Hi,
About 2 months ago my son was looking for a wood fired 50 inch diameter pizza oven.
I browsed through many if not all the videos available on youtube and also learnt about the Forno Bravo forums for in depth knowledge.
I started building this 50 inch oven over a base of concrete on a rectangular steel frame of 1 inch X 3 inch.
The pictures are self explanatory of the build process.
The only problem that I have faced was to join the the arch with the chains due to the compound angles in the joints. In fact, I just had a 4 inch angle grinder and a 4 inch tile cutter as tools.
It was very difficult for me to determine the exact angles and then cut to size based on those angles using the above 2 tools.
I reached at a point where I was thinking of dismantling the chains which had reached till the arch and start all over again after buying some more tools like miter saw etc. before I start again.
I then thought and decided of removing the arch and complete the dome first and hoped if that holds itself and surprisingly it hold itself without collapsing. I however used a car jack to support the bricks under the removed arch to prevent it from collapsing while the mortar was drying.
When the oven dome was almost complete and then I started to add the arch by marking and cutting the bricks of the dome with the angle grinder and matched with the arch and it matched perfectly.
Now just the front arch remains and I am hopeful it gets finished this weekend.
About 2 months ago my son was looking for a wood fired 50 inch diameter pizza oven.
I browsed through many if not all the videos available on youtube and also learnt about the Forno Bravo forums for in depth knowledge.
I started building this 50 inch oven over a base of concrete on a rectangular steel frame of 1 inch X 3 inch.
The pictures are self explanatory of the build process.
The only problem that I have faced was to join the the arch with the chains due to the compound angles in the joints. In fact, I just had a 4 inch angle grinder and a 4 inch tile cutter as tools.
It was very difficult for me to determine the exact angles and then cut to size based on those angles using the above 2 tools.
I reached at a point where I was thinking of dismantling the chains which had reached till the arch and start all over again after buying some more tools like miter saw etc. before I start again.
I then thought and decided of removing the arch and complete the dome first and hoped if that holds itself and surprisingly it hold itself without collapsing. I however used a car jack to support the bricks under the removed arch to prevent it from collapsing while the mortar was drying.
When the oven dome was almost complete and then I started to add the arch by marking and cutting the bricks of the dome with the angle grinder and matched with the arch and it matched perfectly.
Now just the front arch remains and I am hopeful it gets finished this weekend.
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