Mitch's Oven

[lobo_nz]

Finally some progress

Yes its been about a year, I finally got money for a blade and time to go buy one, Ive also now got a 3year old daughter and a 3 month old daughter so time is very tight

So, first thing I had to do was level the insulation pad which had a dip in the middle so I made a thin layer of fire cement only about 8mm thick at the thickest part which leaves just enough room for bricks and fireclay/sand bed.



And of course start to mark out where the hearth is.



And just for those who asked:



Caught of my kayak, and unfortunately not cooked in my oven, however, I am committed to getting the dome done so I can cook some fish in it in February when I will have a holiday and time to fish some more so will have to get a move on.

Will post some more images soon of the cut bricks and my almighty saw.

cu, lobo.

[gjbingham]

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Ok Mitch,
Fish pics or oven pics. Which is it????

[gjbingham]

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Me too, way off topic. But while I'm here Frances, the first loom was about 2 meters wide. She scaled down to one about half that size.
G.

[Frances]

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Just kidding, I haven't got any pics. Let alone fish. Would fish-fingers be ok?

Wow, a loom! A big room-filling one? I'd love to try that.

I met some people years ago who had two sheep in their garden. Once a year they'd shear them, clean, dye and spin the wool and finally knit it. That's what I call home-made!

Unfortunately we've got a niose-allergic neighbour, so I'm already stalled at the sheep stage


(Sorry for high-jacking your thread Mitch )

[gjbingham]

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Frances - No!
OK, just once, and only if it has a fish attached to it.

I'd love to see your knitting. My sis uses a loom. Cool textiles!

[Frances]

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Hmmm... does that mean I can post pics of my knitting?

[Kemo]

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subscribed! cant wait for the next round of photos!

[gjbingham]

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I agree with that. I love trophy fish pics (and I love snapper)!

[christo]

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At least post some pictures of the fish!!!!!

[gjbingham]

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Good man, don't loose your priorities. Keep your lines in the water!

[lobo_nz]

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Progress has stalled, had to clean up the place, get rid of boxing etc.
I have an old compound mitre pull saw that I can use to cut the bricks but I have to do some freelance work to get more money for a diamond blade so will be another week before I get back into it, plus wether has been good so have been out fishing a few times.
Sort of a halfway through holiday

[RCLake]

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RCLake:[/B] you are not the first to suggest making a spa, a guy at work thinks it would make a great alevated 'cuddle puddle' as he puts it, with a wood fire underneath to heat it.

I can see this picture - two of you enjoying the cuddle puddle with a roaring fire underneath and cannibals standing behind you with their spears.

[jcg31]

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Mitch,
Any new shots of progress?
Jim

[asudavew]

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asudavew: no the bricks dont touch the concrete at all, I miss calculated a bit and there will not be as much space as I would have liked, about 50mm (~2inch) at the current dimensions, however I will be filing that space with ceramic blanket so shouldnt worry too much - I am looking at reducing the overall diameter by an inch to get a bit more space its currently 1100mm ID which is 43 and 1/2 inches. so going to 42inch would do any harm, I'll see what I can do in cad - its faster and cheaper than cutting real bricks.

Good deal.
I saw your pics and just wanted to make sure.
It will be fun watching you build.
Keep up the great work.

Dave

snapper pizza...... not sure if I could go for that!!

[lobo_nz]

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gjbingham: yeah one of the first things I intend cooking in the WFO when finished is some fresh snapper, maybe the first thing would be a snapper pizza - which I have made a few times already.

asudavew: no the bricks dont touch the concrete at all, I miss calculated a bit and there will not be as much space as I would have liked, about 50mm (~2inch) at the current dimensions, however I will be filing that space with ceramic blanket so shouldnt worry too much - I am looking at reducing the overall diameter by an inch to get a bit more space its currently 1100mm ID which is 43 and 1/2 inches. so going to 42inch would do any harm, I'll see what I can do in cad - its faster and cheaper than cutting real bricks.

RCLake: you are not the first to suggest making a spa, a guy at work thinks it would make a great alevated 'cuddle puddle' as he puts it, with a wood fire underneath to heat it.

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I get an old drop saw from my brother in law this weekend so can start cutting bricks - If I get the blade etc, I have burnt up a bit more cash that expected so need to do some extra work.
Don't ask for a spreadsheet I havn't been keeping my reciepts, the price would probably shock anyone from overseas the bricks here in NZ are $5.00 each and theres 220 of them in the oven so $1100 worth of just firebricks around $2200 USD I guess.