Haha. I love how you counted to 4 and a half with one hand.

I love the tour of the resale store I could spend a great deal of time there. To admit to a mistake and make it right is a the sign of a wise man. So nice to have a new video.

I noticed the flashing issue, but I thought it had been so long since I did any construction that I was wrong and that you were probably using some new materials or process. On another note, and as a fellow guitarist, I thought you may be interested to know (you may already) that the great guitarist Django Rheinhardt only had two working fingers (pointer and middle) on his left/fingering hand as he was badly burned in a fire as a young man. Also, the great Les Paul damaged his right/strumming arm so badly in a car accident that he had to convince a doctor not to amputate and to permanently set it in playing position! They both did OK. Anyway, I am really enjoying the series. BTW, my father cut off his pointer finger on a table saw . . . it seems like it always "the last cut". Best regards and continued success with the channel.

When I do shed/flat roofs meeting to brick/masonry, I always use z channel. About a buck a lineal foot. After I lay 30 lb felt, then 90 lb rolled roofing or shingles. I lay the z channel on top of the roofing, tight against brick, mark a line at the top of the channel, the length of the channel. Cut groove on mark with grinder 1/2" deep. Add quarter size spots of Henry's about 2" from the wall 6" apart. Place the channel on Henry's, celotex nail the channel every 12" to the roof. Caulk groove after channel is in place. Henry each top on those nails. If you use a full line of caulk /adhesive, then place metal over adhesive. Water may not have an out.

I turn 41 this year and I'm still learning something new everyday and making mistakes everyday! 😂

A carpenter who is philosophically minded! HOT!! Thanks for sharing, Dray. It is truly awesome to see the progress you two are making!!!

I love Lawrence Welk too! Also, because of my paternal grandparents.

Love this channel. Keep up the good work.

Love the video's, keep up the good work. Just imagine how cool it will be to make the bank into a home.

It's great watching your progress Dray, I can't wait to see everything all finished. You should throw a kite party and get a few of us up to help out with a project or two..

Thanks for sharing 😀👍 One advantage or the clipped digit is that flipping the bird to others is somewhat curtailed. 😉

Very nice video - lots of life's lessons!!

I rather do something right the firs time then go back at it again. Glad to see things are coming along.

This is one of the more fun channels that I watch. Let me say something about the flashing....it is still wrong. A suggestion even if you insist upon bending your own metal, the bottom flange that diverts the water onto the roofing should be on top of the rolled roofing. If you use mechanical fasteners, they should be coated hex head screws with neoprene washers. The bottom leg of flashing should be set in a heavy bed of roofing/flashing cement then coated hex head screws with neoprene washers usually self drillers/tappers are installed through the flashing into the heavy bed of flashing cement screwed tight enough the neoprene washer compresses. Once installed, go back and put a dollop of cement on the head completely covering the screw. Any fish mouth in the flashing can be marginalized by installing another screw where fish mouth occurs. Since a solid and continuous bead or beads of cement were used, the installation is water tight with nothing running under any roofing material. Where you cut the reglet in the brick, they make lead wedges that are to be driven into the groove to hold metal in place. Nothing more than another mechanical fastener. I don’t know everything but I ran construction in some capacity for about 50 years. This project is going to be fun. What is the end use planned for the bank building ?

Question: What is the ultimate aim? Are you looking to convert the entire space to a home? It may be too late, but I was going to suggest that rather than plaster over the old, uneven brick again, that you consider first applying some spray-on water proofing, and then construct a 2x4 wall standing maybe a half inch away from the brick wall - enough to allow for deviations in the brick wall - so that you can get a level, plumb, and square wall, and so that you can insulate the framing cavity and the gap behind it. This would also allow you to rewire, and replumb the entire structure without having to embed things into the brick or have it exposed.

Can't help but recognise that radio in your honda.... very much the exact same as my 2004 honda accord euro here in Australia! Loving the content mate! Looking forward to seeing the progress

I don't shop much at the box stores. I go to the local lumbar yard or hardware store. I get better quality and faster service.

