My Wood fired Redux

[stonecutter]

Re: My Wood fired Redux

As for my oven, total stall mode now. Every weekend for the last six have been spent on a commercial project..going 7 days will kill any home project.

But it looks like I only need to be there Saturday, so maybe I will be able to put up some framing on Sunday.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Stonecutter,

Thanks for the pick, sure looks good for fake lick and stick. You definitely have an eye to make fake or real stone have that random look. Very nice. Type N mortar 2:1 are what components again? Also, can't pay the bills working on your WFO so you have to do what you need to do.

[stonecutter]

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Stonecutter,

Thanks for the pick, sure looks good for fake lick and stick. You definitely have an eye to make fake or real stone have that random look. Very nice. Type N mortar 2:1 are what components again? Also, can't pay the bills working on your WFO so you have to do what you need to do.

You're welcome and thank you.


2 = SAND 1 = TYPE N masonry cement. You can also get an acrylic admix like Arcryl 60 (quickcrete admix at big box stores) and add a bit to your mix.

It does help to burn the mortar on the back of the 'stone' ( sorry I must do the quote!) before you butter it up....just like tile work.

[stonecutter]

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Built the vent and flue base yesterday and that's the last of the brickwork. I incorporated a thermal break in this vent, the first one. The reasoning is sound, and vent walls are never tied into the oven arch anyway, so I thought, why not? I'm going to pack it with mineral wool and then a black stove gasket, tucked back a bit.

I opened the arch by a little over 2", creating a 1" reveal for the door (yet to be built) This arch is better than the oven opening, because my granite one is going to be clean, and I don't want the vent brick visually breaking the arch I carve in the stone.

[stonecutter]

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For the last brick below the flue base, I beveled the last full brick in the arch to create a sort of ledge. This allows the filler brick to lay at a right angle, and tuck under the flue base to transfer some of the flue weight into the middle of the vent brick.

The ledge...


Filler brick. This isn't the one I used, but a piece for testing the fit and angle of the bevel.



This is the inside after the piece is mortared in.


The opening starts at 11" and opens to 16" in the final full brick. The filler is beveled to direct gas and smoke towards the flue opening, to the 8" flue. This creates sort of a smoke chamber and I've had great success with this in the other ovens. Not necessarily needed, but it works, and it's no extra trouble to do.

Framing layout starts tomorrow afternoon....I'm hoping to start framing Tuesday.

[Tscarborough]

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Make some damn pizza already.

[stonecutter]

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I won't until I get it insulated..that's after the framing. Im not as eager to make pizza as I was when I built the first oven, and I am enjoying the build .

[stonecutter]

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We are hosting a beer tasting July 6th, so that will kick things off. IPA is the style this time, and two of my pals brew from grain. Im providing the pizza.

[stonecutter]

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Put some time into carving the granite for the outer arch. Rain and T-storms shut me down before I had a chance to finish it. I'll keep picking away at it as time allows...tomorrow will be material pickup and the start for the framing.

This is the piece I am working with. It is a remnant off a 10ft granite step project I did in MA a couple years ago. This granite is typical of what is used for curbing and parapet walls on bridges....nice even grain (homogeneous)



The arch matches the vent on the inside, and I made the outer line 3/8" larger..just enough to gently flare.


Removing the waste in large pieces first...

[stonecutter]

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The closer you get to your line, the less aggressive you should be. Small relief cuts and easy hammering.




The radius is taking shape.


This is where I'm at because of the rain. A couple more hours should do it.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Gonna be nice.........

[Gulf]

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Gonna be nice.........

Ditto,
This is on the side of educational . I like it keep them coming.

[stonecutter]

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Thanks fellas! The outer arch has been something that has a lot of thought into it...I'm psyched to be getting to it finally!

[Sharkey]

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That will look fantastic.

Makes my decorative arch that I carved out of sandstone look easy.

[stonecutter]

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Hey thanks Sharkey.

This granite is pretty hard, and has a very high quartz content... but I have worked with certain types of sandstone that were just brutal on chisels and diamond blades. Specifically, one that came out of Montana, which was loaded with iron oxide and was very dense. How is the stone you have?