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OK it stopped raining for a while so I got the beam up! No time for taking photos while I was lifting it into place, but here's just after it lifted into place. It worked really well. I also made a groove on the top of the board that I used as a crane, rounded it over, sanded it smooth so the...

Nothing electric, it's a horse fly trap

Yeah Ialready went and bought a 2nd winch, tomorrow I'll see about getting it done. My plan was very similar to yours, take a 2x4 that is longer than the post and use that to winch it up in the manner you describe, but using two winches at once.

Phew! That was a few tricky operations and I'm not done yet. Getting the ridge beam in place. First I made a kind of ladder so I could move the beam a little a time It worked well enough until the last stage, that one was the heaviest. I am not sure if I can do this with the side beams as...

All the posts are now assembled. Still attaching some plates to stiffen it up in the direction of the gables. Double studs under the side beams as well This is how I move the beams, I really like this solution, didn't need to buy anything at all, I already had this and it works as well...

It's quite clever, helps prevents drafts into the house. Our cat flap does left in a good draft in winter, I've thought about building a box with another cat flap on it that goes against the door in winter time. The draft does help when making a fire though.

New design for the center post. I haven't drawn it in, but I am planning to add some more wide boards on the inside of the posts that go down into the studs to provide a little more racking resistance. Once the posts are up I'll also add some diagonal stiffeners to help with that.

Unfortunately, despite all the trees I don't have access to any of it, and what little is on my land I want to keep and not cut down. So I would have little use of a log saw. I like having both cold and hot seasons, though I prefer the warmer seasons for sure...

That does sound like a good idea to be honest, perhaps I will do that. Annoyingly I already made and laminated one of them... I wonder if I could laminate in another short, standing grain piece... or just do it all over again.

Haven't gotten that much done yet, stuck with price issues, I was planning to use massive standing beams like 5-6" square for the roof beams, but they are so damn expensive I am reconsidering. I looked at the shed my dad built 40 years ago, he used 2x4 studs instead and had a top plate the beams...

Last roof beam is done, this will be the top beam and it's 6x7 inches, it's the smallest, the others are 7x8". But it will have the smallest load on it. Every log was faster to hew than the one before it. I was starting to get the proper swing and aiming accuracy more and more. Eventually I...

Broke both my hammers trying to extract a nail. Don't try and pull out nails from nail guns.... Two new shafts made, also the plastic handle on our bread knife broke so I made a new one:

And the last wall is up, it was the most complicated to build with the door construction. I ended up raising it the two parts separately, then putting up the long top plate to affix it into one piece. Then for the door I used two standing 2x8s for extra support, also extra studs under the 2x8s...

Notching all the studs, first a cross cut on the table saw Then a ripping operation on the band saw And done, repeat 40 more times! Then after all that I can start assembling the walls Raising the 1st wall (by myself I might add) And the 2nd wall, now it should be stable enough to let...

I've cut to length 39 pieces 2x4 (47x100mm sawn actual dimension) for the studs, they are 195 cm long or around 6'5", with the height of the foundation and the bottom and top plates factored in I should havbe a height of around 255cm (varies with the gravel floor) or around 8'4". This is the max...

I finished hewing another log, so now I have the two main load bearing beams done. I think I will do a minimum of work to the top beam, it can remain mostly round as long as I get the size relatively consistent, so mostly I need to hew down one end ti make it consistent. Ordered a load of...

Ah h**l that was A LOT OF WORK ! Thankfully my SO helped with the digging. Still not entirely done but we cleared the path for Elvis at least. Took a break in the day for some well deserved ice cream.

It would have been more expensive, and I really hate mixing concrete now.

Progress has been slow, been doing other things. And I fear buying lumber to start on the walls. I just need to fill up with gravel outside and inside and I could, theoretically, start framing the walls, once I buy the lumber.... Here's 12 cubic meters of gravel to help. I wanted him to tip it...

Ehh, it's a slow burning project and I have so much else to do as well. I have rendered all the walls and I have gotten some impregnated 4x4s that will be attached to the foundation. What I need to do next is get a truck load or two of gravel and fill the inside and outside. I also need to buy...