HATTIE: (Voiceover) Mike has invented a machine that allows them to build log homes faster, therefore, cheaper. The hope for the future is to grow the lower-cost end of the business.

JEFF: They're more cost effective than what the hand-crafted is, plus the time frame is reduced tremendously. For example, a handcrafted house may take us anywhere from eight to 16 weeks to prebuild. We can cut a milled log home in a matter of sometimes days, sometimes weeks.

HATTIE: (Voiceover) You have your houses all over the world and all over the country. But here you are in Sisters.

MIKE: (Voiceover) Right.

HATTIE: (Voiceover) What is that teaching us all?

MIKE: Well, you know, that was kind of a hurdle for a while because we were the only log home company out here for a long time. There's a conglomerate of them in Montana. They all seem to get going there and congregate in this one little area. So when a client thought of log home, they thought of Montana. So that was a hurdle to overcome. But now with the new technology and the fast pace and the computers, we're able to be anywhere and everywhere.