My shop build

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#51  
Are you going to paint or otherwise mark the bolts as you go through the torquing process? It seems like there are plenty of ways to get distracted and miss one.

That's not a bad idea. My plan was to put one person on a pallet and another driving the forklift and just go from column to column, working from bottom to top, until we got them all. A Sharpie mark on the bolt head wouldn't take much extra time and would give us positive confirmation that they'd all been touched.
 
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#52  
Got slowed down a little bit last week by "Safety Dog." She doesn't like this loaner forklift and definitely doesn't like it when a person goes up on it to do elevated work. We were working around it but, when she climbed into the cab with my wife, we had to come up with another solution so I ended up going and renting a man lift. Finished up the roof girts and cross bracing Friday, got the walk door installed before getting rained out Saturday and finished the base and rake trim Sunday. Today I'm putting on the J-Trim around the doors, fixing the plumb on one end wall and then starting the sheeting.

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   / My shop build #54  
Nice progress. I for one am certainly glad 'safety dog' "convinced" you to rent the manlift.

You're gonna have an AWESOME workspace!

Terry
 
   / My shop build #55  
Lookin good!!!!

Take your time with this part. Accurately "square" the frame and the rest will go on easily.

Thanks for posting the progress pics!!!
 
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#56  
Nice progress. I for one am certainly glad 'safety dog' "convinced" you to rent the manlift.

You're gonna have an AWESOME workspace!

Terry

The only issue is that the lift is an additional $750 I wasn't planning on spending. Plus, now she's starting to complain about the lack of hardhats and steel toes...
 
   / My shop build #57  
If you drop anything of that size and weight on your head or your toes, the steel cap can sever your toes and the the hard hat just makes sure you can have an open casket.
 
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#58  
Not much accomplished today, wind was blowing 15+ all day which doesn't mix well with a 48 square foot metal sail. I got the j-channel cut, some of it installed and pre-drilled the siding panels. Wind is supposed to lay down overnight for a couple of days so, we'll be ready to go first thing in the morning if that holds true.
 
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Yep, wind is definitely not your friend!!!! Now imagine trying to wrap insulation. :)
 
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In my younger days I worked for a contractor who took any and all jobs, he was a sheet metal contractor, but we did anything industrial, from rigging to dust collector piping

All the jobs we did, really the only one I did not enjoy was insulating and siding a steel building
Repetitive and a PITA
 

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