My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

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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

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

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

075 - 8th chain mortared in place.


6/3/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

076 - 8th chain mortared in place.
This is a good shot of the outer mortar joints compared to the almost mortar-less inner joints.
This is due to calculating the angle & bevel of each brick.


6/3/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

078 - 8th chain mortared in place.


6/4/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

080 - 9th chain.
The angles started to get pretty steep.
This required some additional weight to hold the bricks in place until the mortar set.
I took some scrap 2x4's and ran a 3" screw into one end to use to temporarily hold each brick.
Here you can see the wood shims that are used to hold the brick in the proper position, determined by the IT, until the mortar sets.


6/8/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

081 - 10th chain.
The steep angles required some additional weight to hold the bricks in place until the mortar set.
I took some scrap 2x4's and ran a 3" screw into one end to use to temporarily hold each brick.


6/8/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

083 - 11th chain complete.


6/9/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

085 - 11th chain complete.
Starting to look like a real dome.


6/9/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

086 - 11th chain complete.
Starting to look like a real dome.


6/9/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

087 - Cleaning excess mortar from inside of dome.
Hot & claustrophobic.


6/9/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

091 - Braces inside to help hold last couple chains while mortar set.
I cut some braces to size out of scrap wood to help hold the last few chains as the dome closed in.


6/9/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

094 - 13th chain complete.


6/9/12

[boylanta]

Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

095 - 13th chain complete.


6/9/12