleaned from the backwoods Appalachian old-timers. It's amazing what they accomplished with an axe and a few other simple tools.

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

-Blast
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