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    This is a bit of a continuation from dmun's thread, but I thought it was kind of a new topic. I purchased about 6-8 skids of firebrick which were originally purchased to build a smelting furnace for about .20 cents each. They are differing diameter of tapers and ratings of firebrick. The lowest rated are high duty, the highest is the 90%aluminum silicate 3000deg. white brick. These are not insulating, in fact the tapers weigh 11#each and are smaller than a normal brick. Anyway here are a few pics of the bricks laid out into oven configurations, what do you think?

    P.S. The last photo spans 5' and the bricks are 6" thick, I set a normal sized firebrick in the photo for comparison.

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    Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

    Those are GREAT bricks. If you didn't want an oven that's five feet in diameter you could fudge the mortar joints a bit and still have a better oven than you could get with rectangles.

    My guess is that the white high duty bricks are really hard to cut.
    My geodesic oven project: part 1, part 2

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    • #3
      Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

      Im sure your right, If I do use them I will probably do the barrel vault config, with low duty firebricks for the facing walls. Some of the white bricks are way to much of an angle to use alone, but I figured if I alternate between straight low duty brick, and the tapered bricks I could get not only the right dome size, but it would also be striped (sweet). I know the bricks are pretty dirty from sitting on the pallet, but they are a really bright white color which would come through after firing.

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      • #4
        Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

        I love alternating colors in arches:


        Morocco


        Spain
        My geodesic oven project: part 1, part 2

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        • #5
          Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

          After spending every free minute I've had the past two weeks cutting firebrick, just to "come close" to what you have there.....I'm jealous.

          GREAT FIND!!! Please, keep us posted (pictures) of what you intend to build. Its gotta be good.

          RT

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          • #6
            Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

            Ed, 6-8 slids...that's a lot of bricks!

            Dmum, that mosque in Cordoba is awesome...a full city block long and all you can see is arches....a favorite! Do you know that in the middle they built a catholic church! No one would try that today!!

            Jim
            sigpicTiempo para guzarlos..... ...enjoy every sandwich!

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            • #7
              Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

              Not to throw water on the fire, but I understood that the high duty bricks were insulating in nature. Will they absorb and hold heat too?

              Drake
              My Oven Thread:
              http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...-oven-633.html

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              • #8
                Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

                Hello edschmidt,

                the configuration in the first two pics looks very good to me. I've been experimenting with a catenary curve and came up with a rather similar layout. (See my last two pics at Picasa Web Albums - carioca - Forno_del_gallo )

                Ciao,

                Carioca
                "I started out with nothing, and I've still got most of it"

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                • #9
                  Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

                  Hi edschmidt,
                  further to earlier: if you decide to go for a barrel oven (though I don't know why you would :-) ) I can send you a 600k PDF version of an article in opur local Better Homes & Gardens mag describing the construction of just such a project...

                  Rgds,

                  Carioca
                  "I started out with nothing, and I've still got most of it"

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                  • #10
                    Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

                    Wow cirioca, that is very impressive work. I actually already own a 36" diameter dome oven of my own design which I use at least weekly. There are pics of it in (dmun's geodesic oven thread)To be honest Im not yetsure what Im going to build from the bricks., I can never refuse a bargain. If I get better at making bread It would be cool to build the 5'X5' barrel design as a huge bread oven.

                    In response to the insulating question: There are insulating firebricks, which can be high duty, they are white and weigh approx. 4# each. These are extremely dense and weigh11#. The refractory expert I talked to said they are often used as a heat sink. If anything I would be a little worried about them giving up storing and giving up too much heat (longer heating times, longer wait to get to bread temps.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

                      tks edschmidt. That's a cute little design you've built there... is that snow all around?
                      Take care.
                      Carioca
                      "I started out with nothing, and I've still got most of it"

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                      • #12
                        Re: Alternate firebricks for domes

                        You might think of using the high duty arch bricks through the center of an oven, and then do semicircular domes on each end. This would be interesting for both pizza and bread...might have the best of post worlds. At 20 cents a brick that is awesome, the special shapes are usually 4 to 5 dollars from what I am told.
                        Have fun!
                        Dutch
                        "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. " Charles Mingus
                        "Build at least two brick ovens...one to make all the mistakes on and the other to be just like you dreamed of!" Dutch

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