Brick Oven Photos

[Marcel]

Images may need to be made public on PhotoBucket

Hi, Davy,

(M) I clicked on the URL you provided but when I got to PhotoBucket I was asked for your Password. Could it be that you didn't make PhotoBucket "public"?

(M) Your Photobucket URL, below, is followed by mine. There seems to be an indication that your URL may be a s secure site judging by the s74 which precedes the rest of that address. Note that mine has no s.

http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/abpo/

http://photobucket.com/albums/a318/marceld/

(M) I think that those settings for PhotoBucket may be stored under your "Profile" ??

(M) I look forward to seeing how you used the ball. It seems like a far better solution than the ballons I used. I found a source for a beach ball that offers even a larger ball than 34", but not a full 42".

Ciao,

Marcel

[Davy]

Pictures of 3 innovations

I have visited photobucket and uploaded 12 images of my oven under construction. The photos attempt to show 3 innovations that I have made during the construction of my 42" oven. The first is the hearth construction where I have a 4" layer of concrete in rebar on the bottom with 2.5" layer of vermicrete on top of the concrete, then a 57" diameter circle of concrete 2.5" thick on which the oven hearth bricks will sit surrounded by an insulating layer of vermicrete. Time will tell if it works. Another innovation is that of setting the correct angle on each course of bricks without the use of wedges. I found using wedges a very tedious chore so tried just laying down a trowel full of mortar on which to put the bricks. Initially I used the gadget seen in the "measuring angle" photo, but disbanded that idea after a while and just used my eye. The third innovation was to use the 34" ball within the oven as support. So far it has worked very well. After finishing a course I deflate the ball to the right size and lay the next course. The photos can be seen in my next posting. I put up only 4 images because the system couldn't handle 12 of them.
Cheers,
Davy

[CanuckJim]

My 4'x3' AS Oven in Ontario

Hello Forum Members,

Finally, I bought a digital camera, my first, so don't laugh at the attachments. They're deliberately low res, but you can still tell I'm figuring out how the camera actually works. It's a dull, snowy day here, and I should have used the flash. Anyway, you'll see I'm not quite finished with the trim or portico enclosure. I'll post some better pics when I get better at it.

Cheers,
Jim

[james]

Testing, testing

This is a .gif test. Les was having trouble with a gif, so I am giving it a try. Both .gif and .jpg are accepted up to 100K.

This is a 77KB .gif of our new trailer oven.

James

[Marcel]

David's good idea about sending new content notices

# 36

(M) David wrote:

"I just posted a photo essay on the "chimney" forum using the [IMG]...[/IMG] format. The only other thing to note is that there is a limit of 4 images per page, even if they are externally hosted.

David"

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(M) I like this way of sharing the existance of either photos or text which may not fit on a given Forum, or fit on several. In this case his Chimney photos could fit on either this Brick Oven Photos Forum, or on the "Chimney" (& vent?) forum. Presumably not wanting to duplicate images but still wanting to share them, he posted the above notice.

(M) Despite some low light difficulties, his images of Dublin chimneys have caused me to consider a far more ornamental approach to my oven's chimney; but first, .... let's get the dome finished!

Ciao,

Marcel

[dmun]

picture format

I just posted a photo essay on the "chimney" forum using the [IMG]...[/IMG] format. The only other thing to note is that there is a limit of 4 images per page, even if they are externally hosted.

David

[paulages]

that's how i've posted all of my images--by copy and pasting the <img> tag into my message. as you guys discovered, photobucket's whole intent is to do precisely this---host pictures online, and make it easy for the user to insert the code to use them. however, this leaves james with no archive of pizza oven photos if photobucket ever disappears.

it seems like marcel's is a good idea: leave a link to your album with all of your pictures in it, and save the good ones as an attachment in the photos section or wherever is relevant. i always thought my photos were a bit too many for one thread, but then again, several people said they appreciated the detail.

[Marcel]

Do we need soldiers?

#36

(M) This "Title" was not intended as a political statement. Nor is this Sub Title:

How about sleeping soldiers?

(M) If you look at the image above, you will see a standard orientation of bricks on either side of the entrance in "soldier" formation.

