Not a workshop, per say, but this shed is meant to free up garage and shop space cluttered with lumber and 600 pounds of lump charcoal. An accessory to the wood shop. I have the frame vertical, and wanted to see if anyone has a clever idea on how to lift beams. Each bent was pretty easy to get into place. I built them on the floor, and tilted it into place with three people. My brother and i lifted them up and my wife guided the post stub tenons into the sill. That was the easy part. Lifting the plates into place was a real bear. They are green 6x6 12' hemlock timbers that were sucksville to lift 8-9' in the air. I clamped 2x4s to the posts to act as temporary resting spots as we worked our way up ladders. This has me thinking how to avoid the extra labor and work smarter, not harder, on the gable ends. The frame is very rigid now, and i plan on making a second story loft/platform out of 3x6 rafters. I can carry the king post assemblies up in pieces, build them horizontally, and tilt them into place on either end. The one thing im nervous about is lifting the ridge beam into place atop the kingpost. It is a 6x6 that is 14' long and still green. Getting it 15' in the air has me slightly anxious.