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  • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

    Originally posted by sarah h View Post
    Ken, it looks great!

    I've been wondering about continuing without a form and will probably switch to some sort of support too, after my next row.

    Sarah
    I would Sarah. Being hard headed I didn't, and I had a few bricks slip down in the dome.....

    If I had a do over..... I would of used my wife's exercise ball.
    My thread:
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    • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

      Hey Ken!

      Get that ball outta there asap!

      after, of course, the bricks are set enough.

      I don't want to see mortar on the brick faces!

      Understood?



      Happy Halloween.
      My thread:
      http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...ress-2476.html
      My costs:
      http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...Xr0fvgxuh4s7Hw
      My pics:
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      • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

        Ken, still impressive and creative. You continue to amaze me with the methods chosen to keep that great quality. I almost need a journal to note all the details that help you with this great dome.
        An excellent pizza is shared with the ones you love!

        Acoma's Tuscan:
        http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/a...scan-2862.html

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        • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

          Ken - Looking great!!! Very clever with the ball. I think I have seen it before, but WAY before your course. And as you said; gravity sucks. (probably means a bit more in your line of work than mine) Keep the pic's coming.

          Les...
          Check out my pictures here:
          http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/les-build-4207.html

          If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving isn't for you.

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          • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

            What a truely beautiful dome!!!

            Frances
            "Building a Brick oven is the most fun anyone can have by themselves." (Terry Pratchett... slightly amended)

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            http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f9/p...nues-2991.html

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            • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

              I departed a bit from a conventional keystone to finish the dome. Inspired by Dmun's fabulous geodesic concept, I decide that a baby geodesic element would finish out the 8" diameter hole in my dome (and look kinda cool).

              I cut 3 pie-shaped wedges, beveled two sides of each wedge (2-3 degrees), test-fitted, then slathered on the mortar and tapped them into place.



              Since the keystone was created with the flat sides of bricks, I needed a second layer. I didn't get nearly as fancy, just 2 bricks cut roughly to fit the hole. These bricks protrude out of the top a bit due to the 3D shape of the lower keystone.

              Ken H. - Kentucky
              42" Pompeii

              Pompeii Oven Construction Video Updated!

              Oven Thread ... Enclosure Thread
              Cost Spreadsheet ... Picasa Web Album

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              • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                ...and the finished dome; interior and exterior:



                I also mortared the bricks on the vent landing.

                Last edited by Ken524; 11-01-2007, 02:56 PM.
                Ken H. - Kentucky
                42" Pompeii

                Pompeii Oven Construction Video Updated!

                Oven Thread ... Enclosure Thread
                Cost Spreadsheet ... Picasa Web Album

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                • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                  Originally posted by asudavew View Post
                  Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices


                  This is the link to the saw most people are using. After my experiences, if you can afford it. Grab it!
                  Picked mine up today.
                  An excellent pizza is shared with the ones you love!

                  Acoma's Tuscan:
                  http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/a...scan-2862.html

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                  • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                    Congratulations Ken, it is beautiful! and also a great idea to finish up the dome....
                    Ken quation for you...I see you pictures are displayed directly when we open the post...how do you upload them? thanks Carlo
                    Ciao Carlo

                    Cost spreadsheet updated 4/22/08

                    Pictures updated 5/28/08

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                    • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                      Ken your truly an artist. Amazing stuff mate, well done
                      Regards
                      Adrian

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                      • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                        Originally posted by biondoli View Post
                        Congratulations Ken, it is beautiful! and also a great idea to finish up the dome....
                        Ken quation for you...I see you pictures are displayed directly when we open the post...how do you upload them? thanks Carlo
                        Thanks Carlo...
                        First upload your pictures to the appropriate section of the "Photo Gallery". When you view your photos in the photo gallery, you will see an '[IMG]' tag below the picture. Copy the tag and paste it into your post.
                        Ken H. - Kentucky
                        42" Pompeii

                        Pompeii Oven Construction Video Updated!

                        Oven Thread ... Enclosure Thread
                        Cost Spreadsheet ... Picasa Web Album

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                        • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                          Great job, Ken.
                          Can't wait to see what you do with the rest of it.
                          Cheers.

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                          • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                            Ken,

                            A wonderful artisan project to follow through your posts. You are a true professional; it deserves 5 stars!

                            It is a shame to cover your perfectionist skills up with insulation. Kudos for the original key or king pin to your dome. I hope you don't mind, I have saved a copy of your idea in my “oven folder”; I want to copy your design. Copy in not the correct word, it is more like an adoption! I can only hope to imitate your labor of love.

                            I need to finish my pergola and then on to my oven. It looks like it may be a springtime project.

                            I can’t wait to see how you finish your project. Looking forward to more pictures, keep up the meticulous good work!

                            Guerito

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                            • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                              Ken, cover that baby asap If you love the work, you will love the food. Very interesting finish to the dome, not what I was expecting. Looks like a missile silo on the top.
                              An excellent pizza is shared with the ones you love!

                              Acoma's Tuscan:
                              http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/a...scan-2862.html

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                              • Re: My Old Kentucky Dome

                                It's just a really beautiful dome, that's all I can say. Beautiful!

                                Frances
                                "Building a Brick oven is the most fun anyone can have by themselves." (Terry Pratchett... slightly amended)

                                http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/p...pics-2610.html
                                http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f9/p...nues-2991.html

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