Here is the picture of the lumber we sawed for the building over the sawmill.  There is 2,500 bdft here, and the poles are piled in another building with the trusts on the way. We have got the poles set and have to level the top of the poles.  The building is going to be 26' x 48' when complete with the east wall open to access the mill. To make the roof boards the same thickness we planed them.  We also planed the boards that made up the main beam in the front of the building. We got the poles cut to the proper height and the exterior wall boards up with the rear top board a 6"x8" beam for the trusts to rest on accomplished the first day.  Here we are assembling the beam for the front of the building. The front beam has been assembled and is being prepared to be lifted for installation.  It is 48' long and consists of 2 - 2"x10", 2 pieces of 5/8" plywood, and 2 - 4"x10" boards.  Combined it is 13 inches thick. Here we are in the lifting phase.  My older brother was the director of operations for this entire project. The final lift and placing of the beam. We are placing the trusts with a crane that we built to go on the forks of the forklift bucket for the tractor.  We had to go underneath the front beam and lift the trusts up through the center of the building to get them in place. We got all the trusts placed and secured on the second day. We are setting the boards that the roof steel will be attached to The first row of steel is on the west side of the roof, and we are moving on to the east side. We are starting to put the side steel on the west wall.  We have a door on the north, south and west walls. The west wall is complete except for the door. The roof has been completed. Attaching the steel to the south wall. Cut out for the doors and attach the corner steel and our building is complete We have attached the corner steel and cut out for the doors, now all that is left is to build the doors and some minor trim work Finally completed. We are constructing an addition for the Cat D318 engine that will power the mill to be in. We laid a concrete floor in the engine building. All the walls are up but to complete the gable end and install the door. We extended the exhaust pipes from the engine out through the ridge on the building.