How to Build a Panel Hoist

Cut two of your pine boards to 4 feet in length and two more to 2 feet. Set the longer ones on edge, parallel, two feet apart. Set the shorter ones on edge, parallel, perpendicular to the longer ones, an inch and a half in from the ends of the longer boards.

Run screws through the longer boards into the shorter ones to make your frame. Then drill a hole 4 inches in from each end and 1-3/4 inches in from each side of the longer boards.

Cut four pine boards to 8-1/2 feet in length. Use the jigsaw to make the corners round. Use the drill to make a hole 1-3/4 inches in from the sides and ends. Set two of them parallel and on edge, with the holes facing one another. Cut two pine boards to 27 inches and set one of them between the longer boards, perpendicular, three feet from the end without holes. Add two screws through the longer board into each end of the 27-inch board. Repeat this for the other two 8-1/2 foot boards and the other 27-inch board.

Run bolts through the holes in the square frame and connect it to the long boards in step 3. Run a screw hook into the middle of each 27-inch board, and secure one end of the nylon rope to one of them. Make two loops in the rope: one 5 feet from the end you tied to the hook, and another 6 feet from that same end. The loops will go over the other screw hook. When you want your next piece of drywall, undo the loop and tug on the rope. This will lift it up to you.