Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Hansen Horno

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • mfiore
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Ooh. Sorry about the injury. We need a photo of you putting in the keystone with crutches!

    Leave a comment:


  • dbhansen
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Here's a pic with my half-finished 10th course. I think I'll have to go with 1/3 bricks for the next course, because the gaps underneath each brick are getting larger.

    Leave a comment:


  • dbhansen
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Thanks for the kind thoughts. The stupid thing is, I put the metal rod into the copper sheath and left it there, sticking up, for no good reason (I was using it to straighten out the copper tube through the hearth). And wearing running shoes instead of work boots might've been my second mistake.

    And to think I was only worried about breaking my ankle jumping down from the hearth. I didn't hear about DaveW's injury - I'll have to look that one up!

    I'm sure it will heal quickly, and my doc said to take 12 Ibuprofin/day so it's already feeling better! I'll probably break my neck with these crutches, though.

    Nice sign, Todd; that's pretty much what I looked like, though I didn't fall off the hearth.

    Leave a comment:


  • toddj
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Wow, sorry for your injury.

    Leave a comment:


  • james
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Ouch. That's gotta hurt. Rest, Ice, Elevation and Ibuprofin.

    Should we add "don't step on the thermocouple sheath" on the safety page? I hate it when weird things happen and you really hurt yourself.
    James

    Leave a comment:


  • Frances
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Outch!! Hope it heals up soon.

    Just remember, if you want to compete with Dave you'll need to do a re-enactment shot once you get better...

    Leave a comment:


  • Ken524
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Are you competing with DaveW to see who gets hurt worse putting an oven together??

    Get well soon!!

    Leave a comment:


  • Modthyrth
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Youch!! How long do you think you'll have to be on crutches? How disappointing to be forced to delay when you were so close to finishing the dome!

    Leave a comment:


  • dbhansen
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Originally posted by Ken524 View Post
    You won't have any problems with it. Don't mess with it.
    Thanks Ken, I'll leave it.

    Major setback yesterday. I was halfway through the next course, hurrying to get done before dark, and I stepped on a blunt metal rod sticking up out of my thermocouple hole. It never occurred to me that that thing could go through my shoe, but it did, right into the middle of my foot. Much pain and crutches today. I'll be out of commission for a few days. At least my tetanus booster was current! (gotta look on the bright side....)

    There has to be a WFO joke here somewhere about my "arch" being impaled.

    Leave a comment:


  • Ken524
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Originally posted by dbhansen View Post
    Because this area behind & above my arch isn't very smooth, might this create "turbulence" that prevents the smooth escape of the gases & smoke out to my chimney? I'm wondering if I should try to fill this in with mortar and scraps of brick. And maybe round off the back corner of the arch (visible at the very bottom of this photo). Anyone have experience with this?
    You won't have any problems with it. Don't mess with it. Once the dome is done you'll forget all about. 80% of the ovens I've seen on here are goofy looking right there (including mine!).

    Smoke is pretty smart. It'll figure out where the proper exit is .
    Last edited by Ken524; 08-11-2008, 04:14 PM. Reason: spelling

    Leave a comment:


  • egalecki
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    The backside of my arch isn't smooth, either- I have some stair-step looking pieces too. I have had some smoking as I've been firing up the oven, but I think it has been more from the fact that my oven isn't dry yet (although it's getting there, see my thread!). Every day it gets easier to get a fire going instead of just smoldering along- and it's the smoldering that makes all the smoke. I had my first big fire today, and I didn't have much smoke at all. So, I think it has less to do with lumpy masonry and more to do with dryness...

    Leave a comment:


  • dbhansen
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Because this area behind & above my arch isn't very smooth, might this create "turbulence" that prevents the smooth escape of the gases & smoke out to my chimney? I'm wondering if I should try to fill this in with mortar and scraps of brick. And maybe round off the back corner of the arch (visible at the very bottom of this photo). Anyone have experience with this?

    Leave a comment:


  • dbhansen
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Here are some pics of course #9. Starting to get steep! It felt great to make some much-needed headway this weekend. Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!

    I've been using only smooth-rim blades so far; I probably should have tried a segmented one. I bet I'll burn through at least 2 more blades at this rate, and that's $65 right there, so perhaps I'll see what I can get in a segmented blade for that price. The Husky-brand smooth blade did no better than the cheap Harbor Freight ones.

    rocks, it's great weather up here lately (70s/80s and sunny), but I'll be dreamin' of Arizona in a few months! I just hope I can get this puppy fired up before the snow arrives.

    Leave a comment:


  • rocks281
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    db - That's one sweet looking wfo you're building there. I grew up in the Neenah area and went to FVL. As much as we like Tucson, this time of year, I sure miss WI.

    Leave a comment:


  • Ken524
    replied
    Re: Hansen Horno

    Daren,

    The bridge looks great.

    I'm really surprised you are going through blades like that. I used medium duty bricks, and like I said, I still have several layers left on my original blade.

    The blade I used is a segmented blade very similar to this one:
    MK Diamond 10 In. Premium Grade Segmented Diamond Blade For Paver Bricks. - MK- 10S 10" at The Home Depot. From what I have read, the segmented blades get through the bricks a bit faster.

    The label on it was yellow, so I'm thinking it is a Bosch from Home Depot. It may have been around $70. I think I told you it was a bit less in the private message.

    Leave a comment:

Working...
X