81 Inch First Build (and first post)

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ready for another foot of perlecrete parging..

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soldier course going in, frame pedestal

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fitting the soapstone floor..1,500 lbs of it !

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support frame/ arch layout

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progress on the oven fall / winter 2009

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what we started with, 2009

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since 'photo bucket' became 'photo pirate' and hijacked our pics..these are from the last few months..

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seems like a little over a thousand..with very few storebought modern bricks used, most all came from salvage in the next town over that had a firebrick factory

[Alomran]

Out of curiosity, how many bricks did you use in the end?

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that is a screw jack leveler from a builder's scaffold, so that I could simply lower it down when done for removal...worked great!

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Re: 81 Inch First Build (and first post)

Finally able to get back to work on the oven...finished up the perlcrete girdle, trimmed the centers (support frames) and began setting them..pics to follow.
Roger



I cracked my inner arch and decided to totally redo with different mortar anyway.

What did you use to make the metal stand that hold the circular wooden ring upon which thtimber arches sit? Is it from a swivling chair?

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most of the concept and ratios came from the book; 'The Bread Builders' by Daniel Wing and Alan Scott..the technical help came from my good friend, now Congressman, Thomas Massie

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found that in the very first paragraph of this thread..."6ft 9 inch inside and 24" tall dome, thick walls and perlite insulation."

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I will have to dig those up...!

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How high is the 81 inch oven's dome? Did you use a particular formula, or you just found it to be a convenient height?
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us.