Rustic Primitive Materials

[UtahBeehiver]

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LOL Annie, "you can blame me", it was a compliment!

[Bec1208]

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It is definitely not used as an insult around these parts. Around here it is loosely used to describe someone who repurposes items that most would not think had any real value. Russell meant it as a nice compliment .

Annie, I'll second what Gulf just posted. That was the broadly the only usage I was aware of. I googled the term and was surprised that it carried a negative connotation and the derivation comes from a word that meant steel.

scrounge - definition of scrounge by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

[Tscarborough]

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I am a big time scrounger. I will store stuff in my yard for years before I use it. Basically my whole outdoor kitchen was scrounged, the red brick were stored as a dry laid garden wall for 5+ years.

[Gulf]

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Yikes... I sure hope this is a cultural misunderstanding... where I come from this is an insult. A scrounge is a trickster and a devious thief.

It is definitely not used as an insult around these parts. Around here it is loosely used to describe someone who repurposes items that most would not think had any real value. Russell meant it as a nice compliment .

[UtahBeehiver]

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I am pretty thicked skinned but you guys and gals are starting to give me a complex now.............

Like Mr. C. says if you can make hibachi door fit and seal then you are golden. Looks like you are a good scrounger.

Annie, how about some pics of your bakings?

[mrchipster]

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Lot's of ways to skin the cat and I think you have enough local resources/materials to find something that works for you. Like Gulf say, you can always blame me........LOL. Congrats on the first baking.

It is now Official.... Any thing that goes wrong on an oven build, "We blame Russell!!!"

[mrchipster]

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Just wondering... if anyone has ever seen an old hibachi converted into an oven door... just wondering

If it fits and you can encapsulate some insulation into it, It's a door... it is also great to hear that you are cooking.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie
Happy that you enjoy your oven. Yippee! ( hope that didnt sound funny with the Aussie accent ) Noticed pizza has not been a priority. Originally pizza was the flat test bread that the bakers would make for themselves in a oven waiting to equalize and cool.
Regards dave

[UtahBeehiver]

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Lot's of ways to skin the cat and I think you have enough local resources/materials to find something that works for you. Like Gulf say, you can always blame me........LOL. Congrats on the first baking.

[david s]

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Italian ovens traditionally had wooden doors for baking and roasting. As well as soaking the door in a bucket they would seal around the sides of the door with wet newspaper.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie



I could think of many reasons for that thing not to work but it did a number of times! for a friend of mine. I'm sure you can do better

Regards Dave

[Gulf]

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Thanks Annie M.
But, not really my idea alone. Bruce came up with an idea, Russell saw where it might help and posted it on the forum. Russell's post got me to thinking. It's just the forum working together to help solve a problem. If it works for you, thank the forum . If not............... blame Russell.

Seriously, I'm glad that you are having a great day.

[Laurentius]

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Hi Annie,

Bravo, bravo, your number 1 fan from Japan. I knew you could and would do it. Proud of you, babe. (sorry for not being PC)

[Gulf]

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Annie,

BEC1208 aka Bruce made a door from an old aluminum baking pan. Probably find one a thrift store and fill interior with vcrete like you clad your oven with. Look at his thread.

Russell,
I had to go back and look at that one myself. It got me to thinking about a foil roasting pan. The disposable type turkey or large square rectangle pans. I just thought I would add a little slant to a great idea.

Annie M.
If you can't find something similar to that Bruce's Door was made or don't have the tools to work the thicker aluminum there may be another alternative. I think that a temporary door could easily be fashioned from a couple of these disposable pans. The material is thin and can easily be worked without tools. Stuff it with vcrete like Russell mentioned or pack with crumpled aluminum foil.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Annie,

BEC1208 aka Bruce made a door from an old aluminum baking pan. Probably find one a thrift store and fill interior with vcrete like you clad your oven with. Look at his thread.