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I wanted my oven to come up to temp quickly (well, quicker) so I have always used my insulated door offset to the opening to act as a draft door. As a result I missed a good bit of the spectacle attached to the inferno created during the first hour. So, I decided to take the plunge and construct a glass door.
The design is fairly simple but not cheap (all in the glass). The frame is (2) 4? lengths of ?? square tubing (at $4.25 per), a channel to hold the glass was cut into the tubing with an HFT grinder. Another 2? ($2.50) piece was cut in quarters lengthwise with two pieces used for the top and bottom draft slide guides, The feet are 2?x6?x 1/8? steel I had laying around (probably $1.5 as a portion of the original piece purchased) I rounded the ends with a grider. The handles are welded to the feet and are two handles from welder brushes from Harbor Freight Tools ($3.49 per) cut with grinder. The removable draft slides are 1.5?x11? strips cut from a piece of rolled steel I had (again probably $1.50 of the original piece). And the knobs for the slides were $4.50 per - - yup kinda stupid expensive for those, but worth it to get the quasi coordination to the handles and win the wife?s buy in. Can of black stove spray paint ($4.75)
Here is where it gets a bit pricey; the glass is 3/16? Neoceram rated for continuous use of up to 1470F? that was $115! (with shipping). So, all accounted for $149 and change.
So far it is performing like a champ providing the great visual I was looking for and the blast furnace-type flow and heat up - - far better than my offset door approach. The handles were a bit of concern so close to the glass but work fairly well. At the height of the firing you could hold them for a few Mississippis (move the door quickly , throw in the log, move it back, shake off the pain) I usually wear gloves, to adjust stuff anyway so that won?t be a problem. This morning, with the center of brick at 585F the handles were barely warm so from a cooking and baking perspective they should work great.
Jim
I wanted my oven to come up to temp quickly (well, quicker) so I have always used my insulated door offset to the opening to act as a draft door. As a result I missed a good bit of the spectacle attached to the inferno created during the first hour. So, I decided to take the plunge and construct a glass door.
The design is fairly simple but not cheap (all in the glass). The frame is (2) 4? lengths of ?? square tubing (at $4.25 per), a channel to hold the glass was cut into the tubing with an HFT grinder. Another 2? ($2.50) piece was cut in quarters lengthwise with two pieces used for the top and bottom draft slide guides, The feet are 2?x6?x 1/8? steel I had laying around (probably $1.5 as a portion of the original piece purchased) I rounded the ends with a grider. The handles are welded to the feet and are two handles from welder brushes from Harbor Freight Tools ($3.49 per) cut with grinder. The removable draft slides are 1.5?x11? strips cut from a piece of rolled steel I had (again probably $1.50 of the original piece). And the knobs for the slides were $4.50 per - - yup kinda stupid expensive for those, but worth it to get the quasi coordination to the handles and win the wife?s buy in. Can of black stove spray paint ($4.75)
Here is where it gets a bit pricey; the glass is 3/16? Neoceram rated for continuous use of up to 1470F? that was $115! (with shipping). So, all accounted for $149 and change.
So far it is performing like a champ providing the great visual I was looking for and the blast furnace-type flow and heat up - - far better than my offset door approach. The handles were a bit of concern so close to the glass but work fairly well. At the height of the firing you could hold them for a few Mississippis (move the door quickly , throw in the log, move it back, shake off the pain) I usually wear gloves, to adjust stuff anyway so that won?t be a problem. This morning, with the center of brick at 585F the handles were barely warm so from a cooking and baking perspective they should work great.
Jim
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