My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

073 - 6th chain mortared in place.
I ground away part of inner arch to allow 6th chain to be continuous.


6/3/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

071 - 6th chain mortared in place.
I ground away part of inner arch to allow 6th chain to be continuous.


6/3/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

070 - 6th chain mortared in place.
Time to deal w/ the infamous "dome meets arch dilemma".


6/2/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

069 - 6th chain mortared in place.
Time to deal w/ the infamous "dome meets arch dilemma".


6/2/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

068 - 6th chain mortared in place.


6/2/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

066 - 5th chain mortared in place.


5/29/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

065 - 5th chain mortared in place.


5/29/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

063 - 4th chain mortared in place.
Starting to take shape.


5/28/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

060 - Wetsaw jig, view from back.
This low bevel cut was early-lower chain.
The hinge is recessed into the 2X6 under the adjustable base.

See mrchipster's post for details on this jig:
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/21/2...ble-16780.html (Possible - New idea for brick cutting table)


5/27/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

058 - Wetsaw jig.
4 black screws hold back strip in place for proper angle.
Gold screw in left side of plywood base changes pitch of jig to cut proper bevel.
The hinge is recessed into the 2X6 under the adjustable base.

See mrchipster's post for details on this jig:
http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f28/...ble-16780.html


5/27/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

057 - 3rd chain mortared in place.
Inner arch 2nd and final attempt complete.


5/27/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

056 - 3rd chain mortared in place.
Inner arch 2nd and final attempt complete.


5/27/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

055 - Mortaring 3rd chain, positioned using Indispensable Tool & shims.
I learned the hard way that you should wear latex (or other) gloves...Bloody fingertips take a while to heal after scraping the skin off from spreading mortar with bare fingers.


5/26/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

052 - Mortaring 3rd chain, positioned using Indispensable Tool & shims.
I learned the hard way that you should wear latex (or other) gloves...Bloody fingertips take a while to heal after scraping the skin off from spreading mortar with bare fingers.



5/26/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

050 - 3rd chain positioned using Indispensable Tool, dry fit & shimmed in place until mortared.
This is a good view of how tight the interior joints are by using the angle & bevel method to cut the dome-brick halves.


5/26/12