My Wood fired Redux

[oasiscdm]

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What does sometimes mean? Everything I have seen that you put on here is a bloody masterpiece of patience and art. I saw some guys over here build a fence no mortar. They ere there for months.

Sign them all......

[stonecutter]

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I took advantage of a schedule change and finished my stucco work on the chimney. The final finish will be something of an earth-tone paint..I have a bunch of different ones that have potential.

[stonecutter]

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I also put a few hours into the stonework. I forgot how junky most of this stone was...most of it has been picked over from two projects. The trick is not to fuss too much, and don't force a style that won't work...I think I'm on the right track, but who knows, I may wake up tomorrow and tear it down...or not.




I do like the rough texture so far.




My goal is to let the work look like it was done for functionality, not aesthetic. The Masons that built communal ovens could care less for the most part, it was more about getting it done. The beauty just kind of happened on it's own...that is the challenge for me, not to try and squeeze every stone tight on all sides.

[stonecutter]

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What does sometimes mean?

Sometimes I do a patio or other flat work, and there isn't a good place for my mark....and sometimes I just forget!

[stonecutter]

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A few more hours today, and after it gets washed tomorrow, the front stonework is complete.

Texture shots....







Overview.



Tomorrow I am fabricating granite supports for the limestone chimney cap.

[Gulf]

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Absolutely beautiful!

[the_dr_masuess]

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Love the saw marks in the exterior wood. Looks great

[stonecutter]

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Thanks guys!

Doc, I can't take any credit for the saw marks other than not sanding them off! I had originally planned to work the beams with an adze and then hand sand, but time has been a real issue this year, so stock it was.

[stonecutter]

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20 year anniversary tomorrow, so I think I better not suggest an oven workday to celebrate. I've learned a few survival tricks the last couple decades....

[oasiscdm]

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Stonecutter. I"m envious, that is magnificent and exactly what I would love to be able to do with mine.

Do you take photos of the process from wow too magnificent.

[stonecutter]

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Sorry, I don't follow...what would you like to do with yours?...I think you are asking about the adze treatment but I'm not sure.

[stonecutter]

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I carved the granite supports for the chimney cap today....took almost 5 hours from cube to finished product. I wanted to have a similar effect of that chimney I posted on #150.

The only time I used the saw was to cut the blocks to size, because I only had 4 block to make this work...my granite stock is almost depleted.


The shape was roughed out by hand chisels, and I bush hammer finished the supports with a pneumatic carving tool.



I have some time tomorrow so I'll have these installed, form a new crown, then set the limestone cap. I'm pleased with these, they look old and time worn.

[stonecutter]

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In spite of the heat, I finished the cap! Very pleased with the final appearance, the imperfections of the supports made it for me.

Here are some pics of the crown first. After setting the supports, I troweled out the crown....






Then I tried to pair up the supports, they are all different sizes. I think knocking these out and not fussing helped achieve the look I was after.....old, time worn stone.

[stonecutter]

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After the crown was done, the limestone cap was installed. It isn't perfectly square, so I had to play around with it to make it look balanced.






The joint between the cap and support is about 1/8"

[deejayoh]

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Looks great! It will really come together when you get the color on the chimney chase