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That is truly a piece of art! So many complicated parts, which in the end fit together flawlessly. Thanks for sharing!

to MikeG. : Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of screwing in the piles, but it's nothing fancy - on the top of each pile there is a through hole, in which two guys insert a long pipe (they use it as a lever) , and walk around the pile, as it sinks into the ground. They use a magnetic level to...

Those ground posts are steel screw piles and are screwed inno the ground. I don't really like them, because they aren't solid enough, they move in the sand. I think a concrete foundation would be much better.

Those boxes and dovetails look really pristine! Hmm.. maybe it's time to make myself a proper toolbox :)

Thanks to everyone for your replies, it's really encouraging for me, I'll certainly keep sharing my work here :)

Indeed, sand it is :) You're right, it was fun, and we also saved on the gym, as we had some heavy lifting to do :) Here, found another nice picture.

Thanks for your reply. The mortice and tenon joints are traditional, I think. As for the joints of the posts and beams - we used the threaded rod to simplify our work a bit, and mostly to simplify the assembly, as we had to raise the thing by hand. Also I wanted to test this joint in real life...

We finished the roof - and here's how it came out. I'd like to thank Konstantin, who worked with me on this structure - it was hard, but it was worth the effort. Actually he did all of the cutting, I did the layout and chiseled out the mortices. Konstantin is an architect, and I'm a...

The mortices for the allthreads are covered from the elements

It's almost done

Purlins are added... ..and then covered with planed boards. the eave is yet to be trimmed.

Time to make some pegs - the oldschool way :)

Next came the rafters.

View from the top of a post

more raising

Tightening the nuts. We used wooden blocks held by clamps to place the beams on during the assembly - made assembly safer and easier

Raising day. We lifted the timbers in place manually and, I must admit, it wasn't easy.

we couldn't resist the temptation to start raising the frame the same day it was ready.

.. and 6 more braces to make, 12 mortices to cut

After finishing the 3 bents and making sure everything fits, we disassembled everything and started to cut the perpendicular beams. We also used allthreads in these connections.