Mitch's Oven

[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

[gjbingham]

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

[christo]

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

[gjbingham]

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

[Kemo]

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subscribed! cant wait for the next round of photos!

[Frances]

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

[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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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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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.

[gjbingham]

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

[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.

[MAVANO]

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great job outstanding finishing can't wait to see the dome BTW nice catch did you catch the whole family and that one on the bottom is it adopted?

[lobo_nz]

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So I am between jobs I get 2 weeks I am torn between fishing and finishing my oven, I will try to make sure any pics of fish I post are taken on the oven in future
So I got all the hearth bricks cut and laid, I am amazed at how out of square the bricks are they look nice and square (by square I mean right angled corners) but they bulge in the middle some taper and generally not what I was expecting, I like things to fit nicely.
So I had to come to terms with there being a few cracks in the floor but there was not way I was going to hone each side of the brick to make it fit perfectly. All in all I am pretty happy, there are two bricks in there that have a hole underneath and a hole drilled into the brick so I can insert a thermocouple - If I get round to it.





The black mortar looking stuf is where I used some refractory mortar to stick the little bits of brick like the little triangular piece ot the brick next to it so it would behave. I will be adding a border around it to hold it all in place next its all bedded onto a sand/fireclay mix.

cu, Mitch.

[carloswlkr]

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Mitch, I just caught up on your build. Looks absolutely spectacular. Can't wait to see the build progress. I love your precision work.

I totally understand the time constraints of children. I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter, and a 4 month old son... I think I finished the messy part of the oven in time to save our marriage and start cooking pizzas! Now I've got some over-due weekend daddy duty coming my way!

Good luck with the rest of the build. I look forward to watching from afar.

[Ken524]

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Hi Mitch,

Really cool start. I love it! Keep up the great work.