81 Inch First Build (and first post)

[windage]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

detail of how I "sewed" the masonite together at the lap joint and tied to re-bar.





I will tie the re-bar into lighter iron in the perlcrete cladding over the dome.
Roger

[windage]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

Started pouring the perlcrete in the girdle forms at last...I ran the crete up past the top of the brick to give the first dome course more purchase and using less mortar...that stuff is expensive!

Pizza at home last night.

[windage]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

eprante,
Yeah, it's growing bigger than I had first imagined...but the size will come in handy.

And yes, that friend is one of my shooting buddies, a good instructor/competitor and carries full time, like myself. My wife and 2 out of three daughters carry (the third is going to take her class this summer). Most of my friends carry. Here in KY, all who love freedom and cherish liberty carry their firearm of choice. KY is one of the freer states in the Union.
Roger

[eprante]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

That thing is a beast!!!. Does your friend wear a side arm while working on the oven too?
Eric

[windage]

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With the help of a good friend, we got the steel in place and the form started for the girdle...I set half bricks last night. Today holes were drilled through those brick 1-1/2 inch into the concrete pad to anchor the bottom of the re-rod.




thanks Randy !





Roger

[fxpose]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

^^^ Yeah, that really puts it in scale. Looking really good so far.

[kebwi]

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I love the shot of a full grown man (you, I realize) outstretched across the oven floor. That thing is a nuclear reactor.

[asudavew]

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Haven't been on the site in awhile. Glad I dropped back by.
I'm going to enjoy watching your build.

That WFO is going to be a beast!

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

Hey Roger,
Sounds like a great plan, cant see any reason why it wouldnt work, and Its great you can change the bulb from the outside..

Mark

[windage]

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Tonight I sawed some concrete bricks in halve to help hold out the form for the perlcrete "girdle" and set them around the perimeter..

One of my daughters/ office manager overseeing work...push push !



detail of the pipe out the back side of the "pot" reflector


back side of the oven


Roger

[windage]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

The pan is the reflector. There will be a plate of high temp glass in front. I will make up a ceramic socket on the end of a threaded rod to slide in through the 2" pipe sticking out the back of the pan. The rod will have disks or spring wires to center it and be surrounded by mineral wool insul. An appliance (oven) bulb fits in the 2" pipe with room to spare and I will fix it so it just clears the inside of the pan by putting a stop on the outside end of the rod. The wiring will be high temp also. The idea is to be able to change the bulb from the outside of the oven without interupting the heating or baking cycles.
Roger

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

Hi Roger,
Im curious about the light, Will it be behind the pan ?? and are you using any kind of special fixture ?

Mark

[windage]

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and some more detail...the header brick was an end broken off one of the monster bricks..lots of cutting...

[windage]

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built the light in tonight, cobbled it up from my wife's bacon pan and some pipe..hope she don't miss it real soon...

[jrparks]

Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

What a great project! I need an excuse to build 81" WFO...just for a life experience!
Cheers,