Hi all, Here are some samples:
Squared timbers
Dressed log Many of the RhB stations and auxilliary buildings are built from solid timbers with the corners overlapping in a notched pattern. One example
©Copyright markusworldwide The interior walls are built in the same fashion. I guess I’ll start with a simple one and take it from there. 
On the dressed log: I need to come up with a “carriage” gizmo which holds the log steady, getting a twisted dressed log is not what I’m looking for.
HJ, it may be enough to just tack a small nail in the end of the dowell and rest the head of that against the table of the saw or planer to keep it from rotating on you. You may also have luck with one of those metal clamps used to hold copious amounts of paper together. (I’d call them a paper clip, but that just gets confusing with the small wire thingies.) Find such a clip/clamp close to the diameter of the log, and–again–use it as a guide to keep things from rotating on you.
Later,
K
If you have a stationary belt sander, you could put a flat spot along the length of the dowel sufficient to ride against the fence. It shouldn’t take much.
Or, do it the old fashioned way, clamp the dowel in a vice and use a block plane to make the flat spot.
Let us know what you decide to use, what works best.
I’m assuming that you want to do the majority of the cutting with your new bandsaw.
Good ideas,
Actually, I just drew a line with a Sharpie across the end. Keep it vertical and “close enough”! But the nail method would be a good alternate. 
Hj do you have another photo showing those cars behind the Krok ?
HJ,
To keep it from rotating, build a “V” shaped carriage out of scrap wood and lay your work piece in the “V”. She won’t spin or move on you!
Dennis Paulson said:
Hj do you have another photo showing those cars behind the Krok ?
Dennis, I have to check, I know I have them on one of my own videos or if one by one will work:
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Thank you HJ , those are great pictures .
Old method of steadying the dowel: keep your eye on the line
New method: keep the stop on the table
Is that a pile of triangular sticks I see looming on the horizon ?
I hope the map pin doesn’t get caught in the saw , or sander .
Anyone out there remember Lincoln Logs, or am I alone?
tac
Ottawa Valley GRS
Terry A de C Foley said:
Anyone out there remember Lincoln Logs, or am I alone?tac
Ottawa Valley GRS
Never heard of it…
but I have just the plan for triangular timbers. Coming up!
Tac, I remember them well. (Of course, it’s not as distant a memory for me. ) Interestingly, there’s an outfit that makes log cabin kits in 1:24. I wish I could remember the company’s name, but if you dig back through GR two or so years, I did a review of one of their kits. The logs are flattened and notched as HJ is doing, and the whole thing was a blast to put together. A definite throwback to my Lincoln Log days. (And it’s not going to be too long before Suzi’s old enough to play with them!)
Later,
K
Kevin,
http://www.rusticreplicas.com/franklin_cabin_kit.shtml
http://www.rusticreplicas.com/half_inch_church.shtml
Other interesting 1:24 stuff on their site.
With reference to the corners of Swiss buildings , here is another method of achieving the corner without mucking about with cutting square logs and notching them ----an engine shed , from scratch , mainly ply .
The overrhung corner timbers are made out of a piece of ply fitted vertically , grooved to represent the timber ends .
The chimney is flashed with aluminium tape --just as on the real job . The tiles are individually painted with a slightly different colour for each tile , the overall effect is quite pleasing compared to all in one colour . Tiles individual to make for realism . The shed is about a yard long ,and a model of the real thing at a place whose name escapes me at the moment . The loco is by KISS .
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Kevin,http://www.rusticreplicas.com/franklin_cabin_kit.shtml
http://www.rusticreplicas.com/half_inch_church.shtml
Other interesting 1:24 stuff on their site.
Chris,
Yes, sure. But that’s probably not what Kevin reviewed.
@ LSCers
I picked up some Hemlock doweling and tried how it cuts with the “el cheapo” blade. Amazingly different and very well; at full tilt feed!