(M) Note that I have not used the standard orientation in my first 2 dome courses but have opted for sleeping "splits".

(M) Now I postulate this question; that if essentially the same area and volume could be filled by letting these arch soldiers "sleep", i.e. lay them down on their 9" x 4.5" sides ( or even 9" x 2.5" sides?) would we not have a more stable arch base without losing any function? ___

(M) If you see a problem with this orientation, please contact me immediately, as barring any important caveats, that is what I propose doing.

(M) Using as an example only one side we would have five firebricks laying on their 9" x 4.5" sides. That would give us a height of five times their 2.5" thickness and brings us to the recommended 12.5" height.

(M) Drawing from the Step by Step instructions for validation we read:

"We recommend either a 36" or 42" (internal diameter) round oven, using either a high (Tuscan), or low (Neapolitan) vault design. These sizes provide you with enough oven space to cook multiple pizzas at a time, or to cook a roast with multiple side dishes, without being too large or difficult to build, or too slow to fire. The trade-offs between the two oven styles is described below, and will help you decide which oven to build."

Interior
Diameter

Interior
Height

Opening
Width

Opening
Height

Low Vault

36

17

18.5

10

42

18

19

12

High Vault

36

20

19

12

42

21

20

12.5

(M) Is this new orientation "simpler than possible" ?


Ciao,


Marcel


P.S. Because this references one of my photos, I decided to leave this question in the Photos Forum.

[Marcel]

&quot;the URL returns a clickable link&quot; dmun

#35

(M) Dear David,

Thanks for doing my homework for me and arriving at a useful solution. So, if I understand correctly, you simply copied the URL:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a...ntangleiron.jpg

from PhotoBucket and pasted it into your previous post? ____

(M) If so, then I guess that my doing essentially the same, but from David's post, will also return that same image? If so, I apologize for the duplication but David's " ....experiment to see what happens when I post this." may fill a void and preclude users invariably needing to go to an external URL. Paul had explained the process in a far earlier post but not being a "wirehead" I was unclear about how to also sucessfully transfer those images.

(M) Let's see if this post produces an "in-line" image or if we will need to click on the URL, above to view that image.

(M) Thanks again, David.

Ciao,

Marcel

[dmun]

results of above:

As you can see, the URL returns a clickable link, The TAG shows up as text, and the IMG brings in the picture.

The IMG format is ***[IMG]***followed by the url of the image in jpeg format***[/IMG]***. (ignore stars) Seems easy enough to me.

[dmun]

Posting externally hosted pictures

I've never used photobucket before, and just went to their site for the first time, for Marcel's oven photos. I want to be able to insert images into the text of a posting for better explainations of what I'm talking about.

This image is located on this page:

http://photobucket.com/albums/a318/marceld/?start=20

Each photo has a URL:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...tangleiron.jpg

Below that is a TAG:

<img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/marceld/40puptentangleiron.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

Below that is a IMG:



This is an experiment to see what happens when I post this.

David

[Jerald Powell]

Love that design

Still have a fair bit of Stucco work to do and yet to decide on the final Finish,but it has been plugged in and it works (as you can see from my first Pizza!)

I really like your design. Stucco will look great. Just plan well and go for it!

[david]

Hi stan/michael,
I have just coated it with Quickrete quickwall fibreglass bonding mix.It is expensive @around $15/bag,but goes on easy and can be shaped quite well.I need to put a final finnish on this which Quickrete offer in various grades.I've never done any stucco or mortar work before so I am probably going the most expensive way.I'm happy with the results so far though.Now i've actually started coking in it ,everything else has been less of a priority though!I wanted to have it ALL done by the 4th July,but my Wife has other plans for me!Good luck and stick with it.

[PizzaMan]

Congrats on the oven and first pizza, David!!

Hey, nice going! I'm a few steps behind you, buddy!

Michael
aka: PizzaMan

[Pizza Stan]

Stucco

David,
Did you do the stucco work yourself? That is one of the last steps for me, and it is the one area that I have not dabbled in. I guess i am going to learn as i go. Any tips? We did fire up last weekend and cooked our first pizzas also. Your oven looks great.

Stanley K.