The Lawrence Welk show was a walk down memory lane. Thanks for taking us on a trip to the local thrift store. The one you have there was pretty nice. 🙂Words I live by and learned at my school many years ago: "If a job is once begun, never leave it til it's done. Be the effort great or small, do it well or not at all." Thought I'd share because it's true no one likes having to do the job twice. Kudos to you for taking the time to back track and do it well.

Good method, tried and true. A couple of clamps and another board with a sharp edge will make it easier. Plus a rubber mallet. Or you could spend $2500 on a cheap brake/break (that is what I know). Nice work.

ReStore tip: Each ReStore has different businesses that make regular donations to their stock. So, different ReStores can have radically different, but stable characters. For example, the ReStore South of me gets supplied by a regional distribution center of a major hardware chain. They always have really good tools and hardware. The ReStore North of me is supplied by a particular window contractor. They always have a ton of both clearance new windows, modern windows that were pulled out during a replacement job and a pallet of traditional double hung sashes. Each of the old double hung sashes is $5 each. The point is, if you are near multiple ReStores visit them all. The bulkiest items tend to be donated locally, because shipping that stuff doesn't make sense. You can easily see the difference in stock selection between stores, but also ask the person in charge who their regular suppliers are (or what line of business if they don't want to mention names). They may also tell you what day of the week certain suppliers make their donations, so you can get first pick on the best stuff.

Perseverance. It's a key term. Good one, y'all.

Great video. I've been excited to see any progress you might've made on the inside of the building and stuff until you explained you currently don't even have electricity. 😮 I'm getting WAY ahead of things. 😄

I don’t think people still use the dvd-r disk anymore. I watched my grandparents do this kind of work on the house when I was little! Can’t wait to see the outcome!

Even though you've told the "real" story about your finger, I still look forward to the stories we make up for those that don't know. :)

I hardly ever noticed the finger.

I never noticed the finger until you told your story. My grandfather lost a couple of fingers in an explosion in his youth and after I knew the story I never really paid attention to that hand again since he still did everything he needed to do to get on with life. He always joked that he could only count up to eight!! At least you can get up to nine and a half!! :)

So it's a hand brake Oh I crack myself up. 🤣

Well, I've been watching as I said I would after the first video. I was waiting to hear the story about your finger. Your trips to Home Depot not be your only choice. I hope you take the time to find a local lumber yard that can supply not only material but information also. I didn't realize that this was your first project. Were there others? So, what are your thoughts/plans/budgets? Hope you don't get too far ahead of yourself.

When the first miter saw came out, somebody called it a chop saw. If you want to chop something, use a hatchet. This tool is for precision cutting and it is much more dangerous than a hatchet. I have had a miter saw and a compound slide miter saw for about 40 years. Once I nicked my knuckle on the blade. That is 1 too many times.

I stopped going to my Restore. They started charging retail for the items they had which made the visit to their store(in California, of course) mute.

You do it right, because you do it twice...

We all make mistakes that’s how we learn, it’s harder for people to admit they made mistakes, as long as you correct it and remember for the next time. Nobody is perfect shit happens …

Sounds of Portland...oh dear, could be bad... you know: the sound of failing social cohesion, businesses and government...

Yes, I have a CD and DVD recorder. I haven't used it in over a year because the internet is much better. If anybody needs some CD and DVD blanks, I live in the PNW.

Dray.. thanks for sharing the finger story..ouch..u know I've done that a hundred times but now I'll never do that again.. thx! Oh and when u flick someone off now does it only carry half the inflection ? Lol j/k

You literally gave that job the finger ! lol

I have a question about the flashing you bent to shape. Since it's metal, would you consider painting it to help protect it from the elements to be a good idea ?

I saw that on your last video and thought that's not right, maybe he'll fix it.

Alittle bit here, alittle bit there. Dray don't work too hard, it will take time to get the building done. have u thought of what u will put in the building?

Index finger left hand here. Did your mind and nerves recalibrate to your new 'finger tip'? It's been 12 years for me, and yes, finally, but I also taught myself to type without using that finger.

Which Portland, there are many.

4.5 fingers on one hand worked out okay for Jerry Garcia. (Well, until the cigs and drugs got him anyway...)

Two guitar players of note with missing fingers: Django Reinhardt and Phil Keaggy. Don't feel so bad.

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It's still not right

We’re in the UK so we haven’t been to Home Depot!