Rustic Primitive Materials

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie
How's the baking going ? Has the WFO been a good replacement for inside oven yet
Regards dave

[Gulf]

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Annie,
Lime in the eyes , That must have been very painful. Glad to hear that you are ok, and hopefully all of us will take your advice.

That newly discovered oven must have been a community oven. Please take pics to share on here when you go to see it.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Hey Annie,

Glad you are okay and good to see you are enjoying your oven.

[Gulf]

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here is a link to the story in the Colonist...

Century-old oven in Sooke Hills a red-hot find - Local - Times Colonist

I'm going in!!

Thank's for the link Annie,
I'm looking forward to your "first hand" report .

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie
Don't know to much about slashing depths but its done what is suppose to, allow the loaf to rise. And rise they have! They are some pretty fine looking loaves you made. Great to hear from you. A late best wishes for the new year
Regards Dave

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie
I have taken the time to re read your thread... Wow
Do you realize
That you have realized what you set out to do to build an outside oven to replace you electic one that blew out!
The oven you built was a WFO not a pizza oven that became an outdoor oven. Not one pic or mention of pizza.!! Usually its the first "cook" pic.
As for budget ... The last figure was $135.02 I recon that's a figure hard to beat!
In about post 182 you said when you were at a low point you would post a pic of your bread in your own hands . Well you have done that.
Well done
I'm glad that I have been able to see that journey, your a champion, you make us all smile.
Regards Dave yippe!

[UtahBeehiver]

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Annie,

Good to see you are still at it. As for the bread issues, I have to admit I am not even close to your baking skills. Maybe ask someone like Faith or SCChris who bake up a storm. Post more often, you have quite a following here.

[wotavidone]

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Here is a little bit of bread porn from my wild yeast bake....

bread porn - love it

[rsandler]

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I would guess your loaves are under-proofed--that's usually what's going on when they go boom. That said, the loaf in your first picture looks perfect to me--nice big beautiful ear, not much tearing around the edges. The other two maybe were under-proofed. If you're getting nice crumbs like in the bread-porn shot (and not gigantic holes or something), I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Haven't commented before, but I've really enjoyed following this thread! Nice oven, nice bread!

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie
Of course I read your apple galette recipe, and was interested to hear you have yourself an oven door. And not just any door a really " old school" door. 3 ins Douglas fir held in place with bricks.
I build one out of wood just a packing crate really just to see how it would work. The excepted thinking was that it would burn, so I was surprised to find that it survived . As the door was soaked in water the oven was pleasantly steamy next morning. I didn't cook anything I should have.
So I'm interested to hear how you constructed it. Perhaps I should have taken my experiment further and done a little baking.
Regards dave

[UtahBeehiver]

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Looks like you and Doug are a pair. I won't use the "S"crounge word but it is nice to see all the innovative ideas you have come up with the resources you have available.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday Annie
That door is truly in the best traditions of "bush constructions" and fits the two simple rules
1. Use all and everything available regardless of its intended purpose
2. If it works, it isn't broke and doesn't require fixing.
2(a) if it doesn't work blame Russel

Regards dave

I was a bit disappointed that the door wasn't just wood bare to the heat but impressed to hear of the bricks used as a heat shield and the wood the insulation!

[Wildflower]

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Hi Annie and Everyone,
I've read this thread from start to finish in one very inspirational sitting! I'm at the early stages of planning my oven, and like Annie was, am a total masonry novice. Thanks so much for sharing all your trials, tribulations and successes.
Cheers!
Zoe.

[Wildflower]

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Hey Annie,
I was wondering if you could please post a photo of the front of your completed oven? I'm trying to figure out how to build the front opening/door of mine, and could use some advice!
Also, did you find the way you constructed your arches (one at a time, rather than half-bonded) to be a good thing in the long run?
One more thing, did you use any ceramic blanket insulation over the top, or just the perlcrete?
Thanks so much,
Zoe
(still in the planning stages.....)

[Wildflower]

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Hehehe! Thanks for the belly laugh, Annie! I love that conceptual use of...was it a loo roll? Still, I GET IT! And what a great use of the perlcrete! Nice.
I was up to midnight last night planning and plotting and doing the figures...I could be wrong, but to build my oven, it's going to cost over $800! Crikey. I am now on the "scrounge" for some alternative to real firebricks....they cost about $7 each here in NZ. Here are some pics:
My plan of the front of the oven (a little arch within a bigger outer arch), and the site with the firebricks I've found so far, and the lovely cast iron door I would love to use as an outer door.
I wonder if I should get just normal bricks to go under the outer walls of the oven, surely those don't need to be firebricks too? Did you use firebricks for your dome? There seems to be quite a few people on this forum who have used old house bricks for their ovens with no complaints. Hmmmm....pondering.
Zoe.
PS I actually find the shape of your oven aesthetically pleasing, Annie! I know it's not flash or engineered to last forever, but it's lovely!