Mitch's Oven

[fnbroken]

Fantastic build.. impressive!

Realise this is an old thread - but may get a response....

Curious how, and what, you have used to surround/cover the ash chute...Keeping the floor bricks, insulation etc in place and water-tight?

How wide is it? And how far from the front of the inner arch did you locate it?

Would you have done anything different?

[lobo_nz]

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The gap between the ceramic blanket and the plaster will be filled with Vermiculite. the insulation will be just over 100mm/4", 25mm/1" of ceramic blanket and 75mm/3" of Vermiculite.
The Plaster will form an outer shell to contain the Vermiculite which will be filled once I get the mesh on the dome.
That should be plenty.

[fxpose]

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This has an inch thick ceramic blanket over the dome with a double layer over the top for good measure.

Are you sure just an inch worth of blanket is sufficient? Or are you also planning on adding additional insulation using a cement mix of vermiculite or perlite before plastering?

Very nice build, btw...

[dtrbovich]

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Wow.....it is looking great! Good work!

[lobo_nz]

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So I got the done Closed in Im missing some photos they are around somewhere.

This has an inch thick ceramic blanket over the dome with a double layer over the top for good measure.



Then the fun part starts, making the weather proof cover dome.



The black straps are metal pallet strapping, I got a whole roll for $9 NZD from an auction site it weighed about 80kg and is working out well for making the weather dome which is 100mm/4" off the brick.
I have used the strapping to make the little spacers and everything is riveted together. Once the shape is done Ill put mesh over it and plaster it.





I am waiting on some steel work to transition the brick into the flue after which I will be able to shape the cover over the arch.
Incase you are wondering what the little kinks in the strap are they were the best way I found to adjust the tension to try and keep the dome nice and spherical.

Oh and heres a vid of the dome internal now Ive taken the supports out.
I did this so I could see inside for the first time without crawling in there.
I have since grovelled in there on my back and cleaned it up and filled the bits I missed so its now ready for fireing.

[lobo_nz]

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Well finally more progress. Life has been in the way.

I have progressed a fair bit since the last post.

The Polystyrene Dome Former I used



Go Dome Go.



Formers for the Entrance Arch



The dome is closed in now and am working on the insulation/weather dome.

I have more photos, will post them soon - have to download them frmo the camera.

There will definately be pizza this xmas, I know Ive said that before

[jcg31]

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Hey Mitch,
Great to see you back. This was a great one to watch before you left. Looking forward to what is to come, this will be one we will all learn from.

Jim

[gjbingham]

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Nice fish! Great build. Good thing you don't play golf. You'd never get any work done on the oven!

[sarah h]

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Wow!!
You're taking things to a whole new level - very cool!
I'll enjoy watching your progress.

Sarah

[Mitchamus]

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awesome... subscribed!

[exceloven]

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Very nice, looking forward to following your progress.

Mark

[Ken524]

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Hi Mitch,

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

[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.

[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.

[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?