Todd's Oven

[egalecki]

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I'm thinking slow must be relative...

It's going up a lot faster than mine did, and I wasn't trying to cut every brick!

[Frances]

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Looks pretty fast from where I'm sitting! Very cool!

[toddj]

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THanks!

One more row.. this is going slow..



and test arch..



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[egalecki]

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Lovely work, Todd. It's going to be great.

[toddj]

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[toddj]

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Thanks all! It was a real bummer but I still have her sister. I spent the afternoon drinking Corona, listening to NPR, and working on the oven. it really took my mind off things...

[dbhansen]

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Very sorry to hear that, Todd. I still think about my Golden Retriever almost every day, and he passed away more than a year ago. It's an incredibly tough thing to go through.
- Daren

[egalecki]

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I'm sorry about your dog. They're a part of the family and it's awful when we have to let them go. Takes some time to get over it too.

[Ken524]

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Todd,

So sorry to hear that. We lost our rotty to tumors in her hind leg a couple of years ago. She was absolutely the kindest, gentlest animal I've ever known.

[toddj]

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Today sucks.. woke up to a rottweiler in seizure.. turns out to be a brain tumor and we had to put her down... grrrr...

[toddj]

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Thanks Elizabeth! I like building tools...

Yes its a 42"

[egalecki]

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Your bricks are cut so nicely I'm sure you won't have a problem with it falling down! I didn't have a saw nice enough to let my inner perfectionist fly- I drove myself nuts enough as it was.

Seriously, I'm impressed with both the plan and the adjustments you made to your saw to get it to do what you wanted...

My dome used nearly 3 bags of heatstop, but it's a 36. Is yours a 42?

[toddj]

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Hi Larry, I plan on doing an ash pan and also thought that having the vent in the floor directly under the chimney may help with draw. if not I can always close it off..

Frances... Thanks!

Im not trying to one-up Les... he has the ultimate dome because it currently makes pizzas....

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[larrya1049]

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Hi Todd your build looks great so far and I will be watching it closely and taking notes. It looks like you have added a space in front of the hearth for an ash dump. Is that so? I'm kinda on the fence about adding one. I see where it might be an advantage but I also have read that most wind up not using them. Regards Larry

[Frances]

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Phew guys....! And I thought Les had built the ultimate dome.

But hey, if Les thinks it can be done, that's good enough for me. Go for it Todd, we're all watching you!